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Varoutsos, Panayiotis (author)René Char's aphorism 'They installed us heirs without a will' as a cause for reflection locates the inability of the man of the 21st century to perceive what the past of the place has left behind. In general, it demonstrates the failure of our instant culture to understand the meaning of urban heritage and the dismissal of a consciousness of the...master thesis 2023
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Bui, Tuan Anh (author), Cammarata, Giuseppe (author), Choudary Kancharla, Varun (author), Brinkgreve, R.B.J. (author), Brasile, Sandro (author)Rock bolting plays an important role in different geo-engineering applications and its numerical modelling is crucial for the analysis and design of rock structures. Continuum modelling simulation of bolt-reinforced rock masses requires specific techniques to properly model the reinforcement system and its interaction with the rock mass, which...conference paper 2023
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PAVLAKIS, DIMITRIS (author)The case study of the outer lock head of the New Terneuzen Lock is considered to investigate the behavior of the Boom Clay and to develop an automated method for improving the deformation predictions in a deep excavation format. The initiative to perform this study was the uncertainty in modeling the Boom Clay behavior during the design and the...master thesis 2022
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Granger-van den Brand, Sara (author)How to deal with the abundance of abandoned mega-structures in a city and where do these structures fit in modern society? <br/><br/>Rather than repelling or demolishing, this project deals with the structure of the abandoned factory of Belgrade by redefining its relationship to the human scale. The use of the age-old approach of roman and...master thesis 2022
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Aouragh, Bilal (author)After decades of exploitation of hydrocarbons, the offshore facilities constructed for this purpose are nearing the end of their design life and/or economic operation. According to international law, these offshore structures need to be completely removed. Decommissioning of the substructures often requires for soil to be removed in piles to...master thesis 2022
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Harrouni, Mohamed (author)Over the past decades an increase in underground construction is observed. Deep excavations are among the structures used for underground construction. The construction of such structures often affects nearby existing structures and causes possibly even damages.<br/>The prediction of these damages is usually done by following these steps:<br/>1....master thesis 2022
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Helmons, R.L.J. (author)There is an expected increase in demand of critical raw materials, e.g. nickel and cobalt, mainly driven by the shift towards renewable energy solutions and the increase in production of electric vehicles. That trend has raised the interests for the mining of polymetallic nodules. The most extensive nodule depostions are found on the abyssal...conference paper 2022
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Lai, F. (author), Chen, Fuquan (author), Liu, Songyu (author), Keawsawasvong, Suraparb (author), Shiau, Jim (author)Pit-in-pit (PIP) excavations in an aquifer–aquitard system likely undergo catastrophic failures under the hydraulic uplift, the associated undrained stability problem, however, has not been well analyzed in the past. To this end, a hypothetical model of PIP braced excavation in typical soil layers of Shanghai, China is developed using the...journal article 2022
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Touzet, Matt (author)This project embraces the latent tensions and conflicts within the mysterious Taklamakan Desert, where cultural history is being rewritten within the contemporary paradigm of surveillance capitalism. By binding the national demand for data centers with the archaeological excavation of destroyed heritage sites, the material and cultural memory of...master thesis 2021
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Chen, X. (author)A 3D dynamic numerical model is established for modelling the excavation process for dredging purposes. The interaction between the solid and fluid phases is realized by a specially designed DEM-FVM coupling mechanism, where the fluid-particle interaction forces, the volume fraction information and the particle information are constantly updated...doctoral thesis 2021
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Musumeci, Rosaria Ester (author), Foti, Enrico (author), Li Rosi, Davide (author), Sanfilippo, Mariano (author), Stancanelli, L.M. (author), Iuppa, Claudio (author), Sapienza, Vincenzo (author), Yang, William (author), Cantarero, Massimo (author), Patanè, Domenico (author)Archaeological sites are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of weather-related events, which may lead to irreparable damages to cultural heritage. Here an assessment of the debris-flow hazard for the UNESCO site of Roman Villa del Casale (Italy) is carried out, through a combination of historical analyses, field surveys, geomorphological and...journal article 2021
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Wijs, R. J.A. (author), Nane, G.F. (author), Leontaris, G. (author), Van Manen, T. R.W. (author), Wolfert, A.R.M. (author)Utility operators must rely on predictive analyses regarding the availability of their subsurface assets, which highly depend on damage by increasing amounts of excavation work. However, straightforward use of standard statistical techniques, such as logistic regression or Bayesian logistic regression, does not allow for accurate predictions...journal article 2020
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Tu, Zhichao (author)Spirituality in Gibraltar follows its own local logic. Around the base of the rock, in the dense town and port, cultures mix and intersect and negotiate in streets and buildings. Churches, mosques and synagogues, religions have found places – sometimes highly traditional senses in their symbolism, sometimes not. These communities reach a balance...master thesis 2020
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Bartczak, Konrad (author)Displacement control is of utmost importance in deep excavation design and is usually based on numerical modelling, e.g. Finite Element Method (FEM). Numerical methods tend to be more conservative when analysing soil behaviour during deep excavation, whereas for practical and economic reasons this is not favoured. The inverse analysis allows for...master thesis 2020
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Ambrosi, Matteo (author)During the advance of a tunnel boring machine (TBM), the torque applied to rotate the cutterhead must overcome the resisting moments acting on it. Hence, one of the major concerns of TBM design is to determine the torque and power requirements of the excavation machine. The first empirical approach for torque estimation was developed in the 80’s...master thesis 2019
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Santos Barros, Andres Alfonso (author)Deep Soil Mixing is an often-applied technique in the reinforcement of embankments, but little has been done to investigate and understand its behavior when used in excavation projects. The present research presents a database of the results of previous studies on the Deep Soil Mixing technique in Scandinavian soils. An expression that can...master thesis 2019
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Duijzer, Jeroen (author)For the location of my design I considered the old city wall/retaining wall of Genoa. This old defense/retaining wall is in itself a colossal architectural structure. It forms an enormous boundary as it was made to defend and close off the city. Now the city has outgrown its walls and does not need them for defence anymore. Devoid of its...master thesis 2019
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Westerveld, Kevin (author)We think of architecture as an additive or accumulative process: a process where elements are added in order to create architecture. After you lay a brick, you lay another. But architecture can also be seen as subtractive, where portions of volume are removed to clarify an entity. In architecture school we learn how to create a building; to...master thesis 2019
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Scholtenhuis, Léon Olde (author), Vahdatikhaki, Farid (author), Zlatanova, S. (author), Beetz, Jakob (author), Pauwels, Pieter (author)Excavation work takes place almost continually in most cities around the Western hemisphere. Many cities are already full of infrastructures, buried networks, and street furniture, so excavation work is not without any thread to the operator and surrounding environment. Small construction sites, for example, are often constrained by operating...journal article 2019
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Bekkers, Rick (author)In a world where the awareness of global warming and climate change increases, the shift towards sustainable energy is essential. In the upcoming years, an increasing number of offshore wind farms is expected. Over the past years, all the 'best spots' are taken and the new locations in tougher soil conditions or even rock have to be overcome....master thesis 2018