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van Rijsingen, Mart (author)The transport sector is making a significant contribution to the global CO2 emissions causing Global Warming. A large portion of this is caused by heavy-duty vehicles like tractor semi-trailer combinations. Since tractor semi-trailer combinations are often operated at relatively high speeds for long periods of time their fuel consumption, and...master thesis 2018
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Kevinly, Christopher (author)Coda wave interferometry is a technique used in the field of seismology, which utilizes the later part of the signal (coda) to detect subtle changes in a medium. In recent years, the application of coda wave interferometry to concrete structure has been assessed for structural health monitoring purposes. Smart aggregate is a sensor which...master thesis 2018
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van Munster, Ewoud (author)Large multi-object spectroscopy telescopes measure the light from millions of stars and galaxies for the use in astronomical studies. One part of these telescopes is the fiber positioner, where a few thousand of optical fibers need to be individually positioned very accurately. The problem with current fiber positioners is the small patrol area,...master thesis 2018
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van Looij, Zoe (author)neering (SE). Nowadays, this approach is more and more instructed by clients in the Netherlands. The switch to Systems Engineering was necessary because of the development of integrated contracts (UAV-GC; Uniform Administrative Conditions for Integrated Contracts) such as Design-Build-Finance-Maintain (DBFM) and Design & Construct (D&C)....master thesis 2018
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Kumari, Pooja (author)Oxy-fuel gas cutting is the most widely applied industrial thermal cutting process due to its various benefits such as low cost equipment, versatility and flexibility in terms of manual or mechanized operation. It is employed in cutting mild steel plates with thicknesses ranging from 0.5mm to 250mm, to manufacture heavy equipment such as...master thesis 2018
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Xu, Jie (author)Shell is a popular form of structures as it can withstand relative large load with small thickness, which satisfies the aesthetic preference. Due to the curvatures of shell structures, shell can carry the distributed load as membrane forces instead of bending moments. Due to the small thickness, shell structures are highly sensitive to...student report 2018
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Borpujari, Abhishek (author)This research focusses on delivering a proposed procedure that determines interactions among multiple changes. The basis for this is obtained from literature and research papers that focus on the cumulative impacts of multiple project changes. The construction industry is currently suffering from a productivity problem, resulting from the...master thesis 2018
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Neisingh, Wouter (author)A large part of the world population lives in deltas or in the vicinity of a river which provides many advantages, such as access to transportation, food and drinking water. Inundating floodplains are a natural and recurring phenomenon which is for instance a way to irrigate soils, but drawbacks occur when people or infrastructure are harmed by ...master thesis 2018
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Cobelens, Roeland (author)Limitations in the modern housing market supply and the high demand for city centre living space ask for a robust urban densification way of building. This results in the exploration of innovative vertical extension projects, such as the ’De Karel Doorman’ case in Rotterdam. However, demanding the construction method to be extreme light-weight...master thesis 2018
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BHAT, MADHUKESHWAR (author)With the rising global pollution and rising concern over sustainable operations, manufacturing companies are under tremendous pressure from its stakeholders to adopt Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM). However, companies in addressing SSCM, largely focus on the economic aspects neglecting the other two crucial pillars of sustainability....master thesis 2018
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den Breejen, Ewout (author)Wing-in-ground (hereafter referred to as WIG) vehicles operate a few meters above water. The vehicles make use of the ground-effect (an effect where the drag is reduced, and the wings of the vehicles generate an increased lift). The unique speed and distance range of a WIG vehicle — a vehicle that, in functionality and appearance, sits somewhere...master thesis 2018
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Casasnovas Orus, Virginia (author)Synchronization between muscles caused by shared neural input has been proposed to have a functional significance in muscle coordination. In this study, intermuscular coherence (IMC), a measure of shared neural input to muscles, was used to explore the neural underpinnings of proximal arm muscle coordination in force- and myoelectric-control...master thesis 2018
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Husić, Ajdin (author)The novelty-raahn algorithm has been shown to effectively learn a desired behavior from raw inputs by connecting an autoencoder with a Hebbian network. Hebbian learning is compelling for its biological plausibility and simplicity. It changes the weight of a connection based only on the activations of neurons it connects, and can effectively...master thesis 2018
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Gulikers, Tom (author)Engineering fields such as aerospace rely heavily on the Finite Element Method (FEM) as a modelling tool. In combination with the scale and complexity of the structures typically involved here, computational cost remains a traditional issue. To perform FEM analyses of such structures efficiently nonetheless, engineers rely on techniques such as...master thesis 2018
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van der Hoek, Alexander (author)The aim of the Building with Nature (BwN) design philosophy is to improve on a traditional approach for infrastructural projects by utilising natural processes to create benefits for society and nature. In a fast-changing world where climate action is becoming increasingly important, there is need for an innovative approach in large...master thesis 2018
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Visser, Adriaan (author)This work determines whether the amount of frequency components present in the data can be reduced, whilst still retaining image quality, whereas most efforts in seismological research are done in reducing spatial sampling. It is shown using a PCA on the frequency spectra of several data sets that indeed a large redundancy in frequency content...master thesis 2018
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Bachasingh, Ashni (author)In this thesis we try to capture the dependence structure of the publications of a scholar and the citations of those publications via copulas. To do so, we will use a sample of Quebec re- searchers for who their publication amount as well as their citation amounts are known. We are provided with multiple variables concerning citation. We study...bachelor thesis 2018
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Sankar, Balaji (author)Piezoelectric energy harvesting technology is an alternative source for powering low power electronics. The ability of piezoelectric materials to convert ambient vibrational energy into usable electrical energy is seen as a promising battery-free solution to be used in inhospitable areas to self-power electronics for a longer time with little...master thesis 2018
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Sanders, Timo (author)This thesis studies the radiation dose deposited on a 6U CubeSat in interplanetary orbit. The European Space Agency’s radiation data tool SPENVIS has been used to determine the proton flux in interplanetary space during a solar particle event which occurs only once every one hundred years. SPENVIS has further been applied to obtain a dose depth...master thesis 2018