TY - CHAP A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Papadrakakis, Manolis ED - Fragiadakis, Michalis T1 - Experimental and numerical analysis of RC frames with decoupled masonry infills T2 - 7th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering N2 - Masonry infill walls are commonly used in reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures, also in seismically active areas, although they often experience serious damage during earthquakes. One of the main reasons for their poor behaviour is the connection to the frame, which is usually constructed using mortar. This paper describes the novel solution for infill/frame connection based on application of elastomeric material between them. The system called INODIS (Innovative Decoupled Infill System) has the aim to postpone the activation of infill in in-plane direction and at the same time to provide sufficient out-of-plane support. First, experimental tests on infilled frame specimens are presented and the comparison of the results between traditionally infilled frames and infilled frames with the INODIS system are given. The results are then used for calibration and validation of numerical model, which can be further employed for investigating the influence of some material parameters on the behaviour of infilled frames with the INODIS system. KW - Earthquake KW - In-plane KW - Out-of-plane KW - Isolation KW - Seismic Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-618-82844-5-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7712/120119.7088.18845 SN - 2623-3347 N1 - COMPDYN 2019, 24-26 June 2019, Crete, Greece. SP - 2464 EP - 2479 PB - National Technical University of Athens CY - Athen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Fehling, Ekkehard A1 - Pfetzing, Thomas A1 - Meyer, Udo ED - Voss, Michael T1 - Auslegung von Stahlbetonrahmentragwerken mit Ausfachungen aus Ziegelmauerwerk (Teil 2) T1 - Design of reinforced concrete enclosures infilled with clay block masonry (Part 2) JF - Ziegelindustrie international : ZI = Brick and tile industry international N2 - Im Rahmen des europäischen Verbundprojekts INSYSME wurden von den deutschen Partnern die Systeme IMES und INODIS zur Verbesserung des seismischen Verhaltens von ausgefachten Stahlbetonrahmen entwickelt. Ziel beider Systeme ist es, Stahlbetonrahmen und Ausfachung zu entkoppeln, anstatt die Tragfähigkeit durch aufwendige und kostspielige zusätzliche Bewehrungseinlagen zu erhöhen. Erste Ergebnisse des Systems IMES für Belastungen in und senkrecht zu der Wandebene werden vorgestellt. N2 - Within the scope of the joint European project INSYSME, the German partners developed two systems - IMES and INODIS - for improving the seismic behaviour of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames. The purpose of both systems is to decouple frame and infill instead of working to improve their load-bearing capacity by means of elaborate, expensive, supplementary reinforcing elements. Initial findings for the IMES system with regard to the loads acting in-plane and perpendicular to the wall plane (out-of-plane) are presented. Y1 - 2018 SN - 0341-0552 IS - 6 SP - 24 EP - 43 PB - Bauverlag BV GmbH CY - Gütersloh ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Fehling, Ekkehard A1 - Pfetzing, Thomas A1 - Meyer, Udo ED - Voss, Michael T1 - Auslegung von Stahlbetonrahmentragwerken mit Ausfachungen aus Ziegelmauerwerk (Teil 1) T1 - Design of reinforced concrete enclosures infilled with clay block masonry (Part 1) JF - Ziegelindustrie international : ZI = Brick and tile industry international N2 - Im Rahmen des europäischen Verbundprojekts INSYSME wurden von den deutschen Partnern die Systeme IMES und INODIS zur Verbesserung des seismischen Verhaltens von ausgefachten Stahlbetonrahmen entwickelt. Ziel beider Systeme ist es, Stahlbetonrahmen und Ausfachung zu entkoppeln, anstatt die Tragfähigkeit durch aufwendige und kostspielige zusätzliche Bewehrungseinlagen zu erhöhen. Erste Ergebnisse des Systems IMES für Belastungen in und senkrecht zu der Wandebene werden vorgestellt. N2 - Within the scope of the joint European project INSYSME, the German partners developed two systems - IMES and INODIS - for improving the seismic behaviour of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames. The purpose of both systems is to decouple frame and infill instead of working to improve their load-bearing capacity by means of elaborate, expensive, supplementary reinforcing elements. Initial findings for the IMES system with regard to the loads acting in-plane and perpendicular to the wall plane (out-of-plane) are presented. Y1 - 2018 SN - 0341-0552 IS - 4 SP - 30 EP - 39 PB - Bauverlag BV GmbH CY - Gütersloh ER - TY - GEN A1 - Topcu, Murat A1 - Madabhushi, Gopal Santana Phani A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Datasets from FEM Simulations done with COMSOL Multiphysics and Code_Aster N2 - Datasets from FEM Simulations done with COMSOL Multiphysics and Code_Aster for an elastic stress transfer between matrix and fibres having a variable radius. KW - Natural fibres KW - Polymer-matrix composites KW - Biocomposites KW - Stress concentrations KW - Finite element analysis (FEA) Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19333295.v2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vahidpour, Farnoosh A1 - Guthman, Eric A1 - Arreola, Julia A1 - Alghazali, Yousef H. M. A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Assessment of Various Process Parameters for Optimized Sterilization Conditions Using a Multi-Sensing Platform JF - Foods N2 - In this study, an online multi-sensing platform was engineered to simultaneously evaluate various process parameters of food package sterilization using gaseous hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). The platform enabled the validation of critical aseptic parameters. In parallel, one series of microbiological count reduction tests was performed using highly resistant spores of B. atrophaeus DSM 675 to act as the reference method for sterility validation. By means of the multi-sensing platform together with microbiological tests, we examined sterilization process parameters to define the most effective conditions with regards to the highest spore kill rate necessary for aseptic packaging. As these parameters are mutually associated, a correlation between different factors was elaborated. The resulting correlation indicated the need for specific conditions regarding the applied H₂O₂ gas temperature, the gas flow and concentration, the relative humidity and the exposure time. Finally, the novel multi-sensing platform together with the mobile electronic readout setup allowed for the online and on-site monitoring of the sterilization process, selecting the best conditions for sterility and, at the same time, reducing the use of the time-consuming and costly microbiological tests that are currently used in the food package industry. KW - spore kill rate KW - sterility KW - aseptic parameters KW - multi-sensing platform KW - gaseous hydrogen peroxide Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11050660 SN - 2304-8158 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Sensors and Biosensors Application for Food Industries" VL - 11 IS - 5 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rajan, Sreelakshmy A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Altay, Okyay A1 - Dalguer, Luis A A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Multi-dimensional fragility analysis of a RC building with components using response surface method T2 - 24th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, Korea, 20-25 August, 2017 N2 - Conventional fragility curves describe the vulnerability of the main structure under external hazards. However, in complex structures such as nuclear power plants, the safety or the risk depends also on the components associated with a system. The classical fault tree analysis gives an overall view of the failure and contains several subsystems to the main event, however, the interactions in the subsystems are not well represented. In order to represent the interaction of the components, a method suggested by Cimellaro et al. (2006) using multidimensional performance limit state functions to obtain the system fragility curves is adopted. This approach gives the possibility of deriving the cumulative fragility taking into account the interaction of the response of different components. In this paper, this approach is used to evaluate seismic risk of a representative electrical building infrastructure, including the component, of a nuclear power plant. A simplified model of the structure, with nonlinear material behavior is employed for the analysis in Abaqus©. The input variables considered are the material parameters, boundary conditions and the seismic input. The variability of the seismic input is obtained from selected ground motion time histories of spectrum compatible synthetic ccelerograms. Unlike the usual Monte Carlo methods used for the probabilistic analysis of the structure, a computationally effective response surface method is used. This method reduces the computational effort of the calculations by reducing the required number of samples. Y1 - 2017 SN - 9781510856776 SP - 3126 EP - 3135 PB - International Assn for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT) CY - Raleigh, USA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Harzheim, Thomas A1 - Cronenbroeck, Tobias T1 - First SIMO harmonic radar based on the SFCW concept and the HR transfer function JF - Remote sensing N2 - This paper presents a new SIMO radar system based on a harmonic radar (HR) stepped frequency continuous wave (SFCW) architecture. Simple tags that can be electronically individually activated and deactivated via a DC control voltage were developed and combined to form an MO array field. This HR operates in the entire 2.45 GHz ISM band for transmitting the illumination signal and receives at twice the stimulus frequency and bandwidth centered around 4.9 GHz. This paper presents the development, the basic theory of a HR system for the characterization of objects placed into the propagation path in-between the radar and the reflectors (similar to a free-space measurement with a network analyzer) as well as first measurements performed by the system. Further detailed measurement series will be made available later on to other researchers to develop AI and machine learning based signal processing routines or synthetic aperture radar algorithms for imaging, object recognition, and feature extraction. For this purpose, the necessary information is published in this paper. It is explained in detail why this SIMO-HR can be an attractive solution augmenting or replacing existing systems for radar measurements in production technology for material under test measurements and as a simplified MIMO system. The novel HR transfer function, which is a basis for researchers and developers for material characterization or imaging algorithms, is introduced and metrologically verified in a well traceable coaxial setup. KW - MUT measurement; scanner KW - transponder KW - SFCW KW - harmonic radar KW - nonlinear radar Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245088 SN - 2072-4292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Nonlinear Junction Detection and Harmonic Radar" VL - 13 IS - 24 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gorzalka, Philip A1 - Schmiedt, Jacob Estevam A1 - Schorn, Christian T1 - Automated Generation of an Energy Simulation Model for an Existing Building from UAV Imagery JF - Buildings N2 - An approach to automatically generate a dynamic energy simulation model in Modelica for a single existing building is presented. It aims at collecting data about the status quo in the preparation of energy retrofits with low effort and costs. The proposed method starts from a polygon model of the outer building envelope obtained from photogrammetrically generated point clouds. The open-source tools TEASER and AixLib are used for data enrichment and model generation. A case study was conducted on a single-family house. The resulting model can accurately reproduce the internal air temperatures during synthetical heating up and cooling down. Modelled and measured whole building heat transfer coefficients (HTC) agree within a 12% range. A sensitivity analysis emphasises the importance of accurate window characterisations and justifies the use of a very simplified interior geometry. Uncertainties arising from the use of archetype U-values are estimated by comparing different typologies, with best- and worst-case estimates showing differences in pre-retrofit heat demand of about ±20% to the average; however, as the assumptions made are permitted by some national standards, the method is already close to practical applicability and opens up a path to quickly estimate possible financial and energy savings after refurbishment. KW - Modelica KW - heat transfer coefficient KW - heat demand KW - building energy modelling KW - building energy simulation Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11090380 SN - 2075-5309 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Application of Computer Technology in Buildings" VL - 11 IS - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pourshahidi, Ali Mohammad A1 - Achtsnicht, Stefan A1 - Nambipareechee, Mrinal Murali A1 - Offenhäusser, Andreas A1 - Krause, Hans-Joachim T1 - Multiplex detection of magnetic beads using offset field dependent frequency mixing magnetic detection JF - Sensors N2 - Magnetic immunoassays employing Frequency Mixing Magnetic Detection (FMMD) have recently become increasingly popular for quantitative detection of various analytes. Simultaneous analysis of a sample for two or more targets is desirable in order to reduce the sample amount, save consumables, and save time. We show that different types of magnetic beads can be distinguished according to their frequency mixing response to a two-frequency magnetic excitation at different static magnetic offset fields. We recorded the offset field dependent FMMD response of two different particle types at frequencies ƒ₁ + n⋅ƒ₂, n = 1, 2, 3, 4 with ƒ₁ = 30.8 kHz and ƒ₂ = 63 Hz. Their signals were clearly distinguishable by the locations of the extremes and zeros of their responses. Binary mixtures of the two particle types were prepared with different mixing ratios. The mixture samples were analyzed by determining the best linear combination of the two pure constituents that best resembled the measured signals of the mixtures. Using a quadratic programming algorithm, the mixing ratios could be determined with an accuracy of greater than 14%. If each particle type is functionalized with a different antibody, multiplex detection of two different analytes becomes feasible. KW - colorization KW - multiplex detection KW - frequency mixing magnetic detection KW - magnetic nanoparticles Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s21175859 SN - 1424-8220 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Advanced Nanomaterial-Based Sensors for Biomedical Applications" VL - 21 IS - 17 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Welden, Rene A1 - Buniatyan, Vahe V. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - An Array of On-Chip Integrated, Individually Addressable Capacitive Field-Effect Sensors with Control Gate: Design and Modelling JF - Sensors N2 - The on-chip integration of multiple biochemical sensors based on field-effect electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitors (EISCAP) is challenging due to technological difficulties in realization of electrically isolated EISCAPs on the same Si chip. In this work, we present a new simple design for an array of on-chip integrated, individually electrically addressable EISCAPs with an additional control gate (CG-EISCAP). The existence of the CG enables an addressable activation or deactivation of on-chip integrated individual CG-EISCAPs by simple electrical switching the CG of each sensor in various setups, and makes the new design capable for multianalyte detection without cross-talk effects between the sensors in the array. The new designed CG-EISCAP chip was modelled in so-called floating/short-circuited and floating/capacitively-coupled setups, and the corresponding electrical equivalent circuits were developed. In addition, the capacitance-voltage curves of the CG-EISCAP chip in different setups were simulated and compared with that of a single EISCAP sensor. Moreover, the sensitivity of the CG-EISCAP chip to surface potential changes induced by biochemical reactions was simulated and an impact of different parameters, such as gate voltage, insulator thickness and doping concentration in Si, on the sensitivity has been discussed. KW - equivalent circuit KW - multianalyte detection KW - control gate KW - on-chip integrated addressable EISCAP sensors KW - capacitive field-effect sensor Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186161 SN - 1424-8220 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Field-Effect Sensors: From pH Sensing to Biosensing" VL - 21 IS - 18 SP - 17 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Tastambek, Kuanysh T. A1 - Sherelkhan, Dinara K. A1 - Jussupova, Dariya B. A1 - Altynbay, Nazym P. T1 - Low-rank coal as a source of humic substances for soil amendment and fertility management JF - Agriculture N2 - Humic substances (HS), as important environmental components, are essential to soil health and agricultural sustainability. The usage of low-rank coal (LRC) for energy generation has declined considerably due to the growing popularity of renewable energy sources and gas. However, their potential as soil amendment aimed to maintain soil quality and productivity deserves more recognition. LRC, a highly heterogeneous material in nature, contains large quantities of HS and may effectively help to restore the physicochemical, biological, and ecological functionality of soil. Multiple emerging studies support the view that LRC and its derivatives can positively impact the soil microclimate, nutrient status, and organic matter turnover. Moreover, the phytotoxic effects of some pollutants can be reduced by subsequent LRC application. Broad geographical availability, relatively low cost, and good technical applicability of LRC offer the advantage of easy fulfilling soil amendment and conditioner requirements worldwide. This review analyzes and emphasizes the potential of LRC and its numerous forms/combinations for soil amelioration and crop production. A great benefit would be a systematic investment strategy implicating safe utilization and long-term application of LRC for sustainable agricultural production. KW - soil remediation KW - crop yield KW - soil health KW - soil amendment KW - low-rank coal Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11121261 SN - 2077-0472 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "From Waste to Fertilizer in Sustainable Agriculture" VL - 11 IS - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fiedler, Thomas M. A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Flöser, Martina A1 - Rietsch, Stefan H. G. A1 - Schmidt, Simon A1 - Stelter, Jonathan K. A1 - Wittrich, Marco A1 - Quick, Harald H. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Ladd, Mark E. T1 - Performance and safety assessment of an integrated transmit array for body imaging at 7 T under consideration of specificabsorption rate, tissue temperature, and thermal dose JF - NMR in Biomedicine N2 - In this study, the performance of an integrated body-imaging array for 7 T with 32 radiofrequency (RF) channels under consideration of local specific absorption rate (SAR), tissue temperature, and thermal dose limits was evaluated and the imaging performance was compared with a clinical 3 T body coil. Thirty-two transmit elements were placed in three rings between the bore liner and RF shield of the gradient coil. Slice-selective RF pulse optimizations for B1 shimming and spokes were performed for differently oriented slices in the body under consideration of realistic constraints for power and local SAR. To improve the B1+ homogeneity, safety assessments based on temperature and thermal dose were performed to possibly allow for higher input power for the pulse optimization than permissible with SAR limits. The results showed that using two spokes, the 7 T array outperformed the 3 T birdcage in all the considered regions of interest. However, a significantly higher SAR or lower duty cycle at 7 T is necessary in some cases to achieve similar B1+ homogeneity as at 3 T. The homogeneity in up to 50 cm-long coronal slices can particularly benefit from the high RF shim performance provided by the 32 RF channels. The thermal dose approach increases the allowable input power and the corresponding local SAR, in one example up to 100 W/kg, without limiting the exposure time necessary for an MR examination. In conclusion, the integrated antenna array at 7 T enables a clinical workflow for body imaging and comparable imaging performance to a conventional 3 T clinical body coil. KW - body imaging at 7 T MRI KW - thermal dose KW - tissue temperature KW - transmit antenna arrays Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4656 SN - 0952-3480 (Print) SN - 1099-1492 (Online) VL - 35 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Angermann, Susanne A1 - Günthner, Roman A1 - Hanssen, Henner A1 - Lorenz, Georg A1 - Braunisch, Matthias C. A1 - Steubl, Dominik A1 - Matschkal, Julia A1 - Kemmner, Stephan A1 - Hausinger, Renate A1 - Block, Zenonas A1 - Haller, Bernhard A1 - Heemann, Uwe A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Grimmer, Timo A1 - Schmaderer, Christoph T1 - Cognitive impairment and microvascular function in end-stage renal disease JF - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (MPR) N2 - Objective Hemodialysis patients show an approximately threefold higher prevalence of cognitive impairment compared to the age-matched general population. Impaired microcirculatory function is one of the assumed causes. Dynamic retinal vessel analysis is a quantitative method for measuring neurovascular coupling and microvascular endothelial function. We hypothesize that cognitive impairment is associated with altered microcirculation of retinal vessels. Methods 152 chronic hemodialysis patients underwent cognitive testing using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Retinal microcirculation was assessed by Dynamic Retinal Vessel Analysis, which carries out an examination recording retinal vessels' reaction to a flicker light stimulus under standardized conditions. Results In unadjusted as well as in adjusted linear regression analyses a significant association between the visuospatial executive function domain score of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and the maximum arteriolar dilation as response of retinal arterioles to the flicker light stimulation was obtained. Conclusion This is the first study determining retinal microvascular function as surrogate for cerebral microvascular function and cognition in hemodialysis patients. The relationship between impairment in executive function and reduced arteriolar reaction to flicker light stimulation supports the involvement of cerebral small vessel disease as contributing factor for the development of cognitive impairment in this patient population and might be a target for noninvasive disease monitoring and therapeutic intervention. KW - cerebral small vessel disease KW - cognitive impairment KW - dialysis KW - retinal vessels Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1909 SN - 1049-8931 (Print) SN - 1557-0657 (Online) VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Wiley ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Ghinaiya, Jagdishkumar A1 - Lehmann, Thomas A1 - Göttsche, Joachim T1 - LOCAL+ – ein kreislauffähiger Holzmodulbau mit nachhaltigem Energie- und Wohnraumkonzept T2 - Bauphysik N2 - Mit dem Beitrag des Teams der FH Aachen zum SDE 21/22 wird im Projekt LOCAL+ ein kreislauffähiger Holzmodulbau mit einem innovativen Wohnraumkonzept geplant und umgesetzt. Ziel dieses Konzeptes ist die Verringerung des stetig steigenden Wohnflächenbedarfs durch ein Raum-in-Raum Konzept. Gebäudetechnisch wird in dem Projekt nicht nur das Einzelgebäude betrachtet, sondern unter Berücksichtigung des Gebäudebestandes wird für das Quartier ein innovatives und nachhaltiges Energiekonzept entwickelt. Ein zentrales Wasserstoffsystem ist für ein Quartier geplant, um den Stromverbrauch aus dem Netz im Winter zu reduzieren. Zentraler Bestandteil des TGA-Konzepts ist ein unterirdischer Eisspeicher, eine PVT und eine Wärmepumpe mit intelligenter Regelstrategie. Ein Teil des neuen Gebäudes (Design Challenge DC) wird in Wuppertal als Hausdemonstrationseinheit (HDU) präsentiert. Eine hygrothermische Simulation der HDU wurde mit der WUFI-Software durchgeführt. Da im Innenraum Lehmmodule und -platten als Feuchtigkeitspuffer verwendet werden, spielen die Themen Feuchtigkeit, Holzfäule und Schimmelwachstum eine wichtige Rolle. KW - Energiekonzept KW - Gesamtwassergehalt KW - Feuchtigkeit KW - Verdunstungskälte KW - energy concept Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bapi.202200010 SN - 0171-5445 (Print) SN - 1437-0980 (Online) VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 136 EP - 142 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Hoboken ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Karschuck, Tobias A1 - Kaulen, Corinna A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Patrick H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Gold nanoparticle-modified capacitive field-effect sensors: Studying the surface density of nanoparticles and coupling of charged polyelectrolyte macromolecules JF - Electrochemical Science Advances N2 - The coupling of ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles with field-effect devices offers new possibilities for label-free biosensing. In this work, we study the immobilization of aminooctanethiol-stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuAOTs) on the silicon dioxide surface of a capacitive field-effect sensor. The terminal amino group of the AuAOT is well suited for the functionalization with biomolecules. The attachment of the positively-charged AuAOTs on a capacitive field-effect sensor was detected by direct electrical readout using capacitance-voltage and constant capacitance measurements. With a higher particle density on the sensor surface, the measured signal change was correspondingly more pronounced. The results demonstrate the ability of capacitive field-effect sensors for the non-destructive quantitative validation of nanoparticle immobilization. In addition, the electrostatic binding of the polyanion polystyrene sulfonate to the AuAOT-modified sensor surface was studied as a model system for the label-free detection of charged macromolecules. Most likely, this approach can be transferred to the label-free detection of other charged molecules such as enzymes or antibodies. KW - polystyrene sulfonate KW - gold nanoparticles KW - field-effect sensor KW - detection of charged macromolecules KW - capacitive EIS sensor Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202100179 SN - 0938-5193 VL - 2 IS - 5 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Andreas A1 - Rohrbach, Felix A1 - Uhl, Matthias A1 - Ceblin, Maximilian A1 - Bauer, Thomas A1 - Mallah, Marcel A1 - Jacob, Timo A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Kuehne, Alexander J. C. T1 - Atmospheric pressure plasma-jet treatment of polyacrylonitrile-nonwovens—Stabilization and roll-to-roll processing JF - Journal of Applied Polymer Science N2 - Carbon nanofiber nonwovens represent a powerful class of materials with prospective application in filtration technology or as electrodes with high surface area in batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. While new precursor-to-carbon conversion processes have been explored to overcome productivity restrictions for carbon fiber tows, alternatives for the two-step thermal conversion of polyacrylonitrile precursors into carbon fiber nonwovens are absent. In this work, we develop a continuous roll-to-roll stabilization process using an atmospheric pressure microwave plasma jet. We explore the influence of various plasma-jet parameters on the morphology of the nonwoven and compare the stabilized nonwoven to thermally stabilized samples using scanning electron microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and infrared spectroscopy. We show that stabilization with a non-equilibrium plasma-jet can be twice as productive as the conventional thermal stabilization in a convection furnace, while producing electrodes of comparable electrochemical performance. KW - batteries and fuel cells KW - electrospinning KW - fibers KW - irradiation KW - porous materials Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/app.52887 SN - 0021-8995 (Print) SN - 1097-4628 (Online) N1 - Weitere Informationen: Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, Fördernummer: 13XP5036E. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Fördernummern: 390874152, 441209207, 327886311 VL - 139 IS - 37 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Wiley ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Fehling, Ekkehard A1 - Pfetzing, Thomas A1 - Meyer, Udo ED - Zabel, Volkmar ED - Beinersdorf, Silke T1 - Innovative Ansätze für die seismische Auslegung von Stahlbetonrahmentragwerken mit Ausfachungen aus Ziegelmauerwerk T2 - Vortragsband der 15. D-A-CH-Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik KW - Stahlbetonrahmen KW - Ausfachungsmauerwerk KW - INSYSME KW - Erdbeben KW - Ziegelmauerwerk Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-930108-13-5 SP - 130 EP - 145 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik (DGEB) e.V. CY - Weimar ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pourshahidi, Ali Mohammad A1 - Achtsnicht, Stefan A1 - Offenhäusser, Andreas A1 - Krause, Hans-Joachim ED - Offenhäusser, Andreas T1 - Frequency Mixing Magnetic Detection Setup Employing Permanent Ring Magnets as a Static Offset Field Source JF - Sensors N2 - Frequency mixing magnetic detection (FMMD) has been explored for its applications in fields of magnetic biosensing, multiplex detection of magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) and the determination of core size distribution of MNP samples. Such applications rely on the application of a static offset magnetic field, which is generated traditionally with an electromagnet. Such a setup requires a current source, as well as passive or active cooling strategies, which directly sets a limitation based on the portability aspect that is desired for point of care (POC) monitoring applications. In this work, a measurement head is introduced that involves the utilization of two ring-shaped permanent magnets to generate a static offset magnetic field. A steel cylinder in the ring bores homogenizes the field. By variation of the distance between the ring magnets and of the thickness of the steel cylinder, the magnitude of the magnetic field at the sample position can be adjusted. Furthermore, the measurement setup is compared to the electromagnet offset module based on measured signals and temperature behavior. KW - magnetic sensors KW - biosensors KW - frequency mixing magnetic detection KW - magnetic nanoparticles Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s22228776 SN - 1424-8220 VL - 22 IS - 22 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Karschuck, Tobias A1 - Wagner, Patrick A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Field-Effect Capacitors Decorated with Ligand-Stabilized Gold Nanoparticles: Modeling and Experiments JF - Biosensors N2 - Nanoparticles are recognized as highly attractive tunable materials for designing field-effect biosensors with enhanced performance. In this work, we present a theoretical model for electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitors (EISCAP) decorated with ligand-stabilized charged gold nanoparticles. The charged AuNPs are taken into account as additional, nanometer-sized local gates. The capacitance-voltage (C–V) curves and constant-capacitance (ConCap) signals of the AuNP-decorated EISCAPs have been simulated. The impact of the AuNP coverage on the shift of the C–V curves and the ConCap signals was also studied experimentally on Al–p-Si–SiO₂ EISCAPs decorated with positively charged aminooctanethiol-capped AuNPs. In addition, the surface of the EISCAPs, modified with AuNPs, was characterized by scanning electron microscopy for different immobilization times of the nanoparticles. KW - aminooctanethiol KW - nanoparticle coverage KW - capacitive model KW - gold nanoparticles KW - field-effect sensor KW - electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitors Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12050334 SN - 2079-6374 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Biosensors in Nanotechnology" VL - 12 IS - 5 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Boesen, Niklas A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Deichsel, Anne A1 - Klinkel, Sven ED - Zabel, Volkmar ED - Beinersdorf, Silke T1 - Untersuchung vorhandenerTragreserven moderner unbewehrter Mauerwerksbauten T2 - Vortragsband der 15. D-A-CH-Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-3-930108-13-5 N1 - 21.-22. September 2017, Weimar. ISBN laut DNB falsch SP - 408 EP - 418 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik (DGEB) e.V. CY - Weimar ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vahidpour, Farnoosh A1 - Alghazali, Yousef A1 - Akca, Sevilay A1 - Hommes, Gregor A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - An Enzyme-Based Interdigitated Electrode-Type Biosensor for Detecting Low Concentrations of H₂O₂ Vapor/Aerosol JF - Chemosensors N2 - This work introduces a novel method for the detection of H₂O₂ vapor/aerosol of low concentrations, which is mainly applied in the sterilization of equipment in medical industry. Interdigitated electrode (IDE) structures have been fabricated by means of microfabrication techniques. A differential setup of IDEs was prepared, containing an active sensor element (active IDE) and a passive sensor element (passive IDE), where the former was immobilized with an enzymatic membrane of horseradish peroxidase that is selective towards H₂O₂. Changes in the IDEs’ capacitance values (active sensor element versus passive sensor element) under H₂O₂ vapor/aerosol atmosphere proved the detection in the concentration range up to 630 ppm with a fast response time (<60 s). The influence of relative humidity was also tested with regard to the sensor signal, showing no cross-sensitivity. The repeatability assessment of the IDE biosensors confirmed their stable capacitive signal in eight subsequent cycles of exposure to H₂O₂ vapor/aerosol. Room-temperature detection of H₂O₂ vapor/aerosol with such miniaturized biosensors will allow a future three-dimensional, flexible mapping of aseptic chambers and help to evaluate sterilization assurance in medical industry. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/chemosensors10060202 SN - 2227-9040 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Bioinspired Chemical Sensors and Micro-Nano Devices" VL - 10 IS - 6 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hoffmann, Andreas A1 - Uhl, Matthias A1 - Ceblin, Maximilian A1 - Rohrbach, Felix A1 - Bansmann, Joachim A1 - Mallah, Marcel A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Jacob, Timo A1 - Kuehne, Alexander J.C. T1 - Atmospheric pressure plasma-jet treatment of PAN-nonwovens—carbonization of nanofiber electrodes JF - C - Journal of Carbon Research N2 - Carbon nanofibers are produced from dielectric polymer precursors such as polyacrylonitrile (PAN). Carbonized nanofiber nonwovens show high surface area and good electrical conductivity, rendering these fiber materials interesting for application as electrodes in batteries, fuel cells, and supercapacitors. However, thermal processing is slow and costly, which is why new processing techniques have been explored for carbon fiber tows. Alternatives for the conversion of PAN-precursors into carbon fiber nonwovens are scarce. Here, we utilize an atmospheric pressure plasma jet to conduct carbonization of stabilized PAN nanofiber nonwovens. We explore the influence of various processing parameters on the conductivity and degree of carbonization of the converted nanofiber material. The precursor fibers are converted by plasma-jet treatment to carbon fiber nonwovens within seconds, by which they develop a rough surface making subsequent surface activation processes obsolete. The resulting carbon nanofiber nonwovens are applied as supercapacitor electrodes and examined by cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. Nonwovens that are carbonized within 60 s show capacitances of up to 5 F g⁻¹. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/c8030033 SN - 2311-5629 N1 - This article belongs to the Collection "Nanoporous Carbon Materials for Advanced Technological Applications" VL - 8 IS - 3 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Meyer, Udo A1 - Fehling, Ekkehard T1 - INSYSME: first activities of the German partners T2 - 9th International Masonry Conference 2014 in Guimaraes, Portugal, 2014 Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Tastambek, Kuanysh T. A1 - Marat, Adel K. A1 - Turaliyeva, Moldir A. A1 - Kaiyrmanova, Gulzhan K. T1 - Biotechnology of Microorganisms from Coal Environments: From Environmental Remediation to Energy Production JF - Biology N2 - It was generally believed that coal sources are not favorable as live-in habitats for microorganisms due to their recalcitrant chemical nature and negligible decomposition. However, accumulating evidence has revealed the presence of diverse microbial groups in coal environments and their significant metabolic role in coal biogeochemical dynamics and ecosystem functioning. The high oxygen content, organic fractions, and lignin-like structures of lower-rank coals may provide effective means for microbial attack, still representing a greatly unexplored frontier in microbiology. Coal degradation/conversion technology by native bacterial and fungal species has great potential in agricultural development, chemical industry production, and environmental rehabilitation. Furthermore, native microalgal species can offer a sustainable energy source and an excellent bioremediation strategy applicable to coal spill/seam waters. Additionally, the measures of the fate of the microbial community would serve as an indicator of restoration progress on post-coal-mining sites. This review puts forward a comprehensive vision of coal biodegradation and bioprocessing by microorganisms native to coal environments for determining their biotechnological potential and possible applications. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11091306 SN - 2079-7737 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Microbial Ecology and Evolution in Extreme Environments" VL - 11 IS - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua A1 - Förster, Marco A1 - Nikolovski, Gjorgji A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Kaszner, Daniel A1 - Matheis, Dominik A1 - Walter, Thomas T1 - Benchmarking of various LiDAR sensors for use in self-driving vehicles in real-world environments JF - Sensors N2 - Abstract In this paper, we report on our benchmark results of the LiDAR sensors Livox Horizon, Robosense M1, Blickfeld Cube, Blickfeld Cube Range, Velodyne Velarray H800, and Innoviz Pro. The idea was to test the sensors in different typical scenarios that were defined with real-world use cases in mind, in order to find a sensor that meet the requirements of self-driving vehicles. For this, we defined static and dynamic benchmark scenarios. In the static scenarios, both LiDAR and the detection target do not move during the measurement. In dynamic scenarios, the LiDAR sensor was mounted on the vehicle which was driving toward the detection target. We tested all mentioned LiDAR sensors in both scenarios, show the results regarding the detection accuracy of the targets, and discuss their usefulness for deployment in self-driving cars. KW - Lidar KW - Benchmark KW - Self-driving Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197146 SN - 1424-8220 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Sensor Fusion for Vehicles Navigation and Robotic Systems" VL - 22 IS - 19 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Rajan, Sreelakshmy T1 - Design and construction techniques of AAC masonry buildings in earthquakes regions T2 - 10 years Xella research in Building Materials : Symposium on the 4th and 5th of September, Potsdam 2014 Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Kluge, Katharina A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar A1 - Budach, Christoph T1 - Digitale Lehre in der Geotechnik: Aktueller Stand und weitere Entwicklungen T2 - geotechntik N2 - Digitale Lehrmaterialien werden seit mehreren Jahren in den Hochschulen eingesetzt und eröffnen ganz neue Wege zur Vermittlung des Lehrstoffs. Die Erstellung dieser Lehrmaterialien kann allerdings je nach Art und Qualität sehr zeitintensiv sein und für Lehrende einen großen Mehraufwand bedeuten. Im Rahmen eines Kooperationsprojekts zur Erstellung von Lehrvideos für geotechnische Feld- und Laborversuche haben die Autoren dieses Beitrags allerdings die Erfahrung gemacht, dass das gemeinsame, hochschulübergreifende Erstellen von Lehrmaterialien viele Vorteile mit sich bringt. Dadurch inspiriert, führten die Autoren dieses Berichts eine Umfrage unter den deutschsprachigen Geotechnik-Lehrstühlen der (Technischen) Universitäten und (Fach-)Hochschulen durch. Nach drei Semestern, in denen Lehrveranstaltungen an den Hochschulen aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie überwiegend digital durchgeführt werden mussten, war es ein Ziel dieser Umfrage, den Bestand und den Einsatz digitaler Lehrmaterialien im Fachgebiet Geotechnik zu erheben. Ein weiteres Ziel war die Initiierung eines Netzwerks, in dem sich Geotechnik-Professorinnen und -Professoren zu Lehrthemen austauschen können und gemeinsam (digitale) Lehrmaterialien erstellen und nutzen. Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt das gemeinsame Lehrprojekt der Autoren vor, präsentiert die Ergebnisse der durchgeführten Umfrage und berichtet über die ersten Aktivitäten des neuen Netzwerks. KW - digitale Lehre KW - Geotechnik KW - digital teaching KW - geotechnical engineering KW - Didaktik Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/gete.202200013 SN - 0172-6145 (Print) SN - 2190-6653 (Online) IS - Early View PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haeger, Gerrit A1 - Grankin, Alina A1 - Wagner, Michaela T1 - Construction of an Aspergillus oryzae triple amylase deletion mutant as a chassis to evaluate industrially relevant amylases using multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 editing technology JF - Applied Research N2 - Aspergillus oryzae is an industrially relevant organism for the secretory production of heterologous enzymes, especially amylases. The activities of potential heterologous amylases, however, cannot be quantified directly from the supernatant due to the high background activity of native α-amylase. This activity is caused by the gene products of amyA, amyB, and amyC. In this study, an in vitro CRISPR/Cas9 system was established in A. oryzae to delete these genes simultaneously. First, pyrG of A. oryzae NSAR1 was mutated by exploiting NHEJ to generate a counter-selection marker. Next, all amylase genes were deleted simultaneously by co-transforming a repair template carrying pyrG of Aspergillus nidulans and flanking sequences of amylase gene loci. The rate of obtained triple knock-outs was 47%. We showed that triple knockouts do not retain any amylase activity in the supernatant. The established in vitro CRISPR/Cas9 system was used to achieve sequence-specific knock-in of target genes. The system was intended to incorporate a single copy of the gene of interest into the desired host for the development of screening methods. Therefore, an integration cassette for the heterologous Fpi amylase was designed to specifically target the amyB locus. The site-specific integration rate of the plasmid was 78%, with exceptional additional integrations. Integration frequency was assessed via qPCR and directly correlated with heterologous amylase activity. Hence, we could compare the efficiency between two different signal peptides. In summary, we present a strategy to exploit CRISPR/Cas9 for gene mutation, multiplex knock-out, and the targeted knock-in of an expression cassette in A. oryzae. Our system provides straightforward strain engineering and paves the way for development of fungal screening systems. KW - aspergillus KW - CRISPR/Cas9 KW - filamentous fungi KW - genome engineering Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/appl.202200106 SN - 2702-4288 IS - Early View SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Wiley-VCH ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rübbelke, Dirk A1 - Vögele, Stefan A1 - Grajewski, Matthias A1 - Zobel, Luzy T1 - Cross border adjustment mechanism: Initial data for the assessment of hydrogen-based steel production JF - Data in Brief N2 - Ambitious climate targets affect the competitiveness of industries in the international market. To prevent such industries from moving to other countries in the wake of increased climate protection efforts, cost adjustments may become necessary. Their design requires knowledge of country-specific production costs. Here, we present country-specific cost figures for different production routes of steel, paying particular attention to transportation costs. The data can be used in floor price models aiming to assess the competitiveness of different steel production routes in different countries (Rübbelke, 2022). KW - Energy-intensive industry KW - Steel industry KW - Competitiveness KW - Floor prices KW - Cross border adjustment mechanism Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.108907 SN - 2352-3409 VL - 47 IS - Article 108907 SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Penner, Crystal A1 - Usherovich, Samuel A1 - Niedermeier, Jana A1 - Bélanger-Champagne, Camille A1 - Trinczek, Michael A1 - Paulßen, Elisabeth A1 - Hoehr, Cornelia T1 - Organic Scintillator-Fibre Sensors for Proton Therapy Dosimetry: SCSF-3HF and EJ-260 JF - electronics N2 - In proton therapy, the dose from secondary neutrons to the patient can contribute to side effects and the creation of secondary cancer. A simple and fast detection system to distinguish between dose from protons and neutrons both in pretreatment verification as well as potentially in vivo monitoring is needed to minimize dose from secondary neutrons. Two 3 mm long, 1 mm diameter organic scintillators were tested for candidacy to be used in a proton–neutron discrimination detector. The SCSF-3HF (1500) scintillating fibre (Kuraray Co. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) and EJ-260 plastic scintillator (Eljen Technology, Sweetwater, TX, USA) were irradiated at the TRIUMF Neutron Facility and the Proton Therapy Research Centre. In the proton beam, we compared the raw Bragg peak and spread-out Bragg peak response to the industry standard Markus chamber detector. Both scintillator sensors exhibited quenching at high LET in the Bragg peak, presenting a peak-to-entrance ratio of 2.59 for the EJ-260 and 2.63 for the SCSF-3HF fibre, compared to 3.70 for the Markus chamber. The SCSF-3HF sensor demonstrated 1.3 times the sensitivity to protons and 3 times the sensitivity to neutrons as compared to the EJ-260 sensor. Combined with our equations relating neutron and proton contributions to dose during proton irradiations, and the application of Birks’ quenching correction, these fibres provide valid candidates for inexpensive and replicable proton-neutron discrimination detectors Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010011 SN - 2079-9292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors" VL - 12 IS - 1 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niedermeier, Jana A1 - Penner, Crystal A1 - Usherovich, Samuel A1 - Bélanger-Champagne, Camille A1 - Paulßen, Elisabeth A1 - Hoehr, Cornelia T1 - Optical Fibers as Dosimeter Detectors for Mixed Proton/Neutron Fields - A Biological Dosimeter JF - electronics N2 - In recent years, proton therapy has gained importance as a cancer treatment modality due to its conformality with the tumor and the sparing of healthy tissue. However, in the interaction of the protons with the beam line elements and patient tissues, potentially harmful secondary neutrons are always generated. To ensure that this neutron dose is as low as possible, treatment plans could be created to also account for and minimize the neutron dose. To monitor such a treatment plan, a compact, easy to use, and inexpensive dosimeter must be developed that not only measures the physical dose, but which can also distinguish between proton and neutron contributions. To that end, plastic optical fibers with scintillation materials (Gd₂O₂S:Tb, Gd₂O₂S:Eu, and YVO₄:Eu) were irradiated with protons and neutrons. It was confirmed that sensors with different scintillation materials have different sensitivities to protons and neutrons. A combination of these three scintillators can be used to build a detector array to create a biological dosimeter. KW - biological dosimeter KW - Bragg peak KW - relative dosimetry KW - optical fibers KW - proton therapy KW - protons KW - neutrons Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12020324 SN - 2079-9292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors" VL - 12 IS - 2 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Klinkel, Sven ED - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Lin, Gao ED - Holtschoppen, Britta T1 - Seismic isolation of cylindrical liquid storage tanks T2 - Seismic design of industrial facilities N2 - Seismic excited liquid filled tanks are subjected to extreme loading due to hydrodynamic pressures, which can lead to nonlinear stability failure of the thinwalled cylindrical tanks, as it is known from past earthquakes. A significant reduction of the seismically induced loads can be obtained by the application of base isolation systems, which have to be designed carefully with respect to the modified hydrodynamic behaviour of the tank in interaction with the liquid. For this reason a highly sophisticated fluid-structure interaction model has to be applied for a realistic simulation of the overall dynamic system. In the following, such a model is presented and compared with the results of simplified mathematical models for rigidly supported tanks. Finally, it is examined to what extent a simple mechanical model can represent the behaviour of a base isolated tank in case of seismic excitation Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-658-02810-7 SN - 978-3-658-02809-1 SN - 978-3-658-14037-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7_36 N1 - International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities, Aachen, Germany, 26.-27.09.2013. https://sedif-conference.jimdofree.com/ SP - 429 EP - 440 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - GEN A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Gellert, Christoph A1 - Reindl, Lukas A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - A nonlinear method for the seismic safety verification of masonry buildings N2 - In order for traditional masonry to stay a competitive building material in seismically active regions there is an urgent demand for modern, deformation-based verification procedures which exploit the nonlinear load bearing reserves. The Capacity Spectrum Method (CSM) is a widely accepted design approach in the field of reinforced concrete and steel construction. It compares the seismic action with the load-bearing capacity of the building considering nonlinear material behavior with its post-peak capacity. The bearing capacity of the building is calculated iteratively using single wall capacity curves. This paper presents a new approach for the bilinear approximation of single wall capacity curves in the style of EC6/EC8 respectively FEMA 306/FEMA 356 based on recent shear wall test results of the European Collective-Research Project “ESECMaSE”. The application of the CSM to masonry structures by using bilinear approximations of capacity curves as input is demonstrated on the example of a typical German residential home. Y1 - 2009 N1 - COMPDYN 2009 - 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering. Isles of Rhodes, Greece, June 22-24,2009. PB - National Technical University of Athens CY - Athen ER - TY - THES A1 - Ihl, Andrea T1 - Sehen und gesehen werden: Eine Darstellung (post-)migrantischer Perspektiven N2 - In einer Welt, definiert durch Grenzziehungen, ist es vor allem für diejenigen schwer, ihren Platz zu finden, die bereits über diese hinauswachsen mussten. Denn Migration bedeutet nicht nur, eine Strecke über eine ländliche Linie hinter sich zu bringen. Oft werden die komplexen emotionalen Facetten dieser permanenten Überquerung vergessen, die über Generationen ihre Spuren hinterlassen. Was bedeutet es, ein Leben ganz von neu aufbauen zu müssen, wenn man bereits eins hinter sich gelassen hat? Wieso verspüren wir Sehnsucht nach einer Heimat, die es so gar nicht geben kann? Und wann haben wir das Gefühl, endlich angekommen zu sein? Über diese und viele weitere Fragen wird in »Mesta« zusammen mit (Post-)Migrant:innen reflektiert, die intensiv ihre Erfahrungen teilen. Ziel der Publikation ist das, was meistens vernachlässigt wird: einfach zuzuhören. KW - Illustration KW - Editorialdesign KW - Interview KW - Print KW - Postmigrantisch Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Šakić, Bogdan A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven ED - Yang, J. T1 - Influence of slab deflection on the out-of-plane capacity of unreinforced masonry partition walls JF - Engineering Structures N2 - Severe damage of non-structural elements is noticed in previous earthquakes, causing high economic losses and posing a life threat for the people. Masonry partition walls are one of the most commonly used non-structural elements. Therefore, their behaviour under earthquake loading in out-of-plane (OOP) direction is investigated by several researches in the past years. However, none of the existing experimental campaigns or analytical approaches consider the influence of prior slab deflection on OOP response of partition walls. Moreover, none of the existing construction techniques for the connection of partition walls with surrounding reinforced concrete (RC) is investigated for the combined slab deflection and OOP loading. However, the inevitable time-dependent behaviour of RC slabs leads to high values of final slab deflections which can further influence boundary conditions of partition walls. Therefore, a comprehensive study on the influence of slab deflection on the OOP capacity of masonry partitions is conducted. In the first step, experimental tests are carried out. Results of experimental tests are further used for the calibration of the numerical model employed for a parametric study. Based on the results, behaviour under combined loading for different construction techniques is explained. The results show that slab deflection leads either to severe damage or to a high reduction of OOP capacity. Existing practical solutions do not account for these effects. In this contribution, recommendations to overcome the problems of combined slab deflection and OOP loading on masonry partition walls are given. Possible interaction of in-plane (IP) loading, with the combined slab deflection and OOP loading on partition walls, is not investigated in this study. KW - Masonry partition walls KW - Earthquake KW - Out-of-plane capacity KW - Slab deflection Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2022.115342 SN - 0141-0296 VL - 276 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - El-Deib, Khaled ED - Jesse, Dirk T1 - Vereinfachte Berücksichtigung der Rahmentragwirkung in Mauerwerksgebäuden T1 - Simplified consideratioon of framing effects in masonry buildings JF - Bautechnik N2 - Aufgrund der gestiegenen Anforderungen durch höhere Ein-wirkungen aus Wind und Erdbeben ist eine