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Zhai, X. (author), Wang, Weiming (author), Chen, Falai (author), Wu, J. (author)Recent years have seen a growing interest in topology optimization of functionally graded microstructures, characterized by an array of microstructures with varying volume fractions. However, microstructures optimized at slightly different volume fractions do not necessarily connect well when placed adjacently. Furthermore, optimization is...journal article 2024
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Kerkhove, Casper (author)The recent success of - and demand for - compliant mechanisms has increased rapidly within the micro-electromechanical systems-, aircraft-, spacecraft-, surgical-, and precision-instrument industries. Yet, even greater success may be achieved by overcoming the computational cost and instability of the mechanisms' design methodology. This...master thesis 2023
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Römer, Nol (author)As mechanisms become increasingly precise, so becomes the reduction of noise and vibration increasingly important. One method for eliminating vibrations in mechanisms is dynamic balancing. This method prevents vibrations from occurring by designing the mechanism such that the inertial forces and moments of all bodies in the mechanism cancel each...master thesis 2023
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Spring, H. (author)The study of crystalline solids and condensed matter physics at large concerns itself with the new behaviors and phases of matter exhibited by elementary particles, atoms, and molecules by virtue of being assembled into a structure. These phases arise from complex microscopic behaviors, which makes it is difficult to establish rigorous...doctoral thesis 2023
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Schaab, Helge Schaab (author)Conventional hydrostatic bearings are not suited to use on surfaces with changing curvature which limits their applicability. To improve on this, deformable hydrostatic bearings are currently being researched. The goal of this work is to develop hydrostatic bearings with a single fluid supply that work for sinusoidal counter surfaces. <br/><br/...master thesis 2023
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Ouerghi, Ibrahim (author)The mimetic spectral element method is a relatively young method in numerical solutions of partial differential equations and actions that describe physical systems. Its advantage is that it takes the geometrical structure of the problem into account which guarantees consistency of the numerical scheme and the conservation of relevant quantities...master thesis 2023
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Arora, S. (author)The aimof this thesis is to investigate the impact of symmetry on light and how it alters its characteristics. Our research centers around the examination of complex photonic crystals rooted in the concept of photonic topological insulators, which are analogs of topological insulators initially introduced in condensed matter physics. Unlike...doctoral thesis 2023
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Schoenmaker, Eva (author)This thesis is part of a larger ongoing research project at the TU Delft regarding structural glass as a novel construction material. Here, the focus is directed towards the casting of glass to create complex free-form geometries. Thus far, only smaller components have been created, but a multitude of previous student work explored how the...master thesis 2023
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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
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van der Waals, Max (author)The importance of aerodynamic efficiency in the cycling sport is well known. Simple calculations demonstrate the considerable impact of just a few percentages in drag savings on the outcome of a competition where the margins can be incredibly small. Achieving a drag reduction can, however, be challenging as the flow topology of a cyclist is...master thesis 2023
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Lansu, Mike (author)The use of multi-axis additive manufacturing has enabled the possiblity to fabricate parts using curved layer deposition. Compared to the traditional deposition using planar layers of a fixed thickness, multiaxis additive manufacturing significantly increases the number of possible fabrication sequences. With the introduction of a time component...master thesis 2023
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Mishra, V. (author)The world has seen industrial revolutions with advancements in manufacturing technologies. The advancements in Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies will bring another revolution sooner rather than later. Nowadays, the Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) process is already used to manufacture large-scale structures such as ship...doctoral thesis 2023
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DAS, MANABENDRA NATH (author)Additive manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized part manufacturing, offering unprecedented design freedom and the ability to fabricate intricate structures. Computational design methods like topology optimization (TO) effectively capitalize on AM's design freedom. However, manufacturability constraints must be considered to ensure reliable...master thesis 2023
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van Dijk, Jolijn (author)With the increasing transition to battery electric vehicles (EVs) and concerns about the capacity of the existing electrical infrastructure, the need for effective grid capacity management has become apparent. The V2X innovation, also known as bidirectional charging, has potential to enable EVs to interact with the electricity grid for various...master thesis 2023
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Gupta, Mayank (author)Metal additive manufacturing has enabled great diversity and design freedom in heat exchanger design. However, these benefits cannot be adequately realised without optimizing its ancillary components as well, specifically the inlet and outlet manifolds. Optimizing the manifolds can significantly improve the flow distribution inside the heat...master thesis 2023
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Manur, Suraj (author)The integration of renewable energy systems into the grid brings new and unique propositions involving the integration of power electronic inverter based solutions into the High Voltage (HV) grid. Thus a need arises to test the HV components with unconventional waveforms which can be satisfied by the Arbitrary Waveshape Generator (AWG). Two such...master thesis 2023
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Molina Ramirez, Ines (author)Given the growing number of environmental and societal concerns we confront today, the idea of sustainability has gained importance. At the same time, new strategies for improving the performance of structures and systems have been developed due to developments in engineering and computational design. This research aims to generate a sustainable...master thesis 2023
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Liu, Chengen (author)The edge flow reconstruction task improves the integrity and accuracy of edge flow data by recovering corrupted or incomplete signals. This can be solved by a regularized optimization problem, and the corresponding regularizers are chosen based on prior knowledge. However, obtaining prior information is challenging in some fields. Thus, we...master thesis 2023
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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
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Donker, Quinten (author)This thesis is about Van Kampen's theorem and fundamental groupoids. Van Kampen's Theorem is a classical result in algebraic topology, which proposes a way of calculating the fundamental group of a topological spaces using the fundamental groups of certain subspaces. In this thesis we will construct the fundamental group, which intuitively...bachelor thesis 2023