TY - CHAP A1 - Stopforth, Riaan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Europe and South African collaboration on the Mechatronics and Robotics systems as part of the SA Robotics Center T2 - ICRA 2015 Developing Countries Forum N2 - Mechatronics consist of the integration of mechanical engineering, electronic integration and computer science/ engineering. These broad fields are essential for robotic systems, yet it makes it difficult for the researchers to specialize and be experts in all these fields. Collaboration between researchers allow for the integration of experience and specialization, to allow optimized systems. Collaboration between the European countries and South Africa is critical, as each country has different resources available, which the other countries might not have. Applications with the need for approval of any restrictions, can also be obtained easier in some countries compared to others, thus preventing the delays of research. Some problems that have been experienced are discussed, with the Robotics Center of South Africa as a possible solution. Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Reuter, Sebastian A1 - Jeschke, Sabina A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - The RoboCup Logistics League as a Holistic Multi-Robot Smart Factory Benchmark T2 - Proceedings of the IROS 2015 Open forum on evaluation of results, replication of experiments and benchmarking in robotics research N2 - With autonomous mobile robots receiving increased attention in industrial contexts, the need for benchmarks becomes more and more an urgent matter. The RoboCup Logistics League (RCLL) is one specific industry-inspired scenario focusing on production logistics within a Smart Factory. In this paper, we describe how the RCLL allows to assess the performance of a group of robots within the scenario as a whole, focusing specifically on the coordination and cooperation strategies and the methods and components to achieve them. We report on recent efforts to analyze performance of teams in 2014 to understand the implications of the current grading scheme, and derived criteria and metrics for performance assessment based on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) adapted from classic factory evaluation. We reflect on differences and compatibility towards RoCKIn, a recent major benchmarking European project. Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Maier, Christopher A1 - Mühlbacher, Clemens A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald A1 - Vassos, Stravros T1 - Controlling Logistics Robots with the Action-based Language YAGI T2 - Proceedings of the 2015 IROS Workshop on Workshop on Task Planning for Intelligent Robots in Service and Manufacturing Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - A Local Planner for Ackermann-Driven Vehicles in ROS SBPL T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics (PRASA-RobMech), 2015 Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboMech.2015.7359518 SP - 172 EP - 177 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemueller, Tim A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard A1 - Ferrein, Alexander ED - Finzi, Alberto T1 - The RoboCup Logistics League as a Benchmark for Planning in Robotics T2 - Proceedings of the 3rd Workshop on Planning and Robotics (PlanRob-15); Jerusalem, Israel 7-8/6/2015 Y1 - 2015 SP - 63 EP - 68 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dikta, Gerhard A1 - Kühlheim, René A1 - Mendonca, Jorge A1 - Una-Alcarez, Jacobo de T1 - Asymptotic representation of presmoothed Kaplan–Meier integrals with covariates in a semiparametric censorship model JF - Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2015.12.001 SN - 0378-3758 VL - Vol. 171 SP - 10 EP - 37 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Renftle, Georg T1 - Additive Manufacturing of Drainage Segments for Cooling System of Crucibles Melting Furnaces T2 - International Conference and Expo on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, (ICACC). January 2015, Florida, USA N2 - The cooling process in induction based crucible melting furnaces for Industrial applications is one of the important and challenging factors in production and safety engineering. Accordingly, proper implementation of the cooling system of the furnace using optimum cooling guides and fail-safe features are critical in order to improve the safety of the process. Regarding this, manufacturing of porous material with high electrical isolation for the drainage segments of the cooling channels is examined in this study. Consequently, various geometries with different porosities using glass and ceramic powder are fabricated using Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) process. The manufactured parts are examined in a prototype furnace testing and the feasibility of the SLS manufacturing of parts for this application is discussed. Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gabrielli, Roland Antonius A1 - Mathies, Johannes A1 - Großmann, Agnes A1 - Herdrich, Georg A1 - Fasoulas, Stefanos A1 - Middendorf, Peter A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas T1 - Space Propulsion Considerations for a Lunar Take Off Industry Based on Regolith T2 - International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS). July 2015, Kobe, Japan Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Gabrielli, Roland Antonius A1 - Herdrich, Georg A1 - Fasoulas, Stefanos A1 - Großmann, Agnes A1 - Schnauffer, Peter A1 - Middendorf, Peter T1 - Additive Manufacturing of Lunar Regolith for Extra-terrestrial Industry Plant T2 - International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ICTS). July 2015, Kobe, Japan Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kessler, Julia A1 - Balc, Nicolae A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas A1 - Abbas, Karim T1 - Basic Research on Lattice Structures Focused on the Tensile Strength JF - Applied Mechanics and Materials Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.808.193 SN - 1662-7482 N1 - MTeM ; October 14-16, 2015, Cluj-Napoca, Romania VL - Vol. 808 SP - 193 EP - 198 PB - Trans Tech Publications CY - Bäch ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bühler, P. A1 - Leandro, J. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Lopes, P. A1 - Carvalho, R. T1 - Measuring void fraction of a stepped spillway with non-intrusive methods using different image resolutions T2 - 2nd International Workshop on Hydraulic Structures : Data Validation : Coimbra, Portugal, 8-9 May 2015 Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Valero, Daniel T1 - Image processing for bubble image velocimetry in self-aerated flows T2 - E-proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress 28 June – 3 July, 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Balmes, Jan P. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard T1 - Numerical simulation of erosion processes on crossbar block ramps T2 - E-proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress 28 June – 3 July, 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Valero, Daniel A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard T1 - Hybrid investigation of air transport processes in moderately sloped stepped spillway flows T2 - E-proceedings of the 36th IAHR World Congress 28 June – 3 July, 2015, The Hague, the Netherlands Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard ED - Rowinski, Pawel T1 - Laboratory models of free-surface flows T2 - Rivers - physical, fluvial and environmental processes N2 - Hydraulic modeling is the classical approach to investigate and describe complex fluid motion. Many empirical formulas in the literature used for the hydraulic design of river training measures and structures have been developed using experimental data from the laboratory. Although computer capacities have increased to a high level which allows to run complex numerical simulations on standard workstation nowadays, non-standard design of structures may still raise the need to perform physical model investigations. These investigations deliver insight into details of flow patterns and the effect of varying boundary conditions. Data from hydraulic model tests may be used for calibration of numerical models as well. As the field of hydraulic modeling is very complex, this chapter intends to give a short overview on capacities and limits of hydraulic modeling in regard to river flows and hydraulic structures only. The reader shall get a first idea of modeling principles and basic considerations. More detailed information can be found in the references. KW - Physical modeling KW - Similitude KW - Open channels KW - Hydraulic structures Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-3-319-17718-2 ; 978-3-319-17719-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17719-9_9 SP - 213 EP - 228 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chanson, Hubert A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Matos, J. T1 - Stepped spillways and cascades T2 - Energy dissipation in hydraulic structures / Hubert Chanson (ed.) Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-1-138-02755-8 (print) ; 978-1-315-68029-3 (e-Book) SP - 45 EP - 64 PB - CRC Press CY - Boca Raton, Fla. [u.a.] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard T1 - Stability and scour development of bed material on crossbar block ramps JF - International journal of sediment research N2 - Block ramps are ecologically oriented drop structures with adequate energy dissipation and partially moderate flow velocities. A special case is given with crossbar block ramps, where the upstream and downstream level difference is reduced by a series of basins. To prevent the total structure from failing, the stability of single boulders within the crossbars and the bed material in between must be guaranteed. The present paper addresses the stability of bed material and scour development for various flow regimes. Any bed material erosion may affect the stability of the crossbar boulders, which in turn can result in major damages of the ramp. Therefore new design approaches are developed to choose an appropriate bed material size and to avoid failures of crossbar block ramp structures. Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsrc.2014.12.003 SN - 1001-6279 VL - 30 IS - 4 SP - 344 EP - 350 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Duong, Minh Tuan A1 - Nguyen, Nhu Huynh A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Physical response of hyperelastic models for composite materials and soft tissues JF - Asia pacific journal on computational engineering Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40540-015-0015-x SN - 2196-1166 VL - 2 IS - 3 (December 2015) SP - 1 EP - 18 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frotscher, Ralf A1 - Duong, Minh Tuan A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Simulating beating cardiomyocytes with electromechanical coupling T2 - II. International Conference on Biomedical Technology : 28-30 October 2015 Hannover, Germany / T. Lenarz, P. Wriggers (Eds.) Y1 - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 2 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sirazitdinova, Y. A1 - Dulzon, A. A1 - Müller, Burghard T1 - Project management practices in engineering university T2 - 21st International Conference for Students and Young Scientists: Modern Technique and Technologies, MTT 2015; National Research Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityTomsk; Russian Federation; 5 October 2015 through 9 October 2015 Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/93/1/012080 N1 - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering Vol. 93, Issue 1 ER -