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17 May 2024
Wrapping instead of welding boosts construction endurance
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Structures constructed to produce energy offshore have to hold out in rough circumstances. The so-called jacket foundations made of large steel tubes that fixate windmills to the seabed are sensitive to fatigue loading, especially their welded connections. In the near future, the fatigue endurance of this steel construction can be a hundred times better thanks to an innovation by TU Delft of wrapping the joints with composite material, instead of welding them.
14 May 2024
Untapping the hidden resources
13 May 2024
Revolutionising deconstruction: A robot for sustainable material recovery
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In response to the need for sustainable construction practices, an international group of researchers has secured a HORIZON Europe grant. They will develop a groundbreaking digitalized, autonomous, and intelligent identification system, including a robot. This innovative technology aims to revolutionize the construction industry by efficiently identifying and extracting reusable materials, products and building components in end-of-life buildings.
26 April 2024
Platforms such as Uber thrive on socio-economic inequality
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Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive on socio-economic inequality. By modelling the behaviour of passengers and self-employed drivers, researchers of TU Delft simulated the market for ridesourcing platforms, evaluating a broad spectrum of (in)equality levels in societies. It explains why in some cities ridesourcing services can be big players in the mobility system, while in other cities they don’t get off the ground. This research was published in Nature Scientific Reports recently.
26 April 2024
Five Royal Honours at TU Delft
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Professors Paul Althuis, Frances Brazier, DirkJan Veeger, Sabine Roeser and Serge Hoogendoorn all received royal honours on 26 April 2024.
23 April 2024
Rubicon grants for Emiel Kruisdijk and Koen Muller
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11 April 2024
Girls’ Day 2024: jonge meiden bezoeken ME en CiTG
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Een speciale dag voor meisjes zodat zij kunnen ervaren hoe waardevol en leuk technische opleidingen zijn. Op 11 april was het weer tijd voor de jaarlijkse Girls’ Day. Bijna 80 leerlingen uit de eerste, tweede en derde klas van scholen uit Leiden en Schiedam kwamen naar de TU Delft en maakten kennis met techniek bij de faculteiten Mechanical Engineering (ME) en Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen (CiTG).