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Sava, D.M. (author)Reduced-order modelling procedures, seen as an alternative to the classical gradient based approach, in which the adjoint of the tangent linear approximation of the forward model is replaced by the adjoint of a linear approximation of a reduced forward model. Proper orthogonal decomposition is used to compute the reduced model, by using the...master thesis 2012
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Baumann, M.M. (author)The model-order reduction techniques Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) and Discrete Empirical Interpolation Method (DEIM) have been applied for the optimal control of Burgers' equation. Accuracy and performance of the reduced models have been studied in detail for different values of the viscosity parameter and different sizes of the...master thesis 2013
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Ambrozic, M. (author)Forecast models often depend on unknown parameters, such as model initial and boundary conditions, or other tunable parameters not necessarily having any physical meaning. Calibration of these parameters to minimize errors between forecasted and observed states is called data assimilation. A common approach in this context are variational...master thesis 2013
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Zimmerling, J.T. (author)Simulating electromagnetic or acoustic wave propagation in complex open structures is extremely important in many areas of science and engineering. In a wide range of applications, ranging from photonics and plasmonics to seismic exploration, efficient wave field solvers are required in various design and optimization frameworks. In this thesis,...master thesis 2014
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Sridhar, A. (author)In high precision motion systems, rather flexible cable slabs provide electrical power and cooling liquid to moving stages. The positioning accuracy of free floating stages is defined by the disturbances action on it. So, it is of utmost importance to accurately quantify the disturbance forces of these cables. The mathematical model of such a...master thesis 2014
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Sombroek, C.S.M. (author)Nonlinear Normal Modes (NNMs) have a clear conceptual relation to the classical linear normal modes (LNMs), yet they offer a solid theoretical framework for interpreting a wide class of non-linear dynamical phenomena with no linear counterpart. The main difficulty associating with NNMs is that the computation for real-size models is expensive,...master thesis 2015
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Ponsioen, S.L. (author)In this report a NURBS based Galerkin projection method will be synthesised for the numerical computation of nonlinear normal modes using invariant manifolds. The computed nonlinear normal modes will be used to create a reduced order model that describes the single mode dynamical behaviour of a nonlinear vibrational dynamical system. The...master thesis 2015
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Van der Linde, T.M. (author)Topology optimization is increasingly used as a design tool in engineering. Within structural mechanics, most applications focus on statics. An extension to time-domain (transient) dynamics will have many useful applications, but this is currently hindered by high computational costs. The goal of this research is to reduce these costs by...master thesis 2016
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Ravichandran, T.K. (author)The field of Hyper-reduction for Nonlinear Finite Element Method attempts to address the large durations due to repeated evaluation and assembly of the internal force and Jacobian. Stability, accuracy and speed are three aspects of thesemethods that has been dealt with in this thesis. There are two methods that are popular within the...master thesis 2016
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Vossers, Christiaan (author)Over 450 oil platforms need to be removed from the North Sea in the next decade. Each of these platforms is custom designed for installation and service lifetime, but not for decommissioning. Allseas' Pioneering Spirit is the largest heavy lift vessel in the world, capable of lifting complete topsides in a single-lift operation. The vessel’s...master thesis 2019
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van den Bosch, Valentijn (author)As a reaction to urban densication, light weight building is an attractive concept for optimally utilizing the capacity of the existing built environment. A common issue paired with light weight construction is the need to engage in vibrational design, in order to minimize hindrance due to human activities such as walking, that cause vibrations...master thesis 2019
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Mangat, Naunidh (author)Wind energy has emerged as a promising alternative to fossil fuel energy sources over the last two decades partly due to considerable reductions in the cost of power production. A common trend towards cost reduction has been to build larger and lighter wind turbines. These produce more power per unit and use less material. Another strategy for...master thesis 2019
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Zoutendijk, Mike (author)Structure Optimization has been an important subject with many applications for centuries. In the last sixty years, numerical optimization has facilitated large advancements in this field. One of the areas in Structure Optimization is Topology Optimization, which is used for Additive Manufacturing purposes. In this thesis we explore Static and...master thesis 2019
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Tjensvoll, Knut (author)Numerical simulations have become an essential part of design in every field of engineering, and the boundaries of technology are pushed further out every year. In structural engineering, the desire to design structures that have complex shapes or that are simply cheaper and more efficient, has necessitated the use of complex numerical...master thesis 2019
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Jagt, Declan (author)Although a transition to more sustainable energy production is necessary, fossil fuels will remain a crucial contributor to the world's energy production in the near future. In numerically maximizing the production of these fuels, as well as in many other optimization problems, an objective function has to be optimized on the basis of an input...master thesis 2020
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Pilania, Yogesh Kumar (author)Extensive computational resources are required to solve large-scale nonlinear problems having a finite element mesh with a large number of degrees of freedom (DOFs). Model order reduction (MOR) is a technique used to reduce these DOFs, facilitating a faster solution with reasonable accuracy. This work proposes a method for constructing a finite...master thesis 2021
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Lyons, Jeff (author)In light of worsening climate change and an increased interest in adapting infrastructure to cope with its effects, model-based decision support has become an essential tool for policy makers. In conditions of deep uncertainty, models may be used to explore a large space of possible system behaviours and so encourage a wider consideration of the...master thesis 2022
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Cardiff Aleu, Joana (author)The design of wind turbines is an iterative process in which load calculations and system performance analyses are done under various environmental conditions. Due to the complexity of wind turbine systems, fully coupled aero-hydro-servo-elastic codes are indispensable to represent the nonlinear behaviour of the system. However, nonlinear codes...master thesis 2022
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ten Hagen, Erik (author)Topology optimization is a branch of mechanical engineering in which the topology of a structure is created and optimized to certain conditions and restrictions. In the last few decades, the demand for highly accurate and complex models of these structures has increased and it has a big effect on the computational power needed. To ease the...master thesis 2022