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Smyrnis, A. (author)Block mattresses or block mats are, nowadays, very commonly applied as protection in a large range of applications either against flow or wave loads. Specifically, this large range of applications contains offshore pipeline protection and stabilization, erosion and scour protection, protection of embankments and river banks (slope protection)....master thesis 2017
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Noordam, N.M. (author)Force feedback in helicopters can improve the performance of the pilot, decrease direct maintenance costs and increase the safety of every flight. Traditional force feedback is done with the use of a force sensor. In this thesis the use of a position based, feedforward control loop to achieve the same purpose is investigated. The limits of...master thesis 2016
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Purgat, P. (author)The flexible power transfer network is a conceptual transfer network for residential areas. The main advantage of the proposed concept is the increased safety and flexibility compared to currently used AC network. The core idea is to incorporate wireless power transfer into the network which leads to inherently safer and more flexible network...master thesis 2016
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Lee, M. (author)In order for Jumbo to stay competitive in the offshore market, it's heavy lift vessels should be able to take on a wide range of lifting purposes. This can range from installation of transition pieces for wind turbines to installing modules of fpso's and platforms. One of the demands from the offshore market requires large lifting heights. It is...master thesis 2016
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Hellinga, L.B. (author)Breakwaters with single layer concrete armour are very commonly applied nowadays. Much research is available on the stability of single layer armour units on the seaward slope. However, rear slopes design methods for single layer armour units are rare. On rear side slopes usually similar sized units as on the seaward slope are applied. Limited...master thesis 2016
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Gromotka, Z.J.G. (author)The tubing performance relation curve is a measure of well performance in gas well engineering. It describes the two-phase flow inside a well and as such is modeled as a two-phase one dimensional pipe flow. Convention claims that production points on the TPR curve to the right of its minimum are stable. There also exist claims about the region...master thesis 2015
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Smulders, J. (author)The devastation caused by Hurricane Ike in the Galveston Bay area (Texas, United States of America) proved the necessity of an improved water defense. Multiple flood risk reduction studies were undertaken. The Texas A&M University of Galveston proposed the Ike Dike, a fortification of the coastal spine to prevent a storm surge from entering the...master thesis 2014
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Novati, G. (author)We developed bio-inspired reduced-order models of swimmers, consisting of a self-propelling pair of rotating cylinders. The aim of the project is twofold. First, simplified and non-deforming geometries can more easily be employed in small-scale robotic applications to solve relevant engineering problems. Second, they can serve as reduced physics...master thesis 2014
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Lavies, H.G. (author)The breakwaters of IJmuiden are of a unique design; a riprap core is covered with a thick impermeable asphalt slab. During construction and after completion, slope instability caused extensive damage. Placement of a concrete cube armour layer prevented further damage to the asphalt, but proved to be unstable and required a significant amount of...master thesis 2014
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Roelse, F.P. (author)In the last decades shipping has increased significantly, resulting in larger ships with an increasing power in bow thrusters. Due to this increasing power, the hydraulic loads at bottom protection near quay structures has also increased, making a traditional bed protection more expensive. Therefore an alternative design method is suggested in...master thesis 2014
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Verdegaal, I. (author)The permeability of a breakwater is of great importance for the stability of the armour layer. The influence of the structural permeability on the stability of rock armour units was already researched by Van der Meer using the 'notional' permeabiltiy. However, for single layer interlocking armour units the influence core permeability is rather...master thesis 2013
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Weidema, V.M. (author)Usually, concrete bridges contain a ‘thick’ bridge deck. For various reasons, bridges are constructed with railings. This thesis discusses the stability problem of concrete bridges, which are designed with integrated railings into the carrying construction. The most important advantage, using load bearing railings, is a thinner bridge deck. This...master thesis 2011
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Van Wijngaarden, A.D. (author)This research focus on the solving of important bottlenecks which hinder a timber bearing structure for the new appartment building system of concept house.master thesis 2011
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Woldeyohannes, S.Y. (author)Roads support our daily life, and play crucial role in supporting the infrastructure for economic activities. However, road disaster can be caused by different natural conditions of slope failures such as rainfall, steep topography, brittle geology, etc. Road disaster occurrences do not only cause the primary disaster from the infrastructure...master thesis 2010
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Sloof, E.J. (author)The stability of the slow moving Big Rock Mesa (BRM) landslide located in California (USA) was analysed. A detailed description of its geometry and soil structure is presented. For the stability vital shear zone and unsaturated zone were identified. The strength and permeability of the different layers that exist in the BRM were determined using...master thesis 2010
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Zimmermann, N. (author)The Westerschelde estuary in the South-West of the Netherlands displays two meandering flood and ebb channels separated by shoals. The system of flood, ebb channel and shoal between two channel crossings form a morphological cell. The stability of the serial cell system formed by the Westerschelde is important for the navigation route to the...master thesis 2009
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Bos, J.A. (author)Installed wind power world wide is increasing rapidly. The increase in wind power in the European electricity grid is expected to have its impact on the system behaviour. A European study, European Wind Integration Study (EWIS), was thus set up to study the impact of wind power. This thesis was carried out in parallel with EWIS and overlaps at...master thesis 2008
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Aanhaanen, J.A.M. (author)The Master’s thesis has focussed on the stability of a facetted shell structure. The research contributes to a Ph.D. research currently carried out at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), which investigates the possibilities to design and build a shell structure from flat glass panels. The structure is a so-called plate (facetted)...master thesis 2008
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Oosthoek, J. (author)Gabion mattresses consist out of a steel wire grid in which fill material is retained. The advantage of these constructions is that the individual particle stability is no longer of importance. The containing function of the grid results in the effect that the fill material starts to behave as a group. Next to that the mattresses are all...master thesis 2008