TY - JOUR A1 - Hillgärtner, Michael T1 - Normative Regulations JF - ECPE Cluster Seminar EMC in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles : 18 May 2010, Fraunhofer Institute Erlangen Y1 - 2010 N1 - Seminar EMC in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles <2010, Erlangen> PB - European Center for Power Electronics CY - Nürnberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haselgruber, Nikolaus A1 - Mautner, Karin A1 - Thiele, Jan T1 - Usage Space Analysis for Reliability Testing JF - Quality and Reliability Engineering International N2 - During the development process of a complex technical product, one widely used and important technique is accelerated testing where the applied stress on a component is chosen to exceed the reference stress, i.e. the stress encountered in field operation, in order to reduce the time to failure. For that, the reference stress has to be known. Since a complex technical product may fail regarding numerous failure modes, stress in general is highly dimensional rather than scalar. In addition, customers use their products individually, i.e. field operation should be described by a distribution rather than by one scalar stress value. In this paper, a way to span the customer usage space is shown. It allows the identification of worst case reference stress profiles in significantly reduced dimensions with minimal loss of information. The application example shows that even for a complex product like a combustion engine, stress information can be compressed significantly. With low measurement effort it turned out that only three reference stress cycles were sufficient to cover a broad range of customer stress variety. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.1155 SN - 1099-1638 N1 - Special Issue: Business and Industrial Statistics: Developments and Industrial Practices in Quality and Reliability VL - 26 IS - 8 SP - 877 EP - 885 PB - Wiley CY - New York ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lettini, Antonio A1 - Havermann, Marc A1 - Guidetti, Marco A1 - Fornaciari, Andrea T1 - Improved functionalities and energy saving potential on mobile machines combining electronics with flow sharing valve and variable displacement pump JF - IFK 7, 7th International Fluid Power Conference, Efficiency through Fluid Power, 7. Internationales Fluidtechnisches Kolloquium, Workshop Proceedings, Vol. 3, Aachen, DE, 22.-24. Mar, 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-940565-92-1 N1 - IFK, 7, Internationales Fluidtechnisches Kolloquium, 7., Aachen, DE, 2010-03-22 - 2010-03-24 SP - 103 EP - 114 PB - - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Havermann, Marc A1 - Seiler, F. A1 - Henning, P. ED - Dillmann, Andreas ED - Heller, Gerd ED - Klaas, Michael ED - Kreplin, Hans-Peter ED - Nitsche, Wolfgang ED - Schröder, Wolfgang T1 - Shock Tunnel Experiments and CFD Simulation of Lateral Jet Interaction in Hypersonic Flows T2 - New Results in Numerical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics VII; Contributions to the 16th STAB/DGLR Symposium Aachen, Germany 2008 Y1 - 2010 SN - 9783642142437 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14243-7_45 N1 - Notes on numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design 112 SP - 365 EP - 372 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christen, Marc A1 - Bartelt, Perry A1 - Kowalski, Julia T1 - Back calculation of the In den Arelen avalanche with RAMMS: Interpretation of model results JF - Annals of Glaciology N2 - Two- and three-dimensional avalanche dynamics models are being increasingly used in hazard-mitigation studies. These models can provide improved and more accurate results for hazard mapping than the simple one-dimensional models presently used in practice. However, two- and three-dimensional models generate an extensive amount of output data, making the interpretation of simulation results more difficult. To perform a simulation in three-dimensional terrain, numerical models require a digital elevation model, specification of avalanche release areas (spatial extent and volume), selection of solution methods, finding an adequate calculation resolution and, finally, the choice of friction parameters. In this paper, the importance and difficulty of correctly setting up and analysing the results of a numerical avalanche dynamics simulation is discussed. We apply the two-dimensional simulation program RAMMS to the 1968 extreme avalanche event In den Arelen. We show the effect of model input variations on simulation results and the dangers and complexities in their interpretation. KW - avalanche Y1 - 2010 SN - 1727-5644 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3189/172756410791386553 VL - 51 IS - 54 SP - 161 EP - 168 PB - Cambridge University Press CY - Cambridge ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Christen, Marc A1 - Kowalski, Julia A1 - Bartelt, Perry T1 - RAMMS: Numerical simulation of dense snow avalanches in three-dimensional terrain JF - Cold Regions Science and Technology N2 - Numerical avalanche dynamics models have become an essential part of snow engineering. Coupled with field observations and historical records, they are especially helpful in understanding avalanche flow in complex terrain. However, their application poses several new challenges to avalanche engineers. A detailed understanding of the avalanche phenomena is required to construct hazard scenarios which involve the careful specification of initial conditions (release zone location and dimensions) and definition of appropriate friction parameters. The interpretation of simulation results requires an understanding of the numerical solution schemes and easy to use visualization tools. We discuss these problems by presenting the computer model RAMMS, which was specially designed by the SLF as a practical tool for avalanche engineers. RAMMS solves the depth-averaged equations governing avalanche flow with accurate second-order numerical solution schemes. The model allows the specification of multiple release zones in three-dimensional terrain. Snow cover entrainment is considered. Furthermore, two different flow rheologies can be applied: the standard Voellmy–Salm (VS) approach or a random kinetic energy (RKE) model, which accounts for the random motion and inelastic interaction between snow granules. We present the governing differential equations, highlight some of the input and output features of RAMMS and then apply the models with entrainment to simulate two well-documented avalanche events recorded at the Vallée de la Sionne test site. KW - RAMMS KW - snow KW - avalanche Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2010.04.005 SN - 1872-7441 VL - 63 IS - 1-2 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pieper, Martin A1 - Klein, Peter T1 - Numerical solution of the heat equation with non-linear, time derivative-dependent source term JF - International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering N2 - The mathematical modeling of heat conduction with adsorption effects in coated metal structures yields the heat equation with piecewise smooth coefficients and a new kind of source term. This term is special, because it is non-linear and furthermore depends on a time derivative. In our approach we reformulated this as a new problem for the usual heat equation, without source term but with a new non-linear coefficient. We gave an existence and uniqueness proof for the weak solution of the reformulated problem. To obtain a numerical solution, we developed a semi-implicit and a fully implicit finite volume method. We compared these two methods theoretically as well as numerically. Finally, as practical application, we simulated the heat conduction in coated aluminum fibers with adsorption in the zeolite coating. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.2937 SN - 0029-5981 VL - 84 IS - 10 SP - 1205 EP - 1221 PB - Wiley CY - Chichester ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kapoor, Hrshi A1 - Boller, Christian A1 - Giljohann, Sebastian A1 - Braun, Carsten T1 - Strategies for structural health monitoring implementation potential assessment in aircraft operational life extension considerations T2 - 2nd International Symposium on NDT in Aerospace : November 22-24, 2010 Hamburg, Germany Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-940283-28-3 PB - Dt. Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kapoor, Hrshi A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Boller, Christian ED - Casciati, Fabio T1 - Modelling and optimisation of maintenance intervals to realize structural health monitoring applications on aircraft T2 - Structural health monitoring 2010 : proceedings of the Fifth European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring held at Sorrento, Naples, Italy, June 28 - July 4, 2010 ; [EWSHM] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-60595-024-2 SP - 55 EP - 63 PB - DEStech Publ. CY - Lancaster, Pa. