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van der Molen, M.W.J. (author)In this MSc Thesis project, a Model Predictive Controller (MPC controller) using variable speed limits and intersection control was designed and subsequently evaluated. The design was based on combining existing control algorithms for urban and freeway networks, integrating them. While this MPC controller improved upon throughput more than MPC...master thesis 2016
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van Doorn, N.T. (author)In order to gain insight in maximum wave conditions in which installation of a four-legged suction bucket based jacket foundation could safely take place, a 2D time domain MATLAB model has been created, containing the most important features of a heavy lifting jack-up crane vessel and its appropriate rigging elements. The model is used to...master thesis 2016
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Salverda, Jelle (author)The goal of the research is to find out whether it is possible to measure a wavefront qualitatively and quantitatively with Janssen’s recently developed analytical algorithm. The spot displacements given by the wavefront sensor are used to relate the derivatives of the wavefront with respect to x and y with the Zernike coefficients of the...bachelor thesis 2016
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Hazari, S.A. (author)Stratified two phase flow is one of the flow regimes that is of importance in multiphase flow transport through pipelines, such as used for example in the oil and gas industry. Its application also extends to chemical production, energy conversion and food processing. The phenomenon of turbulence further complicates the stratified flow behaviour...master thesis 2016
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Koppenol, G.J. (author)The quality of a public transport network is not only determined by its performance in non-disturbed situations. On a quite frequent basis public transport service do not operate according to plan. This urges for analysis on how well a network is capable to perform in such situations. How well is a PT network capable of maintaining its network...master thesis 2016
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Arbaciauskas, G. (author)In this paper we are concerned with distributed optimal control problems governed by a second-order linear and semi-linear elliptic partial differential equations (PDE), where the control is distributed on the domain ?. The semi-linear elliptic boundary value problem is analysed by proving the existence of a unique solution and optimal control...master thesis 2016
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Van Oosten, L.N. (author), Pieterse, M. (author), Pinkse, M.W.H. (author), Verhaert, P.D.E.M. (author)Animal venoms and toxins are a valuable source of bioactive peptides with pharmacologic relevance as potential drug leads. A large subset of biologically active peptides discovered up till now contain disulfide bridges that enhance stability and activity. To discover new members of this class of peptides, we developed a workflow screening...journal article 2015
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Shah, A.M. (author)A convoluted manipulation task involves extensive planning and the use of a supervisory controller to execute the desired task. One controller specification is generally unsuitable to perform the complete manipulation task. Manipulation involves contact of the object being manipulated with robots, surfaces and other objects in the scenario. The...master thesis 2015
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Kamp, I.A. (author)A method is developed to assess the dynamic stability of a floating tidal energy platform during ballast operations. This method is applied to a tidal energy platform designed by Bluewater Energy Services B.V., showing the sensitivity of this platform’s dynamic stability during ballast operations to tidal current velocity, changes in lightship...master thesis 2015
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Stottelaar, R.A. (author)Recent advances in nanocomposites based on conductive carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have led to investigations of using CNT networks as strain sensors. When CNTs are incorporated into a polymer matrix to form electrical networks, the developed conductive nanocomposite becomes sensitive to strain, thus a linear correlation can be found between strain...master thesis 2015
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Feenstra, C.J. (author)At the VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, a new process for total ear reconstruction is being developed. The current ear reconstruction process involves the sculpting of a scaffold which will be wrapped in skin to form the shape of the new ear. This requires the harvesting of large amounts of rib cartilage needed for construction of the...master thesis 2014
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Nguyen Hoang Kien, N.H.K. (author)In the regularization of ill-posed problems from image restoration, where we want to recover an image from blurred and noisy data, there are many methods that can be useful. Among those, the TRUSTmu method proposed in Rojas and Steihaug, 2002, is an efficient method for solving large-scale regularization problems with additional non-negativity...master thesis 2014
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Bischiniotis, K. (author)This research follows a fully probabilistic approach in order to estimate the optimal design for a river dike cross-section, taking into account the investment costs. From the theory studied, the failure mechanisms that contribute most to the failure of river dikes are identified. These are overflowing, wave overtopping, piping and inner slope...master thesis 2014
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Van der Meer, C.G. (author)Pathogens are present in our urban water system, and may pose a health risk to swimmers and playing children. Although the knowledge of pathogens has increased over recent years, little is known about their behaviour in the urban water system. The goal of this thesis is to investigate this. First, the behaviour of pathogens under the influence...master thesis 2013
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Romero-Valle, M.A. (author), Pisaroni, M. (author), Van Puyvelde, D. (author), Lahaye, D.J.P. (author), Sadi, R. (author)Rotary kilns are used in many industrial processes ranging from cement manufacturing to waste incineration. The operating conditions vary widely depending on the process. While there are many models available within the literature and industry, the wide range of operating conditions justifies further modeling work to improve the understanding of...report 2013
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Grizonic, R. (author)The advanced ageing of the electrical power network combined with the inevitable increase of renewable energy utilization and the constant increase of power consumption over the last decades call for a change in the current power network paradigm. Electrical world stakeholders have to embrace the situation and come up with methods of better...master thesis 2013
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Jansen, J.D. (author)This note describes the theory behind a simple Matlab program to generate ensembles of geological realizations of relatively small-scale reservoir models (permeability fields) for subsurface flow simulation. The algorithm makes use of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to parameterize the spatial covariance of a reference image, and a Bayesian...report 2013
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Aarts, M. (author), Pries, H. (author), Doff, A. (author)Nowadays, noise reduction in mobile communication is an increasingly important topic. This thesis discusses the possibilities of using beamforming with a two microphone array for smartphone applications. The goal of the project is to realise a beamforming algorithm for smartphones to improve on current Signal to Noise ratios attained by standard...bachelor thesis 2012
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Den Heijer, C. (author)OpenEarthTools contains, apart from a lot of other tools in various programming languages, the probabilistic reliability methods FORM and Monte Carlo. This document aims at describing and providing background information and examples on the FORM and Monte Carlo implementation available in OpenEarthTools.report 2012
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Nobel, A. (author)A report of modeling discharges of the Citarum river in relation to rainfall, climate change and land use change.bachelor thesis 2011