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Aguilar Lopez, J.P. (author), Warmink, J.J. (author), Schielen, R.M.J. (author), Hulscher, S.J.M.H. (author)The multi-functional flood defences are one of the many solutions proposed for climate adaptation in deltaic areas. Similar concepts flood management structures such as Delta-dikes, un-breachable dikes or super-levees can also be found in literature. Yet all of them have two key design requirements in common. The first one is to improve their...conference paper 2015
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Kumar, D. (author), Sharma, A.R. (author), Goyal, T. (author), Shyam, V. (author), Mohite, P.M. (author), Kamle, S. (author)Flapping wing micro air vehicles (MAVs) have the advantage of being able to fly at slow speeds and have high maneuverability. The design of a flapping wing MAV inspired by birds presents many technical challenges because birds as natural fliers exhibit higher efficiency than any man made flapping wing structure. Thus, the structure and motion of...conference paper 2014
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Mosharov, V. (author), Radchenko, V. (author)New approach to surface flow visualization based on combination of oil film method with PIV approach is presented. Oil film is seeded with optically contrast particles and two or more images of these contrast particles are acquired at some time interval at desirable flow parameters. Cross-correlation analysis of these images allows to determine...conference paper 2013
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Tsangouri, E. (author), Van Tittelboom, K. (author), Hillewaere, X.K.D. (author), Van Hemelrijck, D. (author), De Belie, N. (author), Du Prez, F.E. (author)Nowadays the self-healing process efficiency in loaded structural materials is evaluated by studying the damage mechanisms. Based on fracture mechanics theories, the resistance to damage and the cracking recovery can be an indication of healing performance. Experimentally, the cracking behavior is quantified by measuring the fracture energy of...conference paper 2013