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Tuffaha, Mohamad (author)Fibre reinforced polymers, or FRP, are increasingly used in structural engineering applications. Permeating the construction field from the aerospace industry, FRP are applied in both the rehabilitation of existing degrading structures as well as the conception of new projects such as pedestrian and traffic bridges or building facades. The...master thesis 2019
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Stubbig, Leon (author)Building on recent advances in the fields of low-thrust trajectory optimization based on shaping methods, Artificial Neural Networks, and surrogate models in Evolutionary Algorithms, an investigation into a novel optimization routine is conducted. A flexible Python tool to evaluate linked trajectories in a two-body model based on the hodographic...master thesis 2019
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Woerlee, Sebastiaan (author)Nowadays, conceptual breakwater layout design mostly relies on experience and expert judgement, making it complicated to demonstrate that an economic optimum has been reached. This stresses the need to develop a tool that is able to establish the economically most attractive breakwater layout for a certain set of requirements and site-specific...master thesis 2019
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Türkcan, Okan Fehmi Saban Fred (author)This thesis focuses on the development of a computational model for early-stage design decision support of naturally ventilated terminal structures. The model is developed in a parametric Rhino Grasshopper environment paired with Python coding and CFD analyses through OpenFOAM. Optimization of air distribution parameters is performed with...master thesis 2019
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Mastenbroek, Fabian (author), Andreadis, Georgios (author)Datacenter infrastructure has become vital for stakeholders across industry, academia and government. To operate efficiently, datacenter operators rely on a variety of complex scheduling techniques, to distribute user workloads across resources. In this work, we leverage a reference architecture for datacenter scheduling to design and implement...bachelor thesis 2019
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Willaert, Dennis (author)To accommodate the fast growing air traffic in a safe and efficient way, an ATM paradigm shift from current Time Based Operations towards Trajectory Based Operations (TBO) is envisioned. TBO entails the exchange, maintenance and use of consistent 4D trajectory information for collaborative decision-making on the flight. This thesis addresses a...master thesis 2019
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Oude Grotebevelsborg, Rik (author)Successful implementation of fully autonomous vehicles is a much desired objective. Within the area of unmanned marine craft or unmanned surface vehicles (USV), the implementation of truly autonomous navigation is still a challenge. During times in which humans are still actively involved in the processof maritime navigation, regulations are...master thesis 2019
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Determining Air Traffic Controller Proficiency: Identifying a Set of Measures Using Machine Learningde Jong, Tjitte (author)A high drop-out rate is present during current-day air traffic controller (ATCo) training, because the required expertise level is not reached. The determination of the expertise level of ATCo students is currently performed using subjective assessments at a late stage in the training by means of high-fidelity simulator sessions. It is desired...master thesis 2019
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Vossers, Christiaan (author)Over 450 oil platforms need to be removed from the North Sea in the next decade. Each of these platforms is custom designed for installation and service lifetime, but not for decommissioning. Allseas' Pioneering Spirit is the largest heavy lift vessel in the world, capable of lifting complete topsides in a single-lift operation. The vessel’s...master thesis 2019
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He, L. (author), Guijt, Arthur (author), de Weerdt, M.M. (author), Xing, Lining (author), Yorke-Smith, N. (author)The Order Acceptance and Scheduling (OAS) problem describes a class of real-world problems such as in smart manufacturing and satellite scheduling. This problem consists of simultaneously selecting a subset of orders to be processed as well as determining the associated schedule. A common generalization includes sequence-dependent setup times...journal article 2019
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Hesam Mahmoudi Nezhad, N. (author), Ghaffarian Niasar, M. (author), Mohammadi Gheidari, A. (author), Hagen, C.W. (author), Kruit, P. (author)In electrostatic charged particle lens design, optimization of a multi-electrode lens with many free optimization parameters is still quite a challenge. A fully automated optimization routine is not yet available, mainly because the lens potential calculations are often done with very time-consuming methods that require meshing of the lens...journal article 2019
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Kirimtat, Ayca (author), Ekici, B. (author), Çubukçuoglu, C. (author), Sariyildiz, I.S. (author), Tasgetiren, Mehmet Fatih (author)Floating neighborhoods are innovative and promising urban areas for challenges in the development of cities and settlements. However, this design task requires a lot of considerations and technical challenges. Computational tools and methods can be beneficial to tackle the complexity of floating neighborhood design. This paper considers the...book chapter 2019
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Vo-Duy, T. (author), Duong-Gia, D. (author), Ho-Huu, V. (author), Nguyen-Thoi, T. (author)This paper proposes an effective couple method for solving reliability-based multi-objective optimization problems of truss structures with static and dynamic constraints. The proposed coupling method integrates a single-loop deterministic method (SLDM) into the nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA-II) algorithm to give the so...journal article 2019
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Baladeh, Aliakbar Eslami (author), Khakzad, N. (author)Complex networks play a vital role in reliability analysis of real-world applications, demanding for precise and accurate analysis methods for optimal allocations of cost and reliability. Since the configuration of a system may change with every feasible solution of cost allocation optimization equation, finding the best arrangement of the...conference paper 2019
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Haji Heidari Varnosfaderani, Mehdi (author), Mozaffarzadeh, M. (author), Upputuri, Paul Kumar (author), Pramanik, Manojit (author)Traditional optical devices rely on light propagation along a straight path. However, when the light propagates through a blurred medium, its direction get scattered by microscopic particles. This inhomogeneous distortion results in a diffused focus point. Light scattering is one of the main limitations for the optical imaging. This...conference paper 2019
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Eslami Baladeh, Aliakbar (author), Cheraghi, Morteza (author), Khakzad, N. (author)Optimal selection of safety measures (SMs) is a challenging task for safety managers due to its importance, complexity, and incapability of traditional approaches in considering all the aspects of SMs optimal selection. Sophisticated mathematical models can be used to overcome the limitations of traditional approaches. However, setting the...journal article 2019
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Tian, X. (author), Guo, Y. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), Wei, Lingna (author), Lin, N.M. (author), Maestre, José María (author)Operational water resources management needs to adopt operational strategies to re-allocate water resources by manipulating hydraulic structures. Model Predictive Control (MPC) has been shown to be a promising technique in this context. However, we still need to advance MPC in the face of hydrological uncertainties. This study makes the first...journal article 2019
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Li, Y. (author), Cai, Wei (author), Kana, A.A. (author)This paper introduces a novel technique to design the level of service (LOS) for facilities or sub spaces of buildings for the purpose of evacuation planning. LOS is a standard qualitative indicator used to describe flow characteristics in a pedestrian environment. Some evacuation planners use LOS to help determine the network parameters when...journal article 2019
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Nakayama, S. (author), Blacquière, G. (author), Ishiyama, Tomohide (author)Blended acquisition along with efficient spatial sampling is capable of providing high-quality seismic data in a cost-effective and productive manner. While deblending and data reconstruction conventionally accompany this way of data acquisition, the recorded data can be processed directly to estimate subsurface properties. We establish a...journal article 2019
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van der Veen, Niels (author)Lighting design is a computational expensive task, commonly done using Computer-aided design (CAD) software in a virtual scene. The designer places and tunes the virtual light sources and, yet the virtual environment is ideal for physically correct light tracing, the costly simulation might not provide the desired impression in the real scene....master thesis 2018