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Willems, Jasper (author)As a big contributor to the the global emissions, the maritime sector strives to bring down its greenhouse gasses and hazardous emissions by enforcing increasing strict rules on the exhaust gasses. This gives major challenges to the maritime sector to develop greener modes of transportation. This report investigates the in-cylinder starting...master thesis 2023
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DASOPOULOS, DIONYSIOS (author)Thick-section high strength steels (HSS) are widely used in engineering applications with requirements of high toughness and strength. Structural components are commonly joined by welding, known to significantly degrade the mechanical properties of steel due to changes in microstructure (e.g., grain size coarsening and martensite-austenite (M-A)...master thesis 2023
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Elhassan, Shiemaa (author)An Organ-on-a-Chip (OoC) is a microfluidic device that mimics an organ function on a chip. The goal of the OoC technology is to create disease models of various organs and use them to minimise animal testing. One of the important parameters to maintain the cells/tissues on the OoC is the temperature, typically at 37 °C. Usually, cell culture...master thesis 2023
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Patrikis, Konstantinos (author)Quay walls are often designed with Finite Element models (FE models) to take into account the complex soil-structure interaction and highly non-linear soil behavior. However, the effect of temperature variations is uncertain if it is taken into account in the design of the quay walls at the Port of Rotterdam.<br/><br/>Nowadays, new quay walls...master thesis 2023
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Wahi, P. (author), Konstantinou, T. (author), Tenpierik, M.J. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)Lower temperature heating (LTH) involves using the lowest possible supply temperatures to meet residential heating demands, thus supporting the integration of sustainable heating sources and decarbonising the existing residential stock. However, choosing appropriate energy renovation options to prepare existing dwellings for LTH presents...review 2023
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Volakos, Efstratios (author), Davis, Chris (author), Teich, Martien (author), Lenk, Peter (author), Overend, M. (author)Embedded load-bearing laminated glass connections have gained popularity in recent years due to their mechanical performance and aesthetic appeal. However, there is a paucity of data on their structural behaviour across a range of temperatures that may arise in building applications and there is also no simplified mechanics-based model for...journal article 2023
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Páez Watson, T.W. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Wahl, S.A. (author)The understanding of microbial communities and the biological regulation of its members is crucial for implementation of novel technologies using microbial ecology. One poorly understood metabolic principle of microbial communities is resource allocation and biosynthesis. Resource allocation theory in polyphosphate accumulating organisms ...journal article 2023
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Zhou, Yuekuan (author), Liu, Zhengxuan (author)Transition towards a carbon-neutral district energy community calls for carbon elimination and offsetting strategies, and phase change materials (PCMs) with substantial potential latent energy density can contribute significantly to carbon neutrality through both carbon-positive (like PCM-based thermal control in solar PVs) and carbon...review 2023
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Kartal, S. (author)Spatiotemporal time series prediction plays a crucial role in a wide range of applications. However, in most of the studies, spatial information was ignored and predictions were carried out either on a few points or on average values. In this study, 37 different configurations of 4 traditional ML models and 3 Neural Network (NN) based models...journal article 2023
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Wang, Yixia (author), Lin, Shu (author), Wang, Yibing (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Xu, Jungang (author)Currently, with the development of driving technologies, driverless vehicles gradually are becoming more and more available. Therefore, there would be a long period of time during which self-driving vehicles and human-driven vehicles coexist. However, for a mixed platoon, it is hard to control the formation due to the existence of the manual...journal article 2023
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Guo, Y. (author), Golchin, A. (author), Hicks, M.A. (author), Liu, Songyu (author), Zhang, Guozhu (author), Vardon, P.J. (author)The effect of temperature on the monotonic and cyclic shearing response of a soil–structure interface is of critical importance for the application of thermal-active geo-structures. To investigate this, soils and soil–concrete interfaces were comprehensively tested with a temperature-controlled direct shear device under both fixed...journal article 2023
