- document
-
van der Drift, Sophie (author)Adequate mechanical ventilation serves as the first and most important life-saving appliance during a tunnel fire. The most severe threat during a tunnel fire is the smoke. Most victims get incapacitated by the smoke, after which they decease from intoxication and/or suffocation. By means of mechanical ventilation, smoke-free escape routes via...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Pronk, Ivo (author)This Master Thesis research is carried out to investigate the most efficient re-mountable timber car park in terms of feasibility and structural performance. Applying the re-mountability principle with a sustainable material like timber is important to help the construction industry tackle environmental problems like global warming. Specifically...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Yasmin Athira Fauziah, Yasmin (author)The global energy sector is a substantial contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, responsible for approximately 75% of such emissions worldwide. Indonesia, ranking twelfth in energy consumption and ninth in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fuel combustion, is faced with the challenge of addressing its significant carbon footprint....master thesis 2023
- document
-
IOANNIDIS, MENANDROS (author)Current research conducted at TU Delft focused on utilizing structural Topology Optimization (TO) for designing large monolithic cast glass structures with maximum stiffness and minimum mass. These structures demonstrated improved manufacturability in terms of time, energy, and cost efficiency due to their mass efficiency, which results in...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Kok, Daan (author)In light of the current discussion in architecture regarding healthcare, we often disregard the qualities of “old-fashioned” healthcare buildings.<br/>In the neighbourhood of Droixhe, Liege, this is no different. The site used to be inhabited by a thriving healthcare residence named ‘Les Murlais’, however, its thoughtless demolition erased not...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Choe, Yeonghwa (author)Korea had a history of wooden architecture for about 2,000 years before modernization. However, after the Korean War, the concept of modernist concrete high-rise apartments was radically introduced to solve the severe housing problem. In US, Charles Jencks declared the death of Modern Architecture, but it was a huge success in Korea. Apartments...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Chalabi, Wissam (author)Optimizing the routes of firefighting aircraft can reduce the time it takes to contain wildfires and make sure they remain within control. In this paper, a novel formulation of the Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is developed to improve aerial firefighting operations by optimizing aircraft routes. The formulation is a capacitated split delivery...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Blanken, Emma (author)Fire both shapes and destroys forests. Forest fires are therefore essential to ecological processes and vegetation as we know them. With climate change, forest fires are expected to increase in severity and frequency. To maintain the functioning of the forests, it is important to understand the vegetation response to and recovery from forest...master thesis 2023
- document
-
de Boer, Dirk (author)In many flow experiments it is complex to measure all flow states of interest, leading to the need for a method to retrieve unmeasured flow states from measured ones. This work focuses on Hidden Fluid Mechanics (HFM), which refers to a Physics-Informed Neural Network (PINN) able to incorporate the Navier-Stokes (NS) equations into the loss...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Koreman, Romeny (author)Waiting outside in a long line in front of a music building is not always pleasant. Sometimes concert visitors stand in line for hours and even in the rain. This waiting time and experience are related to the overall experience of the concert night. Therefore, the waiting time should be reduced and the waiting should become more pleasant. To...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Qvist, Siri (author)The building industry consumes a lot of material, which causes depletion of material stocks, toxic emissions, and waste. Circular building design can help to reduce this impact, by moving from a linear to a circular design approach. <br/>To reach a circular build environment, all disciplines should be involved, including fire safety design....master thesis 2022
- document
-
Schmetz, Toine (author)To reduce greenhouse gas emissions, electrification is the biggest trend in the current-day automotive industry. In this transition, important topics are efficiency and weight reduction. This study focuses on the application of composite materials for the undershield of an automotive rechargeable energy storage system (REESS). In this...master thesis 2022
- document
-
Yengül, Damla (author)A research gap exists in a targeted drug delivery into the brain with an implant placed on the outer surface of the cerebral cortex. If an implant with spatial control that can release drugs to a target location can be developed, it will provide efficient treatment opportunities for a variety of brain disorders such as strokes. One of the...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Lauri, Maria Pauliina (author)On June 14 in 2017, 72 people lost their lives and hundreds of families were left homeless as the Grenfell tower block caught fire in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea within the inner-city of London. The tragedy has shaken the society, highlighting the conflict between privileged and unprivileged within the city’s society, as most of...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Puji Nata Djaja, Puji (author)Earth, Wind, and Fire (EWF) is a natural ventilation system developed by Dr Ben Bronsema for office buildings in the Western European climate. Powered by nature: ground temperature & gravity for cooling, wind for energy generation & ventilation, and sun for the heat and natural draft, this system claims not only to use little energy but...master thesis 2021
- document
-
van Veen, Bas (author)This thesis report discusses the design of a cost-effective and compact electric combustion air preheating for the LSV® burner. The industry has a complex problem to solve and an important role to play during the energy transition, that is needed because of global warming. Many industrial processes use heat generated by the combustion of fossil...master thesis 2021
- document
-
KOKKONA, IOANNA (author)I have always been fascinated by fire. By no means does this mean that I am not afraid of it. As a child, growing up in the Athenian, suburban interface, but also in the Greek, Mediterranean, summery, rural landscape, fire was a familiar event to me. Even so, though, that doesn’t make it something less shocking, scary, and unwanted. Every time,...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Balakrishnan, Shriya (author)The built environment is the largest energy consumer in the European Union in which the non-domestic sector accounts for 13% of the total energy consumption and the office buildings account for 50% of the energy consumption. The office buildings in the Netherlands exhibit poor energy performance and thermal comfort. There is an urgent need to...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Patidar, Yamini (author)In the Netherlands, the residential buildings consume the highest percentage of primary energy among the various building sectors. With around 80% of the Dutch housing built before 1995 a huge portion of the energy share is tapped in the old housing stock. While new housing constructions had to be nearly energy neutral as of 2020, a large...master thesis 2021
- document
-
Schaefer, Wietse (author)The thesis discusses how alternative heat generation for furnaces can be implemented on the Shell Netherlands Refinery to become CO2 neutral by 2050 or sooner. The research analyses the current knowledge, and future alternatives for furnace heat generation and underlines the need for alternative solutions with net-zero emission impact. Furnaces...master thesis 2021