TY - CHAP A1 - Ballmann, J. A1 - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - High stress intensities in focussing zones of waves N2 - The propagation of mechanical waves in plates of isotropic elastic material is investigated. After a short introduction to the understanding of focussing of stress waves in a plate with a curved boundary the method of characteristics is applied to a plate of hyperelastic material. Using this method the propagation of acceleration waves is discussed. Based on this a numerical difference scheme is developed for solving initial-boundary-value problems and applied to two examples: propagation of a point disturbance in a homogeneously finitely strained non-linear elastic plate and geometrical focussing in al linear elastic plate. KW - Technische Mechanik KW - Wellen KW - mechanical waves Y1 - 1985 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-42520-1.50015-3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Ballmann, J. T1 - Computation of impacts on elastic solids by methods of bicharacteristics JF - Computational Mechanics '88 : theory and applications ; proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Engineering Science April 10-14, 1988, Atlanta, GA, USA ; vol. 2 N2 - Shock waves, explosions, impacts or cavitation bubble collapses may generate stress waves in solids causing cracks or unexpected dammage due to focussing, physical nonlinearity or interaction with existing cracks. There is a growing interest in wave propagation, which poses many novel problems to experimentalists and theorists. KW - Bicharakteristikenverfahren KW - Elastizität KW - elastic solids KW - bicharacteristics Y1 - 1988 SP - 1719 EP - 1722 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Ballmann, J. T1 - Fundamental aspects of numerical methods for the propagation of multi-dimensional nonlinear waves in solids T2 - Nonlinear hyperbolic equations : theory, computations methods, and applications ; proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Nonlinear Hyperbolic Problems, Aachen N2 - The nonlinear scalar constitutive equations of gases lead to a change in sound speed from point to point as would be found in linear inhomogeneous (and time dependent) media. The nonlinear tensor constitutive equations of solids introduce the additional local effect of solution dependent anisotropy. The speed of a wave passing through a point changes with propagation direction and its rays are inclined to the front. It is an open question whether the widely used operator splitting techniques achieve a dimensional splitting with physically reasonable results for these multi-dimensional problems. May be this is the main reason why the theoretical and numerical investigations of multi-dimensional wave propagation in nonlinear solids are so far behind gas dynamics. We hope to promote the subject a little by a discussion of some fundamental aspects of the solution of the equations of nonlinear elastodynamics. We use methods of characteristics because they only integrate mathematically exact equations which have a direct physical interpretation. KW - Nichtlineare Welle KW - Nichtlineare Gleichung KW - Festkörper KW - Elastodynamik KW - Multi-dimensional wave propagation KW - nonlinear solids KW - nonlinear tensor constitutive equation Y1 - 1989 SP - 574 EP - 588 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, Michael T1 - Limit and shakedown analysis for plastic design N2 - Limit and shakedown theorems are exact theories of classical plasticity for the direct computation of safety factors or of the load carrying capacity under constant and varying loads. Simple versions of limit and shakedown analysis are the basis of all design codes for pressure vessels and pipings. Using Finite Element Methods more realistic modeling can be used for a more rational design. The methods can be extended to yield optimum plastic design. In this paper we present a first implementation in FE of limit and shakedown analyses for perfectly plastic material. Limit and shakedown analyses are done of a pipe–junction and a interaction diagram is calculated. The results are in good correspondence with the analytic solution we give in the appendix. KW - Einspielen KW - Traglast KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Traglastanalyse KW - Einspielanalyse KW - FEM KW - limit analysis KW - shakedown analysis Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bogoyavlenskiy, A. P. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Berezin, V. E. T1 - Assessment of dot-blot ELISA sensitivity on membrane sorbent using various peroxidase substrates N2 - The sensitivity of the peroxidase reaction in dot-blot ELISA significantly depends on the substrate. The highest sensitivity is observed using benzidine and diamine- phenol combinations as the substrates due to the reaction of the coupled oxidation (NADI) KW - Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay KW - Peroxidase KW - ELISA KW - phenols KW - naphtols KW - aromatic amines Y1 - 1997 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Limit and Shakedown Analysis Using a General Purpose Finite Element Code JF - Proceedings of NAFEMS World Congress '97 on Design, Simulation & Optimisation : reliability & applicability of computational methods ; Stuttgart, Germany, 9 - 11 April 1997 Y1 - 1997 SN - 1-87437-620-4 SP - 522 EP - 533 PB - NAFEMS CY - Glasgow ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Burgazzi, L. A1 - Fiorini, F. A1 - De Magistris, W. (u.a.) A1 - Lensa, W. von A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Altes, J. T1 - Reliability Assessment of Passive Safety Systems T2 - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering : ICONE : May 10 - 14, 1998, San Diego, Calif. Y1 - 1998 N1 - CD-ROM PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Josef T1 - Laminar leading edges: manufacturing, contamination, and operational aspects - results from the German RaWid programme N2 - RaWid was the German national technology programme on transonic aerodynamics and supporting technologies, lasting from 1995 to 1998. One of the main topics was laminar wing development. Besides aerodynamic design work, many operational aspects were investigated. A manufacturing concept was developed to be applied to operational laminar wings and empennages. It was built in a large scale manufacturing demonstrator with the aerodynamic shape of a 1,5 m section of the A320 fin nose. Tolerances in shape and roughness fulfilled all requirements. The construction can easily be adapted to varying stiffness and strength requirements. Weight and manufacturing costs are comparable to common nose designs. The mock-up to be designed in ALTTA is based on this manufacturing principle. Another critical point is contamination of suction surfaces. Several tests were performed to investigate perforated titanium suction surfaces at realistic operational conditions: - a one year flight test with a suction plate in the stagnation area of the Airbus "Beluga" - a one year test of several suction plates in a ground test near the airport - a one year test of a working suction ground test installation at all weather conditions. No critical results were found. There is no long term suction degradation visible. Icing conditions and ground de-icing fluids used on airports did not pose severe problems. Some problems detected require only respection of weak design constraints. KW - Laminare Strömung KW - Ansaugsystem KW - Profilumströmung KW - Laminarprofil KW - RaWid KW - hybrid laminar flow KW - suction systems KW - suction structure KW - contamination KW - operational aspects Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heitzer, M. A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Direct FEM approach to design-by-analysis of pressurized components N2 - Abstracts of the ACHEMA 2000 - International Meeting on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, May 22 - 27, 2000. Frankfurt am Main. Achema 2000 : special edition / Linde. [Ed.: Linde AG. Red.: Volker R. Leski]. - Wiesbaden : Linde AG, 2000. - 56 p. : Ill., . - pp: 79 - 81 N2 - Abstracts der ACHEMA 2000 - International Meeting on Chemical Engineering, Environmental Protection and Biotechnology, May 22 - 27, 2000. Frankfurt am Main. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - limit analysis KW - shakedown analysis Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zischank, Wolfgang J. A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Frentzel, Ralf A1 - Heidler, Fridolin A1 - Seevers, M. T1 - Assessment of the lightning transient coupling to control cables interconnecting structures in large industrial facilities and power plants N2 - Large industrial facilities and power plants often require a huge number fo information and control cables between the differnet structures. These I&C-cables can be routed in reinforced concrete cable ducts or in isolated buried cable runs. KTA 2206 is the German lightning protection standard for nuclear power plants. During the last several years considerable effort has been made to revise this standard. Despite the well established principles and design guidelines for the construction of the lightning protection system, this standard puts special emphasis on the coupling of transient overvoltages to I&C-cables. KW - Blitzschutz KW - Elektromagnetische Kopplung KW - Überspannung KW - Kraftwerke KW - Industrieanlagen KW - Lightning KW - current distribution KW - electromagnetic coupling KW - overvoltages Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, Michael T1 - Direct static FEM approach to limit and shakedown analysis N2 - Safety and reliability of structures may be assessed indirectly by stress distributions. Limit and shakedown theorems are simplified but exact methods of plasticity that provide safety factors directly in the loading space. These theorems may be used for a direct definition of the limit state function for failure by plastic collapse or by inadaptation. In a FEM formulation the limit state function is obtained from a nonlinear optimization problem. This direct approach reduces considerably the necessary knowledge of uncertain technological input data, the computing time, and the numerical error. Moreover, the direct way leads to highly effective and precise reliability analyses. The theorems are implemented into a general purpose FEM program in a way capable of large-scale analysis. KW - Einspielen KW - Nichtlineare Optimierung KW - Shakedown KW - Shakedown KW - limit load KW - lower bound theorem KW - nonlinear optimization KW - reliability Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Basis Reduction for the Shakedown Problem for Bounded Kinematic Hardening Material N2 - Limit and shakedown analysis are effective methods for assessing the load carrying capacity of a given structure. The elasto–plastic behavior of the structure subjected to loads varying in a given load domain is characterized by the shakedown load factor, defined as the maximum factor which satisfies the sufficient conditions stated in the corresponding static shakedown theorem. The finite element dicretization of the problem may lead to very large convex optimization. For the effective solution a basis reduction method has been developed that makes use of the special problem structure for perfectly plastic material. The paper proposes a modified basis reduction method for direct application to the two-surface plasticity model of bounded kinematic hardening material. The considered numerical examples show an enlargement of the load carrying capacity due to bounded hardening. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Einspielen KW - Basis Reduktion KW - konvexe Optimierung KW - FEM KW - Druckgeräte KW - Basis reduction KW - Convex optimization KW - FEM KW - Shakedown analysis Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Direct FEM Limit and Shakedown Analysis with Uncertain Data N2 - The structural reliability with respect to plastic collapse or to inadaptation is formulated on the basis of the lower bound limit and shakedown theorems. A direct definition of the limit state function is achieved which permits the use of the highly effective first order reliability methods (FORM) is achieved. The theorems are implemented into a general purpose FEM program in a way capable of large-scale analysis. The limit state function and its gradient are obtained from a mathematical optimization problem. This direct approach reduces considerably the necessary knowledge of uncertain technological input data, the computing time, and the numerical error, leading to highly effective and precise reliability analyses. KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Einspielen KW - FEM KW - Einspielanalyse KW - shakedown KW - limit load KW - reliability analysis KW - FEM KW - direct method Y1 - 2000 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Krichel, Frank A1 - Müller, Klaus-Peter T1 - Lightning protection design of a renewable energy hybrid-system without power mains connection N2 - In the year 2000 a direct lightning strike to the hybridsystem without power mains connection VATALI on the Greek island Crete results in the destruction and damage of some mechanical and electrical components. The hybrid-system VATALI was not lightning protected at that time. The hardware damage costs are approx. 60,000 €. The exposed site of the hybrid-system on top of a mountain was and still is the reason for a high risk of lightning strikes. Also in the future further lightning strikes have to be taken into consideration. In the paper a fundamental lightning protection design concept for renewable energy hybrid-systems without power mains connection and protection measures against direct strikes and overvoltages are shown in detail. The design concept was realized exemplarily for the hybrid-system VATALI. The hardware costs for the protection measures were about 15,000 €. About 50% of the costs are due to protection measures against direct strikes, 50% are due to overvoltage protection. Future extensions, new installations, or modifications have to be included into the lightning protection design concept of the hybrid-system. KW - Blitzschutz KW - Erneuerbare Energien KW - Hybridsystem KW - Lightning protection KW - Renewable energy KW - hybrid-system Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Cyclic plastic deformation tests to verify FEM-based shakedown analyses N2 - Fatigue analyses are conducted with the aim of verifying that thermal ratcheting is limited. To this end it is important to make a clear distintion between the shakedown range and the ratcheting range (continuing deformation). As part of an EU-supported research project, experiments were carried out using a 4-bar model. The experiment comprised a water-cooled internal tube, and three insulated heatable outer test bars. The system was subjected to alternating axial forces, superimposed with alternating temperatures at the outer bars. The test parameters were partly selected on the basis of previous shakedown analyses. During the test, temperatures and strains were measured as a function of time. The loads and the resulting stresses were confirmed on an ongoing basis during performance of the test, and after it. Different material models were applied for this incremental elasto-plastic analysis using the ANSYS program. The results of the simulation are used to verify the FEM-based shakedown analysis. KW - Materialermüdung KW - Einspielen KW - Materialermüdung KW - shakedown analyses KW - thermal ratcheting KW - fatigue analyses Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - LISA - a European project for FEM-based limit and shakedown analysis N2 - The load-carrying capacity or the safety against plastic limit states are the central questions in the design of structures and passive components in the apparatus engineering. A precise answer is most simply given by limit and shakedown analysis. These methods can be based on static and kinematic theorems for lower and upper bound analysis. Both may be formulated as optimization problems for finite element discretizations of structures. The problems of large-scale analysis and the extension towards realistic material modelling will be solved in a European research project. Limit and shakedown analyses are briefly demonstrated with illustrative examples. KW - Einspielen KW - Traglast KW - Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Traglastanalyse KW - Einspielanalyse KW - FEM KW - limit analysis KW - shakedown analysis Y1 - 2001 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Meyer, Oliver A1 - Nagl, Manfred T1 - Graph technology support for conceptual design in civil engineering N2 - In: Advances in intelligent computing in engineering : proceedings of the 9.International EG-ICE Workshop ; Darmstadt, (01 - 03 August) 2002 / Martina Schnellenbach-Held ... (eds.) . - Düsseldorf: VDI-Verl., 2002 .