Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences February 2013 February theses Master’s of Collection Master’s Theses February 2013 Civil Engineering and Geosciences Stevinweg 1 PO Box 5048 NL 2600 GA Delft The Netherlands Telephone: +31 (0)15 2784023 E-mail:
[email protected] 2 | Master’s Theses February 2013 Table of Contents Preface 7 What is the graduation book exactly? 9 Building Engineering Structural safety Heijmans Utiliteitsbouw 12 Student: G.W. Dijkjshoor The Zalmhaven tower 13 Student: S.J. ten Hagen Feasibility study on extended high-rise buildings 14 Student: H.R. Herfst A Parametric Structural Design Tool for Plate Structures 15 Student: D. Liang Egress as Part of Fire Safety in High-rise Buildings 16 Student: Y. Sun Structural Engineering Effect of different lab mixing procedures on mechanical characteristics of recycled asphalt mixtures 18 Student: A. Chacho Fracture Mechanics Assessment based on BS 7910:2005 19 Student: A. Akyel The feasibility of removable prefab diaphragm walls 20 Student R. Amaarouk Prediction and analysis of vibrations due to the installation of sheet piles 21 Student: A.S. Ramkisoen Computational Modelling of Masonry Structures 22 Student: J.R. van Noort Feasibility study for FRP in large hydraulic structures 23 Student: L. Kok A Comparison of prediction models for soil vibrations induced by underground trains 24 Student: K. Mitsopoulos The wear behaviour of arch bridge bearings 25 Student: N.J. Narain Shear Capacity of Concrete Structures Influenced by Concrete Strength Variation in the Width Direction 26 Student: S. Petrocheilos Nonlinear dynamics of a crawler-VTS connector for the deep sea mining 27 Student: S.F.