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Boyapati, Yamini (author)Over the past few years, post-surgery monitoring has become an important aspect of the patient’s healthcare in the modern clinical medicine. This kind of monitoring is done to examine various physical and chemical parameters, while considering any post-surgery complications. Therefore, the patient’s care is continued even after the surgical...master thesis 2020
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Wankhade, Aditya (author)Fiber Bragg Gratings and its application in various fields is an active area of research. Its high sensitivity, low cost and maintenance is gaining high attention in the various upcoming fields. As the Fiber Bragg Gratings can be used in various capacities, its operation as sensor is explored in this research. The primary aim of this research is...master thesis 2020
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Broekhuis, Hilde (author)Strain rate, how fast a material is strained, is known to have an effect on the behaviour of metals. Being able to measure the effect of strain rate in a material provides more reliable material data as input for material models. Strain rates up to 10 per second can be tested using a (fast) hydraulic testing machine. Strain rates upwards from...master thesis 2020
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den Ouden, Hajo (author)The relation between planar delamination growth, induced by transverse quasi-static load case, and the coupon delamination validation tests was investigated by evaluating the delamination criteria. The delamination criterion that allowed to describe planar delamination growth was the strain energy density criterion. An analytical study was...master thesis 2020
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Versluis, Barry (author)Many laboratory tests of samples where the rock fractures are based on<br/>meso-scale (cm) characterization of effective ‘intact’ strength parameters neglecting the microstructure effects. Understanding fracturing processes at<br/>micro-scale (mm) will require models with microstructure data. However,<br/>data is lacking on micro-scale.<br/...bachelor thesis 2020
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Galan Argumedo, Jose (author)Purpose: Additive manufacturing has enabled innovative, cost and resource efficient mass customization of products over a wide range of manufacturing industries. Under the broad spectrum of options for manufacturing of metallic components, Wire + Arc Additive Manufacturing, WAAM, offers the combination of high design freedom and productivity at...master thesis 2020
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van der Valk, Daan (author)Nowadays, people are using more and more technology to measure their body performances like smart watches, heart rate sensors etc. These are all separate devices. What if it were possible to integrate these into something we wear daily. Textiles are something everyone wears daily. It is a promising medium to integrate electronics in. Especially...master thesis 2020
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Maulizar, Audy (author)The increased seismicity due to the exploitation of natural gas in the Groningen region has put many residential buildings in the region at risk of sustaining seismic induced damages. This has prompted many studies on the seismic behavior of the residential buildings, particularly the ones built from unreinforced masonry (URM). One experimental...master thesis 2020
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van Overmeir, Anne (author)3D concrete printing is an additive manufacturing method that uses a printing robot to build 3D concrete elements. In the last decade, several 3D concrete printing techniques have been developed and extensive research has been conducted on suitable concrete mixes, the printing process and the material and mechanical properties of the finished...master thesis 2020
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Harrass, Othman (author)Strain Hardening Cementitious Composite (SHCC) is a new type of concrete that is able to control the crack-width in concrete structures. The application of this material in the tension zone of hybrid concrete structures is thus of interest in practice. The interfacial behavior for these hybrid structures is something that is of importance for...master thesis 2020
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Kuipers, Kaj (author)Starting from the late eighties induced seismic activity is present in the Northern part of the Netherlands. Cause of these earthquakes is the extraction of natural gas. In this region, most of the building stock comprises out of unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings. Multiple experimental campaigns are performed since 2014 to investigate the...master thesis 2020
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Mouris, Roel (author)Silicon accelerometers used in the automotive industry should be improved in resolution and accuracy. Exploiting quantum effects in diamond to improve sensing accuracy is a popular technique for nanoscale sensing applications. This thesis will present a new design concept for an accelerometer using these quantum effects for sensing on a...master thesis 2019
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Gawandalkar, Udhav (author)The way in which mean strain affects the turbulent structures is imperative to understand various natural flows such as flow over a hill, the flow of a river in the delta, jet streams in the upper atmosphere etc. Further, it also has industrial implications viz; flow over bodies such as airfoil, turbomachinery, gas pipelines. <br/>The strained...master thesis 2019
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Ravesloot, Jens (author)The advancements in driver assistance systems in cars and the development of autonomous vehicles require more states of the car to be known than the conventional sensors can accurately determine. Load sensing bearings (LSBs) are under development that measure the wheel forces under dynamic load. Through sensor fusion, the addition of this sensor...master thesis 2019
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Jones, Cyrille (author)The structural evolution, phases and amount of deformation, and the strain distribution of the sedimentary cover of a geologically complex area of 270 km2 in the French subalpine chains (Southeast of France; in the surroundings of the village La Motte-Chalancon) were deduced from the modelling of two folded and faulted competent layers ...master thesis 2019
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Lagrand, Jaap (author)Investigations into mechanotransduction in connective tissue extracellular matrix (ECM) have demonstrated that collagen networks show cell-independent mechanosensitive behavior. It has been suggested that mechanical strain could lead to conformational changes in the molecular structure of collagen, thereby influencing the susceptibility to other...master thesis 2019
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van der Zalm, Joost (author)The goal of the research described in this thesis was to investigate the basis of dissipation dilution as well as make it comprehensible. In the written literature we could find that the kinetic energy of an oscillating beam is stored into two types of potential energy~\cite{Kippenberg, Kotthaus}. A dissipative bending component and a...bachelor thesis 2019
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Vinasithamby, Suman (author)Multiple studies indicated that the degree of muscle strain is the most relevant parameter in understanding the injury mechanism behind a hamstring strain injury. To monitor this parameter a new system is developed; the Smart Sensor Shorts. The system contains five Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) integrated in a sports tights. The purpose of...master thesis 2019
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ter Meulen, Ruben (author)A random periodic two-dimensional spring network us built using a Poisson disk distribution and computing the Delaunay triangulation of the centers of the disks. The edges of the network represent springs that obey Hooke’s law with an adjustment on the spring constant. The adjustment allows spring to soften and to break. The two-dimensional...bachelor thesis 2019
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Wassenberg, Nick (author)Background: Patients who suffer from acetabular bone defects are often subjected to a decreased mobility and a loss of independence. To treat these bone defects, standard hemispherical acetabular implants offer in most cases the solution. However, when these defects are large, a custom triflange acetabular implant is needed. Although this type...master thesis 2019