Validating Flood Damage Estimations: A framework using plausibility and empirical data

Flood risk models are frequently used to analyse the climate- and socio-economic-driven impact of flooding hazards. However, model validation is rarely done adequately due to the rare occurrence of floods and even less frequent reporting of corresponding damages. <br/> <br/>In this research, validation is defined as the process of ensuring that...

Validation of design for value in social design projects: Presentation of a Value Validation Framework to assess the realisation of values in social design projects, supporting a more profound design for value process

Anno 2021, designers engage with questions of increasing complexity and impact. Designers are involved in creating services and systems that reach beyond an individual user, ultimately reshaping society. This realisation motivates the question of how designers should deal with the accompanying responsibility. The domain of Design for Values (van...

Validation of aero-hydro-servo-elastic load and motion simulations in BHawC/OrcaFlex for the Hywind Scotland floating offshore wind farm

Climate change, as a result from global warming, requires an energy transition: the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and a radical innovation of the global energy system to proceed apace. Offshore wind is an important source of clean, renewable energy, and it plays a key role in the transition. 80% of the worldwide...

Impact of Wrong Ambiguity Fixing on GNSS Positioning

Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has been developed in recent several decades, which provides a new technique for timing, positioning and navigation. And GNSS positioning is a basic service to us, both in daily life and scientific research. During high-precise positioning, ambiguity resolution is a key factor that has a huge influence...

Definition and evaluation of production test validation methods applied to Vx multiphase flow meters

Accurate flow rate measurements are very important in production testing. Originally small and insignificant deviations could propagate in subsequent applications where flow rate data is used as input parameter. Vx multiphase flow meters give much more information compared to conventional test separators. This extra data can be used for extra...