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Scarlatti, Luca (author)Floating Offshore Wind Energy represents an enormous potential for the future of wind energy and will play a pivotal role in the global energy transition. However, important technical challenges still need to be overcome by the industry regarding the standardization of processes like transportation, floating substructure concept, and supply...master thesis 2023
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Salcedo Velasquez, Santiago (author)Sustainable and renewable energies are essential in achieving climate targets set by the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) represent an innovative technology with considerable potential to contribute to these goals. However, being a relatively new technology, FOWTs pose challenges...master thesis 2023
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Pasolari, R. (author), Ferreira, Carlos (author), van Zuijlen, A.H. (author)In the field of computational aerodynamics, it is vital to develop tools that can accurately, but also efficiently, simulate the flow around bluff objects and calculate the aerodynamic forces acting on them. When strong body–vortex interactions take place, the simulations become more demanding, since complex phenomena appear. To address this...journal article 2023
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Gajjar, Kishan (author)As wind turbines get bigger and bigger, the simulation of wind turbines becomes more complex. The increase in size brings about a multitude of intricate challenges that must be addressed in the simulation process. These challenges lie in the different aspects of the simulations such as aerodynamics, structural dynamics, power electronics,...master thesis 2023
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Aguilera Chaves, Mónica (author)Breakwaters are built in coastal zones to alter sediment transport, or protect threatened habitats and port facilities. The rising sea level is causing more water to overtop these structures. Increasing amounts of overtopping discharge can compromise the security of people, or equipment standing on the crest of breakwaters. The overtopping flow...master thesis 2023
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Pouliasis, George (author)Wave overtopping of coastal structures is generally expressed in terms of average discharge and maximum overtopping volume. While substantial research can be found on the relationship of such variables with incident spectral characteristics and other geometrical dimensions, limited research has been done to identify the conditions for which...master thesis 2023
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Hoefnagel, Kaj (author)Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is an important tool in design involving fluid flow. Scale-resolving CFD methods exist, but they are too computationally expensive for practical design. Instead, the relatively cheap Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) approach is the industry standard, specifically models based on the Boussinesq hypothesis,...master thesis 2023
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van Heest, Martijn (author)Placed block revetments on dikes are used for the protection of the structure against wave loading. The dimensions of the revetment are determined with empirical relations and design tools. The stability of the design solution needs to be checked by physical flume tests to ensure the safety of the structure. However, these tests can be costly...master thesis 2023
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Spyridonos, George (author)Due to its immense potential to harvest larger amounts of energy from the wind at a higher capacity factor, offshore wind energy is the key to reach the goal of a more sustainable future. The wind energy research community has been focusing all its efforts to bring the new concept of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) into the market. By...master thesis 2023
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Mata, Marisol Irías (author), van Gent, M.R.A. (author)Numerical modelling of wave interaction with rock-armoured rubble mound breakwaters has been performed to study wave overtopping. The influences of the slope angle, a berm in the seaward slope, a protruding crest wall, a recurved parapet, and the wave steepness have been studied using a validated CFD model (OpenFOAM). The numerical modelling...journal article 2023
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Nieuwboer, B.J. (author), van Rhee, C. (author), Keetels, G.H. (author)When dredging rock using a Cutter Suction Dredger the high amount of spillage is problematic, since it prevents an energy efficient removal process. This papers presents a coupled DEM-FVM method to simulate spillage, that can be used for optimizing the design and working method of the Cutter Suction Dredger. In these simulations, the challenge...journal article 2023
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Mohammed Rajiv, Adila (author)The need to curb CO2 emissions has led to an increase in the utilization of CCS systems. These systems use pipelines for the transport of CO2. It is preferred that CO2 be transported in it’s dense form. But, this is not always the case as the phase in which CO2 exists is based on the operating conditions. In some cases, multiphase CO2 is...master thesis 2022
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Frontera Pericas, Pere (author)Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) have the potential to harness wind resources in deepwater, which is so far prohibitive for conventional approaches. This, however, comes at a cost: the platform’s extra degrees of freedom (DoFs) introduce complex aerodynamic and hydrodynamic behaviours. Therefore, FOWTs must be accurately modeled to reduce...master thesis 2022
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Nieuwboer, B.J. (author)Due to an increased demand for transport, ships become larger, needing a larger navigable depth. For these reasons a waterway needs to be dredged and a Cutter Suction Dredger is a vessel suitable for this operation.<br/><br/>A Cutter Suction Dredger is a floating vessel which removes sand, clay or soft rock from sea or river beds. It has a...doctoral thesis 2022
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Kokkedee, Jop (author)With an ever increasing demand for sustainable energy, limitations of current sustainable technologies are studied widely. In wind farms, the so-called wake effect provides the biggest limitation on wind farm total power output. Using wind from the unaffected boundary layer to re-energize the wind flow in the wake provides a method of limiting...master thesis 2022
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FU, RUNNAN (author)Planting trees is widely considered an effective way to create a good urban wind environment, improve air quality, mitigate heat island effects, improve pedestrian wind comfort and reduce building energy consumption. To assess tree effects and find suitable tree setups in urban areas, Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) simulations can be used.<br...master thesis 2022
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van Koelen, Luc (author)Weirs are constructed inside rivers to manage the water level. On the one hand they need to be designed sufficiently strong to prevent failure or destruction, while on the other hand they need to be economically feasible. If a structure is designed too strong, unnecessary costs are made and the structure becomes too expensive.<br/><br/>One of...master thesis 2022
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Huang, X. (author), Tummers, M.J. (author), van Veen, E.H. (author), Roekaerts, D.J.E.M. (author)The flamelet generated manifold (FGM) model is suitable for moderate or intense low oxygen dilution (MILD) combustion provided the flamelets underlying the manifold include the effects of strong dilution by products of the fuel/oxidizer mixture. Here we propose such an extended model based on the use of non-premixed flamelets diluted at the...journal article 2022
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Chen, W. (author), Warmink, J.J. (author), van Gent, M.R.A. (author), Hulscher, S.J.M.H. (author)The mean overtopping discharge and the overtopping flow parameters related to individual overtopping events are often used to characterize the wave overtopping processes at dikes. Roughness, berms and oblique waves have significant effects on the wave overtopping processes at dikes while these effects are still not fully understood. A 2DV...journal article 2022
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Talice, M. (author), Juretić, Franjo (author), Lahaye, D.J.P. (author)The reduction of emissions from large industrial furnaces critically relies on insights gained from numerical models of turbulent non-premixed combustion. In the article Mitigating Thermal NOx by Changing the Secondary Air Injection Channel: A Case Study in the Cement Industry, the authors present the use of the open-source OpenFoam software...journal article 2022