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Nijkamp, Robert (author)
Self-tapping screws are popular tools used in timber engineering. The axial withdrawal strength of self-tapping screws could be used in timber structures as an active or passive application. An example of an active application is the use as a fastener in wall to wall connections. An example of a passive application is the use as reinforcement...
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Stamenkovits, Bela (author)
Although modern technologies such as smartphones with GPS functionality make navigation substantially easier, automobilists still rely on traffic signs to inform them which exit to take or which lane to follow. These traffic signs on highways are of substantial size rendering them, and their support structures, extremely susceptible to...
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Brandt, Karel (author)
With a worldwide growing consensus on fossil fuel combustion have a negative impact on climate, society, and biodiversity, the urge for renewable energies is growing rapidly. One the most widely used renewable energy source is wind energy and for this purpose both onshore and offshore wind farms (OWFs) are being developed. In recent years the...
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Yilmaz, Fidel (author)
When concrete is subjected to imposed deformations, stresses may develop. If at any point in time this stress exceeds the tensile strength of the material, the concrete will crack. Early-age cracking of concrete structures may lead to problems with durability, serviceability and aesthetics. During hardening of concrete the material properties...
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Kleisiaris, Georgios (author)
The need for sustainable solutions in the energy sector has led to the rapid increase of offshore windfarms around the globe. The areas with ideal soil conditions are gradually being occupied, pushing the offshore wind industry to search for methods of installing wind turbines in hard terrain. So far, the installation of monopiles in weak rock,...
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van Looveren, Hugo (author)
Timber usage in construction works has increased over the past years due to its better environmental performance. Applying timber elements instead of steel or concrete decreases the emissions impact of the built environment. Architect firm ZJA and Iv-consult are interested in investigating a timber railway bridge as part of the Norwegian...
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Mas I Soldevilla, Joan (author)
The Hyperloop is a high-speed means of transport, consisting of a bullet-shape vehicle travelling in a quasi-vacuum tube, electrically powered and moving through an electromagnetic levitating system. This allows the reduction of air resistance and wheel-rail contact friction, which translates in higher speeds for smaller power inputs. In the...
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Lasonder, Wouter (author)
Glass is a fascinating material that has also been used as a primary construction material in various remarkable buildings since the last century. Unfortunately, a lot of carbon dioxide is released during the production of glass because of the extreme heat required. The construction industry accounts for ten per cent of global CO2 emissions. If...
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Wolbert, Jorick (author)
The purpose of this thesis is to determine the most optimal material use and configuration of structural elements with regard to minimizing shadow costs associated with the main bearing construction of industrial halls. Central themes in thesis are reusability, parametric modelling and generative design. <br/><br/>The construction sector is...
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Vallejos Balladares, Andres (author)
To calculate the flexural-shear resistance of prestressed concrete members without shear reinforcement, a method based on Critical Shear Crack Theory (CSCT) has been presented for the new Eurocode (prEN1992). Two alternatives provided in draft 7/2020 (prEN1, prEN2) are the starting point given, and two other alternatives are proposed for...
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Gijzenberg, Kees-Jaap (author)
The goal of the thesis is to investigate two main questions for the purpose of modelling fractures in timber with a finite element method. The first question is to evaluate the use of digital image correlation during a three point bending test to obtain mean values for tensile strength and fracture energy, and the follow up question is if it is...
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CAUMO, GIORGIO (author)
In the last decades, renewable energies gained an increasing interest due to the environmental awareness of people, especially in the developed countries. Moreover sustainable resources represent a long-term investment full of possibilities of use. <br/>In the Netherlands a technology which is getting more and more popular to produce green...
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Milev, Vesko (author)
Concrete and Steel are the materials with the largest market share in the construction industry and have been for a long time.<br/>With environmental awareness increasing, timber is regaining popularity due to the potential for carbon neutral and even carbon negative construction.<br/>Use of structural wood elements in bridges, however, is often...
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Tavera Diaz, Daniela (author)
Nowadays, one of the main requirements from civil engineering structures is the level of reliability and safety that they must provide to the users. In structural analysis, the exponential application of numerical methods, as the nonlinear finite element analysis (NLFEA), is due to the increasing growth of computational power. These powerful...
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Haverkamp, Martijn (author)
Inner–city quay walls fulfil a number of very important functions where the retention of water is the most important one observed from a structural perspective. Despite their importance, not all of these structures are very well maintained, especially the older ones. Each municipality has their own maintenance regime, depending on the allocated...
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PAPAMICHELAKIS, MENELAOS (author)
The dynamic behavior of structural components can largely change in the presence of damages. Understanding this behavior is of particular importance for critical engineering systems, and in particular bridges. Damage identification methods forms a key objective in structural health monitoring of bridges so many researches have been conducted in...
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Bogers, Lars (author)
A steel frame is designed which is expandable and reducible at any time. In order to reduce the assembly and disassembly time of the frame a new type of beam-to-column connection is proposed, a so-called plug &amp; play connection.The design codes cannot be used for the estimation of the structural performance of this connection. Therefor the...
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Samuel Budhi Setyanto, Sam (author)
A parking garage of Eindhoven airport partially collapsed in 2017. It was caused by failure of the longitudinal joint (long-side) of the composite plank floor or breedplaatvloer on the roof level. Experimental and numerical research showed that the joint suffered high positive bending moment in its transverse direction. However, from the...
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Weener, Bent (author)
Policy makers have set the goal to reach a completelycircular economy by the year 2050 in the Netherlands. This means that theconstruction industry should shift from its current ‘take-make-waste’ approachtowards a circular approach. The number of buildings of more than 100 m inheight are increasing in the Netherlands, due to...
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Trimarchi Maldonado, Jorge (author)
Pavement structures are assessed based on its functional and structural capacity in order to evaluate the safety of its use. Structural pavement evaluation is often carried out by road authorities or consulting companies that use non-destructive testing (NDT) methods to assess the remaining life and structural capacity of a road structure at...
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