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Dumont, Marina (author), Wang, Ranran (author), Wenzke, Diana (author), Blok, K. (author), Heijungs, Reinout (author)High-temperature heat pumps (HTHPs) are an emerging technology to improve overall process efficiency and reduce energy demand while enabling a switch from fossil fuels to renewable electricity. New industrial HTHP technologies aim to achieve an output heat temperature of 250 °C, suitable for decarbonising the food and beverages industry...journal article 2023
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Zeng, Simei (author), Tang, Chenggang (author), Hong, H. (author), Yuan, Fang (author), Li, Yuning (author), Wang, Yuqiang (author), Kong, Lingbing (author), Sun, Jingye (author), Zhu, Mingqiang (author), Deng, Tao (author)The high-temperature pressure sensors have wide applications in aerospace, petroleum, geothermal exploration, automotive electronics, and other fields. However, the traditional silicon-based pressure sensors are restricted to pressure measurement under 120~{\circ }\text{C} and cannot be satisfied to measure the pressure of various gases or...journal article 2023
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Emmerink, J.V. (author), Hadi, A.H. (author), Jovanova, J. (author), Cleven, Chris (author), Schott, D.L. (author)To improve the understanding of the mixing performance of double shaft, batch-type paddle mixers, the discrete element method (DEM) in combination with a Plackett–Burman design of experiments simulation plan is used to identify factor significance on the system’s mixing performance. Effects of several factors, including three material properties...journal article 2023
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Peters, Luka (author), Serhat, Gokhan (author), Vardar, Y. (author)Thermal feedback has been proven to enhance user experience in human-machine interactions. Yet state-of-the-art thermal technology has focused on the single finger or palm in static contact, overlooking dynamic and multi-finger interactions. The underlying challenges include incompatible designs of conventional interfaces for providing...journal article 2023
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Mandalahalli, M.M. (author), Lif, Johan (author), Mudde, R.F. (author), Portela, L. (author)In this work, the rise characteristics of a single H<sub>2</sub> bubble, in the ellipsoidal regime, in (i) water, (ii) single electrolyte (2 M, 4.5 M NaCl) solution and (iii) various concentrations of electrolyte mixture (up to 6.4 M of 1:5 weight fraction NaCl-NaClO<sub>3</sub>), have been studied, at temperatures up to 80°C. Our results...journal article 2023
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Leonov, Andrey O. (author), Pappas, C. (author)We present a systematic study of tilted spiral states obtained theoretically within the classical Dzyaloshinskii model for magnetic states in cubic non-centrosymmetric ferromagnets. Such tilted spirals are shown to stabilize under the competing effect of cubic and exchange anisotropies inherent to cubic helimagnets. By focusing on the...journal article 2023
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Ciani, Daniele (author), Sabatini, Mattia (author), Buongiorno Nardelli, Bruno (author), Lopez Dekker, F.J. (author), Rommen, Björn (author), Wethey, David S. (author), Yang, Chunxue (author), Liberti, Gian Luigi (author)The Harmony satellite mission was recently approved as the next European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Explorer 10. The mission science objectives cover several applications related to solid earth, the cryosphere, upper-ocean dynamics and air–sea interactions. The mission consists of a constellation of two satellites, flying with the Copernicus...journal article 2023
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Haji-Aghajany, Saeid (author), Amerian, Yazdan (author), Amiri Simkooei, A. (author)This study aims to investigate how changes in meteorological indicators affect groundwater resources, and hence to predict groundwater levels using these indicators, particularly in regions experiencing drought and subsidence. Precipitation, temperature, evapotranspiration and precipitable water vapor (PWV) are important meteorological...journal article 2023
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Masuda, Ryosuke (author), Hashimoto, Y. (author), Mulder, Max (author), van Paassen, M.M. (author), Kano, Manabu (author)Accurate process control through automation is the key to achieving efficient and stable operation of a blast furnace. In this study, we developed an automatic control system of hot metal temperature (HMT). To cope with the slow and complex process dynamics of the blast furnace, we constructed a control algorithm that predicts eight-hour...journal article 2023