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Haasdijk, S.M. (author)Noise prediction models are critical to assess the noise production of aircraft. They are of growing importance due to the increase in air transport and population. This research focusses on the comparison of the noise predictions of empirical and semi-empirical models. The noise predictions of NIROS, an empirical noise prediction model used by...master thesis 2016
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Kramers, J. (author)This thesis analyses the loads that occurred during an ice ridge ramming experiment with the icebreaker Oden. Sea ice ridges are formed due to breaking and deformation of the ice cover. Wind, current, thermal expansion and Coriolis forces induce compression and shear forces onto level ice which can break the ice into rubble. The blocks of ice...master thesis 2016
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Schinkel, W.S. (author)Considering the trend in autonomous vehicles, the behaviour of the driver changes from active to passive. In the future, the driver will perform secondary tasks during driving. An example of such a task is reading. For this reason, there is an increase in requirements in respect to ride comfort. Improved suspension systems are of major interest,...master thesis 2016
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- Okret, D.A. (author) master thesis 2016
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- Montemayor Rodriguez, L.D. (author) master thesis 2016
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van Veen, N.P. (author)The stress on water supply systems is increasing, among others due to pollution, increasing demands, source depletion and climate change. More sustainable solutions with respect to water supply will decrease the stress. Rainwater harvesting can be one of these sustainable solutions. Depending on the characteristics of the rainwater harvesting...master thesis 2016
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Marcelis, P.J. (author)Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are increasingly being deployed for smart applications. With the rise of smart cities there is a need for low cost and long range Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) technologies. LoRaWAN is an energy efficient and cheap LPWAN solution. It is rapidly being adopted all around the world. LoRaWAN however does not...master thesis 2016
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Huang, Y. (author)XING is a leading career-oriented social networking site in Europe, which usually recommend job ads to their customers. One of the widely used methods in Recomender Systems is content-based filtering, which analyzes the description of item characteristics and the user profile illustrating user's preferences. Due to the sparsity of its dataset, i...master thesis 2016
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- Timmer, B. (author) master thesis 2016
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Bijker, J.E. (author)Passengers that bring too much and too large pieces of hand baggage cause costly delays, internal friction and, above all, a negative passenger experience. After internal and external research, the problem was deemed to be too complex to be solved without compromising KLM’s core value of customer intimacy. Gathering relevant factors on the...master thesis 2016
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Schipper, R.H.J. (author)Jack-up structures are widely used in the offshore industry. Not only in the field of oil and gas, but also in the installation for offshore wind turbines. These jack-up structures typically consist of three trusswork legs, where the foundation is formed by inverted conical cones that are penetrated into the soil, called spudcans. The spudcans...master thesis 2016
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Noordam, A.F. (author)For decades, researchers try to model the subsoil as accurate as possible in order to make cost-efficient and safe geotechnical decisions. A troublesome aspect in modelling of the soil is to determine the heterogeneity within the soil, as this is usually associated with a great deal of uncertainty. Delft University of Technology used a recursive...master thesis 2016
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Chen, N. (author)Modern automotive radar operates at the mm-wave frequency band and has to provide reliable sensing information about surrounding targets in all weather conditions. The aesthetic requirements for the modern car design and needs for mechanical protections result in the installation of radar sensor behind different types of plastic cover like the...master thesis 2016
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- van Bodegom, E.W.L.A. (author) master thesis 2016
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de Boer, G.G. (author)This thesis report considers the topic of sustainable marina development. This term can be understood to be a combination of two terms; “sustainable development” and “marina”. Sustainable development in this research study has been considered in relation to the coastal zone and basically entails an approach to ensure a balance between the...master thesis 2016
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Tsakonas, P. (author)The recent developments in the offshore wind industry are pushing towards upgrading the inter-array voltage level from 33 kV to 66 kV. The main reason behind this, is the increased capacity of future wind turbines leading to an increased power density in the inter-array grid of the offshore wind farms. The current level of 33 kV cannot give cost...master thesis 2016
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van den Berg, L.J. (author)A FEM-based tool was developed for optimization of the geometry of an adhesive joint for implementation in a composite micro truss structure. A genetic algorithm was employed to optimize the adhesive fillet and adherend local end geometry towards a uniform state of strain in the adhesive layer. It was found that the peak maximum principal strain...master thesis 2016
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Horsten, B.P.M. (author)The inundation height of the Tohoku tsunami of 2011 exceeded the design levels of many coastal barriers and several structures collapsed. Hundreds of seawalls and breakers are (planned to be) (re)built in the Tohoku district. There is much debate about the conventional tsunami walls and it is therefore suggested to consider alternative tsunami...master thesis 2016
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Dominicus, S. (author)The next generation of ground-based telescopes have a segmented primary mirror consisting of up to 800 segments which are mounted on a support truss. These segments are actively controlled to correct for external disturbances of which wind loading is the primary source. As mirror size and number of segments grows ever larger, dynamic coupling...master thesis 2016
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Sillem, K.A. (author)For the installation of offshore windturbine pile foundations a dedicated subsea drilling tool has been developed. The installation forms part of the Wikinger windfarm project, located in the Baltic Sea. The main function of the tool is dredging up to a few meters of soil from the pile to allow for jacket installation. Next to this it is also...master thesis 2016