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Hemel, M. (author)Amsterdam faces the challenge of maintaining a domain of 200 km historic quay walls, which is a vital part of the city’s historical landscape. Many quays are currently in poor condition and require renovation or replacement in the near future, significantly impacting the city. The quay walls can be up to 300 years old and their structure...doctoral thesis 2023
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Firman Habib, F (author)Large-diameter monopiles serve as foundations for offshore wind turbines (OWT), and the diameters are now up to 10 meters. These monopiles exhibit lower embedded length-to-diameter (L/D) ratios compared to the conventional monopile that is widely employed in offshore oil and gas platforms. They undergo rotation when subjected to lateral loading...master thesis 2023
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van Alphen, Krijn (author)This thesis describes the investigation of the lateral monopile response in weak rock and the effect of a zone of crushed rock that is induced by driven installation. The goal of the investigation is to study the impact of the weaker zone around a monopile on the lateral response. The thesis focuses on the modelling of a monopile in a finite...master thesis 2023
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Dijksman, Brice (author)To support offshore wind turbines (OWT), monopiles are currently the most frequently used foundation method. These monopiles are open-ended steel tubes with a diameter of 5 - 12 m, which are most often installed in the seabed by means of hydraulic impact hammering usually mounted...master thesis 2023
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Moerman, Marco (author)Compliant mechanisms are a popular alternative to conventional mechanisms because of their advantages on mass reduction, friction, backlash and lubrication. However, the major drawback in the use of compliant mechanisms is the stiffness is the desired direction of motion. The advantages of conventional and compliant mechanisms can be combined if...master thesis 2023
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Wang, H. (author), Lehane, B. M. (author), Bransby, M. F. (author), Wang, L. Z. (author), Hong, Y. (author), Askarinejad, A. (author)This paper presents a synthesis of recent and new research conducted by the authors on laterally loaded monopiles in drained sand. The research involved reduced-scale field tests, centrifuge model tests, finite element (FE) simulations and comparisons of design approaches with published experimental data. The influence of the monopile base on...journal article 2023
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Wang, H. (author), Wang, L. Z. (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Hong, Y. (author), He, B. (author)Piles have been widely used as foundations to resist lateral loads. For the design of a laterally loaded pile, one of the most important inputs is the ultimate soil resistance (p<sub>ult</sub> = K<sub>ult</sub>Dσv<sup>′,whereK</sup>ult is the ultimate lateral soil resistance coefficient, D is the pile diameter, and σv<sup>′</sup> is the...journal article 2023
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Xiao, Hong (author), Zhang, Zhihai (author), Zhu, Yajie (author), Gan, Tiancheng (author), Wang, Haoyu (author)Before the operation of newly constructed railways, tamping and stabilizing machines should be used to improve the quality of ballast beds. With the expansion of the railway network and increase of speeds and axle loads, higher quality and efficiency for tamping and stabilizing operation are required. However, previous studies did not involve...journal article 2023
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Wang, Yiping (author), Li, Xueyuan (author), Liu, Qi (author), Li, Songhao (author), Luan, Tian (author), Li, Z. (author)The skid-steered vehicle has the advantages of simple structure and strong maneuverability. Its formation driving can effectively improve safety, reduce energy consumption and exert its benefits, and has wide application prospects in military and civilian fields. Differential skid steering has strong horizontal and vertical coupling...conference paper 2023
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Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Daan (author)In this thesis the performance of five CPT-based p-y models by Novello (1999), Dyson & Randolph (2001), Li, et al. (2014) and Suryasentana & Lehane (2014;2016) is assessed. This is done in part by comparing the measured load-deflection response from a set of lab- and field tests that is representative for offshore monopile structures to...master thesis 2022
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Stubbé, Laurien (author)This thesis describes the concept of a reconfigurable wheelbase for a car as a way to improve agility at higher velocities. Altering the longitudinal position of each wheel with respect to the centre of gravity, leads to a change in lateral wheel forces. This affects the car's yaw rate, therefore making it possible to influence its agility....master thesis 2022
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Joosten, Sjoerd (author)Flying wings are known for their limited lateral-directional stability and handling qualities. This study aims at assessing the lateral-directional handling qualities of a conceptual flying wing aircraft currently in development at TU Delft, the Flying-V. It focuses on two aspects: First assess the lateral-directional handling qualities of the...master thesis 2022
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Hemel, M. (author), Korff, M. (author), Peters, D.J. (author)The historic canal wall structures in many Northern European cities have been built as masonry walls on a timber deck founded on timber piles. For analysis of the resistance of those structures and assessment of their remaining service life, suitable and accurate calculation models are needed. Thereto an analytical method was developed for...journal article 2022
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Li, Q. (author), Gavin, Kenneth (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Prendergast, L. J. (author)The influence of combined loading on the response of monopiles used to support offshore wind turbines (OWTs) is investigated in this paper. In current practice, resistance of monopiles to vertical and lateral loading is considered separately. As OWT size has increased, the slenderness ratio (pile length, L, normalised by diameter, D) has...journal article 2022
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Bootsman, R.J. (author), Mul, D.P.N. (author), Shen, Y. (author), Hashemi, M. (author), Heeres, Rob M. (author), van Rijs, Fred (author), Alavi, S.M. (author), de Vreede, L.C.N. (author)Fully digital transmitters (DTXs) have the potential of replacing analog-intensive transmitter (TX) line-ups in future massive multiple-input and multiple-output (mMIMO) systems since they hold the promise of higher system integration level and energy efficiency. DTX operation so far has been limited to low RF output powers. This article...journal article 2022
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Wang, H. (author), Lehane, B. M. (author), Bransby, M. F. (author), Askarinejad, A. (author), Wang, L. Z. (author), Hong, Y. (author)Monopiles are the most popular foundation for offshore wind turbines. These foundations typically have a low length to diameter ratio and undergo a rigid body rotation when subjected to lateral load. This paper presents results from an extensive numerical investigation involving 3D finite element analyses to demonstrate that the lateral...journal article 2022
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Guo, Y. (author), Wang, Xinyu (author), Lian, Dong (author), Wan, Hongyu (author), Jing, Guoqing (author)The Sichuan−Tibet railway is built under some difficult situations, including limited ballast bed profile, frequent earthquakes and large diurnal temperature variation. These difficulties cause insufficient lateral resistance of ballasted track, which is an urgent problem for the stability and resilience of the continuously welded rail (CWR)....journal article 2022
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Liu, Zhengqiang (author), Liu, Di (author), Yu, Wenwu (author), Baldi, S. (author)In recent years, platooning solutions like cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) have been deeply studied. It is common in such platooning literature to assume that the vehicles drive on the same lane (longitudinal platooning). At the same time, lateral control during merging maneuvers is commonly addressed as a path planning problem, in...conference paper 2022
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Zhang, Zhihai (author), Xiao, Hong (author), Wang, Y. (author), Fang, Jia (author), Nadakatti, M. M. (author), Wang, Haoyu (author)The lateral resistance of ballast bed is an important parameter to prevent track expansion and maintain track stability. The invasion of sand particles can cause the change of lateral resistance of ballast bed and affect the stability of track structure, but little attention has been paid to the change characteristics of nonlinear lateral...journal article 2022
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Bosmans, Rutger (author)The coefficient of lateral earth pressure at rest (K0) is an important parameter in any geotechnical problem since it provides information on the initial stress state, which governs the response of the soil to the proceeding stress changes. A proper determination of the stresses in any geotechnical problem is required to be able to predict the...master thesis 2021