Verbesserung und Optimierung der Berechnungs- und Bemessungsansätze für Mauerwerksbauten erforderlich. Eine bessere Ausnutzung der Tragwerksreserven ist durch die Berücksichtigung der Rah-mentragwirkung mit einer Aktivierung der Deckenscheiben in den Rechenmodellen möglich, die in der Praxis aufgrund der Komplexität der Wand-Decken-Interaktion bislang nicht aus-genutzt wird. Im vorliegenden Aufsatz wird ein vereinfachter Ansatz auf Grundlage der mitwirkenden Plattenbreite von Schubwänden aus Mauerwerk vorgestellt, der die wesentli-chen Einfl ussfaktoren in parametrisierten Tabellen erfasst. Damit steht den Tragwerksplanern ein einfach anwendbares Werkzeug zur Verfügung, um die Rahmentragwirkung in der Mauerwerksbemessung anzusetzen. N2 - Due to the increased requirements resulting from higher wind and earthquake loads, it is necessary to improve and optimise the calculation and design approaches for masonry structures. An important contribution to a better utilisation of the structural load-bearing reserves is the consideration of the framing ef-fects through the activation of the fl oor slabs in the calculation models, which has not been utilised in practice so far due to the complexity of the wall-slab interaction. The paper presents a simplifi ed approach based on the contributory slab width, which captures the essential infl uencing factors in parameter-ised tables. This provides structural engineers with a simple tool to exploit the frame load-bearing effect in masonry design. KW - Rahmentragwirkung KW - Mauerwerksgebäude KW - Wand-Decken-Interaktion KW - Momentenverteilung KW - DIN EN 1996 Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202200081 SN - 0932-8351 SN - 1437-0999 VL - 99 IS - 12 SP - 865 EP - 928 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Phlipp, Michel A1 - Lins, Robin A1 - Renaut, Philipp ED - Haghsheno, Shervin T1 - Isolierung und BIM-basiertes Bauwerksmonitoring des neuen Gebäudekomplexes für das BioSense-Institut in Novi Sad, Serbien JF - Bauingenieur N2 - Im Norden von Serbien erfolgt in Novi Sad der Neubau eines modernen Forschungsgebäudes für das BioSense-Institut mit finanzieller Unterstützung durch die Eu-ropäische Union. Der Gebäudeteil mit Laboren wird zum Schutz und zur Sicherstellung des reibungslosen Betriebs der sensiblen und kapitalintensiven technischen Einbauten mit ei-ner Erdbebenisolierung mit integrierter Körperschallisolation versehen. Zusätzlich wird der entkoppelte Laborteil des For-schungsgebäudes mit einem BIM-basierten Bauwerksmonito-ring versehen, um Änderungen des Gebäudezustands jederzeit abfragen und beurteilen zu können. KW - BIM KW - Sensor KW - Monitoring KW - Bauwerksüberwachung KW - Basisisolierung Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.37544/0005-6650-2022-06-28 SN - 1436-4867 SN - 0005-6650 N1 - D-A-CH-Teil VL - 97 IS - 6 SP - S3 EP - S5 PB - VDI Fachmedien CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Morandi, Paolo A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Breis, Khaled A1 - Beyer, Katrin A1 - Magenes, Guido ED - Ansal, Atilla T1 - Latest findings on the behaviour factor q for the seismic design of URM buildings JF - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering N2 - Recent earthquakes as the 2012 Emilia earthquake sequence showed that recently built unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings behaved much better than expected and sustained, despite the maximum PGA values ranged between 0.20–0.30 g, either minor damage or structural damage that is deemed repairable. Especially low-rise residential and commercial masonry buildings with a code-conforming seismic design and detailing behaved in general very well without substantial damages. The low damage grades of modern masonry buildings that was observed during this earthquake series highlighted again that codified design procedures based on linear analysis can be rather conservative. Although advances in simulation tools make nonlinear calculation methods more readily accessible to designers, linear analyses will still be the standard design method for years to come. The present paper aims to improve the linear seismic design method by providing a proper definition of the q-factor of URM buildings. These q-factors are derived for low-rise URM buildings with rigid diaphragms which represent recent construction practise in low to moderate seismic areas of Italy and Germany. The behaviour factor components for deformation and energy dissipation capacity and for overstrength due to the redistribution of forces are derived by means of pushover analyses. Furthermore, considerations on the behaviour factor component due to other sources of overstrength in masonry buildings are presented. As a result of the investigations, rationally based values of the behaviour factor q to be used in linear analyses in the range of 2.0–3.0 are proposed. KW - Unreinforced masonry buildings KW - Modern constructions KW - Seismic design KW - Linear elastic analysis KW - Behaviour factor q Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01419-7 SN - 1573-1456 SN - 1570-761X VL - 20 IS - 11 SP - 5797 EP - 5848 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - THES A1 - Gehrig, Jana T1 - Gynaika - Ungleichbehandlung ist besser N2 - „Gynaika“ – ist griechisch und bedeutet Frau, Frausein. Das Frausein stellt besonders in der Medizin und der Forschung ein Problem dar. Ihre Gesundheit leidet unter der Gleichbehandlung in der Medizin, da die Beschwerden von Frauen zu häufig nicht beachtet werden und undiagnostiziert bleiben. Das medizinisch fundierte Magazin ""Gynaika"" soll über Erkrankungen bei Frauen aufklären, die Leser:innen zu einer Diagnose und guten Behandlung verhelfen. Beschreibung der Erkrankung, Erklärungen zum Ablauf im Körper und Behandlungsmöglichkeiten stehen neben neusten Studien und Erfahrungen von Betroffenen an erster Stelle. Die Informationen werden durch erklärende Einschübe sowie anschauliche Illustrationen und Grafiken begleitet. Ziel ist es, mehr Aufmerksamkeit auf die Notwendigkeit einer Ungleichbehandlung der Geschlechter in der Medizin zu ziehen. KW - Illustration KW - Editorial KW - Informationsvisualisierung KW - Magazin KW - Frauengesundheit Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Heining, Theresa Marie T1 - Das Museum Küppersmühle : Entwicklung eines neuen Erscheinungsbildes und Orientierungssystems für das Museum N2 - Der Raum des Museums ist kein funktionaler Ort. Er dient den Besucher:innen als Inspiration, gefüllt mit Kunst, Poesie und Konzept. Das Museum Küppersmühle ist dabei eine klassische White Cube Gallery mit weitläufigen Räumen, viel Platz für die Kunst und einer hochwertigen Sammlung. Es befindet sich in einem umgebauten, alten Speichergebäude im Duisburger Innenhafen. Im Zuge der Masterarbeit wurden ein Erscheinungsbild und Orientierungssystem für das Museums entwickelt. Das Gestaltungssystem ist ein Spiel von Verbindungen, die mal gradlinig, teilweise geschwungen und manchmal verdreht sind. Der geschwungene Pfeil wird hierbei zum Visual des Umwegs, des Gedankensprungs und des Entdeckens. Es ist ein Informationskonzept entstanden, das dazu einlädt, über die geführten Wege hinauszublicken. Es leitet digital und mittels verschiedener Printmedien durch die Ausstellung für moderne Kunst. KW - Erscheinungsbild KW - Orientierungssystem KW - Museum KW - Leitsystem KW - Architektur Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Frohn, Paul T1 - Intrinsische Raster N2 - Das Projekt »Intrinsische Raster« erforscht Raster für Webseiten, beginnend mit Untersuchungen aus dem Bereich Print bis hin zu intrinsischen Rastern im Web. Die Entwicklung des Rasters ist von dem Bereich Print geprägt. Heute ist das Medium digital und responsiv. Das Raster wird im CSS definiert und verändert sich intrinsisch in allen Formatgrößen. »Intrinsisch« beschreibt hier die neue Stufe von programmierbaren Rastern im Webdesign, welche Spalten und Module nach vordefinierten Parametern verändert. Variable Fonts verfügen über individuelle Parameter und werden in dem Projekt als Color Fonts in Raster integriert. Im Zentrum steht die Weiterentwicklung der Designprofession, um Raster für zukünftige Anwendungen vorzubereiten. KW - Raster KW - Rastersysteme KW - Webdesign KW - Designwissenschaften KW - Typografie Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Freh, Katharine T1 - The Distance : ein dystpischer Kurzfilm N2 - "THE DISTANCE" ist ein fiktionaler, dystopischer Kurzfilm, welcher sich mit dem Leben in einem diktatorischen Polizeistaat auseinandersetzt. Jegliche Art von Aufstand oder negativer Äußerung dem Staat gegenüber ist untersagt und wird hoch bestraft. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, die Zuschauer:innen zum Denken und zum Hinterfragen gesellschaftlicher Strukturen anzuregen. Durch passende Kostüme, Locations und Set-Design entsteht eine düstere und unbehagliche Atmosphäre. Die passende Musik und das Sounddesign unterstützen diese Atmosphäre und geben den Zuschauer:innen einen guten Einblick in diese neue Welt. Zuletzt stellt sich die Frage, ob Dystopien überhaupt noch fiktional sind oder doch schon zu unserer Realität geworden sind. KW - Dystopie KW - Kurzfilm KW - Zukunft KW - Gesellschaftskritik Y1 - 2022 N1 - Für diese Arbeit steht kein Volltext zur Verfügung. PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Franca, Erma T1 - Cai : eine Orientierungshilfe für Geflüchtete und Migrant*innen in Deutschland N2 - Migration und Integration sind weltweit zwei allseits aktuelle Themen. Umso wichtiger ist es, die Ankunft und Integration von Migrant:innen und Geflüchteten so anschaulich wie nur möglich zu gestalten. Die Zielsetzung der Arbeit „Cai – Your guide through Germany“ ist es eine digitale Anwendung in Form einer App zu konzipieren, die Geflüchtete und Migrant:innen in Deutschland während des Migrations- und Integrationsprozesses unterstützt. Dies gelingt durch das strukturierte und themenspezifische Herantragen von notwendigen Informationen, Organisation sowie Selbsthilfeangeboten an die unterschiedlichen Zielgruppen. Unter der Berücksichtigung des Migrationsgrundes und des Standortes wird eine Ausgangssituation geschaffen mit individuellen Bedürfnissen und Fragen, die es zu beantworten gilt. Während Nutzer:innen durch „Cai“ digital, selbstständig und schnell an Informationen gelangen, werden gleichzeitig Behörden und Anlaufstellen sowie ihre Leistungen und Schwerpunkte aufgeführt, die Betroffene bei weiteren Anliegen aufsuchen können, um Unterstützung zu erhalten. Im Rahmen dieser Bachelorarbeit fokussiert sich das Projekt auf die Migrationsgruppe der Geflüchteten sowie ihre Fragen, Herausforderungen und Bedürfnisse in Deutschland. KW - Migration KW - Integration KW - Flucht KW - Geflüchtete KW - Migrationsgruppe Y1 - 2022 N1 - Für diese Arbeit steht kein Volltext zur Verfügung. PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Atlioglu, Dennis T1 - Live it up : eine digitale Plattform für die Live–Veranstaltungsbranche N2 - Mit der App »atmosphere« soll die Veranstaltungsbranche in die digitale Welt eingeführt werden. Insbesondere nach der COVID–19 Pandemie bedarf es einer Erneuerung in dem Sektor für Liveunterhaltung. Die Auswirkungen der Krise auf diesen Wirtschaftszweig waren enorm und auch das Publikum litt unter der Situation. Die Mission von »atmosphere« besteht darin, den Zugang zu Veranstaltungen, Konzerten, Stand–Up–Auftritten und Festivals zu vereinfachen. Hierbei werden die Bereiche der Planung und der Buchung komplett in dem Service der App abgedeckt und die digitale Teilnahme an einem Event ermöglicht. Dies bietet neue Möglichkeiten für die Zukunft und dient als Alternative für Krisen. Insgesamt soll der Service den Zugang vereinfachen, die aufwendigen Planungsschritte reduzieren und die Knackpunkte in der Nutzererfahrung digitalisieren. KW - Veranstaltung KW - Konzert KW - Auftritt KW - Stand–Up–Comedy KW - App Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Timme, Michael T1 - Beweislast beim gutgläubigen Erwerb eines Kraftfahrzeugs ohne Erhalt der Zulassungsbescheinigung Teil II — Zugleich eine Besprechung von BGH, Urt. v. 23.9.2022 – V ZR 148/21, MDR 2022, 1542 JF - Monatsschrift für Deutsches Recht N2 - Im Handel mit Kraftfahrzeugen gehören Aspekte des gutgläubigen Erwerbs zu den beinahe alltäglichen Standardproblemen. Der BGH fügt in seiner Entscheidung v. 23.9.2022–VZR148/21, MDR 2022, 1541 diesem im Detail breit gefächerten Themenfeld einen weiteren Mosaikstein hinzu: Der Erwerber erhielt das verkaufte Kfz ohne Übergabe einer Zulassungsbescheinigung Teil II, behauptet aber, diese Bescheinigung sei dem vom ihm eingeschalteten Vermittler bei Erwerb (als Fälschung) vorgelegt worden. Tatsächlich befand sich das Original durchgängig beim wahren Eigentümer, der nunmehr Herausgabe des Fahrzeugs verlangt. Der BGH schützt in dieser Gestaltung im Ergebnis den Erwerber. Die Entscheidung ist in mehrfacher Hinsicht bemerkenswert. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/doi.org/10.9785/mdtr-2023-770102 SN - 0340-1812 VL - 77 IS - 1 SP - r5 EP - r7 PB - Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Ford, Michael C. T1 - Experimental testing of decoupled masonry infills with steel anchors for out-of-plane support under combined in-plane and out-of-plane seismic loading JF - Construction and Building Materials N2 - Because of simple construction process, high energy efficiency, significant fire resistance and excellent sound isolation, masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures are very popular in most of the countries in the world, as well as in seismic active areas. However, many RC frame structures with masonry infills were seriously damaged during earthquake events, as the traditional infills are generally constructed with direct contact to the RC frame which brings undesirable infill/frame interaction. This interaction leads to the activation of the equivalent diagonal strut in the infill panel, due to the RC frame deformation, and combined with seismically induced loads perpendicular to the infill panel often causes total collapses of the masonry infills and heavy damages to the RC frames. This fact was the motivation for developing different approaches for improving the behaviour of masonry infills, where infill isolation (decoupling) from the frame has been more intensively studied in the last decade. In-plane isolation of the infill wall reduces infill activation, but causes the need for additional measures to restrain out-of-plane movements. This can be provided by installing steel anchors, as proposed by some researchers. Within the framework of European research project INSYSME (Innovative Systems for Earthquake Resistant Masonry Enclosures in Reinforced Concrete Buildings) the system based on a use of elastomers for in-plane decoupling and steel anchors for out-of-plane restrain was tested. This constructive solution was tested and deeply investigated during the experimental campaign where traditional and decoupled masonry infilled RC frames with anchors were subjected to separate and combined in-plane ‬and out-of-plane loading. Based on a detailed evaluation and comparison of the test results, the performance and effectiveness of the developed system are illustrated. KW - Masonry infill KW - Reinforced concrete frame KW - Earthquake KW - INSYSME KW - Decoupling Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.126041 SN - 1879-0526 SN - 0950-0618 VL - 318 IS - 1 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - El-Deib, Khaled A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven ED - Jesse, Dirk T1 - Erdbebennachweis von Mauerwerksbauten mit realistischen Modellen und erhöhten Verhaltensbeiwerten JF - Mauerwerk N2 - Die Anwendung des linearen Nachweiskonzepts auf Mauerwerksbauten führt dazu, dass bereits heute Standsicherheitsnachweise für Gebäude mit üblichen Grundrissen in Gebieten mit moderaten Erdbebeneinwirkungen nicht mehr geführt werden können. Diese Problematik wird sich in Deutschland mit der Einführung kontinuierlicher probabilistischer Erdbebenkarten weiter verschärfen. Aufgrund der Erhöhung der seismischen Einwirkungen, die sich vielerorts ergibt, ist es erforderlich, die vorhandenen, bislang nicht berücksichtigten Tragfähigkeitsreserven in nachvollziehbaren Nachweiskonzepten in der Baupraxis verfügbar zu machen. Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt ein Konzept für die gebäudespezifische Ermittlung von erhöhten Verhaltensbeiwerten vor. Die Verhaltensbeiwerte setzen sich aus drei Anteilen zusammen, mit denen die Lastumverteilung im Grundriss, die Verformungsfähigkeit und Energiedissipation sowie die Überfestigkeiten berücksichtigt werden. Für die rechnerische Ermittlung dieser drei Anteile wird ein nichtlineares Nachweiskonzept auf Grundlage von Pushover-Analysen vorgeschlagen, in denen die Interaktionen von Wänden und Geschossdecken durch einen Einspanngrad beschrieben werden. Für die Bestimmung der Einspanngrade wird ein nichtlinearer Modellierungsansatz eingeführt, mit dem die Interaktion von Wänden und Decken abgebildet werden kann. Die Anwendung des Konzepts mit erhöhten gebäudespezifischen Verhaltensbeiwerten wird am Beispiel eines Mehrfamilienhauses aus Kalksandsteinen demonstriert. Die Ergebnisse der linearen Nachweise mit erhöhten Verhaltensbeiwerten für dieses Gebäude liegen deutlich näher an den Ergebnissen nichtlinearer Nachweise und somit bleiben übliche Grundrisse in Erdbebengebieten mit den traditionellen linearen Rechenansätzen nachweisbar. N2 - Seismic verification of masonry buildings based on realistic calculation models and increased behavior factorsWith the application of the traditional linear verification con­cept to masonry structures it is already no longer possible to carry out structural safety verifications even for buildings with standard ground plan configurations in areas with moderate seismicity. This problem will be exacerbated in Germany with the introduction of continuous probabilistic earthquake maps. Due to the increased seismic actions, it is necessary to make the existing load­bearing capacity reserves that have not yet been taken into account available in comprehensible verifica­tion concepts in construction practice. This article presents a concept for the building­specific determination of increased behavior factors. The behavior factors are composed of three components, which take into account the load redistribution in ground plans, the deformation capability and energy dissipation and all kinds of overstrength effects. For the calculation of these three components, a non­linear verification concept based on pushover analyses is applied, in which the interac­tions of walls and floor slabs are described by a level of re­straint. A non­linear modeling approach of the overall building is introduced for the determination of the restraint levels, with which the interaction of walls and floor slabs can be simulated. The results of the linear verifications with increased behavior factors for this building are significantly closer to the results of non­linear verifications and thus the standard ground plan con­figurations in areas with moderate seismicity can still be veri­fied with the traditional linear calculation approaches. KW - Mauerwerksbauten KW - Erdbebeneinwirkung KW - Bemessung KW - Verhaltensbeiwerte KW - Pushover­Analysen Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/dama.202110014 SN - 1437-1022 SN - 1432-3427 VL - 2021 IS - 3 SP - 110 EP - 119 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rossi, Leonardo A1 - Winands, Mark H. M. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Zhang, Jessica T1 - Monte Carlo Tree Search as an intelligent search tool in structural design problems JF - Engineering with Computers : An International Journal for Simulation-Based Engineering N2 - Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is a search technique that in the last decade emerged as a major breakthrough for Artificial Intelligence applications regarding board- and video-games. In 2016, AlphaGo, an MCTS-based software agent, outperformed the human world champion of the board game Go. This game was for long considered almost infeasible for machines, due to its immense search space and the need for a long-term strategy. Since this historical success, MCTS is considered as an effective new approach for many other scientific and technical problems. Interestingly, civil structural engineering, as a discipline, offers many tasks whose solution may benefit from intelligent search and in particular from adopting MCTS as a search tool. In this work, we show how MCTS can be adapted to search for suitable solutions of a structural engineering design problem. The problem consists of choosing the load-bearing elements in a reference reinforced concrete structure, so to achieve a set of specific dynamic characteristics. In the paper, we report the results obtained by applying both a plain and a hybrid version of single-agent MCTS. The hybrid approach consists of an integration of both MCTS and classic Genetic Algorithm (GA), the latter also serving as a term of comparison for the results. The study’s outcomes may open new perspectives for the adoption of MCTS as a design tool for civil engineers. KW - Monte Carlo Tree Search KW - Structural design KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Civil engineering KW - Genetic algorithm Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-021-01338-2 SN - 1435-5663 SN - 0177-0667 VL - 38 IS - 4 SP - 3219 EP - 3236 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - El-Deib, Khaled A1 - Gellert, Christoph ED - Jesse, Dirk T1 - Erdbebennachweis von Mauerwerksbauten nach DIN EN 1998-1/NA-2021 JF - Bautechnik : Zeitschrift für den gesamten Ingenieurbau N2 - Mauerwerksbauten in Deutschland sind mit Einführung des nationalen Anwendungsdokuments DIN EN 1998-1/NA auf Grundlage einer neuen probabilistischen Erdbebenkarte nachzuweisen. Für erfolgreiche Erdbebennachweise üblicher Grundrissformen von Mauerwerksbauten stehen in dem zukünftigen Anwendungsdokument neue rechnerische Nachweismöglichkeiten zur Verfügung, mit denen die Tragfähigkeitsreserven von Mauerwerksbauten in der Baupraxis mit einem überschaubaren Aufwand besser in Ansatz gebracht werden können. Das Standardrechenverfahren ist weiterhin der kraftbasierte Nachweis, der nun mit höheren Verhaltensbeiwerten im Vergleich zur DIN 4149 durchgeführt werden kann. Die höheren Verhaltensbeiwerte basieren auf der besseren Ausnutzung der gebäudespezifischen Verformungsfähigkeit und Energiedissipation sowie der Lastumverteilung der Schubkräfte im Grundriss mit Ansatz von Rahmentragwirkung durch Wand-Deckeninteraktionen. Alternativ dazu kann ein nichtlinearer Nachweis auf Grundlage von Pushover-Analysen zur Anwendung kommen. Vervollständigt werden die Regelungen für Mauerwerksbauten durch neue Regelungen für nichttragende Innenwände und Außenmauerschalen. Der vorliegende Beitrag stellt die Grundlagen und Hintergründe der neuen rechnerischen Nachweise in DIN EN 1998-1/NA vor und demonstriert deren Anwendung an einem Beispiel aus der Praxis. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202100064 SN - 1437-0999 SN - 0005-6820, 0932-8351 VL - 98 IS - 11 SP - 852 EP - 863 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER - TY - THES A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Vergleich von statistischen Tests im verbundenen und unabhängigen Stichprobenfall N2 - Es werden Effizienzbegriffe zum Vergleich von statistischen Tests basierend auf verschiedenen statistischen Experimenten eingeführt. Dabei handelt es sich um die schon aus dem Vergleich von statistischen Tests in je demselben Modell bekannten asymptotischen relativen Effizienzen wie die Hodges-Lehmann-Effizienz, die Bahadur-Effizienz und die Pitman-Effizienz sowie um Kriterien basierend auf Volumina von Konfidenzbereichen. Effizienzaussagen werden unter anderem für Likelihood-Quotienten-Tests und Waldsche Tests im Rahmen eines allgemeinen multivariaten parametrischen Modells erhalten. Statistische Tests zur Prüfung von Hypothesen über die relative Wirksamkeit zweier Experimente werden vorgeschlagen. Auf der Grundlage der erhaltenen Ergebnisse erfolgt ein Vergleich der Wirksamkeit von korrespondierenden Verfahren bei verbundener Stichprobenerhebung und unabhängiger Stichprobenerhebung. Die Rolle der Kovarianzmatrix bei verbundener Stichprobenerhebung wird insbesondere unter der Annahme, dass die zugrunde liegenden Verteilungen durch k-parametrische Exponentialfamilien modellierbar sind, herausgearbeitet. Verbindungen zu Effizienzbegriffen bei Punkt- und Konfidenzbereichsschätzverfahren werden aufgezeigt. Ausführlichere Untersuchungen betreffen die korrespondierenden Hotellingschen T²-Tests im multivariaten Normalverteilungsfall, die klassischen Homogenitatstests bei k × k-Kontingenztafeln und die Wilcoxon Tests in nichtparametrischen Lagealternativmodellen KW - Vergleich von Experimenten KW - Hypothesentests KW - Effizienz KW - testing hypotheses KW - efficiency Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15488/8678 N1 - Dissertation, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, 2016 PB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover CY - Hannover ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bursi, Oreste S. A1 - Paolacci, Fabrizio A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Lanese, Igor A1 - Nardin, Chiara A1 - Quinci, Gianluca ED - Yang, J. T1 - Seismic performance of an industrial multi-storey frame structure with process equipment subjected to shake table testing JF - Engineering Structures N2 - Past earthquakes demonstrated the high vulnerability of industrial facilities equipped with complex process technologies leading to serious damage of process equipment and multiple and simultaneous release of hazardous substances. Nonetheless, current standards for seismic design of industrial facilities are considered inadequate to guarantee proper safety conditions against exceptional events entailing loss of containment and related consequences. On these premises, the SPIF project -Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities- was proposed within the framework of the European H2020 SERA funding scheme. In detail, the objective of the SPIF project is the investigation of the seismic behaviour of a representative industrial multi-storey frame structure equipped with complex process components by means of shaking table tests. Along this main vein and in a performance-based design perspective, the issues investigated in depth are the interaction between a primary moment resisting frame (MRF) steel structure and secondary process components that influence the performance of the whole system; and a proper check of floor spectra predictions. The evaluation of experimental data clearly shows a favourable performance of the MRF structure, some weaknesses of local details due to the interaction between floor crossbeams and process components and, finally, the overconservatism of current design standards w.r.t. floor spectra predictions. KW - Multi-storey KW - Frame structure KW - Earthquake KW - Tank KW - Piping Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112681 SN - 0141-0296 VL - 243 IS - 15 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On Hotelling’s T² test in a special paired sample case JF - Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods N2 - In a special paired sample case, Hotelling’s T² test based on the differences of the paired random vectors is the likelihood ratio test for testing the hypothesis that the paired random vectors have the same mean; with respect to a special group of affine linear transformations it is the uniformly most powerful invariant test for the general alternative of a difference in mean. We present an elementary straightforward proof of this result. The likelihood ratio test for testing the hypothesis that the covariance structure is of the assumed special form is derived and discussed. Applications to real data are given. KW - complete block symmetry KW - Hotelling’s T² test KW - likelihood ratio test KW - uniformly most powerful invariant test Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2017.1408828 SN - 1532-415X VL - 48 IS - 2 SP - 257 EP - 267 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Hotelling’s T² tests in paired and independent survey samples: An efficiency comparison JF - Journal of Multivariate Analysis N2 - Hotelling’s T² tests in paired and independent survey samples are compared using the traditional asymptotic efficiency concepts of Hodges–Lehmann, Bahadur and Pitman, as well as through criteria based on the volumes of corresponding confidence regions. Conditions characterizing the superiority of a procedure are given in terms of population canonical correlation type coefficients. Statistical tests for checking these conditions are developed. Test statistics based on the eigenvalues of a symmetrized sample cross-covariance matrix are suggested, as well as test statistics based on sample canonical correlation type coefficients. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2016.11.004 SN - 0047-259X VL - 2017 IS - 154 SP - 177 EP - 198 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel A1 - Thiele, Jan Philipp T1 - Statistical inference for L²-distances to uniformity JF - Computational Statistics N2 - The paper deals with the asymptotic behaviour of estimators, statistical tests and confidence intervals for L²-distances to uniformity based on the empirical distribution function, the integrated empirical distribution function and the integrated empirical survival function. Approximations of power functions, confidence intervals for the L²-distances and statistical neighbourhood-of-uniformity validation tests are obtained as main applications. The finite sample behaviour of the procedures is illustrated by a simulation study. KW - Integrated empirical distribution (survival) function KW - Goodness-of-fit tests for uniformity KW - Numerical inversion of Laplace transforms KW - Coverage probability KW - Equivalence test Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00180-018-0820-0 SN - 1613-9658 VL - 2018 IS - 33 SP - 1863 EP - 1896 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On a new approach to the multi-sample goodness-of-fit problem JF - Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation N2 - Suppose we have k samples X₁,₁,…,X₁,ₙ₁,…,Xₖ,₁,…,Xₖ,ₙₖ with different sample sizes ₙ₁,…,ₙₖ and unknown underlying distribution functions F₁,…,Fₖ as observations plus k families of distribution functions {G₁(⋅,ϑ);ϑ∈Θ},…,{Gₖ(⋅,ϑ);ϑ∈Θ}, each indexed by elements ϑ from the same parameter set Θ, we consider the new goodness-of-fit problem whether or not (F₁,…,Fₖ) belongs to the parametric family {(G₁(⋅,ϑ),…,Gₖ(⋅,ϑ));ϑ∈Θ}. New test statistics are presented and a parametric bootstrap procedure for the approximation of the unknown null distributions is discussed. Under regularity assumptions, it is proved that the approximation works asymptotically, and the limiting distributions of the test statistics in the null hypothesis case are determined. Simulation studies investigate the quality of the new approach for small and moderate sample sizes. Applications to real-data sets illustrate how the idea can be used for verifying model assumptions. KW - Goodness-of-fit test KW - Multi-sample problem KW - Parametric bootstrap Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/03610918.2019.1618472 SN - 1532-4141 VL - 53 IS - 10 SP - 2971 EP - 2989 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ditzhaus, Marc A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - A consistent goodness-of-fit test for huge dimensional and functional data JF - Journal of Nonparametric Statistics N2 - A nonparametric goodness-of-fit test for random variables with values in a separable Hilbert space is investigated. To verify the null hypothesis that the data come from a specific distribution, an integral type test based on a Cramér-von-Mises statistic is suggested. The convergence in distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis is proved and the test's consistency is concluded. Moreover, properties under local alternatives are discussed. Applications are given for data of huge but finite dimension and for functional data in infinite dimensional spaces. A general approach enables the treatment of incomplete data. In simulation studies the test competes with alternative proposals. KW - Cramér-von-Mises statistic KW - separable Hilbert space KW - huge dimensional data KW - functional data Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/10485252.2018.1486402 SN - 1029-0311 VL - 30 IS - 4 SP - 834 EP - 859 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Efficiency comparison of the Wilcoxon tests in paired and independent survey samples JF - Metrika N2 - The efficiency concepts of Bahadur and Pitman are used to compare the Wilcoxon tests in paired and independent survey samples. A comparison through the length of corresponding confidence intervals is also done. Simple conditions characterizing the dominance of a procedure are derived. Statistical tests for checking these conditions are suggested and discussed. KW - Wilcoxon tests KW - Pitman efficiency KW - Bahadur efficiency KW - Length of confidence intervals KW - Kernel density estimator Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-018-0661-4 SN - 1435-926X VL - 2018 IS - 81 SP - 891 EP - 930 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On an asymptotic relative efficiency concept based on expected volumes of confidence regions JF - Statistics - A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistic N2 - The paper deals with an asymptotic relative efficiency concept for confidence regions of multidimensional parameters that is based on the expected volumes of the confidence regions. Under standard conditions the asymptotic relative efficiencies of confidence regions are seen to be certain powers of the ratio of the limits of the expected volumes. These limits are explicitly derived for confidence regions associated with certain plugin estimators, likelihood ratio tests and Wald tests. Under regularity conditions, the asymptotic relative efficiency of each of these procedures with respect to each one of its competitors is equal to 1. The results are applied to multivariate normal distributions and multinomial distributions in a fairly general setting. KW - Volume of confidence regions KW - asymptotic relative efficiency KW - likelihood ratio test KW - multivariate normal distribution KW - multinomial distribution Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/02331888.2019.1683560 SN - 1029-4910 VL - 53 IS - 6 SP - 1396 EP - 1436 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On an independence test approach to the goodness-of-fit problem JF - Journal of Multivariate Analysis N2 - Let X₁,…,Xₙ be independent and identically distributed random variables with distribution F. Assuming that there are measurable functions f:R²→R and g:R²→R characterizing a family F of distributions on the Borel sets of R in the way that the random variables f(X₁,X₂),g(X₁,X₂) are independent, if and only if F∈F, we propose to treat the testing problem H:F∈F,K:F∉F by applying a consistent nonparametric independence test to the bivariate sample variables (f(Xᵢ,Xⱼ),g(Xᵢ,Xⱼ)),1⩽i,j⩽n,i≠j. A parametric bootstrap procedure needed to get critical values is shown to work. The consistency of the test is discussed. The power performance of the procedure is compared with that of the classical tests of Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Cramér–von Mises in the special cases where F is the family of gamma distributions or the family of inverse Gaussian distributions. KW - Goodness-of-fit test KW - Independence test KW - Parametric bootstrap KW - Vapnik–Čhervonenkis class KW - Gamma distribution Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2015.05.013 SN - 0047-259X VL - 2015 IS - 140 SP - 193 EP - 208 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Rothman–Woodroofe symmetry test statistic revisited JF - Computational Statistics & Data Analysis N2 - The Rothman–Woodroofe symmetry test statistic is revisited on the basis of independent but not necessarily identically distributed random variables. The distribution-freeness if the underlying distributions are all symmetric and continuous is obtained. The results are applied for testing symmetry in a meta-analysis random effects model. The consistency of the procedure is discussed in this situation as well. A comparison with an alternative proposal from the literature is conducted via simulations. Real data are analyzed to demonstrate how the new approach works in practice. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2019.106837 SN - 0167-9473 VL - 2020 IS - 142 SP - Artikel 106837 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Test for Changes in the Modeled Solvency Capital Requirement of an Internal Risk Model JF - ASTIN Bulletin N2 - In the context of the Solvency II directive, the operation of an internal risk model is a possible way for risk assessment and for the determination of the solvency capital requirement of an insurance company in the European Union. A Monte Carlo procedure is customary to generate a model output. To be compliant with the directive, validation of the internal risk model is conducted on the basis of the model output. For this purpose, we suggest a new test for checking whether there is a significant change in the modeled solvency capital requirement. Asymptotic properties of the test statistic are investigated and a bootstrap approximation is justified. A simulation study investigates the performance of the test in the finite sample case and confirms the theoretical results. The internal risk model and the application of the test is illustrated in a simplified example. The method has more general usage for inference of a broad class of law-invariant and coherent risk measures on the basis of a paired sample. KW - Bootstrap KW - Empirical process KW - Functional Delta Method KW - Hadamard differentiability KW - Paired sample Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1017/asb.2021.20 SN - 1783-1350 VL - 51 IS - 3 SP - 813 EP - 837 PB - Cambridge Univ. Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Testing marginal homogeneity of a continuous bivariate distribution with possibly incomplete paired data JF - Metrika N2 - We discuss the testing problem of homogeneity of the marginal distributions of a continuous bivariate distribution based on a paired sample with possibly missing components (missing completely at random). Applying the well-known two-sample Crámer–von-Mises distance to the remaining data, we determine the limiting null distribution of our test statistic in this situation. It is seen that a new resampling approach is appropriate for the approximation of the unknown null distribution. We prove that the resulting test asymptotically reaches the significance level and is consistent. Properties of the test under local alternatives are pointed out as well. Simulations investigate the quality of the approximation and the power of the new approach in the finite sample case. As an illustration we apply the test to real data sets. KW - Marginal homogeneity test KW - Crámer–von-Mises distance KW - Paired sample KW - Incomplete data KW - Resampling test Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00184-019-00742-5 SN - 1435-926X VL - 2020 IS - 83 SP - 437 EP - 465 PB - Springer ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Hoeffding-Blum-Kiefer-Rosenblatt independence test statistic on partly not identically distributed data JF - Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods N2 - The established Hoeffding-Blum-Kiefer-Rosenblatt independence test statistic is investigated for partly not identically distributed data. Surprisingly, it turns out that the statistic has the well-known distribution-free limiting null distribution of the classical criterion under standard regularity conditions. An application is testing goodness-of-fit for the regression function in a non parametric random effects meta-regression model, where the consistency is obtained as well. Simulations investigate size and power of the approach for small and moderate sample sizes. A real data example based on clinical trials illustrates how the test can be used in applications. KW - Brownian Pillow KW - Hoeffding-Blum-Kiefer-Rosenblatt independence test KW - not identically distributed KW - random effects meta-regression model Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/03610926.2020.1805767 SN - 1532-415X VL - 51 IS - 12 SP - 4006 EP - 4028 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gaigall, Daniel A1 - Gerstenberg, Julian A1 - Trinh, Thi Thu Ha T1 - Empirical process of concomitants for partly categorial data and applications in statistics JF - Bernoulli N2 - On the basis of independent and identically distributed bivariate random vectors, where the components are categorial and continuous variables, respectively, the related concomitants, also called induced order statistic, are considered. The main theoretical result is a functional central limit theorem for the empirical process of the concomitants in a triangular array setting. A natural application is hypothesis testing. An independence test and a two-sample test are investigated in detail. The fairly general setting enables limit results under local alternatives and bootstrap samples. For the comparison with existing tests from the literature simulation studies are conducted. The empirical results obtained confirm the theoretical findings. KW - bootstrap KW - Categorial variable KW - Concomitant KW - Empirical process KW - Independence test Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3150/21-BEJ1367 SN - 1573-9759 VL - 28 IS - 2 SP - 803 EP - 829 PB - International Statistical Institute CY - Den Haag, NL ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ditzhaus, Marc A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - Testing marginal homogeneity in Hilbert spaces with applications to stock market returns JF - Test N2 - This paper considers a paired data framework and discusses the question of marginal homogeneity of bivariate high-dimensional or functional data. The related testing problem can be endowed into a more general setting for paired random variables taking values in a general Hilbert space. To address this problem, a Cramér–von-Mises type test statistic is applied and a bootstrap procedure is suggested to obtain critical values and finally a consistent test. The desired properties of a bootstrap test can be derived that are asymptotic exactness under the null hypothesis and consistency under alternatives. Simulations show the quality of the test in the finite sample case. A possible application is the comparison of two possibly dependent stock market returns based on functional data. The approach is demonstrated based on historical data for different stock market indices. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11749-022-00802-5 SN - 1863-8260 VL - 2022 IS - 31 SP - 749 EP - 770 PB - Springer ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On Consistent Hypothesis Testing In General Hilbert Spaces T2 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’22) N2 - Inference on the basis of high-dimensional and functional data are two topics which are discussed frequently in the current statistical literature. A possibility to include both topics in a single approach is working on a very general space for the underlying observations, such as a separable Hilbert space. We propose a general method for consistently hypothesis testing on the basis of random variables with values in separable Hilbert spaces. We avoid concerns with the curse of dimensionality due to a projection idea. We apply well-known test statistics from nonparametric inference to the projected data and integrate over all projections from a specific set and with respect to suitable probability measures. In contrast to classical methods, which are applicable for real-valued random variables or random vectors of dimensions lower than the sample size, the tests can be applied to random vectors of dimensions larger than the sample size or even to functional and high-dimensional data. In general, resampling procedures such as bootstrap or permutation are suitable to determine critical values. The idea can be extended to the case of incomplete observations. Moreover, we develop an efficient algorithm for implementing the method. Examples are given for testing goodness-of-fit in a one-sample situation in [1] or for testing marginal homogeneity on the basis of a paired sample in [2]. Here, the test statistics in use can be seen as generalizations of the well-known Cramérvon-Mises test statistics in the one-sample and two-samples case. The treatment of other testing problems is possible as well. By using the theory of U-statistics, for instance, asymptotic null distributions of the test statistics are obtained as the sample size tends to infinity. Standard continuity assumptions ensure the asymptotic exactness of the tests under the null hypothesis and that the tests detect any alternative in the limit. Simulation studies demonstrate size and power of the tests in the finite sample case, confirm the theoretical findings, and are used for the comparison with concurring procedures. A possible application of the general approach is inference for stock market returns, also in high data frequencies. In the field of empirical finance, statistical inference of stock market prices usually takes place on the basis of related log-returns as data. In the classical models for stock prices, i.e., the exponential Lévy model, Black-Scholes model, and Merton model, properties such as independence and stationarity of the increments ensure an independent and identically structure of the data. Specific trends during certain periods of the stock price processes can cause complications in this regard. In fact, our approach can compensate those effects by the treatment of the log-returns as random vectors or even as functional data. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.11159/icsta22.157 N1 - 4th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’22), Prague, Czech Republic – July 28- 30 SP - Paper No. 157 PB - Avestia Publishing CY - Orléans, Kanada ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Tran, Ngoc Trinh T1 - Strain based brittle failure criteria for rocks T2 - Proceedings of (NACOME2022) The 11th National Conference on Mechanics, Vol. 1. Solid Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Artificial Intelligence, Teaching and Training N2 - When confining pressure is low or absent, extensional fractures are typical, with fractures occurring on unloaded planes in rock. These “paradox” fractures can be explained by a phenomenological extension strain failure criterion. In the past, a simple empirical criterion for fracture initiation in brittle rock has been developed. But this criterion makes unrealistic strength predictions in biaxial compression and tension. A new extension strain criterion overcomes this limitation by adding a weighted principal shear component. The weight is chosen, such that the enriched extension strain criterion represents the same failure surface as the Mohr–Coulomb (MC) criterion. Thus, the MC criterion has been derived as an extension strain criterion predicting failure modes, which are unexpected in the understanding of the failure of cohesive-frictional materials. In progressive damage of rock, the most likely fracture direction is orthogonal to the maximum extension strain. The enriched extension strain criterion is proposed as a threshold surface for crack initiation CI and crack damage CD and as a failure surface at peak P. Examples show that the enriched extension strain criterion predicts much lower volumes of damaged rock mass compared to the simple extension strain criterion. KW - Extension fracture KW - Extension strain criterion KW - Mohr–Coulomb criterion KW - Evolution of damage Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-604-357-084-7 N1 - 11th National Conference on Mechanics (NACOME 2022), December 2-3, 2022, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam SP - 500 EP - 509 PB - Nha xuat ban Khoa hoc tu nhien va Cong nghe (Verlag Naturwissenschaft und Technik) CY - Hanoi ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Drumm, Christian A1 - Scheuermann, Bernd A1 - Weidner, Stefan T1 - Einstieg in SAP S/4HANA® : Geschäftsprozesse, Anwendungen, Zusammenhänge – Erklärt am Beispielunternehmen Global Bike N2 - Dieser verständliche Einstieg in SAP S/4HANA führt Sie anhand des Beispielunternehmens Global Bike durch die zentralen Abläufe in Vertrieb, Einkauf, Rechnungswesen, Produktion und Lagerverwaltung. Sie werden mit den betriebswirtschaftlichen Grundlagen, den relevanten Organisationsstrukturen und Stammdaten sowie den Prozessen vertraut gemacht. Mithilfe von Praxisbeispielen und Fallstudien sind Sie schon bald SAP-S/4HANA-Profi – für mehr Erfolg in Studium und Beruf! Y1 - 2023 SN - 9783836281560 (Print) SN - 9783836281584 (E-Book) N1 - Unter der Signatur 21 QGT 220 in der Bibliothek Eupener Straße vorhanden. PB - Rheinwerk Verlag CY - Bonn ER - TY - PAT A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Backes, Andreas T1 - Wiegand-Modul N2 - Ein Wiegand-Modul (110;210;310) umfassend- eine Sensorspule (112;212;312),- einen ersten Wiegand-Draht (116a;216a;316a), der zumindest teilweise innerhalb der Sensorspule (112;212;312) angeordnet ist, und- einen zweiten Wiegand-Draht (116b;216b;316b), der zumindest teilweise innerhalb der Sensorspule (112;212;312) angeordnet ist und sich im Wesentlichen parallel zu dem ersten Wiegand-Draht (116a;216a;316a) erstreckt, ist bekannt.Um eine effiziente Ausnutzung der durch die Ummagnetisierung der Wiegand-Drähte (116a,116b;216a,216b;316a,316b) in die Sensorspule (112;212;312) induzierten elektrischen Energie zu ermöglichen, sind der erste Wiegand-Draht (116a;216a;316a) und der zweite Wiegand-Draht (116b;216b;316b) bezogen auf eine axiale Richtung der Sensorspule (112;212;312) versetzt zueinander angeordnet. Y1 - 2023 N1 - Patent DE102021115745B3 2022.07.21 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Engelmann, Ulrich M. A1 - Baumann, Martin ED - Herbig, Nicola ED - Poppelreuter, Stefan T1 - Moderationsexpertise für QMBs – das Mindset T2 - Qualitätsmanagement im Gesundheitswesen N2 - Teamsitzungen, Arbeitsgruppentreffen, Kickoffs und Meetings – sie alle werden mit dem Ziel durchgeführt, innerhalb einer vorgegebenen Zeitspanne ein gemeinsames Arbeitsziel zu erreichen. Damit die Zielerreichung auch bei komplexeren Arbeitsaufträgen nicht vom Zufall abhängt, empfiehlt es sich, die Leitung des Ablaufs einem Moderator zu übertragen. In diesem Beitrag einer mehrteiligen Serie wird beschrieben, über welches Mindset der Moderator verfügen sollte, welche grundsätzlichen Methoden hilfreich sind und was bei der Onlinemoderation im Besonderen zu beachten ist. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-8249-0714-4 SP - Kapitel 10814 PB - TÜV-Verlag CY - Köln ET - 59. Update ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Flores Calvinisti, Santiago A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Numerical analysis of reinforced concrete frame buildings with decoupled infill walls T1 - Numerička analiza armiranobe tonskih okvirnih zgrada sa izolovanom zidanom ispunom JF - Building Materials and Structures JF - Građevinski materijali i konstrukcije N2 - Reinforced concrete (RC) buildings with masonry infill walls are widely used in many countries all over the world. Although infills are considered as non-structural elements, they significantly change dynamic characteristics of RC frame structures during earthquake excitation. Recently, significant effort was spent on studying decoupled infills, which are isolated from the surrounding frame usually by adding a gap between frame and infill. In this case, the frame deformation does not activate infill wall, thus infills are not influencing the behaviour of the frame. This paper presents the results of the investigation of the behaviour of RC frame buildings with the INODIS system that decouples masonry infills from the surrounding frame. Effect of masonry infill decoupling was investigated first on the one-bay onestorey frame. This was used as a base for parametric study on the frames with more bays and storeys, as well as on the building level. Change of stiffness and dynamic characteristics was analysed as well as response under earthquake loading. Comparison with the bare frame and traditionally infilled frame was performed. The results show that behaviour of the decoupled infilled frames is similar to the bare frame, whereas behaviour of frames with traditional infills is significantly different and demands complex numerical models. This means that if adequate decoupling is applied, design of N2 - Armiranobetonske (AB) zgrade sa zidanom ispunom se izvode u mnogim zemljama širom sveta. Iako se zidana ispuna posmatra kao nekonstruktivni element, ona značajno utiče na promenu dinamičkih karakteristika AB ramovskih konstrukcija u toku zemljotresnog dejstva. Odskora, značajan napor je utrošen na istraživanje izolovanih ispuna, koje su odvojene od okolnog rama obično ostavljanjem prostora između rama i ispune. U ovom slučaju deformacija rama ne aktivira ispunu i na taj način ispuna ne utiče na ponašanje rama. Ovaj rad predstavlja rezultate istraživanja ponašanja AB ramovskih zgrada sa INODIS sistemom koji izoluje ispunu u odnosu na okolni ram. Uticaj izolovane ispune je prvo ispitan na jednospratnim i jednobrodnim ramovima. Ovo je iskorišćeno kao osnova za parametarsku analizu na višespratnim i višebrodnim ramovima, kao i na primeru zgrade. Promena krutosti i dinamičkih karakteristika je analizirano kao i odgovor pri zemljotresnom dejstvu. Izvršeno je poređenje sa praznom ramovskom konstrukcijom kao i ramovima ispunjenim ispunom na tradicionalni način. Rezultati pokazuju da je ponašanje ramova sa izolovanom ispunom slično ponašanju praznih ramova, dok je ponašanje ramova sa tradicionalnom ispunom daleko drugačije i zahteva kompleksne numeričke modele. Ovo znači da ukoliko se primeni adekvatna konstruktivna mera izolacije ispune, proračun ramovskim zgrada sa zidanom ispunom se može značajno pojednostaviti. KW - masonry infill KW - seismic KW - INODIS KW - in-plane behaviour KW - out-of-plane behaviour Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5937/GRMK2004013M SN - 2217-8139 N1 - Text serbisch, ab 2011 serbisch und englisch VL - 63 IS - 4 SP - 13 EP - 48 PB - Society for Materials and Structures Testing of Serbia CY - Belgrad ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chircu, Alina A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Friedmann, Daniel A1 - Pomaskow, Johanna A1 - Sultanow, Eldar T1 - Towards a Digital Twin of Society T2 - Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2023 N2 - This paper describes the potential for developing a digital twin of society- a dynamic model that can be used to observe, analyze, and predict the evolution of various societal aspects. Such a digital twin can help governmental agencies and policy makers in interpreting trends, understanding challenges, and making decisions regarding investments or policies necessary to support societal development and ensure future prosperity. The paper reviews related work regarding the digital twin paradigm and its applications. The paper presents a motivating case study- an analysis of opportunities and challenges faced by the German federal employment agency, Bundesagentur f¨ur Arbeit (BA), proposes solutions using digital twins, and describes initial proofs of concept for such solutions. KW - Digital twin KW - Digital transformation KW - Prototype KW - Society KW - Stress testing Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-0-9981331-6-4 N1 - 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2023, Maui, Hawaii, USA, January 3-6, 2023 SP - 6748 EP - 6757 PB - University of Hawai'i CY - Honolulu ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Vacareanu, Radu ED - Ionescu, Constantin T1 - Seismic design and evaluation of industrial facilities T2 - The Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology N2 - Industrial facilities must be thoroughly designed to withstand seismic actions as they exhibit an increased loss potential due to the possibly wideranging damage