Projects
Resilience of (fiber) reinforced and precast concrete components and structures – experimental investigation and numerical reliability assessment KU Leuven
Resilience of (fiber) reinforced and precast concrete components and structures – experimental investigation and numerical reliability assessment KU Leuven
As the most widely used construction material, concrete is ever present in our built environment. Through advances in materials and constructions and with more emphasis being placed on circular construction, traditional in-situ cast reinforced concrete has been supplemented with precast elements connected with (high-performance) fiber reinforced concrete infills. Within this research project, the structural behavior of precast and fiber ...
Can we trust our numbers? Quantification of measurement reliability for intensive longitudinal data KU Leuven
Reliability of semiconductor lasers / LEDs integrated on an optical chip or in a miniaturized optical system. Ghent University
UGent does groundbreaking research on the integration of semiconductor lasers/LEDs on photonic integrated circuits and in miniaturized optical systems, for communication, sensing and display applications. While we perform worldclass research in this field, the aspect of the reliability of these laser diodes/LEDs remains to be assessed. In this project we want to study this in detail using specific measurement equipment.
Physical activity and physical fitness in adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: reliability, validity and correlates. KU Leuven
Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Reliability, validity and correlates. KU Leuven
Low levels of physical activity (PA) in adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) increases the risk of physical and mental health problems during adolescence and subsequent adulthood. To enable the identification of adolescents with ASD at risk for developing an inactive lifestyle and to inform the future design of high-quality, evidence-based and ASD-specific PA interventions and programs, several gaps of the current scientific ...
Matrix Converter for High Reliability Multiphase Electric Motor Drives Ghent University
This project will investigate and experimentally demonstrate an electric drive topology with inherently high reliability. The topology avoids single points of failure of conventional drives, by combining a multiphase electric machine and a power electronic “matrix” converter without vulnerable electrolytic capacitors. This low-cost drive is suitable for critical processes in developing countries, with possibly high ambient temperatures and ...
Timber Frame Walls with Brick Veneer Cladding: Reliability to Fungal Decay KU Leuven
To meet the increasingly stringent energy efficiency requirements, the market share of timber frame houses is steadily growing across Europe. In Belgium, timber frame walls are typically combined with a brick veneer cladding, a cladding type with a high moisture buffer capacity and low cavity ventilation rates, which might lead to an increased risk of moisture related damage inside the wooden construction. Therefore, the aim of the present ...
Structural reliability and robustness assessment of existing structures considering membrane action effects and Bayesian updating of test information Ghent University
“How safe and robust are our existing structures?” Although a lot of research concerning the structural safety level has been performed during the last decades, solving this issue for existing structures is still a challenging problem which engineers are more and more often confronted with. This is mainly because there is still not a proper framework established for assessing the safety of ageing or even deteriorated structures, nor is it ...