Basalt to replace steel in concrete quay wall aprons: Evaluation of minibars and basalt reinforced polymer rebars to replace steel as reinforcement in quay wall aprons to reduce environmental impact.

An experimental research into the use of basalt as reinforcement in concrete to reduce the ECI value of a concrete quay wall apron. In this research experiments with basalt minibars and basalt reinforced polymer rebars are performed to compare directly to steel fibres and steel rebars. With the test results 4 designs are produced resulting in...

Electrically Assisted Propulsion & Power Systems for Short-Range Missions: Electrification of a Conventional Airbus A320neo

Over the last 50 years, the global airline industry has seen resilient growth in the demand for passenger travel; this trend is expected to continue in the coming decades. With kerosene being the predominant source used as jet fuel, this increase in air traffic is expected to result in the depletion of non-renewable fossil fuels and undesired...

Economic and environmental impact assessment of policies promoting wind power participation in energy spot markets.

This master thesis aims at improving the understanding of the factors affecting the cost and emission impacts of wind operations using an engineering- economic (unit commitment) model and generator performance data based on actual US and other country experience, and to analyze the impact of incentive mechanisms on wind power participation in...

Boortunnel onder het Groene Hart

Het doel van dit onderzoek is tweeledig. Het eerste doel omvat het inventariseren van de verschillende soorten hinder voor de korte en de lange boortunnelvariant. Het tweede doel omvat het analyseren van de geconstateerde knelpunten in het Referentieontwerp en het uitwerken van een knelpunt met grote waterbouwkundige relevantie. In deelrapport I...