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LI, BOWEN (author)This master's thesis addresses a critical gap in the field of road construction by focusing on the limitations of Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene modified bitumen (SBS-MB), a widely-used binder. While SBS-MB offers superior performance, its long-term efficacy is compromised due to various aging processes. Existing rejuvenators are insufficient for...master thesis 2023
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Ji, Ning (author)Emulsions, characterized as a metastable dispersion of one liquid into a second one in the presence of surface-active agents, have complex rheology that interests both physicists and industries. Depending on the volume fraction of the dispersed phase ($\phi$), emulsions can display both solid-like and liquid-like behavior. Rheometrical...master thesis 2023
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Kempenaar, Gydo (author)Uncertainty in ice sheet modelling affects centennial and longer time-scale projections of the Greenland Ice Sheet's (GrIS) sea level contribution. One source of this uncertainty is the interaction between the ice sheet’s evolution and the Earth’s deformation in response to changes in the applied surface loading as the ice sheet waxes and wanes....master thesis 2022
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Nadorp, Tim (author)Dense suspensions can be found in various industrial and natural processes. A relatively new technique uses the principle of additive manufacturing to produce products from a wide variety of materials by printing with dense suspensions. To reach a high print quality the suspension rheology must be understood very well. Current knowledge about...master thesis 2022
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Ma, Sebastiaan (author)The Port of Rotterdam experiences large amounts of siltation from the upstream rivers in its basins and canals every year. Furthermore, container vessels increase in size every decade and therefore require a larger navigational depth. These two factors cause the yearly amount of dredged material to increase. Currently, mainly trailing suction...master thesis 2022
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de Klerk, Jan-Willem (author)The nautical bottom is defined as the level where physical characteristics of the bottom reach a critical limit beyond which contact with a ship’s keel causes either damage or unacceptable effects on the controllability and manoeuvrability of ships. The nautical bottom is usually assessed using the density of the bottom fluid mud layer as a...master thesis 2022
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Goda, Aditya (author)When a ship reaches the shore, the water depth reduces and thus the under-keel clearance also reduces. The ship keel clearance influences the maneuverability of the sailing ship.<br/><br/>In this thesis project, the link between the fluid mud rheology and its density is first investigated. The exponential relation reformulated between the...master thesis 2021
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ten Brummelhuis, Erwin (author)Siltation of fine (cohesive) sediment in navigation channels and harbour basins may cause serious problems for the shipping industry. Intensive maintenance dredging is required to ensure safe shipping traffic. Conventional dredging methods are highly expensive, and therefore port authorities seek for more efficient solutions to reduce costs. One...master thesis 2021
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Dankelman, Stefan (author)Flagellar locomotion is one of the first forms of locomotion on our planet. Microorganisms use their flagella to reorientate or generate movement in search for nutrients or gradients in light intensity. These microscopic swimmers are able to adapt their swimming gait to the circumstances they encounter. Motile microorganisms such as the...master thesis 2021
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Molenberg, Ilse (author)This thesis report is written as part of the Master Aerospace Engineering - Space Flight of the Delft University of Technology. The thesis was started in November 2020 and completed by June 30, 2021. The space industry is dominated by traditional highly toxic propellants, namely hydrazine. Due to its carcinogenic nature, REACH makes provisions...master thesis 2021
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Broekema, Kjeld (author)Spray drying operations can be used to turn products, like for example milk or yeast extract, into powders, extending their shelf life. The properties of those powders (e.g. density or particle size) after spray drying operations depend severely on the dynamics of droplet collisions inside the spray. Currently, costly and wasteful production...master thesis 2021
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Koduvayur Balasubramanian, Sasidhar (author)The scarcity of water is a major global concern in the modern times. Hence, the judicial use of water must be coupled with water reuse to counteract the water depletion. To reuse water, we eye on available treatment technologies which can guide us to circular use and reuse of water and nutrients. Anaerobic digestion, is known for producing...master thesis 2020
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Buisman, Menno (author)In this research, a new measuring method to detect shear parameters in fluid mud is proposed, namely using shear waves, or S-waves opposed to the conventional pressure waves, or P-waves. Currently, detecting fluid mud is done by the use of P-waves. This paper shows that conventional P-waves velocity measurements are unsuitable for linking...master thesis 2019
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van Casteren, Rosalie (author)The Earth is subjected to 100,000 year cycles of glaciation and deglaciation. The deformations induced by glacial and oceanic loading and the continuous attempt at recovery of the isostatic equilibrium within the solid Earth, are referred to as Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA). This process is ongoing still and yields a large contribution to...master thesis 2019
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Allebrandi, Sander (author)Magnetorheological fluids, (MR fluids) have been around since the 1940's. After their discovery many applications followed, such as the MR clutch and MR damper. In these applications the fluids are subjected to ultra high shear rates although no knowledge is available on what happens to the rheological properties under these conditions. In...master thesis 2018
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Mehmood, Junaid (author)While colloidal suspensions of non-spherical particles have been studied relatively extensively, granular suspensions of non-spherical particles are rarely studied. The rheological behaviour of elongated granular particles is therefore not well known. This thesis deals with suspensions of rod-like particles of aspect ratio 4 subjected to shear...master thesis 2018
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Kumar, Abhishek (author)Emulsions and foams are commonly found in products made by industries ranging from those<br/>associated with food and pharmaceuticals to those involved in selling personal care products.<br/>This work is motivated by the need for accurate models of their mechanics, which can then be<br/>used for efficient processing.<br/><br/>They can be thought...master thesis 2018
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Siccama, Joanne (author)Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) is a thermochemical conversion process in which wet biomass is converted into gaseous products as methane, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. For SCWG both the temperature and pressure of the medium are increased beyond the critical point of water (373.95⁰C and 220.64 bar). The supercritical water acts as an...master thesis 2017
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Calabrese, Chiara (author)The project under analysis is about the development and qualification of a demonstrator for a miniaturized foam rheology experiment performed in microgravity environment. The thesis is part of a larger feasibility study to evaluate the possibility of implementing such experiment on the International Space Station as an internal payload of the...master thesis 2017
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Khedoe, Prashant (author)Usually, oil fields are developed over three stages. First is the primary oil recovery, where the natural underground pressure is used to drive the oil to the surface. Afterwards is the secondary oil recovery, usually by water flooding or gas injection. However, the water flood yields lower sweep efficiency in heterogeneous reservoirs, contrary...bachelor thesis 2017
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