consequences and the valuable process engineering equipment. Past earthquakes showed the social and political consequences of seismic damage to industrial facilities and sensitized the population and politicians worldwide for the possible hazard emanating from industrial facilities. However, a holistic approach for the seismic design of industrial facilities can presently neither be found in national nor in international standards. The introduction of EN 1998-4 of the new generation of Eurocode 8 will improve the normative situation with specific seismic design rules for silos, tanks and pipelines and secondary process components. The article presents essential aspects of the seismic design of industrial facilities based on the new generation of Eurocode 8 using the example of tank structures and secondary process components. The interaction effects of the process components with the primary structure are illustrated by means of the experimental results of a shaking table test of a three story moment resisting steel frame with different process components. Finally, an integrated approach of digital plant models based on building information modelling (BIM) and structural health monitoring (SHM) is presented, which provides not only a reliable decision-making basis for operation, maintenance and repair but also an excellent tool for rapid assessment of seismic damage. KW - Industrial facilities KW - Seismic design KW - Tanks KW - EN 1998-4 KW - Structural health monitoring Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-031-15103-3 SN - 978-3-031-15106-4 SN - 978-3-031-15104-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15104-0 SN - 2524-342X SN - 2524-3438 N1 - 3ECEES - Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, September 4 – September 9, 2022, Bucharest SP - 449 EP - 464 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gkatzogias, Konstantinos A1 - Veljkoviv, Ana A1 - Pohoryles, Daniel A. A1 - Tsionis, Georgios A1 - Bournas, Dionysios A. A1 - Crowley, Helen A1 - Norlén, Hedvig A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Gervasio, Helena A1 - Manfredi, Vincenzo A1 - Masi, Angelo A1 - Zaharieva, Roumiana ED - Gkatzogias, Konstantinos ED - Tsionis, Georgios T1 - Policy practice and regional impact assessment for building renovation T2 - REEBUILD Integrated Techniques for the Seismic Strengthening & Energy Efficiency of Existing Buildings N2 - The work presented in this report provides scientific support to building renovation policies in the EU by promoting a holistic point of view on the topic. Integrated renovation can be seen as a nexus between European policies on disaster resilience, energy efficiency and circularity in the building sector. An overview of policy measures for the seismic and energy upgrading of buildings across EU Member States identified only a few available measures for combined upgrading. Regulatory framework, financial instruments and digital tools similar to those for energy renovation, together with awareness and training may promote integrated renovation. A framework for regional prioritisation of building renovation was put forward, considering seismic risk, energy efficiency, and socioeconomic vulnerability independently and in an integrated way. Results indicate that prioritisation of building renovation is a multidimensional problem. Depending on priorities, different integrated indicators should be used to inform policies and accomplish the highest relative or most spread impact across different sectors. The framework was further extended to assess the impact of renovation scenarios across the EU with a focus on priority regions. Integrated renovation can provide a risk-proofed, sustainable, and inclusive built environment, presenting an economic benefit in the order of magnitude of the highest benefit among the separate interventions. Furthermore, it presents the unique capability of reducing fatalities and energy consumption at the same time and, depending on the scenario, to a greater extent. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-92-76-60454-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2760/883122 SN - 1831-9424 SP - 1 EP - 68 PB - Publications Office of the European Union CY - Luxembourg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Weber, Felix A1 - Bomholt, Frederik A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Bergmeister, Konrad ED - Fingerloos, Frank ED - Wörner, Johann-Dietrich T1 - Erdbeben- und Schwingungsschutz von Bauwerken T2 - 2023 BetonKalender: Wasserundurchlässiger Beton, Brückenbau N2 - Dieser Beitrag beschreibt die herkömmlichen Maßnahmen wie die Kapazitätsbemessung der Tragwerksstruktur, die Isolation des Bauwerks mittels Basisisolatoren, die Dämpfungserhöhung der Struktur mittels Inter-Story-Dämpfern und die Schwingungsreduktion mittels Schwingungstilgern gegen Einwirkungen durch Erdbeben, Wind, Verkehr und Personen auf die Bauwerke. Ergänzend wird die erdbebengerechte Auslegung und Isolation von nichttragenden Bauteilen behandelt. Für die betrachteten Systeme werden die Bewegungsdifferenzialgleichungen unter Berücksichtigung der wesentlichen Nichtlinearitäten angegeben. Die vorgestellten Weiterentwicklungen in den Bereichen der Basisisolatoren, Dämpfern und Schwingungstilgern zeigen, dass das modellbasierte Design mittels Simulation ein sehr effektives, ökonomisches und dank der heutigen Computerleistung auch zeiteffizientes Werkzeug darstellt. Y1 - 2022 SN - 9783433611180 SN - 9783433033753 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/9783433611180.ch16 N1 - Beton-Kalender, 112. Jahrgang (2023): Wasserundurchlässiger Beton, Brückenbau ausleihbar unter der Sig. 11 XCF 3-2023,2 SP - 779 EP - 859 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Evans, Benjamin A1 - Braun, Sebastian A1 - Ulmer, Jessica A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - AAS implementations - current problems and solutions T2 - 20th International Conference on Mechatronics - Mechatronika (ME) N2 - The fourth industrial revolution presents a multitude of challenges for industries, one of which being the increased flexibility required of manufacturing lines as a result of increased consumer demand for individualised products. One solution to tackle this challenge is the digital twin, more specifically the standardised model of a digital twin also known as the asset administration shell. The standardisation of an industry wide communications tool is a critical step in enabling inter-company operations. This paper discusses the current state of asset administration shells, the frameworks used to host them and their problems that need to be addressed. To tackle these issues, we propose an event-based server capable of drastically reducing response times between assets and asset administration shells and a multi-agent system used for the orchestration and deployment of the shells in the field. KW - Industry 4.0 KW - Multi-agent Systems KW - Digital Twin KW - Asset Administration Shell Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-6654-1040-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ME54704.2022.9982933 N1 - 20th International Conference on Mechatronics - Mechatronika (ME), 07-09 December 2022, Pilsen, Czech Republic PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - A goodness-of-fit test for the compound Poisson exponential model JF - Journal of Multivariate Analysis N2 - On the basis of bivariate data, assumed to be observations of independent copies of a random vector (S,N), we consider testing the hypothesis that the distribution of (S,N) belongs to the parametric class of distributions that arise with the compound Poisson exponential model. Typically, this model is used in stochastic hydrology, with N as the number of raindays, and S as total rainfall amount during a certain time period, or in actuarial science, with N as the number of losses, and S as total loss expenditure during a certain time period. The compound Poisson exponential model is characterized in the way that a specific transform associated with the distribution of (S,N) satisfies a certain differential equation. Mimicking the function part of this equation by substituting the empirical counterparts of the transform we obtain an expression the weighted integral of the square of which is used as test statistic. We deal with two variants of the latter, one of which being invariant under scale transformations of the S-part by fixed positive constants. Critical values are obtained by using a parametric bootstrap procedure. The asymptotic behavior of the tests is discussed. A simulation study demonstrates the performance of the tests in the finite sample case. The procedure is applied to rainfall data and to an actuarial dataset. A multivariate extension is also discussed. KW - Bootstrapping KW - Collective risk model Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2022.105154 SN - 0047-259X SN - 1095-7243 VL - 195 IS - Article 105154 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tran, Ngoc Trinh A1 - Trinh, Tu Luc A1 - Dao, Ngoc Tien A1 - Giap, Van Tan A1 - Truong, Manh Khuyen A1 - Dinh, Thuy Ha A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - FEM shakedown analysis of structures under random strength with chance constrained programming JF - Vietnam Journal of Mechanics N2 - Direct methods, comprising limit and shakedown analysis, are a branch of computational mechanics. They play a significant role in mechanical and civil engineering design. The concept of direct methods aims to determine the ultimate load carrying capacity of structures beyond the elastic range. In practical problems, the direct methods lead to nonlinear convex optimization problems with a large number of variables and constraints. If strength and loading are random quantities, the shakedown analysis can be formulated as stochastic programming problem. In this paper, a method called chance constrained programming is presented, which is an effective method of stochastic programming to solve shakedown analysis problems under random conditions of strength. In this study, the loading is deterministic, and the strength is a normally or lognormally distributed variable. KW - limit analysis KW - shakedown analysis KW - chance constrained programming KW - stochastic programming KW - reliability of structures Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7136/17943 SN - 0866-7136 SN - 2815-5882 VL - 44 IS - 4 SP - 459 EP - 473 PB - Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Czarnecki, Christian T1 - Moderne Telekommunikationsprodukte erfordern standardisierte Geschäftsprozesse JF - Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft Y1 - 2015 IS - 2 SP - 7 EP - 7 PB - Deutsche Telekom AG. Fachhochschule Leipzig CY - Leipzig ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bensberg, Frank A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Grob, Heinz Lothar ED - Bruhn, Manfred ED - Hadwich, Karsten T1 - Wirtschaftlichkeitsbewertung von Smart Services mit vollständigen Finanzplänen T2 - Smart Services: Band 1: Konzepte – Methoden – Prozesse N2 - Dieser Beitrag stellt einen Bewertungsrahmen für Smart Services vor, der auf dem Konzept vollständiger Finanzpläne (VOFI) basiert. Zunächst wird eine IoT-Architektur für Smart Services eingeführt, die die Grundlage für deren Betrachtung aus Sicht der Unternehmensplanung liefert. Hierauf aufbauend wird ein Bewertungsrahmen für die finanzplanorientierte Wirtschaftlichkeitsbewertung von Smart Services geschaffen, mit dem die relevanten Zahlungsfolgen differenziert erfasst werden. Mithilfe des entwickelten VOFI-Systems wird anschließend aufgezeigt, wie mithilfe einer Risikoanalyse die Unsicherheit von Modellparametern berücksichtigt werden kann. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-658-37344-3 (Online) SN - 978-3-658-37343-6 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37344-3_6 SP - 225 EP - 251 PB - Springer Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - vom Brocke, Jan ED - Mendling, Jan T1 - Establishment of a central process governance organization combined with operational process improvements : Insights from a BPM Project at a leading telecommunications operator in the Middle East T2 - Business process management cases : digital innovation and business transformation in practice N2 - Because of customer churn, strong competition, and operational inefficiencies, the telecommunications operator ME Telco (fictitious name due to confidentiality) launched a strategic transformation program that included a Business Process Management (BPM) project. Major problems were silo-oriented process management and missing cross-functional transparency. Process improvements were not consistently planned and aligned with corporate targets. Measurable inefficiencies were observed on an operational level, e.g., high lead times and reassignment rates of the incident management process. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-319-58306-8 SN - 978-3-319-58307-5 SN - 978-3-319-86372-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58307-5 N1 - Als Präsenzexemplar unter der Signatur 20 PZR 469-1 vorhanden. SP - 57 EP - 76 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Röthenbacher, Annika A1 - Cesari, Matteo A1 - Doppler, Christopher E.J. A1 - Okkels, Niels A1 - Willemsen, Nele A1 - Sembowski, Nora A1 - Seger, Aline A1 - Lindner, Marie A1 - Brune, Corinna A1 - Stefani, Ambra A1 - Högl, Birgit A1 - Bialonski, Stephan A1 - Borghammer, Per A1 - Fink, Gereon R. A1 - Schober, Martin A1 - Sommerauer, Michael T1 - RBDtector: an open-source software to detect REM sleep without atonia according to visual scoring criteria JF - Scientific Reports N2 - REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) is a key feature for the diagnosis of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD). We introduce RBDtector, a novel open-source software to score RSWA according to established SINBAR visual scoring criteria. We assessed muscle activity of the mentalis, flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS), and anterior tibialis (AT) muscles. RSWA was scored manually as tonic, phasic, and any activity by human scorers as well as using RBDtector in 20 subjects. Subsequently, 174 subjects (72 without RBD and 102 with RBD) were analysed with RBDtector to show the algorithm’s applicability. We additionally compared RBDtector estimates to a previously published dataset. RBDtector showed robust conformity with human scorings. The highest congruency was achieved for phasic and any activity of the FDS. Combining mentalis any and FDS any, RBDtector identified RBD subjects with 100% specificity and 96% sensitivity applying a cut-off of 20.6%. Comparable performance was obtained without manual artefact removal. RBD subjects also showed muscle bouts of higher amplitude and longer duration. RBDtector provides estimates of tonic, phasic, and any activity comparable to human scorings. RBDtector, which is freely available, can help identify RBD subjects and provides reliable RSWA metrics. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25163-9 SN - 2045-2322 VL - 12 IS - Article number: 20886 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Springer Nature CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mueller, Tobias A1 - Segin, Alexander A1 - Weigand, Christoph A1 - Schmitt, Robert H. T1 - Feature selection for measurement models JF - International journal of quality & reliability management N2 - Purpose In the determination of the measurement uncertainty, the GUM procedure requires the building of a measurement model that establishes a functional relationship between the measurand and all influencing quantities. Since the effort of modelling as well as quantifying the measurement uncertainties depend on the number of influencing quantities considered, the aim of this study is to determine relevant influencing quantities and to remove irrelevant ones from the dataset. Design/methodology/approach In this work, it was investigated whether the effort of modelling for the determination of measurement uncertainty can be reduced by the use of feature selection (FS) methods. For this purpose, 9 different FS methods were tested on 16 artificial test datasets, whose properties (number of data points, number of features, complexity, features with low influence and redundant features) were varied via a design of experiments. Findings Based on a success metric, the stability, universality and complexity of the method, two FS methods could be identified that reliably identify relevant and irrelevant influencing quantities for a measurement model. Originality/value For the first time, FS methods were applied to datasets with properties of classical measurement processes. The simulation-based results serve as a basis for further research in the field of FS for measurement models. The identified algorithms will be applied to real measurement processes in the future. KW - Feature selection KW - Modelling KW - Measurement models KW - Measurement uncertainty Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJQRM-07-2021-0245 SN - 0265-671X IS - Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print. PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited CY - Bingley ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Tünnemann, Thomas T1 - Formine 2022 : Concezione I N2 - Der diesjährige Workshop steht im Zeichen der räumlichen Konzeption. Das Definieren und Erfahren des engsten, ganz eigenen Betrachtungsraums, bis hin zur weitläufigen öffentlichen Umgebung des Ortes ist hierbei der erste Schritt. Hierzu stehen alle konzeptionellen Werkzeuge – von der Entwicklung vereinzelter Skizzenabfolgen, bis hin zur Collage - in den ersten Tagen des Workshops zur Verfügung. Abschließend gilt es, den Aufbau - das „Sichzusammenfügen“ aus Form, Relation und Material - in einer Plastik zu vereinen. Y1 - 2022 SN - 3-9811003-9-5 PB - FH Aachen, Fachbereich Architektur CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fissabre, Anke ED - Soldwisch, Ines ED - Schmitz, Stefan T1 - kirchen-bauhaus? – Die Kunstgewerbeschule in Aachen unter Rudolf Schwarz T2 - Zwischen den Zeiten - Besatzung und Aufbruch in Aachen, 1919-1932 Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-9825016-0-4 N1 - Zeitreisen Sammlung Crous, Schriftenreihe 15. SP - 54 EP - 65 PB - Aachener Karnevalsverein (AKV) CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Keller, Simon Mark T1 - Risikoanalyse einer bordautonomen Schienenfahrzeugortung mittels GNSS N2 - Bei Schienenfahrzeugen, die mit dem Zugsicherungssystem ETCS betrieben sind, wird die Odometrie durch eine diskrete Ortung mittels physischen Balisen zurückgesetzt. Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Innovation von virtuellen Balisen. Virtuelle Balisen, können eingesetzt werden, um physische, im Gleisbett montierte Balisen zu ersetzen. Durch den Einsatz von virtuellen Balisen soll der Infrastrukturausbau von ETCS vorangetrieben werden, indem sie als virtuelle Komponente auf Schienenfahrzeugen eingesetzt werden. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird die Fragestellung beantwortet, ob eine bordautonome Zugortung mittels virtuellen Balisen in einem ausgewählten Szenario mit einem akzeptablen Risiko verbunden ist? Das Szenario besteht aus einem Schienenfahrzeug, welches mit dem Zugsicherungssystem ETCS Level 2 auf einer eingleisigen Nebenstrecke betreiben wird. Hierzu werden zunächst die Grundlagen von ETCS und der satellitenbasierten Ortung erläutert. Des Weiteren werden die Grundlagen des CSM Prozesses und der expliziten Risikoabschätzung eingeführt. Aufbauend auf diesen Grundlagen wird der CSM Prozess angewandt und dabei eine Systemdefinition mit den Schnittstellen des Systems zur Umwelt erstellt. Mit der Hazop-Methode werden die Gefährdungen der Schnittstellen erfasst und beurteilt. Die sicherheitsrelevanten Gefährdungen werden in einer FMEA bewertet. In der folgenden Diskussion werden sicherheitsrelevante Gefährdungen nochmals betrachtet. Das Ergebnis der Arbeit ist, dass im ausgewählten Szenario, unter der Verwendung der CSM-Prozesse und der industriell anerkannten Methoden Hazop und FMEA, die Integration der Board-autonomen-Ortung mit einem akzeptablen Risiko verbunden ist. Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Bundrock, Ronja A1 - Kremers, Nico A1 - Pankok, Lennard A1 - Weisheit, Theresa Maria A1 - Spoede, Jasper ED - Kroll-Ludwigs, Kathrin ED - Bernecker, Andreas ED - Bassen-Metz, Yasmine ED - Eggert, Mathias ED - Fritz, Thomas ED - Golland, Alexander ED - Höhne, Tim ED - Tran, Duc Hung ED - Vogt, Jürgen T1 - Aachener Online-Schriften Wirtschaft und Recht. Band 5. 02/2022 N2 - Inhaltsverzeichnis - Bachelorarbeiten 1. Testamentsgestaltung bei Patchworkfamilien – Lösungsansätze für typische Praxisprobleme unter Berücksichtigung der Interessenlagen der Parteien - Ronja Bundrock 4 - 58 2. Die Haftung des AG-Vorstands gegenüber der Gesellschaft in unterneh- mensinternen und -externen Krisen - Nico Kremers 59 - 122 3. The Relationship of the Ex-Ante Uncertainty about the Value of a Stock and its IPO Underpricing – An Analysis of the German Market - Lennard Pankok 123 - 179 4. Attractiveness Bias in Venture Capital – An Analysis of Investor Decision Making in “Die Höhle der Löwen” - Theresa Maria Weisheit 180 - 242 Inhaltsverzeichnis – Masterarbeiten Erhöhung der Energieautarkie in der Backbranche – Anwendung von bidi- rektionalem Laden und dessen Auswirkungen auf die Geschäftsprozesse und Informationssysteme - Jasper Spoede 243 - 355 T3 - Aachener Online-Schriften Wirtschaft und Recht - 5 Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen / Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hauk, Joachim A1 - Czarnecki, Christian A1 - Dietze, Christian ED - Rusnjak, Andreas ED - Schallmo, Daniel R. A. T1 - Prozessorientierte Messung der Customer Experience am Beispiel der Telekommunikationsindustrie T2 - Customer Experience im Zeitalter des Kunden : Best Practices, Lessons Learned und Forschungsergebnisse N2 - Hohe Wettbewerbsintensität und gestiegene Kundenanforderungen erfordern bei Telekommunikationsunternehmen eine aktive Gestaltung der Customer Experience (CX). Ein wichtiger Aspekt dabei ist die CX-Messung. Traditionelle Zufriedenheitsmessungen sind oft nicht ausreichend, um die Kundenerfahrung in komplexen Prozessen vollständig zu erfassen. Daher wird in diesem Kapitel eine prozessübergreifende Referenzlösung zur CX-Messung am Beispiel der Telekommunikationsindustrie vorgeschlagen. Ausgangspunkt ist ein industriespezifisches Prozessmodell, das sich an dem Referenzmodell eTOM orientiert. Dieses wird um Messpunkte erweitert, die Schwachstellen in Bezug auf die CX identifizieren. Für die erkannten Schwachstellen werden über eine Referenzmatrix mögliche Auslöser abgeleitet und anhand von typischen Geschäftsfallmengen bewertet. Somit ist eine direkte Zuordnung und Erfolgsmessung konkreter Maßnahmen zur Behebung der Schwachstellen möglich. Die so entwickelte Referenzlösung wurde im Projekt K1 bei der Deutschen Telekom erfolgreich umgesetzt. Details zur Umsetzung werden als Fallstudien dargestellt. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-3-658-18961-7 SN - 978-3-658-18960-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-18961-7_7 SP - 195 EP - 216 PB - Springer Gabler CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - THES A1 - Laubkermeier, Kim T1 - trust me N2 - "trust me" ist eine schwarz-weiß Fotoserie, präsentiert als Diashow mit unterlegtem Soundtrack. Es geht um das Vertrauen zwischen Model, Fotografin und Betrachter:innen. Die Darsteller sind ausschließlich homosexuelle Männer und begeben sich in intime Situationen und Posen. Die Fotos sind überwiegend Aktaufnahmen und nehmen eine pornografische Richtung an. Die Fragestellung zu Beginn war, wie weit vertrauen die unerfahrenen Models der Fotografin und was sind diese bereit, von sich zu zeigen. Die offene Kommunikation über die Richtung des Projekts war die essenzielle Basis für die Fotoshootings. Während des Fotografierens lag der Fokus auf möglichst verschiedenen Blickwinkeln, Kulissen, Ausleuchtungen und Motiven. Zusätzlich war der sensible Umgang mit den Männern eine Vertrauensprobe."trust me" lässt auf diversen Ebenen tief blicken und zeigt, wie loslassen aussieht. KW - Fotografie KW - schwarz-weiß KW - Diashow KW - Vertrauen KW - Portraits Y1 - 2022 N1 - Für diese Arbeit steht kein Volltext zur Verfügung. PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - GEN A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Bernhard, Sebastian A1 - Langolf, Jessica A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Managing change and acceptance of digitalization strategies - Implementing the vision of „Internet of Production“ (IoP) in existing corporate structures T2 - Textile Impulse für die Zukunft: Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2022 N2 - The vision of the Internet of Production is to enable a new level of crossdomain collaboration by providing semantically adequate and context-aware data from production, development & usage in real-time. Y1 - 2022 N1 - Textile Impulse für die Zukunft: Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2022 : 1. – 2. Dezember 2022, Eurogress Aachen SP - 153 EP - 153 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schneider, Dominik A1 - Wisselink, Frank A1 - Czarnecki, Christian ED - Barton, Thomas ED - Müller, Christian ED - Seel, Christian T1 - Nutzen und Rahmenbedingungen 5 informationsgetriebener Geschäftsmodelle des Internets der Dinge T2 - Digitalisierung in Unternehmen: von den theoretischen Ansätzen zur praktischen Umsetzung N2 - Im Kontext der zunehmenden Digitalisierung wird das Internet der Dinge (englisch: Internet of Things, IoT) als ein technologischer Treiber angesehen, durch den komplett neue Geschäftsmodelle im Zusammenspiel unterschiedlicher Akteure entstehen können. Identifizierte Schlüsselakteure sind unter anderem traditionelle Industrieunternehmen, Kommunen und Telekommunikationsunternehmen. Letztere sorgen mit der Bereitstellung von Konnektivität dafür, dass kleine Geräte mit winzigen Batterien nahezu überall und direkt an das Internet angebunden werden können. Es sind schon viele IoT-Anwendungsfälle auf dem Markt, die eine Vereinfachung für Endkunden darstellen, wie beispielsweise Philips Hue Tap. Neben Geschäftsmodellen basierend auf Konnektivität besteht ein großes Potenzial für informationsgetriebene Geschäftsmodelle, die bestehende Geschäftsmodelle unterstützen sowie weiterentwickeln können. Ein Beispiel dafür ist der IoT-Anwendungsfall Park and Joy der Deutschen Telekom AG, bei dem Parkplätze mithilfe von Sensoren vernetzt und Autofahrer in Echtzeit über verfügbare Parkplätze informiert werden. Informationsgetriebene Geschäftsmodelle können auf Daten aufsetzen, die in IoT-Anwendungsfällen erzeugt werden. Zum Beispiel kann ein Telekommunikationsunternehmen Mehrwert schöpfen, indem es aus Daten entscheidungsrelevantere Informationen – sogenannte Insights – ableitet, die zur Steigerung der Entscheidungsagilität genutzt werden. Außerdem können Insights monetarisiert werden. Die Monetarisierung von Insights kann nur nachhaltig stattfinden, wenn sorgfältig gehandelt wird und Rahmenbedingungen berücksichtigt werden. In diesem Kapitel wird das Konzept informationsgetriebener Geschäftsmodelle erläutert und anhand des konkreten Anwendungsfalls Park and Joy verdeutlicht. Darüber hinaus werden Nutzen, Risiken und Rahmenbedingungen diskutiert. KW - Digitale Transformation KW - Internet der Dinge KW - Monetarisierung KW - Informationsgetriebene Geschäftsmodelle KW - Qualitative Wertschöpfungsanalyse Y1 - 2018 SN - 9783658227739 SN - 9783658227722 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-22773-9_5 SP - 67 EP - 85 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - THES A1 - Ioannidou, Martha T1 - Master of Procrastination N2 - In den letzten Jahren ist das Thema “Prokrastinieren” omnipräsent geworden. Gegensätzlich dazu versuchen immer mehr Menschen sich zu optimieren. Ziel dieser Arbeit ergibt sich in der Verbindung dieser paradoxen Vorgänge. Im Video wird nicht nur der Begriff Prokrastinieren erklärt, sondern auch ein faktisch basierter Leitfaden zum verbesserten Aufschieben präsentiert. Der Zuschauer kann sich in humoristisch und ironischer Art mit der Thematik auseinandersetzten, Ohne sich mit der negativen Konnotation zu beschäftigen. “Master of Procrastination” eröffnet einen neuen Blickwinkel und informierten Gleichermaßen zu einer unbeliebten Problematik. KW - Prokrastinieren KW - Aufschieben KW - Aufschieberitis KW - Machichmorgen KW - Leitfaden Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Koscielniak, Luise T1 - Das Ludwig Forum Aachen : die Erstellung eines neuen Erscheinungsbildes N2 - Peter und Irene Ludwig galten als das Kunstsammlerpaar Deutschlands. Sie stellten ihre umfangreiche Sammlung der Öffentlichkeit zur Verfügung, so auch dem Ludwig Forum - das Stammmuseum der beiden Aachener. Doch es ist viel mehr als nur ein Museum. Der Gedanke des Forums als einen Ort des Austausches und der Kommunikation mit und über Kunst ist die leittragende Idee. Das neue Erscheinungsbild leitet sich in der Gestaltung bildlich von diesem Forumsgedanken ab. Zur Visualisierung dieser Idee wurden Kommunikationsachsen aufgegriffen, die zur typografischen Ausrichtung genutzt werden. Sie bieten die Möglichkeit, in verschiedene Richtungen zu kommunizieren und Inhalte vielseitig und prägnant zu visualisieren. Die Wortmarke des Ludwig Forums dient dabei als klammerndes Element, welches den Rahmen für die Gestaltung ermöglichen. Mit der Fokussierung auf den Forumsgedanken setzt sich das Ludwig Forum sowohl inhaltlich als nun auch gestalterisch von anderen Museumseinrichtungen ab. KW - Erscheinungsbild KW - Ludwig Forum KW - Forum KW - Kommunikation KW - Dialog Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Larscheid, Maja Marlene T1 - The Future of Fitness : Konzeption und Gestaltung einer digitalen Fitness- und Gesundheitsanwendung N2 - Laut einer Langzeitstudie bewegt sich mehr als ein Viertel der Weltbevölkerung – rund 2 Milliarden Menschen – zu wenig. Trotzdem ließ sich zuletzt klares Interesse an Fitness- und Gesundheitsmöglichkeiten am stetigen Anstieg der Fitnessstudio-Mitgliederzahl erkennen. Nachdem die Zahl seit 2006 jedes Jahr anstieg, fiel sie in den Pandemie-Jahren. Seit der Pandemie besteht also Bedarf nach einer flexibleren Lösung zu klassischen Studios. Um diesen Bedarf zu decken, wurde eine digitale Lösung zum Thema entwickelt. Dazu wurden Sport und Ernährung zusammengefasst. Das beinhaltet Videoanleitungen, Ernährungs- und Trainingsplanerstellung, individuelle Körperanalyse im Onboarding-Prozess, Verbindung mit Wearables und ein flexibles Online- sowie Studioangebot. Meine Zielgruppe sind Menschen, die flexibel Sport machen, mit Sport anfangen oder ihre allgemeine Gesundheit verbessern wollen. KW - Fitness KW - Gesundheit KW - Ernährung KW - Sport KW - UXDesign Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Lenz, Lena T1 - Frauen sind der Boss : eine Kampagne für mehr Gleichberechtigung in Führungspositionen N2 - Man könnte vermuten, dass in einem so weit entwickelten Land wie Deutschland Geschlechterdiskriminierung bereits erfolgreich überwunden wurde – doch das entspricht nicht der Realität. Besonders in Führungspositionen fällt dieses Ungleichgewicht auf. Eine Ursache dafür ist das historisch etablierte Rollenverständnis, aber auch vonseiten der Frauen gibt es häufig ein grundlegendes Problem: Sie trauen sich zu wenig zu. Die Kampagne soll junge Frauen dazu motivieren, ihre beruflichen Ambitionen hoch anzusetzen und zielstrebig zu verfolgen. Das Online-Portal "femiverse" ist dabei ihr Wegbereiter. Es ermöglicht einen direkten Austausch mit anderen Nutzer:innen und eröffnet durch Workshops mit Unternehmer:innen neue Perspektiven. Die Bezeichnung „Powerfrau“ ist überholt – Frauen in Führungspositionen sind keine Ausnahmetalente, sie sind die Normalität von morgen. KW - Kampagne KW - Geschlechtergerechtigkeit KW - Gleichberechtigung KW - Frauen KW - Beruf Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Neumann, Julius T1 - Traces of urban change N2 - Eine Stadt ist das Ergebnis eines komplexen Urbanisierungsprozesses. Dieser ist vor allem dadurch bestimmt, dass immer mehr Menschen in Städten leben. Das Wachstum und Altern von Städten machen ständige räumliche und bauliche Veränderungen erforderlich. Die Bachelorarbeit verdeutlicht diese strukturellen Veränderungen der Stadt Aachen anhand von analogen Fotografien im Jahr 2022. Dabei werden Spuren aus unterschiedlichen Zeiten betrachtet und natürliche oder durch den Menschen beeinflusste Veränderungen in Form von Verfall, Nutzung und Erneuerung aufgezeigt. Ziel ist es, den Blick auf Details des urbanen Wandels zu richten, um diesen wahrnehmbar und bewusst zu machen. Die Betrachter:innen sollen zum Nachdenken und genauen Hinschauen angeregt werden. Die Fotografien versuchen den zurückliegenden Veränderungsprozess erkennen zu lassen und damit gewissermaßen dessen Geschichte abzubilden. KW - Fotografie KW - analog KW - Bildband KW - Aachen KW - Stadt Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Pauly, Tim Christian T1 - Fantasy : Die Gefahren des Internets und der Sozialen Medien in Bezug auf Kinder N2 - Anhand der Geschichte des Protagonisten Max, wird auf die Gefahr des Internets und der Sozialen Medien hinsichtlich Kinder aufmerksam gemacht. Kinder sind im Internet einigen Gefahren ausgesetzt und ihre Eltern sind sich dessen oftmals kaum bewusst oder haben Probleme, das Tun der Kinder im Auge zu behalten. Die Geschichte wird durch die Lyrik eines Liedes erzählt. Im dazugehörigen Musikvideo bekommen die Zuschauer:innen einen Einblick in Max Leben und sein Leid. Des Weiteren ist zu sehen, wie Max den Täter verurteilt, seine Fantasie gestohlen zu haben. Unklar bleibt, ob sein Auftreten währenddessen in der Wirklichkeit oder aus seiner verbliebenen Fantasie heraus passiert. Sein schweres Schicksal, ausgedrückt mit aller Härte, soll den Zuschauenden schockierend auf die Problematik aufmerksam machen. Das Projekt soll helfen, diese fehlende Aufmerksamkeit einzudämmen. KW - Fantasie KW - Internet KW - Soziale Medien KW - Missbrauch KW - Bedrohung Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Koenen, Rachel A1 - Pohlen, Britta T1 - Energie zur Teilhabe : Etablierung einer Plattform zum Ausbau der Energiewende für städtische Mieter N2 - Die gelungene Energiewende ist essenziell auf dem Weg zur geplanten Klimaneutralität bis 2045. Möglichkeiten für Immobilienbesitzer:innen, sich am Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien zu beteiligen, sind überwiegend bekannt. Mieter:innen im urbanen Raum werden jedoch nicht adäquat darüber aufgeklärt, wie auch sie teilhaben können. Die Online-Plattform „energiewende-teilhaben.de"" zentriert Wissen und schlägt konkrete personalisierte Maßnahmen zur Partizipation vor. Eine Werbekampagne etabliert die Plattform im städtischen Raum und zeigt bereits motivierten Mieter:innen einfache Möglichkeiten zur Beteiligung auf. Durch eine hohe Sichtbarkeit der wachsenden Community werden noch Unbeteiligte angesteckt und die Wende in der Stadt ausgelöst. Die Kampagne lenkt die Motivationsenergie der Bevölkerung über die Plattform auf Teilhabe und Klimaschutz. KW - Energiewende KW - erneuerbare Energien KW - Strom KW - Stadt KW - Mieter Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Puzich, Simon T1 - komuniiio : Generationenaustausch & Engagement neu gedacht N2 - Aktuelle Ehrenämter und Möglichkeiten des Austauschs sind in alten Strukturen festgefahren und erfahren wenig Aufmerksamkeit. Die Potenziale von älteren Generationen werden zu selten geschätzt und ausgeschöpft. Dazu werden Sie in vielen neuen Dingen und Anwendungen nicht als Nutzer:innengruppe beachtet und somit Schritt für Schritt ausgegrenzt. Der Ansatz dieser Arbeit war es, eine gesellschaftlich fördernde digitale Oberfläche für den Generationenaustausch zwischen jung und alt zu schaffen - unabhängig von Vereinsstrukturen oder Organisationen. Vereinen wir das Bewusstsein der Alten mit der Neugier und Innovationskraft der Jungen, um eine Zukunft zu schaffen, in der es sich lohnt, jung zu sein, als auch alt zu werden. KW - Generationenaustausch KW - Accessability KW - Inklusion KW - Community KW - Sozial Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - THES A1 - Roentgen, Matthis T1 - Ketten, die die Welt umspannen : wie funktioniert Blockchain-Technologie und was kann sie uns bieten? N2 - Bitcoins und NFTs sind längst keine Neuheit mehr und vielen bereits ein Begriff. Doch was genau steckt hinter digitalen Währungen und kryptografischen Tokens? »Ketten, die die Welt umspannen« ist die erste Ausgabe des »101.mag« und setzt sich mit dieser Frage auseinander. Das Magazin versucht über ein unkonventionelles Layout, interessante Artikel und spannende Illustrationen seine Leser:innen in die Welt der vielversprechenden Technologie einzuführen. Die Kommunikationen zwischen Mensch und Computer steht nicht nur thematisch im Mittelpunkt dieser Arbeit. Auch die Gestaltung profitiert von dieser Zusammenarbeit. So wurde der Fließtext mithilfe eines Processing-Tools über das Raster verteilt. Auch die Illustration wurde über ein weiteres Programm in verpixelte Grafiken umgewandelt. Die statischen Bild- und Textelemente werden durch kleine Animationen ergänzt. Diese werden im digitalen Raum eingesetzt und unterstützen so das gesamte Konzept auf multimedialer Ebene. Das Ergebnis ist ein besonderes Magazin, welches eine neue Richtung einschlägt. KW - Editorial KW - generische Gestaltung KW - Layout KW - Magazin KW - Blockchain Y1 - 2022 PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER -