For the simulation of a flexible helicopter rotor system the Euler equations for a rotating and translating beam structure are derived using the Finite Element technique. Using the displacements and velocities of a beam element which has an airfoil shaped cross section the aerodynamic forces and moments …

As an essential basic principle of the European Union, the free movement of workers has been on everyone’s lips with the European Enlargement of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007. With the complete abolishment of the restrictions on the free movement of workers for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens in Germany …

Op donderdag 22 mei 2014 worden in Nederland de verkiezingen voor het Europees Parlement gehouden. De burger wordt in staat gesteld zijn/haar vertegenwoordiger in dit parlement rechtstreeks te kiezen. Er wordt tegenwoordig veel over Europa gediscussieerd. Dat is op zich een goede zaak. De discussie …

Silvio Berlusconi was Italy's longest serving Prime Minister since the Second World War. As Prime Minister, he exercised control over the three public television channels in Italy. The combination of a strong political figure that controls large parts of public media and has considerable business interests …

De opdracht bestaat uit het ontwikkelen van een platform waarmee de mobiele applicaties, die worden ontwikkeld door IceMobile, automatisch kunnen worden getest aan de hand van een door een tester opgestelde test-flow. In de huidige situatie worden de test-flows nog handmatig uitgevoerd door de testers. …

Euroscepticism is present in almost all European countries, from Austria to France in several different forms that vary from scepticism regarding particular EU policies to opposition towards the delegation of powers to a supranational institution like the EU However, the combination of the sensationalist …

This paper analyses the regional integration possibilities for MERCOSUR, which is a regional integration scheme in South America. The initial goal of MERCOSUR was the creation of a common market. However, MERCOSUR was not able to reach this goal and it created a customs union instead. This paper analyses …

TU Delft has started working on its third satellite mission called DelFFi, which is planned for a launch in 2015. In this graduation project spanning 17 weeks, a faulttolerant storage system consisting of three SD cards was designed, implemented and tested for DelFFi that utilizes triple-modular redundancy …

In dit essay wordt de invloed van het proces van Europese integratie op de beroepspraktijk belicht: welke opleidingen worden geraakt door de beleidsontwikkelingen in Brussel, en welke beroepen en vakken worden er in de praktijk door beinvloed? Tevens wordt stilgestaan bij mogelijke ontwikkelingen in …

The goal of this research was to investigate to what extent Christian thinking influenced the European integration after the Second World War. Christian thinking refers to values embedded within the Christian mindset. The reason for this research was the Nobel Peace Prize received by the European Union …