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reimer, Lars A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Wellmer, Georg A1 - Behr, Marek A1 - Ballmann, Josef T1 - Development of a modular method for computational aero-structural analysis of aircraft T2 - Summary of flow modulation and fluid-structure interaction findings. Results of the Collaborative Research Center SFB 401 at the RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, 1997-2008 / ed.: Wolfgang Schröder. Notes on numerical fluid mechanics and multidisciplinary design. Vol. 109 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-642-04087-0 SP - 205 EP - 238 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gall, J. A1 - Abel, Dirk A1 - Ahlbrink, N. A1 - Pitz-Paal, R. A1 - Andersson, J. A1 - Diehl, M. A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Schmitz, M. A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Simulation and control of solar thermal power plants T2 - International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality : ICREPQ '10 : Granada 23rd - 25th March 2010 Y1 - 2010 SP - 1 EP - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Berretz, F. A1 - Skorupa, S. A1 - Sander, Volker A1 - Belloum, A. T1 - Towards an actor-driven workflow management system for grids JF - International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS), 2010 : 17 - 21 May 2010, Chicago, Illinois, USA / IEEE Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-6619-1 SP - 611 EP - 616 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Schelthoff, Christof A1 - Mathieu, Moritz T1 - Probability of lightning strikes to air-terminations of structures using the electro-geometrical model theory and the statistics of lightning current parameters Y1 - 2010 N1 - 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, Cagliari (Italien), 2010 SP - 750-1 EP - 750-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bouquegneau, Christian A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Rousseau, Alain T1 - Lightning safety guidelines Y1 - 2010 N1 - Ground´2010 International Conference on Grounding and Earthing ; 4th International Conference ond Lightning Physics and Effects, Nov. 2010 Salvador - Brazil SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Frentzel, Ralf A1 - Behrens, Jörg T1 - Simulation of the transient voltages in the auxiliary power network of a large power plant in case of a direct lightning strike to the high-voltage overhead transmission line Y1 - 2010 N1 - 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, Cagliari (Italien), 2010 SP - 749-1 EP - 749-7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Klöters, Georg A1 - Pferdemenges, Jörg T1 - Optimised protection against lightning for the signalling and safety systems of level crossings on non-electrified railway lines JF - RTR : European Rail Technology Review Y1 - 2010 SN - 0079-9548 VL - 50 IS - 2 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abouzar, Maryam H. A1 - Pedraza, A. M. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Poghossian, Arshak T1 - Label-free DNA hybridization and denaturation detection by means of field-effect nanoplate SOI capacitors functionalized with gold nanoparticles JF - Procedia Engineering. 5 (2010) Y1 - 2010 SN - 1877-7058 N1 - Proc. Eurosensors XXIV, September 5–8, 2010, Linz, Austria SP - 918 EP - 921 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Boonzaaijer, Karel A1 - Helmig, Ilka A1 - Bergerhausen, Johannes A1 - Beudaert, Matthieu T1 - Vision - space for imagination T2 - Vision - ruimte voor verbeelding Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-90-5856-357-6 N1 - Texte Engl. und Niederländ. PB - Stichting Kunstboek CY - Oostkamp ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Werner, Frederik A1 - Miyamoto, Ko-ichiro A1 - Ackermann, Hans-Josef A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - FPGA-based LAPS device for the flexible design of sensing sites on functional interfaces JF - Physica Status Solidi (A). 207 (2010), H. 4 Y1 - 2010 SN - 1862-6300 N1 - Special Issue: Engineering of Functional Interfaces EnFI 2009 SP - 844 EP - 849 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim A1 - Chicone, Carmen A1 - Hehl, Friedrich W. A1 - Mashhoon, Bahram T1 - Nonlocal modification of Newtonian gravity JF - Physical Review D Y1 - 2010 SN - 0556-2821 N1 - 11 pages VL - 81 IS - 6 SP - 065020 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fredebeul-Krein, Markus A1 - Knoben, Werner T1 - Long term risk sharing contracts as an approach to establish public–private partnerships for investment into next generation access networks JF - Telecommunications Policy Y1 - 2010 SN - 0308-5961 VL - 34 IS - 9 SP - 528 EP - 539 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leimena, W. A1 - Artmann, Gerhard A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Temiz Artmann, Aysegül A1 - Gossmann, Matthias A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Feasibility of an in-situ microbial decontamination of an ice-melting probe JF - Eurasian Chemico-Technological Journal. 12 (2010), H. 2 Y1 - 2010 SN - 1562-3920 SP - 145 EP - 150 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Schmitz, Stefan A1 - Sauerborn, Markus T1 - Solar Concentrating Systems Using Small Mirror Arrays JF - Journal of solar energy engineering Y1 - 2010 SN - 0199-6231 VL - Vol. 132 IS - Iss. 1 SP - 4 S. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Nam, J. A1 - Waluga, C. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Pasquali, M. A1 - Mottaghy, K. T1 - Modeling and Numerical Analysis of Platelet Activation, Adhesion and Aggregation in Artificial Organs Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mat.0000369377.65122.a3 N1 - Posterpresentation American Society of Artificial Organs (ASAIO), Baltimore, USA, May 27-29, 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jansen, S. V. A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Laumen, M. A1 - Kaufmann, T. A1 - Hormes, M. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Schmitz-Rode, T. A1 - Steinseifer, U. T1 - Investigation of Steady Flow Through a Realistic Model of the Thoracic Human Aorta Using 3D Stereo PIV and CFD-Simulation Y1 - 2010 N1 - Posterpresentation ; American Society of Artificial Organs (ASAIO), Baltimore, USA, May 27-29, 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nam, J. A1 - Arora, D. A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Probst, M. A1 - Benkowski, R. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Pasquali, M. T1 - New computational method in hemolysis analysis for artificial heart pump Y1 - 2010 N1 - Posterpresentation ; American Society of Artificial Organs (ASAIO), Baltimore, USA, May 27-29, 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Probst, M. A1 - Mai, A. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Tran, L. A1 - Vonderstein, K. A1 - Mottaghy, K. T1 - Numerical Prediction of Blood Damage in Biomedical Devices Y1 - 2010 N1 - Posterpresentation ; Biomedica Congress, Aachen, March 17-18, 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Probst, M. A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Borrmann, E. A1 - Elgeti, S. A1 - Nicolai, M. A1 - Behr, M. T1 - Hemodynamic Modeling for Numerical Analysis and Design of Medical Devices Y1 - 2010 N1 - Posterpresentation ; NIC Symposium 2010 ; 24 - 25 February 2010 Jülich, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Mai, A. A1 - Bergmann, B. A1 - Waluga, C. