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Savija, B. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)An experimental study of the influence of autogeneous healing on chloride ingress in cracked concrete is presented. In the study, two concrete mixtures (a Portland cement mix and a blast furnace slag mix), two healing regimes (submerged and fog room regime), two cracking ages (14 and 28 days), and multiple crack widths are used as parameters. An...journal article 2016
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Jarquin Laguna, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author)The importance of transient analysis in hydraulic networks has been well recognized due to abrupt changes in flow or pressure introduced by valve closures or component failures. Therefore, accurate and robust numerical models are necessary to analyse the travelling pressure waves as a result of such sudden changes. This paper presents the...journal article 2014
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Segeren, M.L.A. (author), Diepeveen, N.F.B. (author)In light of the developments of the offshore wind industry in terms of water depth and turbine size, the objective of the research presented in this paper is to gain insight in the applicability limits of the monopile support structure for large offshore wind turbines. This is done by demonstrating how the mass of the rotor nacelle assembly (RNA...journal article 2014
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Oikou, N. (author)The goal of this paper is to study the vortex-induced vibration of slender cylindrical structures. For this purpose, a 2D model that calculates the coupled cross-flow and in-line vibrations of a flexible single span beam is developed. A wake oscillator known to match well with free vibration experiments on rigid elastically mounted cylinders is...journal article 2014
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Jarquin Laguna, A. (author), Tsouvalas, A. (author)The importance of transient analysis in hydraulic networks has been well recognized due to abrupt changes in flow or pressure introduced by valve closures or component failures. Therefore, accurate and robust numerical models are necessary to analyse the travelling pressure waves as a result of such sudden changes. This paper presents the...journal article 2014
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Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (author), Gard, W.F. (author), Van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (author)Strength class assignments and durability class assignments of wood species to be used in structures are necessary to make it possible for the engineer to design safe and durable timber structures. As a result of sustainable managed forests, more tropical wood species with relative small batch size, are coming on the market. In Europe, strength...journal article 2013
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Sandhaas, C. (author), Van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (author)Wood is highly anisotropic and shows ductile behaviour in compression and brittle behaviour in tension and shear where both failure modes can occur simultaneously. A 3D material model for wood based on the concepts of continuum damage mechanics was developed. A material subroutine containing the developed model was implemented into a standard FE...journal article 2013
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Ahmed, A. (author), Sluys, L.J. (author)Experimental testing and numerical analysis often travel in tandem in a design process. Recent advances in novel numerical techniques to simulate mesh objective crack propagation offer a great potential for accurate and efficient damage analysis of composite laminates. This paper presents a numerical study on computational modeling of mesh...journal article 2013
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Surmeli, A.N. (author), Ravenshorst, G.J.P. (author), Van de Kuilen, J.W.G. (author)The current practice is that the deformations of timber façade elements are determined by testing, or they are limited by prescribing dimensions in a very conservative way. To use generic calculation models, suitable for almost all types of windows, approximations deviating from the actual behaviour have to be done. This paper investigates if a...report 2013
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Wegen, G. Van der (author), Polder, R.B. (author), Breugel, K. Van (author)Nowadays major structures require a service life of 100 years or even more. CUR committee VC81 has developed a guideline for service life design based on initiation of corrosion due to chloride penetration for exposure classes XD or XS. A semi-probabilistic simplification of the DuraCrete methodology is introduced with a probability of failure...journal article 2012
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Osterminski, K. (author), Polder, R.B. (author), Schießl, P. (author)Against the background of immense costs of repair or replacement of concrete structures degraded by reinforcement corrosion, a strong interest in industry and research can nowadays be found in the underlying processes and in possibilities to influence them. As a part of the reinforcement corrosion circuit, the resistivity of concrete is a...journal article 2012
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Valcke, S.L.A. (author), Polder, R.B. (author), Nijland, T.G. (author), Leegwater, G.A. (author), Visser, J.H.M. (author), Bigaj-van Vliet, A.J. (author)Most high filler concrete studies are based on relatively high contents of powder (cement + filler) (>400 kg m-3). This paper aims to increase the total fly ash content relative to the clinker content, while simultaneously minimizing the total powder content in the concrete to values lower than 300 kg m-3. The motivation for decreasing the total...journal article 2012
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Polder, R.B. (author)A review is given of research on the durability performance of concrete made with blast furnace slag and fly ash related to chloride induced reinforcement corrosion, carried out in the Netherlands, where slag has been used in cement for almost a century. Results are presented from field studies on concrete in marine environment and laboratory...journal article 2012
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Caballero, J. (author), Polder, R.B. (author), Leegwater, G.A. (author), Fraaij, A.L.A. (author)Modern service life design methods for concrete structures use chloride diffusion data as an input parameter. Abundant data exist for concrete at 28 days and, to a lesser extent, at later ages. This paper presents chloride diffusion data for mortar at ages between 1 day and 28 days age. Rapid Chloride Migration (RCM) and natural diffusion tests...journal article 2012
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Stroeven, P. (author), He, H. (author)This paper presents some evidence of the impact of the Brazil nut effect (BNE) on concrete’s particulate structure on meso-level (aggregate) as well as on micro-level (cement paste). BNE is associated with long-range size segregation in particle mixtures due to vibration in slurry state of concrete, both near boundaries and in bulk. Presented...journal article 2012
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He, H. (author), Le, N.L.B. (author), Stroeven, P. (author)Experimental approaches in concrete technology are time-consuming, laborious and thus expensive. Developments in computer facilities render possible nowadays realistically simulating the particulate structure and microstructure of cementitious materials. For that purpose, discrete element methods (DEM) are required because of more correctly...journal article 2012
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Fennis, S.A.A.M. (author), Walraven, J.C. (author)The annual production of Portland cement, estimated at 3.4 billion tons in 2011, is responsible for about 7% of the total worldwide CO2-emission. To reduce this environmental impact it is important to use innovative technologies for the design of concrete structures and mixtures. In this paper, it is shown how particle packing technology can be...journal article 2012
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Huan He, H. (author), Le, N.L.B. (author), Stroeven, P. (author)Durability of concrete in engineering structures is becoming more and more of a major problem. Research into such problems is complicated and expensive, however. Developments in computer technology make it possible nowadays realistically simulating cementitious materials and studying its pore network structure. In this paper use is made of the...journal article 2012
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Hoogenboom, P.C.J. (author)Finds and ideas with a surprising element similar to the playful inventions of Heron of Alexandria, after whom this journal is named.journal article 2012
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Van Koten, H. (author), Hoogenboom, P.C.J. (author)Rotating or pulsing machines are often placed on concrete foundations supported by soil. The machines cause vibrations in the building and in the surrounding soil. This paper provides information, formulas and calculation examples to predict these vibrations. The formulas have been experimentally tested for both soil foundations and pile...journal article 2012