TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang T1 - Solar sailcraft of the first generation mission applications to near-earth asteroids Y1 - 2003 N1 - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September - 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-Q.5.06 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, Michael ED - Staat, Manfred ED - Heitzer, Michael T1 - Probabilistic limit and shakedown problems T2 - Numerical methods for limit and shakedown analysis. Deterministic and probabilistic problems Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-00-010001-6 N1 - NIC Series VL - 15 SP - 217 EP - 268 PB - John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) CY - Jülich ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ritz, Thomas T1 - Production and distribution of personalized information services employing mass customization T2 - 2nd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Mass Customization and Personalization : MCPC'03, October 6 - 8, 2003, Technische Universität München, Munic, Germany Y1 - 2003 SP - Part IV PB - Techn. Univ. (TUM) CY - München ET - CD-Ausg. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Design by Analysis of Pressure Components by non-linear Optimization N2 - This paper presents the direct route to Design by Analysis (DBA) of the new European pressure vessel standard in the language of limit and shakedown analysis (LISA). This approach leads to an optimization problem. Its solution with Finite Element Analysis is demonstrated for some examples from the DBA-Manual. One observation from the examples is, that the optimisation approach gives reliable and close lower bound solutions leading to simple and optimised design decision. KW - Analytischer Zulaessigkeitsnachweis KW - FEM KW - Einspiel-Analyse KW - design-by-analysis KW - finite element analysis KW - limit and shakedown analysis Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Schwartz, M. A1 - Lang, H. A1 - Wirtz, K. A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Design by Analysis of Pressure Components by non-linear Optimization JF - The 10th International Conference on Pressure Vessel Technology, July 7-10, 2003, Vienna, Austria, Proceedings ICPVT-10 / Zeman, J. L. [ed] Y1 - 2003 SN - 3950152814 SP - 59 EP - 65 PB - ÖGS, Österreichische Gesellschaft für Schweißtechnik CY - Wien ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weigand, Christoph T1 - Economically Optimal Inspection Policy with Geometrical Adaption JF - Journal of Applied Statistics. 30 (2003), H. 5 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0266-4763 N1 - weitere ISSN 1360-0532 (E) SP - 555 EP - 569 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Krämer, Marco A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Bovenberg, Roel A1 - Kremer, Susanne A1 - Müller, Ulrike A1 - Orf, Sonja A1 - Wubbolts, Marcel A1 - Raeven, Leon T1 - Metabolic engineering for microbial production of shikimic acid JF - Metabolic engineering Y1 - 2003 SN - 1096-7184 (E-Journal); 1096-7176 (Print) VL - Vol. 5 IS - Iss. 4 SP - 277 EP - 283 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Shakedown and ratchetting under tension-torsion loadings: analysis and experiments N2 - Structural design analyses are conducted with the aim of verifying the exclusion of ratchetting. To this end it is important to make a clear distinction between the shakedown range and the ratchetting range. The performed experiment comprised a hollow tension specimen which was subjected to alternating axial forces, superimposed with constant moments. First, a series of uniaxial tests has been carried out in order to calibrate a bounded kinematic hardening rule. The load parameters have been selected on the basis of previous shakedown analyses with the PERMAS code using a kinematic hardening material model. It is shown that this shakedown analysis gives reasonable agreement between the experimental and the numerical results. A linear and a nonlinear kinematic hardening model of two-surface plasticity are compared in material shakedown analysis. KW - Einspielen KW - Einspielen KW - Ratchetting KW - Zug-Druck Belastung KW - shakedown KW - ratchetting KW - tension–torsion loading Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dylla, Frank A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - AllemaniACs 2003 team description T2 - RoboCup 2003 : Robot Soccer World Cup VII Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 3 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Probabilistic limit and shakedown problems JF - Numerical Methods for Limit and Shakedown Analysis. Deterministic and Probabilistic Approach. NIC Series Vol. 15 / Ed. by Staat, M; Heitzer, M. Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-00-010001-6 SP - 217 EP - 268 PB - John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. A1 - Reiners, H. A1 - Schubert, F. T1 - Shakedown and ratchetting under tension–torsion loadings: analysis and experiments JF - Nuclear Engineering and Design. 225 (2003), H. 1 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0029-5493 SP - 11 EP - 26 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, M. T1 - Basis reduction technique for limit and shakedown problems T2 - Numerical Methods for Limit and Shakedown Analysis. Deterministic and Probabilistic Approach. NIC Series Vol. 15 / Ed. by Staat, M.; Heitzer, M. Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:0001-2018112115 SN - 3-00-010001-6 SP - 1 EP - 55 PB - John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Leipold, M. A1 - Fichtner, H. T1 - Heliopause Explorer - A Sailcraft Mission to the Outer Boundaries of the Solar System / M. Leipold ; H. Fichtner ; B. Heber ... B. Dachwald ... JF - Proceedings of the Fifth IAA International Conference on Low Cost Planetary Missions : 24 - 26 September 2003, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands / [comp. by R. A. Harris] Y1 - 2003 SN - 92-9092-853-0 N1 - International Conference on Low Cost Planetary Missions <5, 2003, Noordwijk> ; International Academy of Astronautics ; European Space Research and Technology Centre SP - 367 EP - 375 PB - ESA CY - Noordwijk ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Britten, G. A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Hesse, M. A1 - Ballmann, Josef T1 - Computational aeroelasticity with reduced structural models T2 - Flow modulation and fluid-structure interaction at airplane wings : research results of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 401 at RWTH Aachen, University of Technology, Aachen, Germany / Josef Ballmann (Ed.) Notes on numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design. Vol. 84 Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-540-40209-8 SP - 275 EP - 299 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Pfeiffer, Frank T1 - Textile reinforced concrete. Part I: Process model for collaborative research and development T2 - Digital proceedings / IKM 2003, proceedings 16th International Conference on the Applications of Computer Science and Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering [Elektronische Ressource : 10. - 12. Juni 2003, Weimar] / Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Ed.: K. Gürlebeck; L. Hempel; C. Könke Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IKM CY - Weimar ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Solar sails for near-term advanced scientific deep space missions T2 - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion N2 - Solar sails are propelled in space by reflecting solar photons off large mirroring surfaces, thereby transforming the momentum of the photons into a propulsive force. This innovative concept for low-thrust space propulsion works without any propellant and thus provides a wide range of opportunities for highenergy low-cost missions. Offering an efficient way of propulsion, solar sailcraft could close a gap in transportation options for highly demanding exploration missions within our solar system and even beyond. On December 17th, 1999, a significant step was made towards the realization of this technology: a lightweight solar sail structure with an area of 20 m × 20 m was successfully deployed on ground in a large facility at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) at Cologne. The deployment from a package of 60 cm × 60 cm × 65 cm with a total mass of less than 35 kg was achieved using four extremely light-weight carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) booms with a specific mass of 100 g/m. The paper briefly reviews the basic principles of solar sails as well as the technical concept and its realization in the ground demonstration experiment, performed in close cooperation between DLR and ESA. Next possible steps are outlined. They could comprise the in-orbit demonstration of the sail deployment on the upper stage of a low-cost rocket and the verification of the propulsion concept by an autonomous and free flying solar sail in the frame of a scientific mission. It is expected that the present design could be extended to sail sizes of about (40 m)2 up to even (70 m)2 without significant mass penalty. With these areas, the maximum achievable thrust at 1 AU would range between 10 and 40 mN – comparable to some electric thrusters. Such prototype sails with a mass between 50 and 150 kg plus a micro-spacecraft of 50 to 250 kg would have a maximum acceleration in the order of 0.1 mm/s2 at 1 AU, corresponding to a maximum ∆V-capability of about 3 km/s per year. Two near/medium-term mission examples to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) will be discussed: a rendezvous mission and a sample return mission. KW - solar sail KW - low-thrust KW - near-Earth asteroid KW - sample return KW - solar system Y1 - 2003 N1 - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion. Pozzuoli, Italy, 16 - 21 June 2002. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Some peculiarities of application of cluster ions generated by plasma in respect of indoor air purification :[abstract] N2 - Recently, the SHARP Corporation, Japan, has developed the world’s first "Plasma Cluster Ions (PCI)" air purification technology using plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new plasma cluster device releases positive and negative ions into the air, which are able to decompose and deactivate harmful airborne substances by chemical reactions. Because cluster ions consist of positive and negative ions that normally exist in the natural world, they are completely harmless and safe to humans. The amount of ozone generated by cluster ions is less than 0.01 ppm, which is significantly less than the 0.05-ppm standard for industrial operations and consumer electronics. This amount, thus, has no harming effects whatsoever on the human body. But particular properties and chemical processes in PCI treatment are still under study. It has been shown that PCI in most cases show strongly pronounced irreversible killing effects in respect of airborne microflora due to free-radical induced reactions and can be considered as a potent technology to disinfect both home, medical and industrial appliances. KW - Clusterion KW - Raumluft KW - Luftreiniger KW - Plasmacluster ion technology KW - Air purification Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Effects of plasma generated ions on bacteria : [poster] N2 - Summary and Conclusions PCIs were clearly effective in terms of their antibacterial effects with the strains tested. This efficacy increased with the time the bacteries were exposed to PCIs. The bactericidal action has proved to be irreversible. PCIs were significantly less effective in shadowed areas. PCI exposure caused multiple protein damages as observed in SDS PAGE studies. There was no single but multiple molecular mechanism causing the bacterial death. KW - Clusterion KW - Bakterien KW - plasma generated ions Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kuhlmann, Winfried A1 - Lopez, M. A1 - Fernandez, S. T1 - Seismic vulnerability assessment of the Aachen Cathedral based on measurements and numerical simulations T2 - International Conference on Earthquake Engineering to mark 40 years from Catastrophic 1963 Skopje Earthquake, Skopje 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Nojima, H. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard T1 - Plasma-generated cluster ions' effects on indoor microflora : [abstract] N2 - Recently, SHARP corporation has developed the world’s first "Plasma Cluster Ions® (PCI)" air purification technology, which uses plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new Plasma Cluster Device releases positive and negative ions into the air, which are harmless to humans and are able to decompose and deactivate airborne substances by chemical reactions. In the past, phenomenological tests on the efficacy of the PCI air purification technology on microbial cells have been conducted. In most cases, it has been shown that PCI demonstrated strongly pronounced killing effects on microorganisms. However, the particular mechanisms of PCI action still have to be uncovered. KW - Clusterion KW - Raumluft KW - Luftreiniger KW - Plasmacluster ion technology KW - Air purification Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Nojima, H. T1 - Plasma cluster ions (PCI) influence on microbial cells viability : [abstract] N2 - Recently, SHARP corporation has developed the world’s first “Plasma Cluster Ions (PCI)” air purification technology, which uses plasma discharge to generate cluster ions. The new plasma cluster device releases into the air positive and negative ions, which are harmless to humans and are able to decompose and deactivate airborne substances by chemical reactions. A lot of phenomenological tests of the PCI air purification technology on microbial cells