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van der Wielen, Daan (author)Increasing global parcel shipping volumes and just-in-time delivery force distribution centers to handle increasingly larger volumes of greatly varying parcel types. Automated material handling systems are essential to achieve these challenging requirements. A push divert sorter is one of these systems. This system uses a series of sliding...master thesis 2023
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van Starrenburg, Pim (author)In the construction of subsoil structures, a common challenge is the presence of a high groundwater level in combination with the absence of a naturally impermeable layer or an environment susceptible to settlements due to lowering the groundwater level. To overcome this issue, a building pit with an underwater concrete floor (UCF) can be...master thesis 2023
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Samuels, Luuk (author)The use of elastic frequency multipliers presents the ideal platform to address the coupling between the footprint and range of motion of elastic mechanisms. By transmitting unidirectional into reciprocating motion they efficiently increase the range of motion without a huge compromise in size. In this thesis, an elastic<br/>frequency doubler...master thesis 2023
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Buiting, Niels (author)Rijkswaterstaat aims to build circularly from 2030 onward, with the purpose of having a fully circular economy by 2050. Therefore, the aim of this study is to design a reusable modular superstructure, with a small span, which can replace an existing so-called volstortligger superstructure. This is a structure that Dura Vermeer often uses and it...master thesis 2023
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Mohamed el Hag, Sharif (author)Over the last years the critical state of existing quay wall structures have gained a lot of concern. With the focus on urban quay walls in Amsterdam, a lot of aspects could play a role which limit the possibilities for both the design and the construction. The focus in this research is placed at the structural efficiency of the design for...master thesis 2023
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Manos, Peter (author)For the first time since the 1970s, concrete plans are in motion to bring humans back to the Moon through the Artemis programme. The dawning era of space exploration aims to set the groundwork for long-term off-Earth settlement, with sights on bringing the first humans to Mars. In order to provide a safe means of inhabiting extraterrestrial (ET)...master thesis 2023
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van de Leur, Sophie (author)Timber high-rise buildings have been gaining in popularity. However, due to the low material stiffness of timber the stability systems of these buildings are often made with steel or concrete. To avoid this the material efficiency of the timber stability systems must be improved. The most material efficient stability systems for timber high-rise...master thesis 2023
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Bieze, Jornt (author)The importance of joints in timber structures is strongly emphasized in the existing literature (e.g., Blaß & Sandhaas, 2017; McLain, 1998). The aim of this project is to provide insight into whether the cross-sectional sizes of the member are dictated by the dimensional sizes of the laterally loaded dowel-type connection or the strength and...master thesis 2023
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de Boer, Stefan (author)The flight tests which are part of the certification procedure that prove that no flutter occurs within the flight envelope are fraught with risk. To reduce the risk, numerous numerical analyses, wind tunnel and ground tests are performed, which together with the flight tests result in a long and costly test programme.<br/><br/>To reduce the...master thesis 2023
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Ruiter, Niels (author)The influence of surface roughness and shape on the submerged floating tunnel is investigated in wave and current conditions. The hydraulic forces caused by varying tunnel shapes and roughness designs are measured and analyzed.master thesis 2023
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Mendoza Lugo, M.A. (author), Morales Napoles, O. (author), Paprotny, D. (author), Koot, P.J.P. (author), Ragno, E. (author)In this paper we discuss PyBanshee, which is a Python-based open-source implementation of the MATLAB toolbox BANSHEE. PyBanshee constitutes the first fully open-source package to quantify, visualize and validate Non-Parametric Bayesian Networks (NPBNs). The architecture of PyBanshee is heavily based on its MATLAB predecessor. It presents the...journal article 2023
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Veerakumar, Nidarshan (author), Cremer, Jochen (author), Popov, M. (author)With recent telemetric advancements, the real-time availability of power grid measurements has opened challenging opportunities for the design of advanced protection and control schemes. Artificial neural networks (ANN) are promising approaches for detecting and classifying disturbance events from measurement data. Numerous offline ANN-based...journal article 2023
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Ma, Yuanxing (author), Shi, Baobin (author), Ali, Liaqat (author), Bai, Yong (author), Fang, P. (author)Wire ropes are widely observed in many industries such as marine engineering and civil engineering, as a type of structure that can bear huge axial force. There are various kinds of wire ropes in practical engineering, corresponding to different usage scenarios. This paper focuses on 6 × 36SW + 1WR with a diameter of 16 mm. The axial...journal article 2023
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Mulder, Jelmer (author)In the Netherlands roughly 20.000 people wear an ocular prosthetic as a consequence of losing their eye due to an accident or disease. An ocular prosthetic is a type of facial prosthesis that replaces an absent natural eye. The main goal of an ocular prosthetic is to provide an aesthetic replacement of a real eye. It does not restore the ability...master thesis 2022
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Koorevaar, Loek (author)The problem of calibrating time-inhomogeneous exponential Lévy models with finite jump activity based on market prices of plain vanilla options is studied. Belomestny and Reiß introduced an estimation procedure for calibration in the homogeneous case with one maturity. The open-ended question that will be addressed is if we can extend this model...master thesis 2022
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Salitrežić, Juraj (author)Space frame structures today are a common choice of load bearing system for achieving long spans with minimal interruptions of the floor plan beneath. On top of that, the versatility of space frame structures to conform to any shape makes them particularly interesting today, especially in the context of free-form geometry which is becoming ever...master thesis 2022
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van Lookeren Campagne, Fé (author)To climb up the circular economy hierarchy and meet the goals of the European Green policy in the construction sector, steel profiles may be reused instead of recycled, which is currently the most common practice. An overarching digital database to efficiently match supply and demand of reclaimed structural elements will stimulate their...master thesis 2022
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Aboueimehrizi, Maryamsadat (author)Early design choices in building shape and fenestration significantly influ- ence the yearly daylight performance of office buildings. Annual daylight performance must be analyzed at the conceptual design stage to support building form and fenestration design decisions. However, the simulation modeling and daylight calculations necessary for the...master thesis 2022
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Rademaker, Geke (author)The steel sector is responsible for 4-5% of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the world. Reusing structural steel elements can potentially decrease the need for the production of new steel. However, designing a load-bearing structure with reusable elements poses challenges to the design process. The starting point of the process is different...master thesis 2022
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Arish Hasan, Arish (author)BaCla is a new stochastic parametric precipitation model to estimate rainfall associated with Tropical cyclones (TCs) in a computationally efficient way. It is validated for a number of calibration cases along with the current benchmark IPET deterministic method. The results of these models are compared with the observed StageIV-based rainfall....master thesis 2022