Urban quay walls: A numerical study to recognize foundation defects via masonry damage patterns

The city of Amsterdam has a large number of old quay walls with rotten foundation piles. These foundation piles need to be identified and measures need to be taken. The urban quay walls are supported by two types of foundation: pinewood piles, which are easily affected by bacterial decay and spruce piles. To understand the mechanical behaviour...

The last airmile: Using inventory management and airport policies to reduce the constraints of bottlenecks on the airport relief chain

The frequency of occurrence and the size of natural disaster is increasing, with more people to beaffected in the coming years. The impact is huge, with major infrastructures being damaged andaccess to basic needs cut off for the disaster struck regions. The affected regions and communitiesare dependent on the delivery of disaster relief aid, by...

PoDeA, Port development Argentina

This report contains the conceptual lay-out for two possible expansions of the port of Bahía Blanca. To determine the best conceptual lay-outs, emphasis is drawn to understand the physical system to determine the effect of the expansion of the port on the natural system. The port of Bahía Blanca is situated at the end of a ria, or tidal basin....