have been conducted. And, in most cases, it has been shown that PCI demonstrate strongly pronounced killing effect. Although, the particular mechanisms of PCI action are still not evident. We studied variations in resistance to PCI among gram-positive airborne microorganisms, as well as some dose-dependent, spatial, cultural and biochemical properties of PCI action in respect of Staphylococcus spp, Enterococcus spp, Micrococcus spp. KW - Clusterion KW - Raumluft KW - Luftreiniger KW - Plasmacluster ion technology KW - Air purification Y1 - 2003 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang T1 - Solar sailcraft of the first generation technology development / Seboldt, Wolfgang ; Dachwald, Bernd Y1 - 2003 N1 - 54th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law 29 September - 3 October 2003, Bremen, Germany IAC-03-S.03 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Richter, L. T1 - Multiple Rendezvous and Sample Return Missions to Near-Earth Asteroids Using Solar Sailcraft JF - Proceedings of the Fifth IAA International Conference on Low Cost Planetary Missions : 24 - 26 September 2003, ESTEC, Noordwijk, the Netherlands / [comp. by R. A. Harris] Y1 - 2003 SN - 92-9092-853-0 N1 - International Conference on Low Cost Planetary Missions <5, 2003, Noordwijk> ; International Academy of Astronautics ; European Space Research and Technology Centre SP - 351 EP - 358 PB - ESA CY - Noordwijk ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Berndsen, Lars A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Chemical sensor as physical sensor: ISFET-based flowvelocity, flow-direction and diffusion-coefficient sensor JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 95 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 384 EP - 390 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Ritz, Thomas A1 - Benz, Axel A1 - Stender, Michael T1 - Marktstudie mobile CRM-Systeme Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-8167-6361-8 PB - Fraunhofer-IRB-Verl. CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Flow-velocity microsensors based on semiconductor field-effect structures JF - Sensors. 3 (2003), H. 7 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1424-8220 SP - 202 EP - 212 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kearney, D. A1 - Herrmann, Ulf A1 - Nava, P. A1 - Kelly, B. A1 - Mahoney, R. A1 - Pacheco, J. A1 - Cable, R. A1 - Potrovitza, N. A1 - Blake, D. A1 - Price, H. T1 - Assessment of a Molten Salt Heat Transfer Fluid in a Parabolic Trough Solar Field JF - Journal of Solar Energy Engineering Y1 - 2003 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1565087 SN - 1528-8986 VL - 125 IS - 2 SP - 170 EP - 176 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schultze, J. W. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Multi-parameter detection of (bio-)chemical and physical quantities using an identical transducer principle JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 91 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 83 EP - 91 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schultze, J. W. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Application of a (bio-)chemical sensor (ISFET) for the detection of physical parameters in liquids JF - Electrochimica Acta. 48 (2003), H. 20-22 Y1 - 2003 SP - 3289 EP - 3297 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mourzina, Y. A1 - Mai, T. A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Ermolenko, Y. A1 - Yoshinobu, T. A1 - Vlasov, Y. A1 - Iwasaki, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - K+-selective field-effect sensors as transducers for bioelectronic applications JF - Electrochimica Acta. 48 (2003), H. 20-22 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0013-4686 SP - 3333 EP - 3339 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - "High-order” hybrid FET module for (bio)chemical and physical sensing JF - Integrated analytical systems / ed. by Salvador Alegret Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-444-51037-0 SP - 587 EP - 623 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ballmann, Josef A1 - Boucke, Alexander A1 - Braun, Carsten T1 - Aeroelastic sensitivity in the transonic regime T2 - Symposium Transsonicum IV : proceedings of the IUTAM symposium held in Göttingen, Germany, 2 - 6 September 2002 / ed. by Helmut Sobieczky. Fluid mechanics and its applications. Vol. 73 Y1 - 2003 SN - 978-94-010-3998-7 SP - 225 EP - 236 PB - Kluwer Academic CY - Dordrecht ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Laack, Walter van T1 - A better history of our world / Vol. 3. Death Y1 - 2003 SN - 978-3-936624-01-4 N1 - [Eine bessere Geschichte unserer Welt ] PB - van Laack CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stender, Michael A1 - Ritz, Thomas T1 - Modeling of business-to-business mobile commerce processes T2 - Electronic proceedings / ICPR 17, 17th International Conference on Production Research [Blacksburg, Virginia, USA, August 3 - 7, 2003] Y1 - 2003 SN - 0-9721257-3-6 CY - Blacksburg, Va. ET - CD-ROM-Ausg. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Albrecht, M. A1 - Frey, J. ED - Lerch, Reinhard T1 - Time-of-Flight 3D-camera for autonomous navigation and industrial automation T2 - Proceedings : 11th international conference, 13 - 15 May 2003, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Germany ; an event of the Association for Sensor Technology, AMA Y1 - 2003 N1 - Internationale Messe mit Kongress Sensor PB - AMA Service CY - Wunstorf/Germany ET - CD-ROM-Ausg. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Arzdorf, Michael A1 - Mulchandani, P. A1 - Chen, W. A1 - Mulchandani, A. T1 - Towards a capacitive enzyme sensor for direct determination of organophosphorus pesticides: Fundamentals studies and aspects of development JF - Sensors. 3 (2003), H. 6 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1424-8220 SP - 119 EP - 127 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Arzdorf, Michael A1 - Mulchandani, P. A1 - Chen, W. A1 - Mulchandani, A. T1 - A capacitive field-effect sensor for the direct determination of organophosphorus pesticides JF - Sensors and Actuators B. 91 (2003), H. 1-3 Y1 - 2003 SN - 0925-4005 SP - 92 EP - 97 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schultze, Joachim W. T1 - Measuring seven parameters by two ISFET modules in a microcell set-up JF - Int. Journal of Computational Engineering Science. 4 (2003), H. 2 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1465-8763 SP - 257 EP - 260 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Weigand, Christoph T1 - Technically Optimal Inspection Policy with Arithmetical Adaption JF - IMA Journal of Management Mathematics. 14 (2003), H. 4 Y1 - 2003 SN - 1471-678X N1 - weitere ISSN 1471-6798 (E) SP - 357 EP - 371 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Fritz, Christian A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Extending DTGOLOG with Options / Ferrein, Alexander ; Fritz, Christian ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard JF - IJCAI-03, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico, August 9-15, 2003 Y1 - 2003 SP - 1391 EP - 1393 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Heitzer, Michael T1 - Numerical methods for limit and shakedown analysis. Deterministic and probabilistic problems. Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-00-010001-6 N1 - NIC Series Vol. 15 / Ed. by Staat, M; Heitzer, M. PB - John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC) CY - Jülich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baroud, Gamal A1 - Wu, J.Z. A1 - Bohner, M A1 - Sponagel, Stefan A1 - Steffen, T. T1 - How to determine the permeability for cement infiltration into osteoporotic cancellous bone JF - Medical Engineering & Physics. 25 (2003), H. 4 N2 - Cement augmentation is an emerging surgical procedure in which bone cement is used to infiltrate and reinforce osteoporotic vertebrae. Although this infiltration procedure has been widely applied, it is performed empirically and little is known about the flow characteristics of cement during the injection process. We present a theoretical and experimental approach to investigate the intertrabecular bone permeability during the infiltration procedure. The cement permeability was considered to be dependent on time, bone porosity, and cement viscosity in our analysis. In order to determine the time-dependent permeability, ten cancellous bone cores were harvested from osteoporotic vertebrae, infiltrated with acrylic cement at a constant flow rate, and the pressure drop across the cores during the infiltration was measured. The viscosity dependence of the permeability was determined based on published experimental data. The theoretical model for the permeability as a function of bone porosity and time was then fit to the testing data. Our findings suggest that the intertrabecular bone permeability depends strongly on time. For instance, the initial permeability (60.89 mm4/N.s) reduced to approximately 63% of its original value within 18 seconds. This study is the first to analyze cement flow through osteoporotic bone. The theoretical and experimental models provided in this paper