TY - JOUR A1 - Erpicum, Sebastien A1 - Crookston, Brian M. A1 - Bombardelli, Fabian A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Felder, Stefan A1 - Mulligan, Sean A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Palermo, Michele T1 - Hydraulic structures engineering: An evolving science in a changing world JF - Wires Water Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1505 SN - 2049-1948 VL - 8 IS - 2 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Milkova, Kristina A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena T1 - Region-sensitive comprehensive procedure for determination of seismic fragility curves T2 - 1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 1CroCEE N2 - Seismic vulnerability estimation of existing structures is unquestionably interesting topic of high priority, particularly after earthquake events. Having in mind the vast number of old masonry buildings in North Macedonia serving as public institutions, it is evident that the structural assessment of these buildings is an issue of great importance. In this paper, a comprehensive methodology for the development of seismic fragility curves of existing masonry buildings is presented. A scenario – based method that incorporates the knowledge of the tectonic style of the considered region, the active fault characterization, the earth crust model and the historical seismicity (determined via the Neo Deterministic approach) is used for calculation of the necessary response spectra. The capacity of the investigated masonry buildings has been determined by using nonlinear static analysis. MINEA software (SDA Engineering) is used for verification of the structural safety of the structures Performance point, obtained from the intersection of the capacity of the building and the spectra used, is selected as a response parameter. The thresholds of the spectral displacement are obtained by splitting the capacity curve into five parts, utilizing empirical formulas which are represented as a function of yield displacement and ultimate displacement. As a result, four levels of damage limit states are determined. A maximum likelihood estimation procedure for the process of fragility curves determination is noted as a final step in the proposed procedure. As a result, region specific series of vulnerability curves for structures are defined. KW - seismic risk KW - seismic vulnerability KW - fragility curves KW - masonry structures Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.5592/CO/1CroCEE.2021.158 N1 - 1st Croatian Conference on Earthquake Engineering 1CroCEE 2021, 22.–24. März 2021, University of Zagreb Faculty of Civil Engineering, Zagreb, Croatia SP - 121 EP - 128 PB - University of Zagreb CY - Zagreb ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Balaskas, Georgios A1 - Hoffmeister, Benno A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Pilz, Marco A1 - Bauer, Anna ED - Papadrakakis, Manolis ED - Fragiadakis, Michalis T1 - Earthquake early warning and response system based on intelligent seismic and monitoring sensors embedded in a communication platform and coupled with BIM models T2 - Proceedings of COMPDYN 2021 N2 - This paper describes the concept of an innovative, interdisciplinary, user-oriented earthquake warning and rapid response system coupled with a structural health monitoring system (SHM), capable to detect structural damages in real time. The novel system is based on interconnected decentralized seismic and structural health monitoring sensors. It is developed and will be exemplarily applied on critical infrastructures in Lower Rhine Region, in particular on a road bridge and within a chemical industrial facility. A communication network is responsible to exchange information between sensors and forward warnings and status reports about infrastructures’health condition to the concerned recipients (e.g., facility operators, local authorities). Safety measures such as emergency shutdowns are activated to mitigate structural damages and damage propagation. Local monitoring systems of the infrastructures are integrated in BIM models. The visualization of sensor data and the graphic representation of the detected damages provide spatial content to sensors data and serve as a useful and effective tool for the decision-making processes after an earthquake in the region under consideration. KW - early warning and response system KW - interconnected sensor systems KW - seismic structural damage detection via SHM KW - integration SHM in BIM Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-618-85072-5-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7712/120121.8539.18855 SN - 2623-3347 N1 - COMPDYN 2021, 28-30 June 2021, Streamed from Athens, Greece, 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering SP - 987 EP - 998 PB - National Technical University of Athens CY - Athen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Šakić, Bogdan A1 - Milijaš, Aleksa A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven ED - Papadrakakis, Manolis ED - Fragiadakis, Michalis T1 - Influence of prior in-plane damage on the out-of-plane response of non-load bearing unreinforced masonry walls under seismic load T2 - Proceedings of COMPDYN 2021 N2 - Reinforced concrete frames with masonry infill walls are popular form of construction all over the world as well in seismic regions. While severe earthquakes can cause high level of damage of both reinforced concrete and masonry infills, earthquakes of lower to medium intensity some-times can cause significant level of damage of masonry infill walls. Especially important is the level of damage of face loaded infill masonry walls (out-of-plane direction) as out-of-plane load cannot only bring high level of damage to the wall, it can also be life-threating for the people near the wall. The response in out-of-plane direction directly depends on the prior in-plane damage, as previous investigation shown that it decreases resistance capacity of the in-fills. Behaviour of infill masonry walls with and without prior in-plane load is investigated in the experimental campaign and the results are presented in this paper. These results are later compared with analytical approaches for the out-of-plane resistance from the literature. Conclusions based on the experimental campaign on the influence of prior in-plane damage on the out-of-plane response of infill walls are compared with the conclusions from other authors who investigated the same problematic. KW - Earthquake Engineering KW - Unreinforced