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Batchelor, Alexander (author)The Airborne Wind Energy industry is evolving rapidly, aiming to establish its position among the major players in the conventional renewable energy sector. Since this industry is relatively young, it faces various challenges with scaling and integration into society. One aspect that can be improved is the design process of soft-wing kites. The...master thesis 2023
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Andrade Borges, Emilia (author)This thesis addresses the topic of ongoing (excessive) deformations observed in balanced cantilever prestressed concrete bridges all over the world. Many authors attribute this behavior to the time-dependent phenomena of creep and shrinkage. Balanced cantilever bridges are classified as creep-sensitive structures, and for that reason, a detailed...master thesis 2023
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Schaab, Helge Schaab (author)Conventional hydrostatic bearings are not suited to use on surfaces with changing curvature which limits their applicability. To improve on this, deformable hydrostatic bearings are currently being researched. The goal of this work is to develop hydrostatic bearings with a single fluid supply that work for sinusoidal counter surfaces. <br/><br/...master thesis 2023
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Krijnen, Rogier (author)This thesis investigates the ability of Bayesian EUCLID to retrieve a predictive approximate material model for the myocardium in the presence of heterogeneous deformation fields due to simulated biaxial stretch tests. The Holzapfel-Ogden material model is used as the ground-truth material model of the simulation, since it is capable of...master thesis 2023
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Dieterich Murr, Laura (author)The Netherlands is currently facing a significant challenge regarding its highway system due to the rise in traffic, especially in densely populated areas like The Randstad. However, constructing new infrastructure or replacing old bridges is not a practical solution due to environmental concerns. Most of the country's prestressed concrete...master thesis 2023
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Tiburzio, Seb (author)In robotic manipulation of deformable objects, the continuum nature of the object state leads to prohibitively high degrees of freedom when traditional modelling techniques are applied, leading to much research focusing on approaches that avoid an explicit object model. However, without such a model the opportunities for long horizon planning...master thesis 2023
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Krielaart, Thomas (author)Crane hardstands serve as crucial platforms for supporting heavy lifting equipment and ensuring operational efficiency. However, crane hardstands are not infinitely stiff and will deform upon loading. Uneven loading during wind turbine installation will result in differential deformation of the crane hardstand, causing the crane to tilt. A small...master thesis 2023
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Agarwal, Sovit (author)Increasing demands for composite structures and sustainability goals have resulted in the growth of thermoplastic polymer matrix composites and automated manufacturing technologies. The in-situ Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) manufacturing of thermoplastic prepreg tapes has the potential to provide a fast and cost-effective manufacturing...master thesis 2023
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van Soest, Anna (author)Auxetic metamaterials offer various novel abilities, one of the abilities is to deform into a dome-shape under out-of-plane deformation. Contrary to a material with a positive Poisson's ratio, which deforms into a saddle-shape. A dome-shape is named synclastic deformation and a saddle-shape is named anticlastic deformation. Under out-of-plane...master thesis 2023
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van Steen, Floyd (author)Developments in computational capabilities and the always increasing demand for higher performance of internal flow applications has meant that Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has become an essential tool within the design process. A key point of interest is to couple the fluid solver with numerical optimisation techniques in order to obtain...master thesis 2023
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Oke, Sagar (author)In the wake of the climate crisis, the building industry faces a unique challenge - to strike a balance between global sustainability challenges and the high standards of human comfort. A building’s façade plays an important role in reducing operational carbon emissions in a building, while maintaining acceptable levels of indoor comfort. In...master thesis 2023
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Bos, Kirsten (author)Unequal deformation of the soil can cause deformation or damage to buildings, like tilted facades or cracks in walls. This research investigates how deformation of a building can be analyzed using Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) data. Cyclomedia captures LiDAR data yearly in the Netherlands making it possible to analyze either one or...master thesis 2023
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Camino Rios, Alberto (author)The comprehensive assessment of the deviatoric behaviour in peats is paramount in ensuring the resilience of soil structures. The understanding of this material is riddled with intricacies, given its highly complex fabric, which includes organic matter such as fibers. This thesis evaluates the capabilities of a recent constitutive model (JMC) to...master thesis 2023
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Shen, Dong (author)Deformable Mirror (DM) is the key part in the AO system. Characterization of DM is important as it maps between input voltage signal and output mirror deformation. The precision of characterization largely affects the control performance. While characterizing the DM with wavefront sensors is easy and straightforward, there is very few research...master thesis 2023
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Yeh, Haoming (author)During the preoperative planning for breast-conserving surgery, the surgeon makes use of an MRI scan of the breast cancer patient in the prone position to accurately locate the tumour. However, surgery is performed with the patient in the supine position. The surgeon needs to mentally translate the location of the tumour from the prone position...master thesis 2023
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Mulder, Joas (author)Deformable Image Registration (DIR) is a medical imaging process involving the spatial alignment of two or more images using a transformation model that can account for non-rigid deformations. B-spline-based transformation models have emerged as a common approach to express such spatial alignments. However, without additional measures, their...master thesis 2023
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Theunisse, Arnoud (author)The aim of this research is to investigate which design method results in the best approximation of the deformations of a quay wall consisting of an anchored combined wall with relieving platform, looking at the elastoplastic method and the finite element method. The elastoplastic method is performed with the program D-Sheet Piling and the...master thesis 2023
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van Zwieten, G.J. (author)A vital component in the management of seismic hazard is the study of past seismic events. Classically, this has been the domain of seismology, which studies the dynamic manifestations of the event to infer properties such as epicenter and moment magnitude. More recently it has become possible to perform similar analyses on the basis of the...doctoral thesis 2023
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Janssens, Floris (author)The construction industry contributes significantly to global emissions. In response to the growing concern about climate change, new methods are being developed to reduce these emissions. Building with timber is one such approach, as it can be CO2 neutral if reforestation is practiced. Timber is a lightweight and flexible material compared to...master thesis 2023
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Atreya, V. (author)Dual-phase (DP) steels are an important class of advanced high-strength steels (AHSS) and constitute a major share of steels for the automotive industry. A microstructure consisting of hard martensite embedded in a soft ferritic matrix gives them a good combination of strength and ductility. The martensite formation in the microstructure from...doctoral thesis 2023