- Fortschritt-Berichte VDI, Reihe 4, Bauingenieurwesen ; 180 ; S. 1-35 The paper describes a novel way to support conceptual design in civil engineering. The designer uses semantical tools guaranteeing certain internal structures of the design result but also the fulfillment of various constraints. Two different approaches and corresponding tools are discussed: (a) Visually specified tools with automatic code generation to determine a design structure as well as fixing various constraints a design has to obey. These tools are also valuable for design knowledge specialist. (b) Extensions of existing CAD tools to provide semantical knowledge to be used by an architect. It is sketched how these different tools can be combined in the future. The main part of the paper discusses the concepts and realization of two prototypes following the two above approaches. The paper especially discusses that specific graphs and the specification of their structure are useful for both tool realization projects. KW - CAD KW - CAD ; KW - CAD KW - civil engineering Y1 - 2002 SN - 3-18-318004-9 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, Michael T1 - The restricted influence of kinematic hardening on shakedown loads N2 - Structural design analyses are conducted with the aim of verifying the exclusion of ratcheting. To this end it is important to make a clear distinction between the shakedown range and the ratcheting range. In cyclic plasticity more sophisticated hardening models have been suggested in order to model the strain evolution observed in ratcheting experiments. The hardening models used in shakedown analysis are comparatively simple. It is shown that shakedown analysis can make quite stable predictions of admissible load ranges despite the simplicity of the underlying hardening models. A linear and a nonlinear kinematic hardening model of two-surface plasticity are compared in material shakedown analysis. Both give identical or similar shakedown ranges. Structural shakedown analyses show that the loading may have a more pronounced effect than the hardening model. KW - Biomedizinische Technik KW - Einspielen KW - Shakedown KW - Ratcheting KW - Bruchmechanik KW - shakedown KW - material shakedown KW - linear kinematic hardening KW - nonlinear kinematic hardening KW - ratchetting Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Darveniza, M. A1 - Flisowski, Z. A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Landers, E.-U. A1 - LoPiparo, G. A1 - Mazzetti, C. A1 - Rousseau, A. A1 - Sherlock, J. T1 - Application problems of the probabilistic approach to the assessment of risk for structures and services N2 - The paper deals with the development of the probabilistic approach to the assessment of risk due to lightning. Sources of damage, types of damage and types of loss are defined and, accordingly, the procedure for risk analysis and the way of assessment of different risk components is proposed. The way to evaluate the influence of different protection measures (lightning protection system; shielding of structure, cables and equipment; routing of internal wiring; surge protective device) in reducing such probabilities is considered. The paper has been prepared within the framework of the activity of IEC TC81-WG9/CLC TC81-WG4 directed to prepare the draft IEC 62305-2 Risk Management, in cooperation with the Secretary of IEC/CLC TC81. KW - Blitzschutz KW - Risikoabwägung KW - Lightning protection system KW - risk assessment KW - protection measures Y1 - 2002 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Krichel, Frank T1 - Considerations about the lightning protection system of mains independent renewable energy hybrid-systems - practical experiences N2 - In the paper a lightning protection design concept for renewable energy hybrid-systems without power mains connection is described. Based on a risk analysis protection measures against direct strikes and overvoltages are shown in an overview. The design concept is realized exemplarily for the hybrid-system VATALI on the Greek island Crete. VATALI, not lightning protected at that time, was a victim of a lightning strike in the year 2000 causing destructions and damages of some mechanical and electrical components with costs of approx. 60.000 €. The hardware costs for the protection measures were about 15.000 €: about 50% of the costs are due to protection measures against direct strikes, 50% are due to overvoltage protection. KW - Blitzschutz KW - Erneuerbare Energien KW - Hybridsystem KW - Photovoltaikanlage KW - Windenergieanlage KW - Lightning protection KW - renewable energy KW - hybrid system KW - photovoltaic system KW - wind turbine Y1 - 2002 ER -