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van Breugel, K. (author), Polder, R.B. (author), de Rooij, M.R. (author)For many concrete infrastructural works a service life of 80, 100 or 200 years is required. To convince owners and authorities that these requirements can be met probability-based models for service life predictions have been developed. These models are based on theoretical and experimental laboratory studies. Many of these models focus on the...conference paper 2017
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Peelen, W.H.A. (author), Vervuurt, A.H.J.M. (author)Modular expansion joints constitute a substantial part of direct and indirect costs of bridge maintenance. Joint condition assessments can be improved to predict or detect damages earlier. In this way the probability for consequential damages such as emergency repair and a shortened lifespan is reduced. Maintenance can be planned well in advance...conference paper 2017
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Broeren, M.L.M. (author), Dellaert, S.N.C. (author), Cok, B. (author), Patel, M.K. (author), Worrell, E. (author), Shen, L. (author)Sisal fibre can potentially replace glass fibre in natural fibre composites. This study focuses on the environmental performance of sisal fibre production by quantifying the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use of producing sisal fibre in Tanzania and Brazil using life cycle assessment (LCA), based on region-specific inventory data. The...article 2017
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Abspoel, L.M. (author), Wessels, J.F.M. (author), Turk, M. (author), Bailey, H. (author), Hannah, A. (author), O'Connor, A. (author), Leahy, C. (author)Quality control during the construction process is one of the determining factors that governs the service life of an asphalt road. In CONSISTEND a predictive tool is developed that objectively determines the effect of quality control during the construction processes on the life span of surface courses of asphalt roads. The tool predicts the...conference paper 2017
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Abspoel, L.M. (author), Courage, W.M.G. (author), van den Broeck, W. (author), Kruse, H. (author)Pipeline networks for gas and water are the lifelines of our society. Their presence and correct functioning translates in benefits and any disruption, malfunctioning or ruptures represent hazards for the community. Most pipelines are buried, which impedes direct monitoring of the structural reliability of the networks. The behavior of the soil...conference paper 2017
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Bosch, T. (author), Verploegen, K. (author), Grösser, S.N. (author), van Rhijn, G. (author)Economically and environmentally it might be more responsible or even feasible to combine products and services to elongate product lifetime. Gispen, a major office furniture producer in the Netherlands, has embraced circular economic principles to create new business, extend product life time and improve the adaptability of their products. In...bookPart 2017
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van Harmelen, T. (author), Zondervan-van den Beuken, E.K. (author), Brouwer, D.H. (author), Kuijpers, E. (author), Fransman, W. (author), Buist, H.B. (author), Ligthart, T.N. (author), Hincapié, I. (author), Hischier, R. (author), Linkov, I. (author), Nowack, B. (author), Studer, J. (author), Hilty, L. (author), Som, C. (author)The fast penetration of nanoproducts on the market under conditions of significant uncertainty of their environmental properties and risks to humans creates a need for companies to assess sustainability of their products. Evaluation of the potential benefits and risks to build a coherent story for communication with clients, authorities,...article 2016
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Maathuis, C.E. (author), Pieters, W. (author), van den Berg, J. (author)In the last decades we witnessed the creation of a virtual world: cyberspace, which offers plenty of opportunities and challenges. Meanwhile, we are confronted with many conflict situations between different groups of people or countries. In the last years, several events have been described in terms of cyber warfare or the use of cyber weapons,...conference paper 2016
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- van Aalst, W.L.C. (author), Derksen, G.B. (author), Schackmann, P.P.M. (author), Zwier, E. (author), Bouman, F.G.M. (author), Paffen, P. (author) conference paper 2016
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- Bekker, C. (author), Kuijpers, E. (author), Brouwer, D.H. (author), Vermeulen, R. (author), Fransman, W. (author) article 2015
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Subramanian, V. (author), Semenzin, E. (author), Hristozov, D. (author), Zondervan-van den Beuken, E. (author), Linkov, I. (author), Marcomini, A. (author)Nanotechnology innovation is hampered by data gaps and knowledge limitations in evaluating the risks and impacts of nano-enabled products. ‘‘Sustainable nanotechnology’’ is a growing concept in the literature, which calls for a comprehensive evaluation of the risks and impacts of nanotechnology at an early stage of nano-enabled product life...article 2015
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van Gijlswijk, R.N. (author), Pascale, S. (author), de Vos-Effting, S.E. (author), Urbano, G. (author)The use of secondary materials instead of primary raw materials in concrete is a way toarticle 2015
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Posselt, G. (author), Booij, P.S. (author), Thiede, S. (author), Fransman, J.E. (author), Driessen, B.J.F. (author), Herrmann, C. (author)Guaranteeing defined conditions, such as the temperature levels inside the factory's building shell, is often important to produce high-quality products. Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, as part of the technical building services, is energy intensive and accounts for a major share of the factory's energy demand. For an...conference paper 2015
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Walser, T. (author), Meyer, D. (author), Fransman, W. (author), Buist, H. (author), Kuijpers, E. (author), Brouwer, D. (author)Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a well-established method to evaluate impacts of chemicals on the environment and human health along the lifespan of products. However, the increasingly produced and applied nanomaterials (defined as one dimensionarticle 2015
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Koornneef, J. (author), Florentinus, A. (author), Brandsma, R. (author), Hendriks, C. (author), van Horssen, A. (author), van Harmelen, A.K. (author), Ramirez, A. (author), Talaei, A. (author), Plomp, A. (author), van Deurzen, J. (author), Smekens, K. (author)This paper reports the development of a tool to assess the environmental performance of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) chains. The environmental assessment is done for the whole CCS chain. The tool has been designed to produce transparent and traceable results and is easy to work with. The tool is meant for a broad group of...article 2013
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Peters, E. (author), Chen, Y. (author), Leeuwenburgh, O. (author), Oliver, D.S. (author)The Brugge benchmark case designed for the SPE Applied Technology Workshop (ATW) held in Brugge in June 2008 has proven to be valuable for testing and comparing methods of history matching, production optimization and closed-loop optimization by its extensive use in literature. Key features that contributed to its usefulness for history matching...article 2013
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Smit, M.C. (author)There is a long and documented history of both cost growth and estimating optimism within military system acquisition programmes. This is particularly the case for multinational programmes. As the nature of future acquisition programmes will be more multinational oriented, a common approach is required to generate realistic and consistent LCC...article 2012
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Tukker, A. (author), Goldbohm, R.A. (author), de Koning, A. (author), Verheijden, M. (author), Kleijn, R. (author), Wolf, O. (author), Pérez-Domínguez, I. (author), Rueda-Cantuche, J.M. (author)Food consumption causes, together with mobility, shelter and the use of electrical products, most life cycle impacts of consumption. Meat and dairy are among the highest contributors to environmental impacts from food consumption. A healthier diet might have less environmental impacts. Using the E3IOT environmentally extended input output...article 2011
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Tarnacki, K.M. (author), Melin, T. (author), Jansen, A.E. (author), van Medevoort, J. (author)In this study two desalination technologies have been compared by means of LCA with the focus on energy supply with a variety of scenarios based on different assumptions. The studied technologies are reverse osmosis and the newly developed technology Memstill where electrical energy demand is reduced by using external thermal energy source and...conference paper 2011
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Gerritsen, B. (author), Gielingh, W. (author), Dankwort, W. (author), Anderl, R. (author)Frameworks and technologies for exchanging and sharing product life cycle knowledge (PLK) are discussed. A life cycle-centric knowledge management approach with stakeholders-in-the-loop allows for a life-long evaluation of the instantaneous performance and the consequential decision making about the rest of the product's useful life. The...article 2011