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Meijers, P.C. (author)
Turbulence plays an important role in a broad range of engineering applications. In the industry RANS simulations are a common method for predicting turbulent flow. A broad range of RANS turbulence models have been developed over the past decades. For the assessment of complex three-dimensional flow fields Reynolds Stress Transport Models are a...
master thesis 2016
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Shah, N.K. (author)
The trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is creating a new change related to enterprise IT in many organizations. The last years, especially from 2009 -2015 has resulted in proliferation of consumer device market consisting of new mobile devices with features which are very much similar to the features provided by PC workstations. The BYOD...
master thesis 2015
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Samsam, M. (author)
One of the daily operations that a civil airplane goes through is the turnaround of ground handling process or what commonly known as the turnaround process. By improving the performance of the turnaround process, there would be multiple benefits for the airlines and the airports, costs can be saved and more profit can be created due to higher...
master thesis 2015
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Samsam, M. (author)
One of the daily operations that a civil airplane goes through is the turnaround of ground handling process or what commonly known as the turnaround process. By improving the performance of the turnaround process, there would be multiple benefits for the airlines and the airports, costs can be saved and more profit can be created due to higher...
master thesis 2015
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Porozantzidou, S. (author)
Within this report, a process improvement framework is developed and applied in the case of the outbound Logistics process at KLM Engineering & Maintenance. The methodology proposed for the improvement of the process includes a synergy of three different, but related theories: Lean, Six Sigma and Engineering Design. The integration of their...
master thesis 2015
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Puspita Sari, F. (author)
The growing awareness of delivering public services into more costumer-oriented minded triggers the public organisations to manage their assets professionally. Building assets are one of the resources owned by the public organisations that need to be maintained. Maintenance departments are part of the public body that have responsibilities to...
master thesis 2015
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Loenis, B.J.C. (author)
This research investigates the changes which occur in the floricultural sector and how this changing sector affects the transport operation of floricultural growers. By means of demand forecasting and transport scenarios a practical and robust transport solution has been found for the growers.
master thesis 2015
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Van Zuijlen, J.J. (author)
A large part of the flood defences in The Netherlands does not meet the present safety standards. In 2014 the delta programme has proposed new safety standards, which are based on the flood risk approach. These new safety standards will for a lot of river dikes be stricter than the currently prevailing safety standards. A lot of work has to be...
master thesis 2015
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De Regt, E.F.G. (author)
In today’s information driven-economy, the key for manufacturing organizations like HEINEKEN Brewery Zoeterwoude to become and remain competitive lies in their capacity to acquire sound, relevant and timely information, as well as in ability to learn from the acquired information. The latter is believed to be linked to the extent in which the...
master thesis 2015
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Vijfhuizen, F.W. (author)
In the present time large manufacturing organizations operate on a global scale and thereby form an extremely competitive market. Far going globalization makes markets highly competitive, putting the pressure on these organizations to be more innovative and improve the efficiency of its production processes in order to lower overall costs. These...
master thesis 2014
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Van der Waal, K.T. (author)
Bentonite is a clay that is used in many industrial applications. Company X required an investigation on the bentonite that is mined by Company Y. Currently Company X produces cat litter only from her bentonite, but other applications might be of economical interest to the company. After scoping down to 4 applications other than cat litter ...
bachelor thesis 2014
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Ooms, M.C. (author)
A research was undertaken to find the suitability of Turkish calcium bentonite from the mines of a Company. Four samples of bentonite mines in the {\"U}nye region are researched, the M1, M2, M3 and M4 mine. The suitability of drilling fluid, foundry sand, soil improvement and bleaching earth applications is found through research on the...
bachelor thesis 2014
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Vrolijk, E.F. (author), Poelhekke, L. (author), Schlepers, M.H. (author), De Boer, G.G. (author)
In the North of Cuba, the Oasis beach area is situated. The beach suffers from structural erosion and earlier measures to deal with this have not succeeded. In this project, a solution is offered to reach two goals: foremost, a beach improvement to the Oasis beach sector and second, a halt to the structural erosion in the sector in order to...
student report 2014
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Teerlink, T. (author)
master thesis 2013
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De Nijs, F. (author)
Many meta-heuristic approaches have been suggested for or applied to the Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (RCPSP). The existence of a number of highly accessible standard benchmark sets has promoted a research focus on finding anything that improves average solution quality, without investigating what effect is responsible for the...
master thesis 2013
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Wortel, M.C. (author)
The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Sustainable development is a young, developing field in which many standards, certificates, and initiatives are spawning. Companies are expected to work on sustainable development by its customers, investors, and society in...
master thesis 2013
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Thissen, J.J. (author)
The design of new handling and sorting equipment, together with the corresponding procedure. The equipment is designed for the (soda-) can industry. It has besides ergonomic advantages for the employees also quality improvements.
master thesis 2013
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Van Aken, N. (author)
This graduation project is performed at Kofferfabriek Gefken, a small company that designs, produces and sells tailormade cases. More or less starting from scratch, a thorough internal and external analysis was performed, as well as two constructive sessions with the management. A new mission statement was formulated, and by using SWOT...
master thesis 2013
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Pham, P.V. (author)
Rice husk ash is an attractive pozzolan. Due to its low cost and high activity it has a promising perspective in sustainable construction. In combination with lime, its effect in soil improvement can be equal to cement treatment but its production process consumes much less energy. The main component of the rice husk ash is silica, which is the...
master thesis 2012
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Van den Berg, R. (author)
This report presents the results of a thesis research project executed at Tata Steel IJmuiden at the technical quality department of the Basic Oxygen Steel plant. This department wanted to reduce the rejection of their produced steel slabs within the internal supply chain of Tata Steel. For this project the Basic Oxygen Steel plant wanted to use...
master thesis 2012
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