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Huang, Yuwei (author)Slow sand filters (SSFs) are essential for ensuring microbial quality and biological stability of drinking water in the Netherlands. However, gaps exist in understanding of removal processes of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and ammonium and the effects of grain size, loading rate, and backwashing on removal in SSFs.<br/>Four lab-scale SSF...master thesis 2023
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van IJzendoorn, Christa (author)Coastal dune systems provide valuable functions that are threatened by human activity and climate change. Preserving and strengthening coastal dunes through coastal management and the implementation of interventions require accurate predictions of coastal dune development. The development of coastal dunes is driven by complex interactions...doctoral thesis 2023
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de Hullu, Cato (author)Along the Dutch coastline, coastal dunes act as the primary sea defence to protect the low-lying areas behind it from flooding. To ensure that these dunes are strong enough to meet national safety standards, models are used to assess their strength. Even though our modelling capabilities have significantly improved over the years, model...master thesis 2023
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Kuai, Y. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)Intertidal flats are of great socio-economic and ecological importance in defending the coastal cities from flooding, providing resources for land reclamations and habits for wildlife. On the intertidal flats, milder profiles are usually featured with finer sediment. However, we find the opposite relationship between the alongshore variation in...journal article 2023
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Kar, S. (author), Yilmaz, A. (author), Traka, K. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author)This work investigates the role of grain size and recrystallization texture in the corrosion behavior of pure iron in 0.1 M sulfuric acid solution. Annealing heat treatment was applied to obtain samples with different average grain sizes (26, 53 and 87 µm). Optical microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron backscatter diffraction techniques...journal article 2023
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van IJzendoorn, Christa (author), Hallin, E.C. (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), de Vries, S. (author)Grain size affects the rates of aeolian sediment transport on beaches. Sediment in coastal environments typically consists of multiple grain-size fractions and exhibits spatiotemporal variations. Still, conceptual and numerical aeolian transport models are simplified and often only include a single fraction that is constant over the model...journal article 2023
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Long, Xu (author), Chong, Kainan (author), Su, Yutai (author), Du, L. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)The stress–strain response of sintered silver nanoparticles (AgNP) materials is precisely characterized in order to adapt for numerical analysis and rational design of electronic packaging structures in this study. A framework of crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM) is established based on the mechanism of crystal plastic...journal article 2023
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Schouwenaars, R. (author), Kestens, L.A.I. (author)While the grain size effect (GSE) is universally observed in polycrystalline metals and alloys, extended dislocation pileups (DPUs) at grain boundaries (GBs) are rarely observed. Although this discrepancy was noticed over 50 years ago, DPUs are still widely accepted as the explanation for the GSE, often expressed as the Hall-Petch (HP)...journal article 2023
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Abraham Mathews, J. (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author), Santofimia, Maria Jesus (author)In many commercial steel processing routes, steel microstructures are reverted to an austenitic condition prior to the final processing steps. Understanding the microstructure development during austenitization is crucial for improving the performance and reliability of the microstructure that forms from austenite. In this work, austenite...journal article 2023
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Cheekati, Vishnu (author)In recent decades, high strength steels in thick sections have been increasingly used in offshore structures where they are subjected to harsh service conditions such as freezing temperatures and high static/dynamic loading. At these conditions they are susceptible to a transition from ductile failure to a dangerous brittle (cleavage)...master thesis 2022
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Breedveld, Rosanne (author)The Building with Nature approach has been gaining ground in hydraulic engineering, increasing the importance of understanding the cross-shore morphodynamic processes. The intertidal zone, where marine and aeolian processes come together, is an important link in the transport of sediment from the sea towards the dunes. The grain size...master thesis 2022
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Yilmaz, A. (author), He, X. (author), Pletincx, Sven (author), Hauffman, Tom (author), Sietsma, J. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author)The role of prior austenite grain size (PAGS) on the passive layer properties of martensitic steels is studied. Electron backscatter diffraction analysis shows that PAGS between 5 and 66 µm were obtained after applying different heat treatments. The barrier properties of passive film deteriorate with grain refinement up to 28 µm, attributed to...journal article 2022
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van IJzendoorn, Christa (author), Hallin, E.C. (author), Cohn, Nicholas (author), Reniers, A.J.H.M. (author), de Vries, S. (author)In sandy beach systems, the aeolian sediment transport can be governed by the vertical structure of the sediment layers at the bed surface. Here, data collected with a newly developed sand scraper is presented to determine high-resolution vertical grain size variability and how it is affected by marine and aeolian processes. Sediment samples...journal article 2022
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Kuai, Y. (author), Tao, Jianfeng (author), Zhou, Z. (author), Aarninkhof, S.G.J. (author), Wang, Zhengbing (author)Tidal flats play an important role in promoting coastal biodiversity, defense against flooding, land reclamation and recreation. Many coastal tidal flats, especially the tide-dominant ones, are muddy. However, the number of studies on the profile shape and surficial sediment distribution of muddy tidal flats is small compared to sandy beaches....journal article 2021
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Duarte Campos, L.A. (author), Wijnberg, Kathelijne M. (author), Hulscher, Suzanne J.M.H. (author)In this study we tested to what extent grain count data from a laser particle counter, when enriched with granulometric data, can lead to accurate measurements of aeolian sediment fluxes in the field. Field experiments were conducted at Koksijde beach (Belgium) with a vertical array of five Wenglor fork sensors and co-located vertically...journal article 2021
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Galan Lopez, J. (author), Kestens, L.A.I. (author)Two of the microstructural parameters most influential in the properties of polycrystalline materials are grain size and crystallographic texture. Although both properties have been extensively studied and there are a wide range of analysis tools available, they are generally considered independently, without taking into account the possible...journal article 2021
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Koufis, Stratos (author)Quenching and partitioning (Q&P) is a novel processing route that can create microstructures that combine high strength, ductility and easy formability without the excess use of alloying elements by also keeping the production cost low. Therefore, this method is ideal to be applied to steels that are used in the automotive industry. The...master thesis 2020
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Kar, Satyakam (author)Microstructure-corrosion property correlation is an open question in the field of materials science. The microstructure of metals and alloys consists of several features with different individual corrosion response. The corrosion behavior of the macroscopic system is an outcome of the complex interaction of the components of microstructure....master thesis 2020
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Onrust, Menno (author)The world's coasts are at risk: an estimated 24% of the world's beaches are eroding. Extreme events such as storms continuously threaten the coastal region and pose a serious risk of coastal flooding. Under the influence of climate change, the seaward pressures are only expected to increase. Sea level rise is accelerating, storm intensities and...master thesis 2020
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van der Vegt, H. (author), Storms, J.E.A. (author), Walstra, Dirk Jan R. (author), Nordahl, Kjetil (author), Howes, Nick C. (author), Martinius, A.W. (author)Modern and ancient analogues are often consulted by geologists to help understand subsurface systems. While modern analogues provide information on the areal relationship between facies, ancient systems provide detailed data on the vertical facies variations, typically along a two-dimensional outcrop. Combining data from modern and ancient...journal article 2020