masonry walls KW - Out-of-plane load KW - In- plane damage KW - Out-of-plane failure Y1 - 2021 SN - 9786188507258 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7712/120121.8527.18913 SN - 2623-3347 N1 - COMPDYN 2021, 28-30 June 2021, Streamed from Athens, Greece, 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering SP - 808 EP - 828 PB - National Technical University of Athens CY - Athen ER - TY - THES A1 - Franken, Florian T1 - Zeitfenster: Eine Dorfgeschichte aus Bildcollagen N2 - Die Zeit befindet sich im ständigen Wandel. Mit ihr verbindet man Zukunft, Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Letzteres prägt das jetzige Dasein. Der Zeitwandel ist ein Prozess, über den wir uns meist erst nach Jahren bewusstwerden. Besonders, wenn man das Dorf, in welchem man aufgewachsen ist, näher betrachtet, fällt einem auf, was sich im Laufe der Jahre architektonisch oder infrastrukturell verändert hat. So stellt sich die Frage, wie das Dorf im letzten Jahrhundert ausgesehen hat. Wie sah es vor, während und nach den beiden Weltkriegen aus? Wie war das Dorfleben in der Zwischenkriegszeit? Was hat sich im letzten Jahrhundert verändert? Diese Arbeit zeigt den Wandel der Zeit, kombiniert aus Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Damalige Aufnahmeorte wurden erneut aufgesucht, die Fotos aus der gleichen Position wurden neu abgelichtet und miteinander kombiniert. KW - Vergangenheit KW - Zeitwandel KW - Dorfleben KW - Collagen KW - 20. Jahrhundert Y1 - 2021 N1 - Für diese Arbeit steht kein Volltext zur Verfügung. PB - FH Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kleefeld, Andreas T1 - The hot spots conjecture can be false: some numerical examples JF - Advances in Computational Mathematics N2 - The hot spots conjecture is only known to be true for special geometries. This paper shows numerically that the hot spots conjecture can fail to be true for easy to construct bounded domains with one hole. The underlying eigenvalue problem for the Laplace equation with Neumann boundary condition is solved with boundary integral equations yielding a non-linear eigenvalue problem. Its discretization via the boundary element collocation method in combination with the algorithm by Beyn yields highly accurate results both for the first non-zero eigenvalue and its corresponding eigenfunction which is due to superconvergence. Additionally, it can be shown numerically that the ratio between the maximal/minimal value inside the domain and its maximal/minimal value on the boundary can be larger than 1 + 10− 3. Finally, numerical examples for easy to construct domains with up to five holes are provided which fail the hot spots conjecture as well. KW - Numerics KW - Boundary integral equations KW - Potential theory KW - Helmholtz equation KW - Interior Neumann eigenvalues Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10444-021-09911-5 SN - 1019-7168 VL - 47 PB - Springer CY - Dordrecht 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 - CHAP A1 - Tran, Ngoc Trinh A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - FEM shakedown analysis of Kirchhoff-Love plates under uncertainty of strength T2 - Proceedings of UNCECOMP 2021 N2 - A new formulation to calculate the shakedown limit load of Kirchhoff plates under stochastic conditions of strength is developed. Direct structural reliability design by chance con-strained programming is based on the prescribed failure probabilities, which is an effective approach of stochastic programming if it can be formulated as an equivalent deterministic optimization problem. We restrict uncertainty to strength, the loading is still deterministic. A new formulation is derived in case of random strength with lognormal distribution. Upper bound and lower bound shakedown load factors are calculated simultaneously by a dual algorithm. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-618-85072-6-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.7712/120221.8041.19047 N1 - UNCECOMP 2021, 4th International Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Sciences and Engineering, streamed from Athens, Greece, 28–30 June 2021. SP - 323 EP - 338 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hackl, Michael A1 - Nacov, Julia A1 - Kammerlohr, Sandra A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Buess, Eduard A1 - Leschinger, Tim A1 - Müller, Lars P. A1 - Wegmann, Kilian T1 - Intratendinous Strain Variations of the Supraspinatus Tendon Depending on Repair Technique: A Biomechanical Analysis Regarding the Cause of Medial Cuff Failure JF - The American Journal of Sports Medicine Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465211006138 SN - 1552-3365 SN - 0363-5465 VL - 49 IS - 7 SP - 1847 EP - 1853 PB - Sage CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schoutetens, Frederic A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Heiligers, Jeannette T1 - Optimisation of photon-sail trajectories in the alpha-centauri system using evolutionary neurocontrol T2 - 8th ICATT 2021 N2 - With the increased interest for interstellar exploration after the discovery of exoplanets and the proposal by Breakthrough Starshot, this paper investigates the optimisation of photon-sail trajectories in Alpha Centauri. The prime objective is to find the optimal steering strategy for a photonic sail to get captured around one of the stars after a minimum-time transfer from Earth. By extending the idea of the Breakthrough Starshot project with a deceleration phase upon arrival, the mission’s scientific yield will be increased. As a secondary objective, transfer trajectories between the stars and orbit-raising manoeuvres to explore the habitable zones of the stars are investigated. All trajectories are optimised for minimum time of flight using the trajectory optimisation software InTrance. Depending on the sail technology, interstellar travel times of 77.6-18,790 years can be achieved, which presents an average improvement of 30% with respect to previous work. Still, significant technological development is required to reach and be captured in the Alpha-Centauri system in less than a century. Therefore, a fly-through mission arguably remains the only option for a first exploratory mission to Alpha Centauri, but the enticing results obtained in this work provide perspective for future long-residence missions to our closest neighbouring star system. Y1 - 2021 N1 - 8th ICATT (International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques), 23 - 25 June 2021, Virtual SP - 1 EP - 15 ER -