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Gujjala, Tharun Raj (author)Over the years, applications for the turbomachinery usage and the operating range during its lifetime have widened. The single operating point optimized design leads to a problematic phenomenon called ‘local optimization’ which means that the design has a very narrow range of better performance around that point and deteriorates significantly at...master thesis 2019
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de Vries, Duco (author)This master’s thesis documents the design process behind Microfarm, a small-scale indoor farm designed specifically for restaurants. Facilitator of this project is Priva, which is a company specialized in horticulture and venturing into indoor farming. Indoor farming involves growing edible plants in closed structures using artificial lighting...master thesis 2019
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Middelburg, Lodewijk (author)In this Thesis the conceptual design of a hull cleaning support vessel in the ARAG will be described. The design will optimize the cleaning operation and benefit safety and efficiency.master thesis 2019
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Dierker Viik, Leah (author)The development of computational tools to aid with early-stage design of buildings is an emerging topic of great value. Developing a good conceptual design for a building is important because it can save a great amount of time and resources over the entire building process. This report discusses the project StructuralComponents 6, a continuation...master thesis 2019
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Bushell, Terry (author), Jin, Yueyuan (author), Huang, Haoxi (author)The Port of Rotterdam has many old harbours located close to the Rotterdam city center that are no longer suitable to be used for industrial purposes. Meanwhile due to expansion and population growth of the city, more recreational spaces are needed. The idea is to use the abundant dredged material from the Port of Rotterdam to fill in and...student report 2019
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Gijsberts, Bart (author)In this thesis, an alternative cable lay system was designed that can be used on existing non-cable lay vessels. This design is conceptualized and analyzed for a specific market, following the steps in the engineering design process. The technical and economic analysis investigates the feasibility and competitiveness of the new cable lay system....master thesis 2019
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Rodriguez Galvez, Luis (author)Galveston Bay is an area in the Upper Texas Coast (USA) historically suffering from the impact of several large magnitude hurricanes. In 2008 hurricane Ike, one of the most devastating natural disasters in Unites States recent past, raised awareness of the flood vulnerability problem of the area and triggered the beginning of different proposals...master thesis 2019
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van den Kerkhoff, Roy-Matthieu (author)There is a growing demand for renewable sources of energy of which wave energy conversion is one. The Ocean Falls is an oscillating water column (OWC) system invented by BAM Infraconsult b.v. This system differs from conventional OWC systems since it includes a connection tube and an adjustable back wall. The OWC system is a resonance system for...master thesis 2019
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van der Plas, Bram (author)Setting up or dismantling a shiprepair yard requires vast amounts of time and resources. Current shiprepair yards are land-based facilities that can not be moved when demand for their services declines. A mobile shiprepair facility would be able to and Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DS&C) expressed interest to investigate the potential...master thesis 2019
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Gkoika, Maria (author), Coenders, Jeroen (author), Nijsse, R. (author), van Nederveen, G.A. (author), Pasterkamp, S. (author), Rutgers, Arend (author)This paper presents a novel approach to modelling and documenting design knowledge: to use parametric technology to explicitly store knowledge which exists in a group of people (such as a company), so that it can be reused over many projects and grow over time when more projects are designed. This approach has been applied and tested on a test...conference paper 2019
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Chiang, Y.-C. (author), Borgart, A. (author), Li, Q. (author)Membrane shells, which have minimized bending moments under certain load conditions, are regarded as ideal structural forms in terms of material efficiency. Most of the existing numerical form-finding methods are based on discretizing membranes into finite panels or funicular networks and focusing on gravitational loading only. In order to...conference paper 2019
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Verschoof, Steyn (author)Multi-use of offshore platforms is a long-term research challenge which aims to combine food and energy production at sea. Research in this field is in its infancy, literature is scarce and without much cross-referencing. The aim of this thesis has been to develop a coherent set of recommendations for the further development of multi-use...master thesis 2018
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Zamboni, Jacopo (author)As the aviation sector keeps expanding, a growing interest in technologies that can reduce the dependency from non-renewable energy sources, both for economic and environmental reasons, has led researchers to investigate the opportunities offered by the electrification of flight. It is theorized that the use of electrically powered machines as...master thesis 2018
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Meijdam, Yorick (author)In a Design-Driven Innovation (Verganti, 2014) approach, the goal was to innovate on the meaning of a medium format system in order to find a viable product solution. As a result the vision is to step away from the traditional mindset of considering the camera as a box that simply records an image, but as a smart tool that supports the...master thesis 2018
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Schouten, Tom (author)Designers are motivated to create more a efficient aircraft design following the growth of the market and environmental restrictions. As a result new interest in propeller-powered aircraft as such engines show higher theoretical propulsive efficiency as compared to turbofan engines. <br/><br/>The employment of turboprop engines on commercial...master thesis 2018
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Hohrath, Babette (author)This paper presents the development of a feasibility analysis tool for the Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry called StructuralComponents 5.0. It is the fifth paper in a series of developments starting with Breider (2008), which discussed modelling and analysing 2D tall buildings with an emphasis on quick generation and...master thesis 2018
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Schagen, Roland (author)The adoption of optimization algorithms has been slower in conceptual design compared to the later design phases. The choices made during the conceptual design phase have a large impact on the performance of the result. This research aims to find out why it is so hard to use optimization in conceptual design. Then a method is proposed to solve...master thesis 2018
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Banerji, Sagarika (author)With improvements in aviation technology, design requirements to be full-filled have also increased exponentially. This in turn influences the complexity of design process, along with the time and effort required for it. The problem, for this research, has been set up with respect to challenges faced at Fokker Aerostructures, during in-proposal...master thesis 2018
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van Oorschot, N. (author)The Netherlands is a country where people have to live with water, rather than fighting against it. This philosophy often requires interaction between infrastructure and waterways, where (hydraulic) structures are placed close to or even extending in the waterway, introducing the risk of ship collision. What makes this accidental load so...master thesis 2017
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Horikx, M.P. (author)The subject of this academic research thesis is a methodical approach on the complex problem-solving process of structural conceptual design.<br/>For this relatively unexplored problem, an exploratory research is conducted by systematically zooming in from the whole to the part and from coarse to fine. The so explored methodical approach on...doctoral thesis 2017