Towards Structural and Aeroelastic Similarity in Scaled Wing Models: Development of an Aeroelastic Optimization Framework

The pursuit of more efficient transport has led engineers to develop a wide variety of aircraft configurations with the aim of reducing fuel consumption and emissions. However, these innovative designs introduce significant aeroelastic couplings that can potentially lead to structural failure. Consequently, aeroelastic analysis and...

The Influence of Sizing of Wave Energy Converters on the Techno-Economic Performance

Currently, the techno-economic performance of Wave Energy Converters (WECs) is not competitive with other renewable technologies. Size optimization could make a difference. However, the impact of sizing on the techno-economic performance of WECs still remains unclear, especially when sizing of the buoy and Power Take-Off (PTO) are considered...

Support Vector Machine Applied to the Optimal Design of Composite Wing Panels

One of the core technologies in lightweight structures is the optimal design of laminated composite stiffened panels. The increasing tailoring potential of new materials added to the simultaneous optimization of various design regions, leading to design spaces that are vast and non-convex. In order to find an optimal design using limited...

Structural optimization of modular high-rise buildings

The demand for high-rise building has been increasing over the past decades which has induced new developments such as modular construction. Modular construction has advantages in terms increased speed, safer construction and less construction waste. Applying modular construction in high-rise however brings about great...

Integrating Installations into a Zero-Energy Renovation

In order to counter climate change many approaches have been taken to make<br/>the building sector more sustainable. But for porch houses there aren't many<br/>solutions on the market. This research project uses one of the approaches that<br/>is does focus on porch houses, 2ndskin. In march 2018 a demonstrator project<br/>has been build in...

Structural topology optimization of an active motion compensated gangway

In the offshore industry, there is a growing demand for designing efficient, sustainable and competitive products. In order to fulfil the component requirements, a method named topology optimization can be applied. This is a mathematical design method which can be used in the early phases of the design process.At IHC there is an interest of...

Efficient sizing of structures under stress constraints

Optimisation algorithms used to automatically size structural members commonly involve stress constraints to avoid material failure. Therefore the cost of optimisation grows rapidly as the number of structural members is increased due to the corresponding increase in the number of constraints. In this work, an efficient method for large scale...

Feasibility study on fiber reinforced polymer cylindrical truss bridges for heavy traffic

Considering the recent increase in the use of fiber reinforced polymers in the civil engineering industry in general and in the bridge engineering industry in particular, as well as the recently more and more applied cylindrical truss bridge type, this research focuses on the question whether it is possible to combine fiber reinforced polymers...