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C. Kasbergen
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An investigation into the Rail-Structure Interaction in Railway Bridges in the Netherlands
Rail-Structure Interaction
In the Netherlands, there is a large and widely used railway system that includes numerous railway bridges. This master thesis investigates the problems caused by these railway bridges. Since World War II, continu- ous welded rails have been used extensively throughout the Nether
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Singulation of Brass Scraps
System design for continuous flow singulation of irregularly shaped particles
Efficient recycling and the realisation of a circular economy are essential to meet the growing global demand for metals. This thesis investigates the design and evaluation of a singulation system specifically for brass scraps, addressing challenges in their irregular shapes, siz
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Non-linear finite elementmodelling of prestressed slab-between-girder bridge
Using a 3D non-planar mesh of shell elements
Across the Netherlands close to 70 prestressed concrete T-beam bridges with cast-in-between slabs and transverse prestressing built in the 60's and are still in service. The current code NEN-EN 1992-1-1+C2:2011 assesses the shear capacity more conservatively. In addition, the NEN
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The offshore monopile decommissioning demand will become definite in the coming years. Our responsibility is to ensure the rights and duties of other legitimate uses by completely removing the ageing monopile from the seabed to continuously redeveloping offshore wind farms within
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Simulating hot asphalt compaction in Bullet Physics
Discrete modelling of the superpave gyratory compaction process by implementation of Burgers’ contact model in Bullet Physics
Asphalt concrete is the most used material in road construction. Analysing the behaviour and properties of this material is vital for modern day society. Currently, this is mostly done in labs using actual asphalt mixtures. However, this is a very expensive and time consuming pro
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A Large Deformation Desai Flow Surface Implementation in Abaqus
Desai Flow Surface Implementation
This research project aims to implement an elasto-plastic Neo-Hookean Alpha material with a Desai flow surface with hardening and softening in Abaqus via the Continuum Mechanics framework. This is done by first defining the elasto-plastic potato diagram and deriving the correspon
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A new approach to applying the finite difference method for solving the shell model problem. By solving the general shell differential equations (Sanders-Koiter equations) with first-order finite-difference approximation only, a finite difference algorithm called shell code has b
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The earthquake-induced liquefaction is a high-risk phenomenon for dredging industries, which need to set strict requirements in order to avoid potential disastrous effects for the project. Different types of liquefaction exist which can be triggered over a wide range of soil typ
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Road damage detection is important for road safety and road maintenance planning. Road surface anomalies, like potholes, cracks and ravelling, affect driving conditions, such as driving comfort and safety, noise emission, load loss of trucks, increase of fuel consumption and traf
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Fascicle shear is theoretically a mechanism by which skeletal muscles lengthen. Existing ultrasound based techniques allow measurement of muscle architecture parameters, but not the quantification of shear strain. In this study, an algorithm that tracks the shear strain from ultr
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A Hyperbolic model for Degradation in Tension mode-I Fracture of Masonry
Implementation and Validation in Engineering masonry model
The growing need to understand the behaviour of un-reinforced masonry URM), subjected to
repeated light man-made earthquakes caused by the extraction of gas in the north-eastern part
of The Netherlands has resulted in intense research to determine the exact process of cra ...
repeated light man-made earthquakes caused by the extraction of gas in the north-eastern part
of The Netherlands has resulted in intense research to determine the exact process of cra ...
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 driv
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Structural consolidation of historic monuments by interlocking cast glass components
A computational analysis of interlocking cast glass brickwork
The search for a transparent, reversible, and reusable consolidation system for monuments led to the ambition to test possible cast glass interlocking brick designs using numerical calculations. The focus of this research is hence the design, simulation and evaluation of a possib
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