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Hydraulic steel structures, especially lock gates play a significant role in keeping navigation traffic uninterrupted. After a few decades of operation, many of the welded joints may suffer various degrees of deterioration, primarily due to fatigue. To economically combining crack [...]

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The Masterplan 'Vlaamse Baaien' outlines the need to develop an integrated vision for the Belgian coast. One of the Masterplan’s goals is to achieve a win-win situation between coastal protection and the maintenance and improvement of the maritime access to the port of Zeebrugge."p"The [...]

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In regions with an extensive waterway network intermodal transport including inland navigation is a good alternative for unimodal road transport. Intermodal transport networks exhibit an increased complexity due to the inclusion of multiple transport modes, multiple decision makers [...]

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International audience; Die Nette verband das römische Steinbruch- und Bergbaurevier um Mayen mit dem Rhein als wichtiger Wasserstraße. Ausgehend von der Nette werden die Argumente vorgestellt, welche für die Nutzung auch anderer kleiner Wasserläufe für Schwerlasttransporte [...]