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In dit boek beschrijft Han Meyer de bewerking van het dynamische deltalandschap van Nederland als een proces waarin drie factoren sterk met elkaar verweven zijn geraakt: de waterbouwkundige werken en expertise op dat gebied, de groei van het stedelijk patroon in West-Nederland en de ontwikkeling van Nederland als natiestaat. Met name in de 19e en 20e eeuw werden zowel grote waterbouwkundige interventies als de ruimtelijke ordening een zaak van de nationale staat. Maar in het begin van de 21e eeuw zijn de ideeen over de betekenis van de nationale staat sterk veranderd en wordt de ruimtelijke inrichting van het land niet meer als een taak van die staat gezien. Intussen dwingen klimaatverandering en een sterke concentratie van bevolking en kapitaal in het westen tot een ingrijpende update van het waterveiligheidssysteem. De vraag is of er met deze veranderende omstandigheden voldoende perspectief is voor een toekomst van de Staat van de Delta.

Hydraulic engineering --- Environmental planning --- comprehensive plans [reports] --- hydraulic engineering --- deltas --- waterbouwkunde --- ruimtelijke ordening --- architectuur --- stadsontwikkeling --- Netherlands

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This book provides readers with alternative robust approaches to control design for an important class of systems characteristically associated with ocean-going vessels and structures. These systems, which include crane vessels, on-board cranes, radar gimbals, and a conductivity temperature and depth winch, are modelled as manipulators with oscillating bases. One design approach is based on the H-infinity control framework exploiting an effective combination of PD control, an extended matrix polytope and a robust stability analysis method with a state-dependent coefficient form. The other is based on sliding-mode control using some novel nonlinear sliding surfaces. The model demonstrates how successful motion control can be achieved by suppressing base oscillations and in the presence of uncertainties. This is important not only for ocean engineering systems in which the problems addressed here originate but more generally as a benchmark platform for robust motion control with disturbance rejection. Researchers interested in the robust control of mechanical systems operating on unstable bases will find this monograph valuable. MATLAB® and Simulink® programs are available for download to make the methods described in the text easier to understand and to allow readers to experience practical procedures at first hand.  .

Applied physical engineering --- Engineering sciences. Technology --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- Hydraulic engineering --- waterbouwkunde --- radars --- Matlab (informatica) --- procesautomatisering --- automatisering --- bouwkunde --- controleleer --- haveninfrastructuur --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- robots --- regeltechniek

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This volume constitutes the results of the International Conference on Underwater Environment, MOQESM’14, held at “Le Quartz” Conference Center in Brest, France, on October 14-15, 2014, within the framework of the 9th Sea Tech Week, International Marine Science and Technology Event. The objective of MOQESM'14 was to bring together researchers from both academia and industry, interested in marine robotics and hydrography with application to the coastal environment mapping and underwater infrastructures surveys. The common thread of the conference is the combination of technical control, perception, and localization, typically used in robotics, with the methods of mapping and bathymetry. The papers presented in this book focus on two main topics. Firstly, coastal and infrastructure mapping is addressed, focusing not only on hydrographic systems, but also on positioning systems, bathymetry, and remote sensing. The proposed methods rely on acoustic sensors such as side scan sonars, multibeam echo sounders, phase-measuring bathymetric sonars, as well as optical systems such as underwater laser scanners. Accurate underwater positioning is also addressed in the case of the use of a single acoustic beacon, and the latest advances in increasing the vertical precision of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) are also presented. Most of the above mentioned works are closely related to autonomous marine vehicles. Consequently, the second part of the book describes some works concerning the methods associated with such type of vehicles. The selected papers focus on autonomous surface or underwater vehicles, detailing new approaches for localization, modeling, control, mapping, obstacle detection and avoidance, surfacing, and software development. Some of these works imply acoustics sensing as well as image processing. Set membership methods are also used in some papers. The applications of the work presented in this book concern in particular oceanography, monitoring of oil and gas infrastructures, and military field.

Hydrosphere --- Applied physical engineering --- Artificial intelligence. Robotics. Simulation. Graphics --- Computer. Automation --- Building design --- Building materials. Building technology --- Hydraulic engineering --- akoestiek --- waterbouwkunde --- AGV (autonoom geleide voertuigen) --- remote sensing --- automatisering --- bouwkunde --- haveninfrastructuur --- ingenieurswetenschappen --- robots --- oceanografie