Design of a hybrid grab mechanism: enlarging the minimum bulk unloading capacity by torque addition

Grabs are essential in the process of unloading a bulk carrier by grabbing bulk material such as iron ore from the cargo hold. Due to varying operational conditions, the consistency and the amount of payload can vary significantly. One of the largest varying operational conditions is the occurrence of irregular bulk surfaces. Therefore, it is...

Material Driven Design: Designing a product from residual Dyneema® production fibres.

This master’s thesis is a collaboration between DSM Dyneema and the Circular Design Lab, a part of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. DSM Dyneema is a business group within the large Dutch multinational DSM N.V. They looking into means of making their business practice more suited to a future in a...

Applying Set-Based Design in Submarine Design

Since its inception 80 years ago, the authors' company was involved in the design of submarines. Due to the complexity of submarines the design is a long process. The interaction between the various systems on board means that late changes have a major impact on the design process resulting in an even longer gestation period. As a consequence...

Wireless control of LED display lighting system using Bluetooth and Android

This thesis will describe our research and process during the Bachelor project "Wireless control of LED lighting system using Bluetooth and Android". Our team was a 4 man team, where we, the authors, worked on the Android app development, the PCB design and the Power Supply. For work done on an FPGA and the flexible LEDs, see thesis written by P...

Designing ampul: Exploring future prosumer interactions

Thanks to advances in technology a time has arrived where it is possible to generate energy by virtually everyone for a competitive price. To produce energy on a small scale, fossil fuels are unattractive because energy can be extracted from them more efficiently on a larger scale. For technologies such as solar photovoltaic panels, there is no...

The role and position of VINEX neighbourhoods within the region: Developing a connecting urban node

VINEX neighbourhoods are often situated close to each other, but not designed on a regional scale. Around and in between the VINEX locations, in the space that is still not used, there are potentials for further development and especially for improving the role and position of the VINEX neighbourhoods in the region. The focus of this research is...