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Heijkoop, Anne-Niekolai (author)Wave or vehicular action on an ice sheet as well as structural vibrations and thermally induced loading cause cyclic loading on an ice sheet. To better understand the effects of cyclic loading on the strength of sea ice, cyclic loading tests have been conducted at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). In addition, the corresponding ice...master thesis 2017
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Kaan, Jens (author)Self-driving cars have developed rapidly in recent years, diminishing the technological barriers blocking the introduction of the technology. Besides these technological barriers however, there are other issues, such as user acceptance, that need to be dealt with in order for autonomous vehicles to be successfully introduced to the market. One...master thesis 2017
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van Ruiten, Frank (author)In this thesis, we take a look Tarski's circle squaring problem: Are an open disk and an open square equidecomposable by using finitely many Borel pieces? The proof is a special case of the one given by Marks and Unger and as such will be based on their proof. We have distilled the original proof to make it understandable for a bachelor student...bachelor thesis 2017
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Zoutendijk, Mike (author)In this project the transversal vibrations of an accelerating elevator cable system are studied, with the aim to find the resonance times, the resonance duration and the resonance amplitude. The elevator cable is modelled as an axially moving string, with length given by l(t) = l0 + 1/2 at2, with a the acceleration and t the...bachelor thesis 2017
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Matamoros Cid, Ismael (author)Conventional linear control allocation (LCA) methods fail to provide satisfactory performance in flight control systems (FCS) for aircraft with highly nonlinear and coupled control effector suites, especially for tailless aircraft with strong interactions between control effectors. This thesis implements an incremental nonlinear control...master thesis 2017
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Keizer, Kasper (author)The role of water storages at greenhouses will change in the future due to three trends in climate change, upscaling of greenhouses and changes in regulations. These three trends force the local water authority and the greenhouse sector to anticipate on future problems. First step in this process is to understand the hydrological response of...master thesis 2017
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Xu, Quanxin (author)Throughout the history of pavement structure, the parallel layer structure has dominated the structural design of pavements. In other words, the entire road pavement share a uniform thickness design regardless how many lanes there are. However, due to traffic regulations and driving habits, the traffic flow most probably does not distribute...master thesis 2017
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van Giessen, Kevin (author)There is an ever-growing need for clean renewable energy in modern day society. Currently, major developments are being made on Decentralised Power conversion systems that use renewable energy sources. The application of ORC radial-flow turbines in Decentralised Power conversion applications seems promising, however, application of this...master thesis 2017
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van Sprang, Stephanie (author)Cooking is ubiquitous in all cultures as it is a fundamental necessity of existence. We are all sustained by food that has been transformed by heat. Cooking food helps in the digestion of nutrients while killing harmful bacteria and viruses. This basic principle of cooking food is the same over the world. However the difference lies within the...master thesis 2017
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Babel, Angelica (author)In this thesis, we consider levelling the number of required beds at the holding and recovery department. Due to the decreased number of available nurses, the workload for the nurses at hospitals has increased. For this reason, it is important to level the number of required beds at the holding and recovery department. By doing so, the workload...bachelor thesis 2017
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Gouvalas, Nikos (author)With the increasing introduction of DER in the everyday energy landscape, it becomes essential that a partial transition from AC to DC within the whole range of voltage levels has to be re-considered especially in practical cases where DC system performance seems outstanding compared to AC based counterparts. On that note, LVDC microgrids have...master thesis 2017
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Ranta, Kristiina (author)The fruit juice which is sold in our supermarkets, here in the Netherlands, originates from all over the world. The vast majority of juices are imported from abroad. Apple juice from China, orange juice from Brazil, pineapple juice from Ghana; juices travel a long way before we consume them. <br/><br/>The transport of juices, by sea, road and...master thesis 2017
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Atreya, Vibhor (author)The role of carbon in the strengthening mechanisms of martensitic steels has been studied for decades. However, uncertainties still exist regarding how the distribution of carbon to various locations inside martensite contributes to the development of its observed microstructure and high strength. The strengthening mechanisms depend on carbon...master thesis 2017
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van Duin, Erik (author)Transportation of very viscous fluids through pipelines is a real challenge. With the depletion of light oils in reservoirs, it becomes economically favourable to harvest heavy crude oils to contribute to meeting the ever growing energy demand. A suitable candidate for the transportation of these very viscous oil is by means of core-annular flow...master thesis 2017
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Cao, Clinton (author), Doesburg, Michiel (author), Wang, Sunwei (author)Graphs are becoming more popular day by day. This has lead to the development of different graph-processing platforms, such as Hadoop, Apache Giraph and GraphLab. With this wide variety of graph processing platforms, which one should we choose for a specific use case? Which platform has the best performance? To solve this issue, we can benchmark...bachelor thesis 2017
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Guljelmović, Nikol (author)Task-parameterized movement representation, as an approach for the generalization of demonstrations, is used to represent data from multiple local perspectives within the global reference frame, through which more accurate information about multiple aspects of the movement is given. The estimated transformation between the different perspectives...master thesis 2017
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Smit, Sam (author)Microfluidics has changed the way we think about laboratory experimental design. With the use of lab-on-chip devices, we are capable of carrying out experiments that include several functions on a single chip. Despite a lot of progress in the miniaturization of these devices, the peripheral systems which control the microfluidic functionalities...master thesis 2017
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Warmerdam, Santor (author)Automated instrument recognition is necessary to efficiently obtain instrumentation information for the existing large collections of digital music. While automated instrument recognition is possible with very high accuracy for monophonic fragments, the problem has not yet been solved for polyphonic mixes.In this work a system is designed for...master thesis 2017
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Agarwal, Tushar (author)An investigation into energy optimization techniques for buildings was initiated that led to the development of a Toolbox with several functions for analysis, optimization and prediction techniques for thermal energy demand of a school building. The HHS, or The Hague University of Applied Sciences in Delft, was the most sustainable building for...master thesis 2017