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Orcesi, André D. (author), Chemineau, Hélène (author), Lin, P.H. (author), van Gelder, P.H.A.J.M. (author), van Erp, H.R.N. (author)This paper presents an optimization framework for highway infrastructure elements that integrates risk profiles (for infrastructures) and economic aspects. One main goal is to assess the necessary additional effort to satisfy performance constraints under different scenarios of climate change. In order to be easily deployable by national road...journal article 2016
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Zhang, H. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Chaves Figueiredo, S. (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)This work aims to provide a method for numerically and experimentally investigating the fracture mechanism of cement paste at the microscale. For this purpose, a new procedure was proposed to prepare micro cement paste cubes (100 × 100 × 100 µm3) and beams with a square cross section of 400 × 400 µm2. By loading the cubes to failure with a...journal article 2016
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Bos-de Vos, M. (author), Wamelink, J.W.F. (author), Volker, L. (author)Architectural firms often have difficulty generating profit from their services as they pursue not only commercial but also professional goals. These goals frequently conflict and have to be balanced during the process of value creation and value capture. So far, literature has focused on the interaction between the perceived use value for...journal article 2016
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Goncalves Dias De Barros, E. (author), Yap, F.K. (author), Insuasty, E (author), Van den Hof, PMJ (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)Closed-loop reservoir management (CLRM) is a combination of life-cycle optimization and computerassisted history matching. The application of the CLRM framework to real field cases can be computationally demanding. An even higher computational load results from procedures to assess the value of information (VOI) in CLRM. Such procedures, which...conference paper 2016
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van der Meer, J.M. (author), Kraaijevanger, JFBM (author), Möller, M. (author), Jansen, J.D. (author)Many enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes can be described using partial differential equations with parameters that are strongly non-linear functions of one or more of the state variables. Typically these nonlinearities result in solution components changing several orders of magnitude over small spatial or temporal distances. The numerical...conference paper 2016
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van Beinum, A.S. (author), Farah, H. (author), Wegman, F.C.M. (author), Hoogendoorn, S.P. (author)Turbulence in traffic is a commonly known phenomenon, but the exact characteristics of this phenomenon are not yet clear. Turbulence reflects individual changes in speed, headways, and lanes in the traffic stream. The current freeway design guidelines prescribe measures for handling turbulence, such as sufficient ramp spacing and spacing...journal article 2016
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Zong, H. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)An experimental characterisation study of a large-volume three-electrode plasma synthetic jet actuator (PSJA) is presented. A sequential discharge power supply system is used to activate the PSJA. Phase-locked planar particle image velocimetry (PIV) and time-resolved Schlieren imaging are used to characterise the evolution of the induced flow...journal article 2016
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Dekker, S.H. (author), Wurzel, G. (author), Alderliesten, R.C. (author)Fatigue life is a random variable. The reliability of a conservative fatigue life prediction for a component in the helicopter dynamic system thus needs to be substantiated. A standard analytical substantiation method uses averaged manoeuvre loads instead of seeing manoeuvre loads as a random variable whose distribution is estimated with limited...journal article 2016
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Hernandez Santana, M. (author), Grande, A.M. (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author)Broadband dielectric spectroscopy (BDS) is introduced as a new and powerful technique to monitor network and macroscale damage healing in an elastomer. For the proof of concept, a partially cured sulfur-cured natural rubber (NR) containing reversible disulfides as the healing moiety was employed. The forms of damage healed and monitored were an...journal article 2016
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Stouffs, R.M.F.A. (author)A description grammar, in conjunction with a shape grammar, serves to generate verbal descriptions of designs, next to the spatial descriptions. These verbal descriptions can also assist in guiding the generative process. This paper revisits applications of description grammars found in literature and demonstrates how they can be recast and...journal article 2016
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Zong, H. (author), Kotsonis, M. (author)A simplified model is established to estimate the jet exit density variation of a plasma synthetic jet actuator (PSJA) driven by a capacitive arc discharge. This model, in conjunction with phase-locked planar particle imaging velocimetry (PIV) measurements, enables the calculation of jet mechanical energy for different operating conditions....journal article 2016
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Halim, R.A. (author), Kwakkel, J.H. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)The global container transport system is changing quickly. Ports can be severely affected by these changes; therefore, ports need insight into how the system might change and what the impact of this will be on their competitive position. Given the intrinsic complexity of the container transport system and the presence of a wide range of...journal article 2016
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Ren, Z. (author), Goseling, J. (author), Weber, J.H. (author), Gastpar, M.C. (author)Compute-and-forward (CF) is a technique which exploits broadcast and superposition in wireless networks. In this paper, the CF energy benefit is studied for networks with unicast sessions and modeled by connected graphs. This benefit is defined as the ratio of the minimum energy consumption by traditional routing techniques, not using broadcast...conference paper 2016
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Weber, J.H. (author), Swart, T.G. (author), Schouhamer Immink, KA (author)The recently proposed Pearson codes offer immunity against channel gain and offset mismatch. These codes have very low redundancy, but efficient coding procedures were lacking. In this paper, systematic Pearson coding schemes are presented. The redundancy of these schemes is analyzed for memoryless uniform sources. It is concluded that simple...conference paper 2016
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Fichtner, L.V.E. (author), Pieters, W. (author), Herdeiro Teixeira, A.M. (author)In the cybersecurity community it is common to think of security as a design feature for systems and infrastructures that may be difficult to balance with other requirements. What is less studied is how security requirements come about, for which reasons, and what their influence is on the actions the system facilitates. Security is for example...conference paper 2016
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Elham, A. (author), van Tooren, M.J.L. (author)This paper presents a method for wing aerostructural analysis and optimization, which needs much lower computational costs, while computes the wing drag and structural deformation with a level of accuracy comparable to the higher fidelity CFD and FEM tools. A quasi-threedimensional aerodynamic solver is developed and connected to a finite beam...journal article 2016
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Wan, J. (author), Pavel, M.D. (author)The Ornicopter concept is a single-rotor, tailless configuration. By actively flapping its blades, the Ornicopter rotor can propel itself to rotate, and hence does not need a tail rotor. In previous research, the Ornicopter concept has been compared with the Bo-105 conventional helicopter from various aspects, while the Ornicopter has the same...journal article 2016
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Arechabaleta Guenechea, Z. (author), van Liempt, P. (author), Sietsma, J. (author)The pre-yield deformation behaviour (i.e., at stresses below the yield stress) of two materials, pure iron and a low-alloy steel, and its anelastic nature are analysed at room temperature, before and after the dislocation structures are varied by plastic deformation. It is shown, based on tensile experiments, that this behaviour can be explained...journal article 2016
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Langelaar, Matthijs (author)The potential of topology optimization to amplify the benefits of additive manufacturing (AM), by fully exploiting the vast design space that AM allows, is widely recognized. However, existing topology optimization approaches do not consider AM-specific limitations during the design process, resulting in designs that are not self-supporting....journal article 2016
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Knoop, V.L. (author), Daamen, W. (author)The fundamental diagram of a road, including free-flow capacity and queue discharge rate, is very important for traffic engineering purposes. In the real word, most traffic measurements come from stationary loop detectors. This paper proposes a method to fit Wu's fundamental diagram to loop detector data. Wu's fundamental diagram is...journal article 2016