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Nawaz, Mobeen (author), Verma, T. (author), Doorn, N. (author), Goncalves, J. E. (author)Energy poverty is a pressing issue in the Netherlands, with the number of households struggling to cover their energy bills doubling to nearly one million in recent years. Current policies and subsidies have failed to address the needs of underprivileged social groups, leaving them vulnerable and unable to access support for dwelling renovations...journal article 2023
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Schuurman, A.C.B. (author), Robbemont, Arnold (author)Met tunnelgietbouw kunnen snel en tegen lage kosten woningen worden gerealiseerd. Het is dan ook een veel toegepaste bouwmethodiek. Er valt potentieel veel terrein te winnen ten aanzien van milieu-impact door de betonsector.journal article 2023
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Muscari, C. (author), Schito, Paolo (author), Viré, A.C. (author), Zasso, Alberto (author), van Wingerden, J.W. (author)In this work, we find a reduced-order model for the wake of a wind turbine controlled with dynamic induction control. We use a physics-informed dynamic mode decomposition algorithm to reduce the model complexity in a way such that the physics of the wake mixing can be investigated and that the model itself can be easily embedded into control...journal article 2023
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Guo, Rongge (author), Bhatnagar, Saumya (author), Guan, Wei (author), Vallati, Mauro (author), Sharif Azadeh, S. (author)This paper presents a novel framework for customised modular bus systems that leverages travel demand prediction and modular autonomous vehicles to optimise services proactively. The proposed framework addresses two prediction scenarios with different forward-looking operations: optimistic operation and pessimistic operation. A mixed integer...journal article 2023
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The digital transformation is accompanied by two simultaneous processes: digital humanities challenging the humanities, their theories, methodologies and disciplinary identities, and pushing computer science to get involved in new fields. But how can qualitative and quantitative methods be usefully combined in one research project? What are the...book 2023
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Calderon Franco, D. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Abeel, T.E.P.M.F. (author), Weissbrodt, D.G. (author)The transformation of environmental microorganisms by extracellular DNA is an overlooked mechanism of horizontal gene transfer and evolution. It initiates the acquisition of exogenous genes and propagates antimicrobial resistance alongside vertical and conjugative transfers. We combined mixed-culture biotechnology and Hi-C sequencing to...journal article 2023
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Ajay Kumar, Aniketh (author), Mathur, Akshat (author), Gerritsma, M.I. (author), Komen, Ed (author)Several investigations have been undertaken to study the velocity and temperature fields associated with the thermal mixing between fluids, and resulting thermal striping in a T-junction. However, the available experimental databases are not sufficient to describe the involved physics in adequate detail, and, due to experimental limitations,...journal article 2023
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Roibas Rozas, A. (author), Saavedra del Oso, Mateo (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author), Mosquera-Corral, Anuska (author), Hospido, Almudena (author)Mussels cooking wastewater (MCW) and fish processing wastewater (FPW) were utilized as feedstocks for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) and triacylglycerides (TAG) at the laboratory scale. This study presents a comparison of the techno-economic and environmental performance of ten circular economy-based and innovative processes,...journal article 2023
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van den Bovenkamp, Nick (author), Giraldo, Juan S. (author), Salazar Duque, Edgar Mauricio (author), Vergara Barrios, P.P. (author), Konstantinou, Charalambos (author), Palensky, P. (author)This paper introduces an energy management system (EMS) aiming to minimize electricity operating costs using reinforcement learning (RL) with a linear function approximation. The proposed EMS uses a Q-learning with tile coding (QLTC) algorithm and is compared to a deterministic mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) with perfect forecast...conference paper 2023
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Bamdad Mehrabani, B.B.M. (author), Erdmann, Jakob (author), Sgambi, Luca (author), Seyedabrishami, Seyedehsan (author), Snelder, M. (author)Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) may exhibit different driving and route choice behaviours compared to Human-Driven Vehicles (HDVs), which can result in a mixed traffic flow with multiple classes of route choice behaviour. Therefore, it is necessary to solve the Multiclass Traffic Assignment Problem (TAP) for mixed traffic flow....journal article 2023
