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Schuyffel, Luke (author)Sustained economic growth based on a linear production model is not feasible on a planet with finite resources and a limited capacity to absorb wastes. By 2050, the world's population has grown exponentially to 9.7 billion and a tripling of the global use of materials can be realistically expected. Therefore, the transition towards a circular...master thesis 2022
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Heimovaara, Dautse (author)In 2016 the Paris agreement was adopted by 196 parties. The main goal of this agreement is to obtain a climate-neutral world in 2050. The CO2 emissions should decrease as soon as possible to achieve this goal. Concrete is the world's most used building material, and with good reason, it provides cheap, solid and reliable products used for over...master thesis 2022
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Fu, Danny (author)In recent years, the area of structural engineering has found new interesting prospects in the theory of waves. The acoustoelastic properties of materials are utilized in a new promising structural health monitoring (SHM) technique. The propagation of ultrasonic waves through stressed elements gives the ability to find invaluable information on...master thesis 2022
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Sushin, Harikrishnan (author)The main motivation within this thesis is to explore the possibility of increasing the service life of box-beam bridge girders to aid the ambition of the Dutch government to become a circular economy. The construction industry still follows a more or less linear economy system. Many bridges in the Netherlands are approaching the end of their...master thesis 2022
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Shah, Manank Vipulkumar (author)In this research work, the possibility of self healing of surface micro-cracks under the fog curing conditions has been studied for early age concrete. Coda Wave Interferometry (CWI) technique has been implemented to detect the micro cracks in concrete caused due to the cyclic loading. 30 load cycles has been for varying load levels and it's...master thesis 2021
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Haarsma, Douwe (author)Increased traffic loads and ageing of concrete bridges and overpasses in the Netherlands make it necessary to reassess these existing structures. Consequently, the current condition and capacity of many concrete structures need to be evaluated. Residual capacity could be discovered during reassessments of concrete slabs due to a phenomenon...master thesis 2021
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Shah, Anjali (author)Global climate change has been a huge matter of concern today. While there are several factors that contribute to greenhouse gases, adversely affecting the planet, CO2 emission is one of them. It is said that 8% of total carbon dioxide emission is caused due to the production of Ordinary portland cement used for concrete in...master thesis 2021
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Ouali, Mouad (author)The Dutch infrastructure counts many bridges, the majority of which are built in concrete. These bridges have been designed and constructed according to safety codes. A lot of these bridges date from the previous century and have been designed conform outdated safety codes. Therefore, the main problem<br/>of these bridges is the uncertainty with...master thesis 2021
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Hogendoorn, Guido (author)Orthotropic bridges can be modelled using a grillage model and an orthotropic plate model. The grillage model has some benefits (i.e.: shorter calculation time and easier to apply pre-stressing) compared to the orthotropic plate model. However, during the Blankenburgverbinding project Ballast Nedam experienced that the transverse load-spread of...master thesis 2021
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Zondag, Youri (author)Since 2006, the Delft University of Technology has been working on the development of bacterial self-healing concrete (BSHC). The self-healing ability of this concrete is based on a biological mechanism, in which mineral producing bacteria are added to repair cracks autonomously. This not only improves the durability of concrete structures, but...master thesis 2021
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DERMENTZOGLOU, Dimitrios (author)This work studies crownwalls with a fully curved face versus a vertical wall in non-breaking wave conditions. Its aim is to provide appropriate tools that can be used to compare the performance of the two structures in terms of loading and overtopping. To this end, small scaled experiments of the two structures are carried in a flume with a flat...master thesis 2021
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Dorland, Maarten (author)Within the Dutch infrastructure there is the challenge of having to replace or strengthen a large number of existing structures within the upcoming years. This challenge also provides the opportunity to develop new concepts. The promising concept described in this report involves the application of UHPC to redesign the decks of existing concrete...master thesis 2021
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Jilissen, Danny (author)Much of the Dutch infrastructure was built in the 1960s and 1970s and includes an estimated 55.000 bridges and viaducts. These aging structures have reached the end of their designed service life or will reach it in the short term. It is estimated that 15% of these structures have a box-shaped cross-section as being reinforced concrete...master thesis 2021
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Boersma, Jaap-Willem (author)The main motivation for this research originated from two ambitions, which involve many challenges for which circular solutions have to be developed. First, the ambition of the Dutch government to achieve a circular economy, which also includes a circular construction industry, in the Netherlands by 2050 at the latest. Secondly, in line with the...master thesis 2021
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Schrooten, Bram (author)In this report, the applicability of Precast Concrete Sandwich panels (PCSPs) is analysed and improved. This is done by a multitude of methods: a literature study is performed, an advanced, non-linear Finite Element model and simple linear analytical model are developed, and calculations have been performed on a design-structure from Lievense |...master thesis 2020
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Volpini, H. N. (author)<br/>To date, many fire accidents have occurred in tunnels all over the world. In the worst cases, there were catastrophic consequences with numerous human casualties and significant economic impacts. In the occurrence of such tunnel fires, besides the primary concern of saving human life, ensuring a certain level of structural integrity is also...master thesis 2020
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Brongers, Brian (author)Recently experiments were conducted at the Technical University of Delft on the size effect of concrete. The size effect is a term used for the relative decrease in shear capacity with an increase in height of the structural member. The beams observed in the experiment failed much sooner than was predicted. These test results have implications...master thesis 2020
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Kuipers, Kaj (author)Starting from the late eighties induced seismic activity is present in the Northern part of the Netherlands. Cause of these earthquakes is the extraction of natural gas. In this region, most of the building stock comprises out of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Multiple experimental campaigns are performed since 2014 to investigate the...master thesis 2020
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Harrewijn, Thomas (author)Most bridges in the Western European road networks are ageing. The vast majority of about 90% of these bridges have reinforced concrete as a building material. The traffic intensity, as well as the axle, and the average vehicle weight have increased since these structures were opened to traffic. Furthermore, the structural (design) codes have...master thesis 2019
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Tuitjer, Mathijs (author)Shear tension failure in thin-webbed prestressed concrete elements is yet to be predicted in an accurate manner. The analytical method uses assumptions to simplify the theory. This makes it less accurate. The calculated resistance to web-shear cracking is based on the principle tensile stress reaching the tensile strength of concrete. Failing in...master thesis 2019
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