De gemeente Almere wil richting een circulaire economie bewegen, waarin zo min mogelijk grondstoffen gebruikt worden en waarin zo min mogelijk afval ontstaat. Een van de reststromen die een grote milieu-impact hebben is textiel. De indruk bestaat dat steeds meer textiel kortstondig gebruikt wordt of …

AIMS: This study investigated the extent and characteristics of mental health issues in contemporary dance students, as clear insight into these health problems is lacking. METHODS: During one academic year, 134 dance and dance-teacher students were monitored on a monthly basis using the Performing artist …

Purpose: The present study deals with the numerical modeling of the low-velocity impact damage of laminated composites which have increasingly important applications in aerospace primary structures. Such damage, generated by various sources during ground handling, substantially reduces the mechanical …

tract Micro wind turbines can be structurally integrated on top of the solid base of noise barriers near highways. A number of performance factors were assessed with holistic experiments in wind tunnel and in the field. The wind turbines underperformed when exposed in yawed flow conditions. The theoretical …

In the following thesis, research is conducted on the effect of sea-level rise and expected hydraulic load levels for the Scheldt Estuary, currently and in the future. As climate changes advances and the sea-level rises, insight into the effects of the rise on our coastal area's is essential. Rijkswaterstaat …

In Eastern Africa, increasing climate variability and changing socioeconomic conditions are exacerbating the frequency and intensity of drought disasters. Droughts pose a severe threat to food security in this region, which is characterized by a large dependency on smallholder rain-fed agriculture and …

This thesis analyses the behaviour of the design of a physical model of a cable-stayed bridge during a dynamic analysis. To obtain the dynamic response of the design of a physical model, I had to create various designs and compared them to select a final one. I utilized the selected design for a shaking …

Research regarding relations between coastal vegetation types and accompanying erosion rates. Coastal erosion is a potential threat for ~100 million people that are living within one meter below mean sea level. Furthermore, it poses a threat to wildlife such as marine turtles, and plant communities that …

Hycom B.V. is een bedrijf welke gespecialiseerd is in op maat gemaakte hydraulische systemen. Het bedrijf Hycom is sinds 2013 onderdeel van de organisatie HYDAC. De organisatie HYDAC opereert over de hele wereld met de productie en verkoop van hydraulische componenten. Hycom heeft een grootte variatie …

The Lisbon Treaty stipulates that the European Union's and the Member States' actions should be guided by the principles that inspired its creation. These principles are democracy, the rule of law, human rights. However, influence from outside forces can affect the European Union's unity, and leave Member …