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Jiang, Chuanning (author), An, Xizhong (author), Li, Meng (author), Wu, Yuhang (author), Gou, Dazhao (author), Wu, Yongli (author)Mixing structures and characteristics are crucial to the mixing quality of spherical/cylindrical binary granular systems like the biomass-coal mixtures which can affect energy release and carbon emissions. In this work, the mixing of binary spheres/cylinders in a rotating drum was numerically reproduced by using discrete element method (DEM)....journal article 2023
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van Andel, F.M. (author), Mota, Nelson (author)Este artículo profundiza en el debate actual sobre las interconexiones entre el proyecto de vivienda y el hábitat, destacando cómo los momentos de crisis impulsan la innovación, a menudo mostrada en exposiciones de vivienda. El artículo propone tres enfoques clave para el proyecto participativo de vivienda: Incrementalidad (con la adaptación al...journal article 2023
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Mecacci, Giulio (author), Calvert, S.C. (author), Santoni De Sio, F. (author)The urban traffic environment is characterized by the presence of a highly differentiated pool of users, including vulnerable ones. This makes vehicle automation particularly difficult to implement, as a safe coordination among those users is hard to achieve in such an open scenario. Different strategies have been proposed to address these...journal article 2023
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Xin, Haohui (author), Liu, Jielin (author), Correia, J.A.F.O. (author), Berto, Filippo (author), Veljkovic, M. (author), Qian, Guian (author)In this paper, a numerical simulation method of mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation was explored using the extended finite element method (XFEM) and the Virtual Crack Closure Technique (VCCT). Both 2D and 3D numerical models were selected to simulate the fatigue crack propagation of steel specimens. Two coefficients were proposed to...journal article 2023
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Song, R. (author), Papadimitriou, E. (author), Negenborn, R.R. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author)The safety of maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS) in mixed waterborne transport system (MWTS) depends on effective situational awareness (SA) distribution among MASS, manned ships, and various stakeholders, such as Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), Remote Control Center (RCC) and Fairway Shipping Agency. This paper focuses on the research...conference paper 2023
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Casarin, Giada (author), MacLeavy, Julie (author), Manley, D.J. (author)The concept of urban living is evolving, and there is a growing interest in creating smaller, more connected, and hyperlocal neighbourhoods, where everything people need is within a 15-minute walk or bike ride. This paper challenges the concept of the ‘15-minute city’ as a panacea for urban ills, by exploring the history of utopian urban...journal article 2023
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Zhang, Xiaoyu (author), Li, Jianping (author), Chi, Po Wei (author), Chandrasegaran, R.S.K. (author), Ma, Kwan Liu (author)With the most advanced natural language processing and artificial intelligence approaches, effective summarization of long and multi-topic documents - such as academic papers - for readers from different domains still remains a challenge. To address this, we introduce ConceptEVA, a mixed-initiative approach to generate, evaluate, and...conference paper 2023
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Wei, P. (author), Uijttewaal, W.S.J. (author), Spanjers, H. (author), van Lier, J.B. (author), de Kreuk, M.K. (author)Gas-mixing is commonly applied in anaerobic digesters, yet the resulting flow and hydraulic mixing are difficult to evaluate because of limited full-scale experimental data and uncertainties in integrating sludge rheological data. This study used computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to assess the impact of treated sludge rheology on flow and...journal article 2023
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Pan, Tanbo (author), Zheng, Yonglai (author), Zhou, Y. (author), Wu, Zhuorui (author), Zhou, Yujue (author)Externally bonded (EB) carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) is widely used in structural strengthening and retrofitting. Premature debonding of the FRP severely limits the efficiency of CFRP utilization. The application of CRRP anchorage system offers a solution to the debonding problem. However, the understanding of damage mode identification...conference paper 2023
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Chang, Xiwen (author), Long, Yongshuang (author), Yi, Mingwei (author), Wang, C. (author), Xiao, Yue (author)Due to the complex organic properties of asphalt materials, the heating process during asphalt pavement construction will lead to the release of asphalt VOCs‧ Asphalt VOCs volatilization will cause irreversible harm to both the environment and health of construction workers‧ Researchers in the field of road construction have carried out...review 2023