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Doekes, Philippine (author)Plasma membrane dynamics have become increasingly of interest due to recent discoveries on anomalous lipid diffusion in live cells. A specific characteristic has been found in the exponential relation between lateral lipid diffusion and temperature. The finding was reported to be surprising as a linear dependence was theoretically predicted. In...master thesis 2018
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Sharma, Shreea (author)The European Union has established two directives that require both public and private buildings to become<br/>nearly zero energy by 2020. This has increased public interest in and development of building integrated<br/>photovoltiac (BIPV) systems. One such BIPV solution is the PowerWindow by Physee. Even though the PowerWindow<br/>does not...master thesis 2018
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de Groot, Dennis (author)An increase in apparent mode II fracture toughness in Fiber Reinforced Polymers has been found from modified Transverse Crack Tension (mTCT) tests with compressive stresses added orthogonal to the delamination plane. Numerical reproduction of these results has not yet led to a good understanding of the reasons for this behavior. Currently, an...master thesis 2018
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Rishikesh Pankaj Sampat, Rishikesh (author)Gas turbines are the power house of most modern day aircrafts. Combustion of fossil fuels provides the energy required, but this produces harmful emissions. With ever increasing strictness on emissions regulation, it is becoming even more necessary to design gas turbine combustion chambers with the intent of low pollutant output. Gas turbine...master thesis 2018
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Nepal, Pramod (author)Ever since the commercial growth of PV installations, soiling has been a crucial factor to decrease its performance ratio. Environmental factors such as irradiation, wind, rainfall, and back module temperature affect the yield of a system, but, in many environments, soiling of PV modules carries the largest impact. Cost effective soiling...master thesis 2018
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Rijper, Huub (author)This thesis discusses the morphological modelling of the gravel revetment on artificial composite beaches. A composite beach is a combination of a sandy lower beach and a gravel upper beach. These beaches are found in nature, but can also be created artificially by placement of a gravel structure on a sandy beach. Artificial composite beaches...master thesis 2018
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Viavattene, Giulia (author)Spaceplanes represent a new promising concept for space flight. A spaceplane is a reusable, safe, efficient and economical space transportation system that can generate lift during its atmospheric flight, analogously to an aircraft, and it is able to travel in space as a spacecraft. What makes spaceplanes so attractive is the possibility of...master thesis 2018
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Disberg, Coen (author)This research focuses on the development and feasibility of an online grain size estimator for a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD), based on the mass balance within a hopper, and using hopper settling models. The idea of the grain size estimator is to use existing hopper settling models iteratively for a certain time window with ‘online’...master thesis 2018
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Pugliatti, Mattia (author)The decision on the dynamical model used to design a spacecraft’s trajectory is a fundamental choice influenced by many factors. The complexity of such a model affects the accuracy of the designed trajectory but also the difficulty of the design process. One approach to simplify this task consists of splitting the trajectory design process into...master thesis 2018
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Mattaar, Julia (author)This report describes the research towards and the design of a tool for informing and involving employees during organisational change. More than half of the change programs that are started are not completed successfully. One of the most influential factors to this low success rate is the resistance of employees. Informing and involving them in...master thesis 2018
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van Elteren, Floris (author)A particular design choice in origami engineering is to use curved creases. By folding a curved-crease design, the sheets connected to the crease line have to bend, allowing for novel properties unachievable with straight-crease origami. This thesis explores the design of curved-crease-folding mechanisms with integrated planar bending actuators....master thesis 2018
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Barois, Loic (author)The physical integration of a battery system to the back of PV module provides solutions to the changing demands of the residential solar energy market. The PV-Battery Integrated Module (PBIM) concept is proposed and equips energy-users with a modular and user friendly solar system. With each PV panel equipped with its exclusive balance of...master thesis 2018
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Wang, Jiayi (author)This graduation project is in cooperation with TU Delft, Tentech BV, Aectual and White Lioness technologies. It aims to investigate the feasibility of using recycled plastics as material for large-scale 3D printing with the 3D printer KamerMaker. In the meantime, a thickness distribution methodology is proposed for taking advantage of the...master thesis 2018
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van Lieshout, Sheneequa (author)The Dutch construction industry is rising again. The economical crisis has had a major impact on the infrastructure sector, as the sector has experienced many cutbacks. Even though the economy is recovering, the consequences of these cutbacks are still present. According to the Economisch Instituut voor de Bouw (2016), the Dutch infrastructure...master thesis 2018
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Agrawal, Abhishek (author)We study the orbital motion of regolith around asteroids, lofted from the surface due to impact cratering events, to understand the displacement of material on the surface and in orbit. The cratering events could be natural such as from meteoroid impacts, or they can be induced from spacecraft activities such as in-situ sample collection....master thesis 2018
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Reinders, Jelle (author)Subsea rock installation is widely applied in the offshore industry and utilized for a wide range of purposes including but not limited to: pipeline protection, scour protection, insulation of pipelines, upheaval buckling prevention and seabed preparation. Tideway Offshore Solutions is specialized in subsea rock installation and currently...master thesis 2018
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Mikati, Ibrahim (author)Given the substantial growth of the shale industry over the last decade, understanding flow in confined spaces will play a primordial role in the future of the upstream petroleum sector. Most compositional simulators are designed for standard (unconfined) reservoirs. Additional physical phenomena occurring in confined spaces such as capillary...master thesis 2018
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Mittal, Abhishek (author)Piezoelectric materials have found application in wide range of devices from accelerometers to energy harvesters. They have proven their potential and versatility in aerospace, automotive, electronics and biomedical industry. Piezoelectric ceramics are not suitable for energy harvesting applications due to its brittleness and low strain levels,...master thesis 2018
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Liu, Minghui (author)The neuroscience department of the Erasmus Medical Centre (EMC) has been working for many years to analyse the epilepsy and the treatments. It is a part of the neuro research in the collaborations between the Erasmus Medical Centre (EMC) neuroscience department and the section Bioelectronics at Delft University of Technology. The system is...master thesis 2018