@article{Tran2014, author = {Tran, Duc Hung}, title = {Multiple corporate governance attributes and the cost of capital - Evidence from Germany}, series = {The British Accounting Review}, volume = {46}, journal = {The British Accounting Review}, number = {2}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0890-8389}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bar.2014.02.003}, pages = {179 -- 197}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This paper investigates the extent to which corporate governance affects the cost of debt and equity capital of German exchange-listed companies. I examine corporate governance along three dimensions: financial information quality, ownership structure and board structure. The results suggest that firms with high levels of financial transparency and bonus compensations face lower cost of equity. In addition, block ownership is negatively related to firms' cost of equity when the blockholders are other firms, managers or founding-family members. Consistent with the conjecture that agency costs increase with firm size, I find significant cost of debt effects only in the largest German companies. Here, the creditors demand lower cost of debt from firms with block ownerships held by corporations or banks. My findings demonstrate that a uniform set of governance attributes is unlikely to satisfy suppliers of debt and equity capital equally.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Behbahani2014, author = {Behbahani, Mehdi}, title = {An Experimental Study of Thrombocyte Reactions in Response to Biomaterial Surfaces and Varying Shear Stress}, series = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Systems Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-15, 2014}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Systems Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-15, 2014}, pages = {Paper 125}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{EdipGarevskiButenwegetal.2014, author = {Edip, Kemal and Garevski, Mihail and Butenweg, Christoph and Sheshov, Vlatko and Bojadjieva, Julijana and Gjorgjiev, Igor}, title = {New coupled finite-infinite element approach for wave propagation simulation of unbounded soil media}, series = {2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2014 (2nd ECEES) : joint event of the 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission : Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2014 / European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) ; Vol. 2}, booktitle = {2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2014 (2nd ECEES) : joint event of the 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission : Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2014 / European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) ; Vol. 2}, publisher = {Curran Associates, Inc.}, address = {Red Hook, NY}, organization = {European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology <2, 2014, Istanbul>}, isbn = {978-1-5108-1021-1}, pages = {1556 -- 1561}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{DalguerChurilovButenwegetal.2014, author = {Dalguer, Luis A. and Churilov, Sergey and Butenweg, Christoph and Renault, Philippe and Hyun, An Jun}, title = {Dynamic analysis of a reinforced concrete electrical nuclear building of SMART 2013 project subjected to earthquake excitation using ABAQUS}, series = {Workshop SMART2013 : Paris, France, November 25th - 27th, 2014}, booktitle = {Workshop SMART2013 : Paris, France, November 25th - 27th, 2014}, organization = {Workshop SMART2013 <2014, Paris>}, pages = {1 -- 12}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AltayButenwegKlinkeletal.2014, author = {Altay, Okyay and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven and Taddei, Francesca}, title = {Vibration mitigation of wind turbine towers by tuned liquid column dampers}, series = {Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014 Porto, Portugal, 30 June - 2 July 2014 / A. Cunha, E. Caetano, .... (eds.)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014 Porto, Portugal, 30 June - 2 July 2014 / A. Cunha, E. Caetano, .... (eds.)}, address = {Porto}, organization = {European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN <9, 2014, Porto>}, isbn = {978-972-752-165-4}, pages = {1531 -- 1538}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{EdipGarevskiButenwegetal.2014, author = {Edip, Kemal and Garevski, Mihail and Butenweg, Christoph and Sesov, Vlatko and Bojadjieva, Julijana and Gjorgjiev, Igor}, title = {Boundary effects on seismic analysis of multi-storey frames considering soil structure interaction phenomenon}, series = {Seismic design of industrial facilities : proceedings of the International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference) ; [Aachen, 26. - 27. September 2013] / Chair of Structural Statics and Dynamics, RWTH Aachen. Sven Klinkel ..., ed}, booktitle = {Seismic design of industrial facilities : proceedings of the International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF-Conference) ; [Aachen, 26. - 27. September 2013] / Chair of Structural Statics and Dynamics, RWTH Aachen. Sven Klinkel ..., ed}, publisher = {Springer Vieweg}, address = {Wiesbaden}, organization = {International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities <2013, Aachen>}, isbn = {978-3-658-02809-1 (Print) ; 978-3-658-02810-7}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7_47}, pages = {569 -- 576}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{GiresiniButenwegAndreinietal.2014, author = {Giresini, Linda and Butenweg, Christoph and Andreini, M. and De Falco, A. and Sassu, M.}, title = {Numerical calibration of a macro-element for vaultes system in historic churches}, series = {9th International Conference on Structural Analyses of Historical Conctruction, 14 - 17 October, 2014, Mexico City}, booktitle = {9th International Conference on Structural Analyses of Historical Conctruction, 14 - 17 October, 2014, Mexico City}, organization = {International Conference on Structural Analyses of Historical Conctructions <9, 2014, Mexico City>}, pages = {1 -- 12}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{RosinButenweg2014, author = {Rosin, Julia and Butenweg, Christoph}, title = {Seismic isolation of cylindrical liquid storage tanks}, series = {Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014 Porto, Portugal, 30 June - 2 July 2014 / A. Cunha, E. Caetano, .... (eds.)}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2014 Porto, Portugal, 30 June - 2 July 2014 / A. Cunha, E. Caetano, .... (eds.)}, address = {Porto}, organization = {European Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN <9, 2014, Porto>}, isbn = {978-972-752-165-4}, pages = {3145 -- 3152}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @incollection{AltayTaddeiButenwegetal.2014, author = {Altay, Okyay and Taddei, Francesca and Butenweg, Christoph and Klinkel, Sven}, title = {Vibration mitigation of wind turbine towers with tuned mass dampers}, series = {Wind turbine control and monitoring. (Advances in industrial control)}, booktitle = {Wind turbine control and monitoring. (Advances in industrial control)}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Cham ; Heidelberg ; New York ; Dordrecht ; London}, isbn = {978-3-319-08412-1 (Print) ; 978-3-319-08413-8 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-08413-8_12}, pages = {337 -- 373}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Because of its minor environmental impact, electricity generation using wind power is getting remarkable. The further growth of the wind industry depends on technological solutions to the challenges in production and construction of the turbines. Wind turbine tower vibrations, which limit power generation efficiency and cause fatigue problems with high maintenance costs, count as one of the main structural difficulties in the wind energy sector. To mitigate tower vibrations auxiliary measures are necessary. The effectiveness of tuned mass damper is verified by means of a numeric study on a 5 MW onshore reference wind turbine. Hereby, also seismic-induced vibrations and soil-structure interaction are considered. Acquired results show that tuned mass damper can effectively reduce resonant tower vibrations and improve the fatigue life of wind turbines. This chapter is also concerned with tuned liquid column damper and a semiactive application of it. Due to its geometric versatility and low prime costs, tuned liquid column dampers are a good alternative to other damping measures, in particular for slender structures like wind turbines.}, language = {en} } @book{KlinkelButenwegLinetal.2014, author = {Klinkel, Sven and Butenweg, Christoph and Lin, Gao and Holtschoppen, Britta}, title = {Seismic design of industrial facilities : Proceedings of the International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (SeDIF) / Sven Klinkel, Christoph Butenweg, Gao Lin, Britta Holtschoppen Editors}, publisher = {Springer Vieweg}, address = {Wiesbaden}, organization = {International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities }, isbn = {978-3-658-02809-1 (Print) ; 978-365-80281-0-7 (E-Book)}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7}, pages = {XIII, 450 S.}, year = {2014}, language = {en} }