Living in V&D Department Stores: A Dive into the History to Research th Transformation and re-use of V&D Department Stores to residential buildings

Analysing the Performance of SPLITTER: A Noise Removal Algorithm for DESHIMA 2.0

More insight has been gathered on the performance of the SPLITTER (Stationary spectrum Plus Low-rank Iterative TransmiTtance EstimatoR) algorithm as developed by Brackenhoff for denoising data gathered from observations of high-redshift galaxies. By using matrix decomposition to split the gathered data into a low-rank atmosphere matrix and a...

Surgical Animations in Anatomical Educaton: Development and feasability study of a case based augmented reality application

Augmented reality (AR) promises to be a valuable tool for anatomical education since any given anatomical site can be studied dynamically in three dimensions (3D). Yet, it has not been used with case-based learning in medical education despite the latter's demonstrated benefits. <br/>This research, thus, investigates the potential benefit of 3D...

A Validation System for the Compressor Side of an Electric Assisted Turbocharger: A study about the validation range of the Compressor map powering the compressor with the electric motor and the Turbin

This study focuses on investigating an alternative validation method to validate the compressor side of turbochargers. Nowadays, the performance of turbochargers is tested using hot gas stands. These hot gas stands are expensive. The application of an externally coupled e-motor to the turbocharger eliminates the need for a hot gas burner -...

Research into a framework to make stakeholder values explicit during assessment processes in construction projects

During construction projects, multiple stakeholders collaborate in reaching project success. To determine success - a subjective perception of the 'current' state-of-affair - stakeholders align their interpretations of what is valuable during assessment processes. A framework was developed which helps in making values explicit during these...

Collaborative identity in project alliances: improving collaboration through collaborative identity formation

As a result of the high failure costs and many project delays in the construction industry, collaborative contracts emerged in an attempt to improve project performance. The project alliance was one of them. This integrative way of working requires a focus on the human aspects, because people from different organisational cultures are brought...

Pantai Project 2019: Research into the feasibility of a plastic recycling business on Bali, Indonesia

Every year large quantities of plastic waste accumulate in Bali’s environment. This has a negative impact on Bali’s environment, local society and its tourist driven economy. With lacking waste management facilities and local awareness plastic waste enters Bali’s rivers, through which the waste ends up in the ocean. A concept small-scale...

Ciclo Sampa: A generalised bicycle network design applied to Sao Paulo

Nowadays the city of São Paulo has to deal with a lot of traffic jams. Extending the road network is no option and the public transport network cannot keep up with the capacity either. A solution must be found in another type of transport: cycling. The current bicycle infrastructure is not sufficient in terms of connectivity. In this research, a...

Forecast of the dynamic behaviour of FRP footbridges: Vibrations induced by pedestrians

Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) is a new construction material that often is used for pedestrian bridges. It offers a good strength-weight relation, a long-term durability and slender bridge shapes. Slenderness has effect on dynamic behaviour of the construction and vibrations are common for these bridges. Hand calculations are commonly used for...

The physical processes influencing morphodynamics in braided rivers: A case study on the Ayeyarwady River

The Ayeyarwady River is a river with large hydrological variations and an abundance of relatively fine non-cohesive sediment, causing the dynamic behaviour of the river with fast shifting channels. This dynamic behaviour, together with the large hydrological variations, is the source of a frequently flooding river with a moderate navigability....

Modelling of the bedrock channels of the Mekong River

Additional master thesis - To mitigate the effects of the hydropower dam development on the Mekong river system, research must be done on the effects of sediment catchment of these dams. With unknown amounts of sediment, stored in the banks and in local bars, all spread over this long bedrock channel, local sediment transports are hard to...

The Dikkowita Marina Project

The large fishery harbour of Dikkowita faces some problems with respect to revenues and conflicts between the users. To create a higher revenue and to avoid these conflicts, a marina will be implemented. This report discusses the different aspects implementing a marina in the harbour of Dikkowita.

Biodegradable facade component

The major advantages of using biodegradable materials, is that the energy consumption can be decreased by 20 percent, compared to currently used material. For this reason these materials are used in different industries like in the fashion industry, the furniture industry, as packaging industry and in the building industry. The building industry...

Unitized curtain wall systems for non-orthogonal façades

Solutions for custom-made unitized curtain wall systems for non-orthogonal facades

Unitized curtain wall systems for non-orthogonal façades: Solutions for custom-made unitized curtain wall systems for non-orthogonal façades

Solutions for custom-made unitized curtain wall systems for non-orthogonal facades