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Tosto, F. (author), Pini, M. (author), Colonna, Piero (author)The blade solidity, namely the blade chordtopitch ratio, largely affects the fluiddynamic performance of turbomachinery. For turbomachines operating with air or steam, the optimal value of the solidity which maximizes the efficiency is estimated with empirical correlations such as the ones proposed by Zweifel (1945) and Traupel (1966). However,...conference paper 2024
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Wang, C. (author), Liu, M. (author), Bannenberg, L.J. (author), Zhao, C. (author), Thijs, M.A. (author), Boshuizen, B. (author), Ganapathy, S. (author), Wagemaker, M. (author)Lithium metal with its high theoretical capacity and low negative potential is considered one of the most important candidates to raise the energy density of all-solid-state batteries. However, lithium filament growth and its induced solid electrolyte decomposition pose severe challenges to realize a long cycle life. Here, dendrite growth in...journal article 2024
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Lin, Yi (author), Guo, Dongyue (author), Wu, Yuankai (author), Li, L. (author), Wu, Edmond Q. (author), Ge, Wenyi (author)Improper fuel loading decision results in carrying excessive dead weight during flight operation, which will burden the airline operation cost and cause extra waste emission. Existing works mainly focused on the post-event fuel consumption based on flight trajectory. In this work, a novel deep learning model, called FCPNet, is proposed to...journal article 2024
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Tseremoglou, I. (author), Santos, Bruno F. (author)In the Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) context, the definition of optimal maintenance plans for an aircraft fleet depends on an efficient integration of : (i) the probabilistic predictions of the health condition of the components and (ii) the stochastic arrival of the corrective maintenance tasks, together with consideration of the...journal article 2024
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Successive approximations and interval halving for fractional BVPs with integral boundary conditionsMarynets, K. (author), Pantova, D.H. (author)We study a system of non-linear fractional differential equations, subject to integral boundary conditions. We use a parametrization technique and a dichotomy-type approach to reduce the original problem to two “model-type” fractional boundary value problems with linear two-point boundary conditions. A numerical-analytic technique is applied...journal article 2024
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Rocchetta, Roberto (author), Zhan, Zhouzhao (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Di Bucchianico, Alessandro (author)Lifetime analyses are crucial for ensuring the durability of new Light-emitting Diodes (LEDs) and uncertainty quantification (UQ) is necessary to quantify a lack of usable failure and degradation data. This work presents a new framework for predicting the lifetime of LEDs in terms of lumen maintenance, effectively quantifying the natural...journal article 2024
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Peirlinck, M. (author), Linka, Kevin (author), Hurtado, Juan A. (author), Kuhl, Ellen (author)Constitutive modeling is the cornerstone of computational and structural mechanics. In a finite element analysis, the constitutive model is encoded in the material subroutine, a function that maps local strains onto stresses. This function is called within every finite element, at each integration point, within every time step, at each Newton...journal article 2024
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Martinelli, Cristiano (author), Coraddu, A. (author), Cammarano, Andrea (author)Meta-heuristic optimisation algorithms are high-level procedures designed to discover near-optimal solutions to optimisation problems. These strategies can efficiently explore the design space of the problems; therefore, they perform well even when incomplete and scarce information is available. Such characteristics make them the ideal...conference paper 2024
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Sorokin, Dimitry Y. (author), Merkel, Alexander Y. (author)The family Desulfurivibrionaceae includes obligately anaerobic, moderately salt-tolerant, obligately alkaliphilic chemolithoautotrophic bacteria with a unique energy metabolism consisting of elemental sulfur disproportionation. H<sub>2</sub> or formate can also serve as additional electron donors for sulfur reduction, while nitrate can be...book chapter 2024
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Sorokin, Dimitry Y. (author), Merkel, Alexander Y. (author)Natr.an.aer.o.vir.ga’ce.ae N.L. fem. n. <i>Natranaerovirga</i>, the type genus of the family, -aceae ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. <i>Natranaerovirgaceae</i>, the <i>Natranaerovirga</i> family. The family <i>Natranaerovirgaceae</i> includes obligately<br/>anaerobic fermentative bacteria from soda lakes. They are highly salt...book chapter 2024
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Sorokin, Dimitry Y. (author), Merkerl, Alexander Y. (author)The genus <i>Natranaerovirga</i> is a member of the class <i>Clostridia</i>. It includes obligately anaerobic, fermentative heterotrophs which whose key metabolic property is the ability to utilizes polygalacturonates as growth substrates. The species of the genus are highly salt-tolerant, chloride-independent, obligate alkaliphiles found in...book chapter 2024
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Liu Cheng, Alexander (author)Discussions of intelligence in the built-environment began in the late 1960s and early 1970s [1]–[7]. They belonged to a broader technical and technological discourse, engaged across a variety of domains and disciplines, to explore potential opportunities entailed by the Information Age. During this nascent period, and partly due to the novelty...doctoral thesis 2023
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Barreto, Carlos M. (author)The reduction of the volume and footprint requirements of membrane bioreactors (MBR)s is constrained by the maximum amount of biomass that can be accommodated in the aerobic basin. However, the biomass concentration is mainly limited by the extremely low oxygen transfer efficiency (OTE) experienced by conventional aeration bubble diffuser...doctoral thesis 2023
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Dos Santos Vieira Brysch, S.L. (author)This thesis brings forward the design dimension, and, more specifically, co-design, to the study of housing affordability. Co-design occurs when end-users and professionals work together towards a common goal. It is a process often applied in collaborative housing, an umbrella concept encompassing different housing forms based on collective self...doctoral thesis 2023
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Hosseini, A. (author)HIsarna is a new and breakthrough smelting reduction technology for producing liquid hot metal for steelmaking directly from iron ores. Compared to the conventional blast furnace route, HIsarna achieves a 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by eliminating coking and the need for iron ore agglomeration processes such as sintering and pelletizing and...doctoral thesis 2023
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Roth, M. (author)This thesis addresses the sensor-based perception of driver and pedestrian to improve joint path prediction of ego-vehicle and pedestrian based on mutual awareness in the domain of intelligent vehicles.<br/><br/>According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of global traffic deaths are among Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs), such...doctoral thesis 2023
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Çetin, Sultan (author)This thesis explores the integration of Circular Economy (CE) principles of narrow, slow, close, and regenerate in the social housing practice through digital technologies. Beginning with the examination of the CE implementation in Dutch social housing organisations, the research extends its focus to the broader built environment, introducing...doctoral thesis 2023
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Shoja, S.M. Aydin (author)Reflection seismology aims to estimate the Earth's subsurface elastic parameters for further investigation by geologists and engineers. This involves generating elastic waves using seismic sources and recording the Earth's response with receivers. The subsurface model is typically considered a combination of a background model and a short...doctoral thesis 2023
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Zhao, Y. (author)Large-scale deployment of photovoltaic (PV) technology is imperative for realizing a future sustainable and electrified energy system. Over the past decades, technological advancements that enhance the efficiency of PV technologies have been one of the crucial aspects for significantly reducing the cost of PV-generated electricity. Among various...doctoral thesis 2023
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Overtoom-van Aartrijk, C.M.M. (author)The protease FtsH is a membrane anchored protease that degrades misfolded (membrane) proteins. To study the mechanism behind unfolding and translocation with optical tweezers, the protease had to be purified. However, full-length FtsH has hardly been studied as solubilizing this membrane anchored protease is challenging. Our group (Dr. V....doctoral thesis 2023