are generic. Thus, they can be used to systematically study and optimize the infiltration process for clinical practice. KW - Osteoporose KW - Permeabilität KW - Viskose Strömung KW - Viskosität KW - Vertebroplastie KW - Cement infiltration KW - Vertebroplasty KW - Osteoporosis KW - Permeability KW - Experiment KW - Analysis KW - Viscous flow Y1 - 2003 SN - 1350-4533 SP - 283 EP - 288 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinrichs, U. A1 - Pietrzyk, Uwe A1 - Ziemons, Karl T1 - Design optimization of the PMT-ClearPET prototypes based on simulation studies with GEANT3 JF - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science N2 - Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration (CCC), four centers are developing second generation high performance small animal positron emission tomography (PET) scanners for different kinds of animals and medical applications. The first prototypes are photomultiplier tube (PMT)-based systems including depth of interaction (DOI) detection by using a phoswich layer of lutetium oxyorthosilicate (LSO) and lutetium yttrium aluminum perovskite (LuYAP). The aim of these simulation studies is to optimize sensitivity and spatial resolution of given designs, which vary in fields of view (FOVs) caused by different detector configurations (ring/octagon) and sizes. For this purpose the simulation tool GEANT3 (CERN, Geneva, Switzerland) was used. Y1 - 2003 SN - 0018-9499 VL - 50 IS - 5 SP - 1428 EP - 1432 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heinrichs, U. A1 - Pietrzyk, Uwe A1 - Ziemons, Karl T1 - Design optimization of the PMT-ClearPET prototypes based on simulation studies with GEANT3 JF - 2002 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, Vol. 3 N2 - Within the Crystal Clear Collaboration four centres are developing 2nd generation high performance small animal PET scanners for different kinds of animals and medical applications. The first prototypes are PMT-based systems including depth of interaction (DOI) detection by using a phoswich layer of LSO and LuYAP. The aim of these simulation studies is to optimize sensitivity and spatial resolution of given designs, which vary in FOVs caused by different detector configurations (ring/octagon) and sizes. For this purpose the simulation tool GEANT3 (CERN) was used. The simulations have shown that all PMT designs with one-to-one coupling of crystals have a very nonlinear axial sensitivity profile. By shifting every other PMT 1/4 of a PMT length in axial direction the sampling of the FOVs became more homogeneous. At an energy threshold of 350keV the regression coefficient increases from 0.818 for the non-shifted to 0.993 for the shifted design. Simulations of a point source centred in the FOV (threshold: 350keV) resulted in sensitivities of 4.2% for a 4×20PMT (LSO/LuYAP a 10mm) and 3.8% for a 4×16PMT (LSO/LuYAP a 8mm) ring design. The 3D-MLEM reconstruction of a point source shows the enormous improvement of resolution using a crystal double layer with DOI (3.1mm at 40mm from CFOV) instead of a 20mm single layer (11.9mm). Y1 - 2003 SN - 1082-3654 SP - 682 EP - 686 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Surtees, A. J. A1 - Gillespie, A. A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Rousseau, A. T1 - DEVELOPMENT OF A RISK ASSESSMENT CALCULATOR BASED ON A SIMPLIFIED FORM OF THE IEC 62305-2 STANDARD ON LIGHTNING PROTECTION N2 - Neue Blitzschutznorm IEC 62305. Entwicklung einer einfachen Software zur Risikoabwägung N2 - IEC Technical Committee 81 is currently creating the new IEC 62305 series of standards on Lightning Protection. Working Group 9 is responsible for Part 2 of this series, which deals with the assessment and management of risk its CDV (Committee Draft for Voting) stage and has been circulated to National Committees for comment. The paper details the development of the Simplified IEC Risk Assessment Calculator software tool as described in Informative Annex J of IEC62305-2 Ed.1/CDV 2. This tool is intended as a simplified implementation of the more rigorous treatment of risk management found in the written document. It is designed to be relatively intuitive for users who wish to obtain an initial assessment of risk sensitivity, but should not be considered a substitute to a full understanding of the methods provided in the standard when dealing with more complicated structures or those where greater risks to personal or system operation are involved. KW - Risiko KW - Risikoabwägung KW - Blitzrisiko KW - Blitzschutz KW - Risk KW - Risk Management KW - Risk Assessment KW - Lightning Risk KW - Lightning Protection Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Heidler, Fridolin A1 - Seevers, M. A1 - Zischank, Wolfgang J. T1 - Magnetic Fields and Induced Voltages in case of a Direct Strike - Comparison of Results obtained from Measurements at a Scaled Building to those of IEC 62305-4 N2 - In the paper the results obtained from experiments at a modelled reinforced building in case of a direct lightning strike are compared with calculations. The comparison includes peak values of the magnetic field Hmax, its derivative (dH/dt)max and of induced voltages umax in typical cable routings. The experiments are performed at a 1:6 scaled building and the results are extrapolated using the similarity relations theory. The calculations are based on the approximate formulae given in IEC 62305-4 and have to be supplemented by a rough estimation of the additional shielding effect of a second reinforcement layer. The comparison shows, that the measured peak values of the magnetic field and its derivative are mostly lower than the calculated. The induced voltages are in good agreement. Hence, calculations of the induced voltages based on IEC 62305-4 are a good method for lightning protection studies of buildings, where the reinforcement is used as a grid-like electromagnetic shield. N2 - Auswirkungen eines direkten Blitzeinschlages auf ein Gebäude, Vergleich von experimentellen Ergebnissen und Berechnungen basierend auf einer Formel aus der IEC 62305-4 KW - Blitz KW - Direkter Blitzschlag KW - Elektromagnetischer Schutzschild KW - Magnetische Felder KW - Induzierte Spannungen KW - Kalkulation KW - Direct lightning strike KW - electromagnetic shield KW - magnetic fields KW - induced voltages KW - calculations Y1 - 2004 SN - 0304-3886 N1 - Journal of electrostatics: Beitr. auf S. 379 - 385. doi:10.1016/j.elstat.2006.09.004 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zischank, Wolfgang J. A1 - Heidler, Fridolin A1 - Wiesinger, J. A1 - Stimper, K. A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Seevers, M. T1 - Magnetic Fields and Induced Voltages inside LPZ 1 Measured at a 1:6 Scale Model Building N2 - Laborexperimente zu Blitzschutzzonen in Stahlbetongebäuden anhand eines Modells im Maßstab 1:6 N2 - For the application of the concept of Lightning Protection Zones (LPZ), the knowledge of the magnetic fields and induced voltages inside a structure is necessary. Laboratory experiments have been conducted at a downscaled model of a building (scale factor 1:6) to determine these electromagnetic quantities in case of a direct strike to the structure. The model (3 m x 2 m x 2 m) represented a small industrial building using the reinforcement of the concrete as electromagnetic shield. The magnetic fields and magnetic field derivatives were measured at several location inside the scaled model. Further, the voltages induced on three typical cable routes inside the model was determined. The influence of the lightning current waveshape, point-of-strike, bonding of the cable routes, and bridging of an expansion joint in the middle of the building on these quantities was studied. KW - Blitzschlag KW - Elektromagnetischer Schutzschild KW - Stahlbeton KW - Maßstabsgetreues Modell KW - Lightning KW - electromagnetic shielding KW - reinforced concrete KW - scaled model Y1 - 2004 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Krichel, Frank T1 - Considerations about the lightning protection system of mains independent renewable energy hybrid-systems - practical experiences JF - Journal of electrostatics. 60 (2004), H. 2-4 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0304-3886 N1 - ISSN der E-Ausg.: 0304-3886 SP - 257 EP - 263 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zischank, Wolfgang J. A1 - Heidler, Fridolin A1 - Wiesinger, J. A1 - Metwally, I. A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Seevers, M. T1 - Laboratory simulation of direct lightning strokes to a modeled building : measurement of magnetic fields and included voltages JF - Journal of electrostatics. 60 (2004), H. 2 - 4 Y1 - 2004 SN - 0304-3886 N1 - ISSN der E-Ausg.: 0304-3886 SP - 223 EP - 232 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hagemann, Hans-Jürgen A1 - Breitschuh, S. A1 - Graber, S. A1 - Schmitz, Günter T1 - Internet Laboratory Courses with Remote Access and Control of Real Measurements on Sensors and Electronic Components JF - Mechatronics & Robotics 2004 : Aachen, Germany, September 13 - 15, 2004 / [APS - European Centre for Mechatronics]. P. Drews (ed.) Y1 - 2004 SN - 3-938153-30-X N1 - MechRob <2004, Aachen> SP - 1280 EP - 1284 PB - Eysoldt CY - Aachen ER -