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Tran, L. A1 - Vonderstein, K. A1 - Mottaghy, K. T1 - Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Blood Damage Y1 - 2010 N1 - Posterpresentation ; Umbrella Symposium "Modelling and Simulation in Medicine, Engineering and Sciences", Forschungszentrum Jülich, January 18-20, 2010 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Mai, A. A1 - Waluga, C. A1 - Bergmann, B. A1 - Tran, L. A1 - Vonderstein, K. A1 - Behr, M. A1 - Mottaghy, K. T1 - Numerical Modeling of Flow-Related Thrombus Formation under Physiological and Non-Physiological Flow Conditions JF - Acta Physiologica Y1 - 2010 SN - 1748-1716 N1 - Joint Congress of the Scandinavian and German Physiological Societies, Copenhagen, Denmark, March 27-30, 2010 VL - 198 IS - Supplement 677 SP - 185 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schiffer, Stefan A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011) JF - Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011) Y1 - 2010 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Beck, Daniel A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Design Principles of the Component-Based Robot Software Framework Fawkes JF - Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots Y1 - 2010 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6472 ; Second International Conference, SIMPAR 2010, Darmstadt, Germany, November 15-18, 2010. Proceedings SP - 300 EP - 311 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - A Lua-based Behavior Engine for Controlling the Humanoid Robot Nao JF - RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII Y1 - 2010 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 5949 SP - 240 EP - 251 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Siebel, Nils T. A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Hybrid control for autonomous systems — Integrating learning, deliberation and reactive control JF - Robotics and Autonomous Systems Y1 - 2010 SN - 0921-8890 VL - 58 IS - 9 SP - 1037 EP - 1038 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - On the Way to High-Level Programming for Resource-Limited Embedded Systems with Golog JF - Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots Y1 - 2010 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6472 ; Second International Conference, SIMPAR 2010, Darmstadt, Germany, November 15-18, 2010. Proceedings SP - 229 EP - 240 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - Robot controllers for highly dynamic environments with real-time constraints JF - Künstliche Intelligenz : KI. 24 (2010), H. 2 Y1 - 2010 SN - 1610-1987 SP - 175 EP - 178 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rens, Gavin A1 - Varzinczak, Ivan A1 - Meyer, Thomas A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - A Logic for Reasoning about Actions and Explicit Observations JF - AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence 23rd Australasian Joint Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 7-10, 2010. Proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-642-17431-5 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ; 6464 SP - 395 EP - 404 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Nagel, Edgar A1 - Vilser, Walthard A1 - Seidova, Seid-Fatima A1 - Lanzl, Ines T1 - Microstructural alterations of retinal arterial blood column along the vessel axis in systemic hypertension JF - Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, IOVS N2 - Purpose: Image analysis by the retinal vessel analyzer (RVA) observes retinal vessels in their dynamic state online noninvasively along a chosen vessel segment. It has been found that high-frequency diameter changes in the retinal artery blood column along the vessel increase significantly in anamnestically healthy volunteers with increasing age and in patients with glaucoma during vascular dilation. This study was undertaken to investigate whether longitudinal sections of the retinal artery blood column are altered in systemic hypertension. Methods: Retinal arteries of 15 untreated patients with essential arterial hypertension (age, 50.9 ± 11.9 years) and of 15 age-matched anamnestically healthy volunteers were examined by RVA. After baseline assessment, a monochromatic luminance flicker (530–600 nm; 12.5 Hz; 20 s) was applied to evoke retinal vasodilation. Differences in amplitude and frequency of spatial artery blood column diameter change along segments (longitudinal arterial profiles) of 1 mm in length were measured and analyzed using Fourier transformation. Results: In the control group, average reduced power spectra (ARPS) of longitudinal arterial profiles did not differ when arteries changed from constriction to dilation. In the systemic hypertension group, ARPS during constriction, baseline, and restoration were identical and differed from ARPS during dilation (P < 0.05). Longitudinal arterial profiles in both groups showed significant dissimilitude at baseline and restoration (P < 0.05). Conclusions: The retinal artery blood column demonstrates microstructural alterations in systemic hypertension and is less irregular along the vessel axis during vessel dilation. These microstructural changes may be an indication of alterations in vessel wall rigidity, vascular endothelial function, and smooth muscle cells in this disease, leading to impaired perfusion and regulation. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.09-3649 SN - 0146-0404 VL - 51 IS - 4 SP - 2165 EP - 2172 PB - ARVO CY - Rockville, Md. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pressler, Axel A1 - Esefeld, Katrin A1 - Scherr, Johannes A1 - Ali, Mohammad A1 - Hanssen, Henner A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Lanzl, Ines A1 - Halle, Martin A1 - Kaemmerer, Harald A1 - Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno A1 - Hager, Alfred T1 - Structural alterations of retinal arterioles in adults late after repair of aortic isthmic coarctation JF - The American Journal of Cardiology N2 - Patients after coarctation repair still have an increased risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events. This has been explained by the persisting hypertension and alterations in the peripheral vessels. However, involvement of the central vessels such as the retinal arteries is virtually unknown. A total of 34 patients after coarctation repair (22 men and 12 women; 23 to 58 years old, age range 0 to 32 years at surgical repair) and 34 nonhypertensive controls underwent structural and functional retinal vessel analysis. Using structural analysis, the vessel diameters were measured. Using functional analysis, the endothelium-dependent vessel dilation in response to flicker light stimulation was assessed. In the patients after coarctation repair, the retinal arteriolar diameter was significantly reduced compared to that of the controls (median 182 μm, first to third quartile 171 to 197; vs 197 μm, first to third quartile 193 to 206; p <0.001). These findings were independent of the peripheral blood pressure and age at intervention. No differences were found for venules. The functional analysis findings were not different between the patients and controls (maximum dilation 3.5%, first to third quartile 2.1% to 4.5% vs 3.6%, first to third quartile 2.2% to 4.3%; p = 0.81), indicating preserved autoregulative mechanisms. In conclusion, the retinal artery diameter is reduced in patients after coarctation repair, independent of their current blood pressure level and age at intervention. As a structural marker of chronic vessel damage associated with past, current, or future hypertension, retinal arteriolar narrowing has been linked to stroke incidence. These results indicate an involvement of cerebral microcirculation in aortic coarctation, despite timely repair, and might contribute to explain the increased rate of cerebrovascular events in such patients. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.10.070 SN - 0002-9149 VL - 105 IS - 5 SP - 740 EP - 744 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Garhofer, Gerhard A1 - Bek, Toke A1 - Boehm, Andreas G. A1 - Gherghel, Doina A1 - Grundwald, Juan A1 - Jeppesen, Peter A1 - Kergoat, Hélène A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Lanzl, Ines A1 - Lovasik, John V. A1 - Nagel, Edgar A1 - Vilser, Walthard A1 - Orgul, Selim A1 - Schmetterer, Leopold T1 - Use of the retinal vessel analyzer in ocular blood flow research JF - Acta Ophthalmol N2 - The present article describes a standard instrument for the continuous online determination of retinal vessel diameters, the commercially available retinal vessel analyzer. This report is intended to provide informed guidelines for measuring ocular blood flow with this system. The report describes the principles underlying the method and the instruments currently available, and discusses clinical protocol and the specific parameters measured by the system. Unresolved questions and the possible limitations of the technique are also discussed. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01587.x SN - 1755-3768 VL - 88 IS - 7 SP - 717 EP - 722 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scholz, A. A1 - Ley, Wilfried A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Miau, J. J. A1 - Juang, J. C. T1 - Flight results of the COMPASS-1 picosatellite mission JF - Acta Astronautica. 67 (2010), H. 9-10 Y1 - 2010 SN - 0094-5765 SP - 1289 EP - 1298 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hirschfeld, J. A. A1 - Lustfeld, H. A1 - Reißel, Martin A1 - Steffen, B. T1 - A novel scheme for precise diagnostics and effective stabilization of currents in a fuel cell stack JF - International Journal of Energy Research. 34 (2010), H. 3 Y1 - 2010 SN - 0363-907X SP - 293 EP - 301 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hirschfeld, J. A. A1 - Lustfeld, H. A1 - Reißel, Martin A1 - Steffen, B. T1 - Tomographic diagnostics of current distributions in a fuel cell stack JF - International Journal of Energy Research Y1 - 2010 SN - 0363-907X VL - 34 IS - 3 SP - 284 EP - 292 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Penne, Jochen A1 - Profittlich, Martin A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd ED - D, Nicola D'Apuzzo T1 - Touchless detailed 3D scan of human hand anatomy using time-of-flight cameras T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies : Lugano, Switzerland, 19-20 October 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-033-02714-5 SP - 361 EP - 369 PB - Hometrica Consulting CY - Zürich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg A1 - Ahmed, Essam T1 - Uni- and bi-axial deformation behavior of laser welded advanced high strength steel sheets JF - Journal of materials processing technology N2 - Bead-on-plate butt joints of 2.5 mm hot rolled DP600/DP600 and 1.2 mm cold rolled TRIP700/TRIP700 steel sheets were performed using 6 kW CO2 laser beam welding. The welding speed ranged from 1.5 to 3.0 and from 2.1 to 3.9 m/min in DP/DP and TRIP/TRIP steel weldments respectively. A top surface helium gas was used as a shielding gas at a flow rate of 20 l/min. Metallographic examinations and transverse tensile testing (DIN EN 895: 1995) were carried out to characterize the weldments. The formability of base metals and weldments were investigated by standard Erichsen test (DIN EN ISO 20482). It was found that the uniaxial plastic behavior of both DP600 and TRIP700 base metals was in agreement with Swift and modified Mecking–Kocks models respectively. In a perpendicular tensile test to the weld line, all specimens were fractured at the base metal however the strengths were somewhat higher than those of base metal. There was a significant reduction in formability caused by welding of both DP/DP and TRIP/TRIP steel weldments and the formability has been improved with the increase of the welding speed. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/http10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.08.003 SN - 0924-0136 VL - 210 IS - 15 SP - 2188 EP - 2196 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schoene, Jens A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Jerabek, Jakub A1 - Keil, Allessandra ED - Brameshuber, Wolfgang T1 - Theoretical and experimental investigations on textile-reinforced concrete spalling behavior T2 - Textile reinforced concrete : 2nd ICTRC : International RILEM Conference on Material Science : Aachen Germany, September 6 - 8, 2010. Vol. 1. (RILEM Proceedings PRO ; 75) Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-2-35158-106-3 SP - 153 EP - 162 PB - RILEM Publ. CY - Bagneux ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mukherjee, Krishnendu A1 - Prahl, Ulrich A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Abdurakhmanov, Aydemir T1 - Characterization and modelling techniques for gas metal arc welding of DP 600 sheet steels JF - Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik N2 - The objectives of the present work are to characterize the Gas Metal Arc Welding process of DP 600 sheet steel and to summarize the modelling techniques. The time-temperature evolution during the welding cycle was measured experimentally and modelled with the softwaretool SimWeld. To model the phase transformations during the welding cycle dilatometer tests were done to quantify the parameters for phase field modelling by MICRESS®. The important input parameters are interface mobility, nucleation density, etc. A contribution was made to include austenite to bainite transformation in MICRESS®. This is useful to predict the microstructure in the fast cooling segments. The phase transformation model is capable to predict the microstructure along the heating and cooling cycles of welding. Tensile tests have shown the evidence of failure at the heat affected zone, which has the ferrite-tempered martensite microstructure. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mawe.201000692 SN - 1521-4052 VL - 41 IS - 11 SP - 972 EP - 983 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schoene, Jens A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Jerabek, Jakub A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav ED - Fisher, Gregor T1 - Theoretical and experimental investigations on textile-reinforced concrete spalling behavior T2 - 8th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering : Lyngby, June 20-23, 2010 : proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 9788778773012 SP - 383 EP - 388 PB - Technical University of Denmark, Dept. of Civil Engineering CY - Lyngby ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ahmed, Essam A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg T1 - On formability of tailor laser welded blanks of DP/TRIP steel sheets JF - Science and technology of welding and joining N2 - This paper aims to evaluate the formability of tailor welded blanks of dual phase (DP600)/transformation induced plasticity (TRIP700) steel sheets. In this work, bead on plate butt joints of 2·5 mm DP600 and 1·2 mm TRIP700 steel sheets were performed using CO2 laser beam welding. Microhardness measurements and transverse tensile testing were carried out to characterise the welds. The formability of base metals and welds were investigated by standard Erichsen test. In a perpendicular tensile test to the weld line, all specimens were fractured at the TRIP base metal, and the strengths were somewhat higher than those of base metal. There was a significant reduction in formability caused by welding of the DP600/TRIP700 steel sheets, and the formability increased with increasing welding speed. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1179/136217110X12731414739754 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 15 IS - 5 SP - 337 EP - 342 PB - Maney CY - Leeds ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg A1 - Ahmed, Essam T1 - Shielding gas influences on laser weldability of tailored blanks of advanced automotive steels JF - Applied surface science N2 - The effects of shielding gas types and flow rates on CO2 laser weldability of DP600/TRIP700 steel sheets were studied in this work. The evaluated shielding gases were helium (He), argon (Ar) and different mixtures of He and Ar. Weld penetration, tensile strength and formability (Erichsen test) of laser welds were found to be strongly dependent upon the shielding gas types. The ability of shielding gas in removing plasma plume and thus increasing weld penetration is believed to be closely related to ionization potential and atomic weight which determine the period of plasma formation and disappearance. It was found that the higher helium shielding gas flow rate, the deeper weld penetration and the lower weld width. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.08.042 SN - 0169-4332 (E-Journal); 0169-4332 (Print) VL - 257 IS - 5 SP - 1401 EP - 1406 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Anthrakidis, Anette A1 - Rusack, Markus A1 - Schwarzer, Klemens T1 - Low effort measurement method of PTC-efficiency T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 48 EP - 49 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ziolko, C. A1 - Schmitz, M. A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Khedim, Ahmed A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - AlSol - the open volumetric receiver technology moves to Africa T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 93 EP - 94 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fricke, Barbara A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Ecobalance of a solar thermal tower power plant with volumetric receiver T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 87 EP - 88 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Baumann, T. A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - O'Connell, B. A1 - Schmitz, S. A1 - Zunft, S. T1 - Air/Sand heat exchanger design and materials for solar thermal power plant applications T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 146 EP - 147 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Rau, Christoph A1 - Schmitz, M. A1 - Schwarzbözl, P. A1 - Pomp, Stefan T1 - Simulation results for a hybridized operation of a gas turbine or a burner for a small solar tower power plant T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 82 EP - 83 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Buck, R. A1 - Wurmhöringer, K. A1 - Lehle, R. A1 - Pfahl, A. A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Meyr, T. T1 - Development of a 30m2 heliostat with hydraulic drive T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 74 EP - 75 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schwarzbözl, Peter A1 - Pomp, Stefan A1 - Koll, Gerrit A1 - Hennecke, Klaus A1 - Hartz, Thomas A1 - Schmitz, Mark A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - The solar tower Jülich - first operational experiences and test results T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 8 EP - 9 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pomp, Stefan A1 - Schwarzbözl, Peter A1 - Koll, Gerrit A1 - Hennecke, Klaus A1 - Schmitz, Mark A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Advanced concept for a solar thermal power plant with open volumetric air receiver T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 97 EP - 98 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Degering, Christian A1 - Eggert, Thorsten A1 - Puls, Michael A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Evers, Stefan A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Jaeger, Karl-Erich T1 - Optimization of protease secretion in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis by screening of homologous and herologous signal peptides JF - Applied and environmental microbiology N2 - Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis are widely used for the large-scale industrial production of proteins. These strains can efficiently secrete proteins into the culture medium using the general secretion (Sec) pathway. A characteristic feature of all secreted proteins is their N-terminal signal peptides, which are recognized by the secretion machinery. Here, we have studied the production of an industrially important secreted protease, namely, subtilisin BPN′ from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. One hundred seventy-three signal peptides originating from B. subtilis and 220 signal peptides from the B. licheniformis type strain were fused to this secretion target and expressed in B. subtilis, and the resulting library was analyzed by high-throughput screening for extracellular proteolytic activity. We have identified a number of signal peptides originating from both organisms which produced significantly increased yield of the secreted protease. Interestingly, we observed that levels of extracellular protease were improved not only in B. subtilis, which was used as the screening host, but also in two different B. licheniformis strains. To date, it is impossible to predict which signal peptide will result in better secretion and thus an improved yield of a given extracellular target protein. Our data show that screening a library consisting of homologous and heterologous signal peptides fused to a target protein can identify more-effective signal peptides, resulting in improved protein export not only in the original screening host but also in different production strains. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01146-10 SN - 1098-5336 (E-Journal); 0003-6919 (Print); 0099-2240 (Print) VL - 76 IS - 19 SP - 6370 EP - 6378 PB - American Society for Microbiology CY - Washington, DC ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heinz, G. A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard ED - Janssen, Robert T1 - Investigations on a cooling water system for a gas tubine facility concerning air vortexes and sediment transport T2 - Hydraulic structures: useful water harvesting systems or relics? : Third International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS'10) : Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 2-3 May 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781742720159 SP - 109 EP - 116 PB - School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland CY - Brisbane ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Feldhusen, Jörg A1 - Brezing, Alexander Nikolaus A1 - Pütz, Claus A1 - Wählisch, Georg T1 - Multi-system CAD-teaching in large classes T2 - When design education and design research meet : proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway, 2nd - 3rd September 2010 ; [E&PDE] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-904670-19-3 SP - 204 EP - 209 PB - Design Society CY - Glasgow ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Goldbach, Daniel A1 - Ament, Christoph ED - Scharff, Peter T1 - Stabilized reversing with vehicle trailer combinations T2 - Crossing borders within the ABC : automation, biomedical engineering and computer science; proceedings; 55. IWK Internationales Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium; 13 - 17 September 2010, Ilmenau Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-938843-53-6 SP - 352 EP - 357 PB - Verl. ISLE CY - Ilmenau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Oertel, M. A1 - Schlenkhoff, A. A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten ED - Obrusnik, Ivan T1 - Flash flood awareness and prevention in Germany T2 - Early warning for flash floods : international workshop, Praha 2011 : workshop proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-80-86690-91-9 SP - 34 EP - 40 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kerpen, N. B. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten ED - Janssen, Robert T1 - Physical model investigations of ships passing through a lock T2 - Hydraulic structures: useful water harvesting systems or relics? : Third International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS'10) : Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 2-3 May 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781742720159 SP - 93 EP - 100 PB - School of Civil Engineeering, The University of Queensland CY - Brisbane ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Schlenkhoff, Andreas T1 - Self-aerated skimming flow on embankment stepped spillways : the effect of additional micro-roughness on energy dissipation and oxygen transfer T2 - Proceedings from first IAHR European congress : May 2010, Edinburgh Y1 - 2010 SN - 9780956595102 SP - Artikelkennnummer HSIIId PB - Heriot-Watt University, School of the Built Environment CY - Edinburgh ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kerpen, N. B. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten T1 - Physical model investigations of pressure distributions next to ships passing through a lock T2 - 5th Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering : CG JOINT 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-7-5618-3671-2 SP - 514 EP - 519 PB - Univ. Press CY - Tianjin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard T1 - A comparative study of self-aerated stepped spillway and smooth invert chute flow: the effect of step-induced macro roughness T2 - 5th Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering : CG JOINT 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-7-5618-3671-2 SP - 451 EP - 456 PB - Univ. Press CY - Tianjin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribitsch, D. A1 - Karl, W. A1 - Birner-Gruenberger, R. A1 - Gruber, K. A1 - Eiteljoerg, I. A1 - Remler, P. A1 - Wieland, S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schwab, H. T1 - C-terminal truncation of a metagenome-derived detergent protease for effective expression in E. coli JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - Recently, a new alkaline protease named HP70 showing highest homology to extracellular serine proteases of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Xanthomonas campestris was found in the course of a metagenome screening for detergent proteases (Niehaus et al., submitted for publication). Attempts to efficiently express the enzyme in common expression hosts had failed. This study reports on the realization of overexpression in Escherichia coli after structural modification of HP70. Modelling of HP70 resulted in a two-domain structure, comprising the catalytic domain and a C-terminal domain which includes about 100 amino acids. On the basis of the modelled structure the enzyme was truncated by deletion of most of the C-terminal domain yielding HP70-C477. This structural modification allowed effective expression of active enzyme using E. coli BL21-Gold as the host. Specific activity of HP70-C477 determined with suc-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-Pro-l-Phe-p-nitroanilide as the substrate was 30 ± 5 U/mg compared to 8 ± 1 U/mg of the native enzyme. HP70-C477 was most active at 40 °C and pH 7–11; these conditions are prerequisite for a potential application as detergent enzyme. Determination of kinetic parameters at 40 °C and pH = 9.5 resulted in KM = 0.23 ± 0.01 mM and kcat = 167.5 ± 3.6 s⁻¹. MS-analysis of peptide fragments obtained from incubation of HP70 and HP70-C477 with insulin B indicated that the C-terminal domain influences the cleavage preferences of the enzyme. Washing experiments confirmed the high potential of HP70-C477 as detergent protease. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.947 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 150 IS - 3 SP - 408 EP - 416 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Buda, Aurel A1 - Schürmann, Volker A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Wireless technologies in factory automation T2 - Factory automation / ed. by Javier Silvestre-Blanes Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-953-7619-42-8 SP - 29 EP - 50 PB - Intech CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schürmann, Volker A1 - Buda, Aurel A1 - Jonker, Stefan A1 - Palmhof, Norman A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Wireless in future automotive applications T2 - Mobile and wireless communications network layer and circuit level design / ed. by Salma Ait Fares ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-953-307-042-1 SP - 71 EP - 92 PB - Intech CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schürmann, Volker A1 - Leidinger, R. A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Simplified rapid-prototyping with automation technology T2 - Automobiles and sustainable mobility : FISITA 2010 World Automotive Congress, 30 May - 4 June, Budapest, Hungary ; proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-963-9058-29-3 SP - F2010C093 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogt, C. A1 - Mottaghy, Darius A1 - Wolf, A. A1 - Rath, V. A1 - Pechnig, R. A1 - Clauser, C. T1 - Reducing temperature uncertainties by stochastic geothermal reservoir modelling JF - Geophysical Journal International N2 - Quantifying and minimizing uncertainty is vital for simulating technically and economically successful geothermal reservoirs. To this end, we apply a stochastic modelling sequence, a Monte Carlo study, based on (i) creating an ensemble of possible realizations of a reservoir model, (ii) forward simulation of fluid flow and heat transport, and (iii) constraining post-processing using observed state variables. To generate the ensemble, we use the stochastic algorithm of Sequential Gaussian Simulation and test its potential fitting rock properties, such as thermal conductivity and permeability, of a synthetic reference model and—performing a corresponding forward simulation—state variables such as temperature. The ensemble yields probability distributions of rock properties and state variables at any location inside the reservoir. In addition, we perform a constraining post-processing in order to minimize the uncertainty of the obtained distributions by conditioning the ensemble to observed state variables, in this case temperature. This constraining post-processing works particularly well on systems dominated by fluid flow. The stochastic modelling sequence is applied to a large, steady-state 3-D heat flow model of a reservoir in The Hague, Netherlands. The spatial thermal conductivity distribution is simulated stochastically based on available logging data. Errors of bottom-hole temperatures provide thresholds for the constraining technique performed afterwards. This reduce the temperature uncertainty for the proposed target location significantly from 25 to 12 K (full distribution width) in a depth of 2300 m. Assuming a Gaussian shape of the temperature distribution, the standard deviation is 1.8 K. To allow a more comprehensive approach to quantify uncertainty, we also implement the stochastic simulation of boundary conditions and demonstrate this for the basal specific heat flow in the reservoir of The Hague. As expected, this results in a larger distribution width and hence, a larger, but more realistic uncertainty estimate. However, applying the constraining post-processing the uncertainty is again reduced to the level of the post-processing without stochastic boundary simulation. Thus, constraining post-processing is a suitable tool for reducing uncertainty estimates by observed state variables. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04498.x SN - 1365-246X VL - 181 IS - 1 SP - 321 EP - 333 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar T1 - Numerical investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand T2 - Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-0-415-59239-0 SP - 779 EP - 784 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar A1 - Marcher, Thomas T1 - Numerical prediction of time-dependent rock swelling based on an example of a major tunnel project in Ontario/Canada T2 - Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-0-415-59239-0 SP - 297 EP - 302 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - London ER - TY - PAT A1 - O'Connell, Timothy A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schiedel, Marc-Steffen A1 - Vockenroth, Inga Kerstin T1 - Method for improving the cleaning action of a detergent or cleaning agent [Internationale Patentanmeldung] T1 - Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Reinigungsleistung eines Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittels Y1 - 2010 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - WIPO CY - Genf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Otten, Mario A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kob, Malte T1 - 3D vocal fold geometry mapping using Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2 - Fortschritte der Akustik : 36. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik, Band 1 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-9808659-8-2 N1 - Fortschritte der Akustik : 36. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik ; 15.-18. März 2010, Berlin SP - 271 EP - 272 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Otten, Mario A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf T1 - 3D mapping of vocal fold geometry during articulatory maneuvers using ultrashort echo time imaging at 3.0 T T2 - ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting 2010, Band 4 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-617-82008-3 N1 - ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting 2010 : Stockholm, Sweden, 1 - 7 May 2010 SP - 3087 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gellert, Christoph A1 - Park, Jin A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic safety verification of masonry structures T2 - Proceedings of the Eight International Masonry Conference : held in Dresden from 4th to 7th of July 2010 / [International Masonry Society ; Technische Universität Dresden]. Ed. by: Wolfram Jäger ... Volume 1. (Masonry / International Masonry Society Special Publication ; 11) Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-00-031381-3 SP - 813 EP - 822 PB - ARGE 8IMC Dresden CY - Radebeul ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reindl, Lukas A1 - Park, Jin A1 - Norda, Hannah A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic design of masonry walls subject to out-of-plane bending T2 - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : Valencia, Spain, 14 - 17 September 2010 / organised in association with: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia ... Ed. by B. H. V. Topping ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-905088-36-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.93.348 SP - Paper 348 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Kippen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schnell, Michael A1 - Franzen, Nico A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana T1 - L-DACS1 laboratory demonstrator development and compatibility measurement set-up T2 - IEEE/AIAA 29th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) : 3 - 7 Oct. 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781424466160 ; 9781424466184 SP - 3E3-1 EP - 3E3-11 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Walter, Michael A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana A1 - Detert, Thorben A1 - Schnell, Michael T1 - UHF/VHF air-to-air propagation measurements T2 - Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) : 12 - 16 April 2010, Barcelona, Spain Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-6431-9 ; 978-84-7653-472-4 SP - 1 EP - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Team Zadeat 2010 : application for participation Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana A1 - Pulini, Paola T1 - Simplified airport surface channel model based on the WSSUS assumption T2 - 2010 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS 2010) : Herndon, Virginia, USA, 11 - 13 May 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-7457-8 SN - 2155-4943 SP - F2-1 EP - F2-11 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Larkowski, Tomasz A1 - Burnham, Keith J. T1 - An approach to adaptive control in the behavioural framework T2 - UKACC International Conference on Control 2010 (CONTROL 2010) : Coventry, United Kingdom, 7 - 10 September 2010 ; Vol. 2. (IET seminar digest ; 2010/004) Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-62748-119-9 SP - 833 EP - 838 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Magnor, D. A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Schmiegel, A. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. A1 - Sauer, D. U. ED - de Santi, Giovanni Frederigo T1 - Analysis of the model dynamics for the battery and battery converter in a grid-connected 5 kW photovoltaic system T2 - Proceedings / 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition ; 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion ; Feria Valencia, Convention & Exhibition Centre, Valencia, Spain, conference 6 - 10 September 2010, exhibition 6 - 9 September 2010 ; Joint World Conference of: 25th European Photovoltic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 36th US IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 20th Asia/Pacific PV Science and Engineering Conference Y1 - 2010 SN - 3-936338-26-4 (DVD-ROM) N1 - EU PVSEC WCPEC PB - WIP Renewable Energies CY - [München] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Buchmann, Nina A1 - Siegwolf, Rolf A1 - Saurer, Matthias A1 - Cherubini, Paolo A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree-ring width and δ13C JF - Plant, Cell and Environment N2 - Drought-induced forest decline, like the Scots pine mortality in inner-Alpine valleys, will gain in importance as the frequency and severity of drought events are expected to increase. To understand how chronic drought affects tree growth and tree-ring δ13C values, we studied mature Scots pine in an irrigation experiment in an inner-Alpine valley. Tree growth and isotope analyses were carried out at the annual and seasonal scale. At the seasonal scale, maximum δ13C values were measured after the hottest and driest period of the year, and were associated with decreasing growth rates. Inter-annual δ13C values in early- and latewood showed a strong correlation with annual climatic conditions and an immediate decrease as a response to irrigation. This indicates a tight coupling between wood formation and the freshly produced assimilates for trees exposed to chronic drought. This rapid appearance of the isotopic signal is a strong indication for an immediate and direct transfer of newly synthesized assimilates for biomass production. The fast appearance and the distinct isotopic signal suggest a low availability of old stored carbohydrates. If this was a sign for C-storage depletion, an increasing mortality could be expected when stressors increase the need for carbohydrate for defence, repair or regeneration. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02153.x SN - 1365-3040 (Online) SN - 0140-7791 (Print) VL - 33 IS - 8 SP - 1351 EP - 1360 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rigling, Andreas A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Koechli, Roger A1 - Dobbertin, Matthias T1 - Mistletoe-induced crown degradation in Scots pine in a xeric environment N2 - Increasing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) mortality has been recently observed in the dry inner valleys of the European Alps. Besides drought, infection with pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) seems to play an important role in the mortality dynamics of Scots pines, but how mistletoes promote pine decline remains unclear. To verify whether pine mistletoe infection weakens the host via crown degradation, as observed for dwarf mistletoes, we studied the negative effects of pine mistletoe infestation on the photosynthetic tissues and branch growth of pairs of infested and non-infested branches. Pine mistletoe infection leads to crown degradation in its host by reducing the length, the radial increment, the ramification, the needle length and the number of needle years of the infested branches. This massive loss in photosynthetic tissue results in a reduction in primary production and a subsequent decrease in carbohydrate availability. The significant reduction in needle length due to mistletoe infection is an indication for a lower water and nutrient availability in infested branches. Thus, mistletoe infection might lead to a decrease in the availability of water and carbohydrates, the two most important growth factors, which are already shortened due to the chronic drought situation in the area. Therefore, pine mistletoe increases the risk of drought-induced mortality of its host when growing in a xeric environment. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpq038 SN - 1758-4469 (Online) SN - 0829-318X (Print) VL - 30 IS - 7 SP - 845 EP - 832 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dobbertin, Matthias A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Bleuler, Peter A1 - Giuggiola, Arnaud A1 - Graf Pannatier, Elisabeth A1 - Landolt, Werner A1 - Schleppi, Patrick A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Effect of irrigation on needle morphology, shoot and stem growth in a drought-exposed Pinus sylvestris forest JF - Tree Physiology N2 - In Valais, Switzerland, Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) are declining, mainly following drought. To assess the impact of drought on tree growth and survival, an irrigation experiment was initiated in 2003 in a mature pine forest, approximately doubling the annual precipitation. Tree crown transparency (lack of foliage) and leaf area index (LAI) were annually assessed. Seven irrigated and six control trees were felled in 2006, and needles, stem discs and branches were taken for growth analysis. Irrigation in 2004 and 2005, both with below-average precipitation, increased needle size, area and mass, stem growth and, with a 1-year delay, shoot length. This led to a relative decrease in tree crown transparency (−14%) and to an increase in stand LAI (+20%). Irrigation increased needle length by 70%, shoot length by 100% and ring width by 120%, regardless of crown transparency. Crown transparency correlated positively with mean needle size, shoot length and ring width and negatively with specific leaf area. Trees with high crown transparency (low growth, short needles) experienced similar increases in needle mass and growth with irrigation than trees with low transparency (high growth, long needles), indicating that seemingly declining trees were able to ‘recover’ when water supply became sufficient. A simple drought index before and during the irrigation explained most of the variation found in the parameters for both irrigated and control trees. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp123 SN - 1758-4469 (Online) SN - 0829-318X (Print) VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 346 EP - 360 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fonti, Patrick A1 - von Arx, Georg A1 - García-González, Ignacio A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Sass-Klaassen, Ute G. W. A1 - Gärtner, Holger A1 - Eckstein, Dieter T1 - Studying global change through investigation of the plastic responses of xylem anatomy in tree rings JF - New Phytologist N2 - Variability in xylem anatomy is of interest to plant scientists because of the role water transport plays in plant performance and survival. Insights into plant adjustments to changing environmental conditions have mainly been obtained through structural and functional comparative studies between taxa or within taxa on contrasting sites or along environmental gradients. Yet, a gap exists regarding the study of hydraulic adjustments in response to environmental changes over the lifetimes of plants. In trees, dated tree-ring series are often exploited to reconstruct dynamics in ecological conditions, and recent work in which wood-anatomical variables have been used in dendrochronology has produced promising results. Environmental signals identified in water-conducting cells carry novel information reflecting changes in regional conditions and are mostly related to short, sub-annual intervals. Although the idea of investigating environmental signals through wood anatomical time series goes back to the 1960s, it is only recently that low-cost computerized image-analysis systems have enabled increased scientific output in this field. We believe that the study of tree-ring anatomy is emerging as a promising approach in tree biology and climate change research, particularly if complemented by physiological and ecological studies. This contribution presents the rationale, the potential, and the methodological challenges of this innovative approach. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03030.x SN - 1469-8137 (Online) SN - 0028-646X (Print) VL - 185 IS - 1 SP - 42 EP - 53 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Egli, Simon A1 - Ayer, François A1 - Peter, Martina A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Is forest mushroom productivity driven by tree growth? Results from a thinning experiment JF - Annals of Forest Science N2 - • Most of the edible forest mushrooms are mycorrhizal and depend on carbohydrates produced by the associated trees. Fruiting patterns of these fungi are not yet fully understood since climatic factors alone do not completely explain mushroom occurrence. • The objective of this study was to retrospectively find out if changing tree growth following an increment thinning has influenced the diversity patterns and productivity of associated forest mushrooms in the fungus reserve La Chanéaz, Switzerland. • The results reveal a clear temporal relationship between the thinning, the growth reaction of trees and the reaction of the fungal community, especially for the ectomycorrhizal species. The tree-ring width of the formerly suppressed beech trees and the fruit body number increased after thinning, leading to a significantly positive correlation between fruit body numbers and tree-ring width. • Fruit body production was influenced by previous annual tree growth, the best accordance was found between fruit body production and the tree-ring width two years previously. • The results support the hypothesis that ectomycorrhizal fruit body production must be linked with the growth of the associated host trees. Moreover, the findings indicate the importance of including mycorrhizal fungi as important players when discussing a tree as a carbon source or sink. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010011 SN - 1286-4560 (Print) SN - 1297-966X (Online) VL - 67 IS - 5 SP - 509 PB - Springer CY - Paris ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - Thomas, S. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - The balance of renewable sources and user demands in grids : power electronics for modular battery energy storage systems JF - IEEE transactions on power electronics N2 - The continuously growing amount of renewable sources starts compromising the stability of electrical grids. Contradictory to fossil fuel power plants, energy production of wind and photovoltaic (PV) energy is fluctuating. Although predictions have significantly improved, an outage of multi-MW offshore wind farms poses a challenging problem. One solution could be the integration of storage systems in the grid. After a short overview, this paper focuses on two exemplary battery storage systems, including the required power electronics. The grid integration, as well as the optimal usage of volatile energy reserves, is presented for a 5- kW PV system for home application, as well as for a 100- MW medium-voltage system, intended for wind farm usage. The efficiency and cost of topologies are investigated as a key parameter for large-scale integration of renewable power at medium- and low-voltage. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2010.2085455 SN - 0885-8993 VL - 25 IS - 12 SP - 3049 EP - 3056 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. A1 - Schmiegel, A. T1 - Design and implementation of a 5 kW photovoltaic system with li-ion battery and additional DC-DC converter T2 - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2010) : Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 12 - 16 September 2010 / [sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-5286-6 (Print) SN - 978-1-4244-5287-3 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618220 SP - 2944 EP - 2949 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Conrad, M. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. T1 - The integrated emitter turn-off thyristor (IETO) : an innovative thyristor based high power semiconductor device using MOS assisted turn-off T2 - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2010) : Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 12 - 16 September 2010 / [sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-5286-6 (Print) SN - 978-1-4244-5287-3 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618410 SP - 4551 EP - 4557 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Beging, Stefan A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Mlynek, D. A1 - Hataihimakul, S. A1 - Pedraza, A. A1 - Dhawan, S. A1 - Laube, N. A1 - Kleinen, L. A1 - Baldsiefen, G. A1 - Busch, H. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Ion-selective sensors for the determination of the risk of urinary stone formation T2 - Micro- and Nanosystems in biochemical diagnosis : Principles and applications Y1 - 2010 SP - 74 EP - 80 CY - Warsaw ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Seibler, Jost A1 - Schwenk, Frieder T1 - Transgenic RNAi Applications in the Mouse T2 - Methods in Enzymology : Guide to Techniques in Mouse Development, Part B: Mouse Molecular Genetics. 2nd Edition Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-0-12-384880-2 N1 - Methods in Enzymology : Vol. 477 SP - 367 EP - 386 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fellin, Wolfgang A1 - King, Julian A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar A1 - Oberguggenberger, Michael T1 - Uncertainty modelling and sensitivity analysis of tunnel face stability JF - Structural safety N2 - This paper proposes an approach to the choice and evaluation of engineering models with the aid of a typical application in geotechnics. An important issue in the construction of shallow tunnels, especially in weak ground conditions, is the tunnel face stability. Various theoretical and numerical models for predicting the necessary support pressure have been put forth in the literature. In this paper, we combine laboratory experiments performed at the University of Innsbruck with current methods of uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for assessing adequacy, predictive power and robustness of the models. The major issues are the handling of the twofold uncertainty of test results and of model predictions as well as the decision about what are the influential input parameters. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.strusafe.2010.06.001 SN - 0167-4730 VL - 32 IS - 6 SP - 402 EP - 410 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar T1 - Experimental investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand JF - Acta Geotechnica N2 - Various models have been proposed for the prediction of the necessary support pressure at the face of a shallow tunnel. To assess their quality, the collapse of a tunnel face was modelled with small-scale model tests at single gravity. The development of the failure mechanism and the support force at the face in dry sand were investigated. The observed displacement patterns show a negligible influence of overburden on the extent and evolution of the failure zone. The latter is significantly influenced, though, by the initial density of the sand: in dense sand a chimney-wedge-type collapse mechanism developed, which propagated towards the soil surface. Initially, loose sand did not show any discrete collapse mechanism. The necessary support force was neither influenced by the overburden nor the initial density. A comparison with quantitative predictions by several theoretical models showed that the measured necessary support pressure is overestimated by most of the models. Those by Vermeer/Ruse and Léca/Dormieux showed the best agreement to the measurements. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-010-0110-7 SN - 1861-1125 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 43 EP - 62 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Arampatzis, Adamantios A1 - Peper, Andreas A1 - Bierbaum, Stefanie A1 - Albracht, Kirsten T1 - Plasticity of human Achilles tendon mechanical and morphological properties in response to cyclic strain JF - Journal of Biomechanics N2 - The purpose of the current study in combination with our previous published data (Arampatzis et al., 2007) was to examine the effects of a controlled modulation of strain magnitude and strain frequency applied to the Achilles tendon on the plasticity of tendon mechanical and morphological properties. Eleven male adults (23.9±2.2 yr) participated in the study. The participants exercised one leg at low magnitude tendon strain (2.97±0.47%), and the other leg at high tendon strain magnitude (4.72±1.08%) of similar frequency (0.5 Hz, 1 s loading, 1 s relaxation) and exercise volume (integral of the plantar flexion moment over time) for 14 weeks, 4 days per week, 5 sets per session. The exercise volume was similar to the intervention of our earlier study (0.17 Hz frequency; 3 s loading, 3 s relaxation) allowing a direct comparison of the results. Before and after the intervention ankle joint moment has been measured by a dynamometer, tendon–aponeurosis elongation by ultrasound and cross-sectional area of the Achilles tendon by magnet resonance images (MRI). We found a decrease in strain at a given tendon force, an increase in tendon–aponeurosis stiffness and tendon elastic modulus of the Achilles tendon only in the leg exercised at high strain magnitude. The cross-sectional area (CSA) of the Achilles tendon did not show any statistically significant (P>0.05) differences to the pre-exercise values in both legs. The results indicate a superior improvement in tendon properties (stiffness, elastic modulus and CSA) at the low frequency (0.17 Hz) compared to the high strain frequency (0.5 Hz) protocol. These findings provide evidence that the strain magnitude applied to the Achilles tendon should exceed the value, which occurs during habitual activities to trigger adaptational effects and that higher tendon strain duration per contraction leads to superior tendon adaptational responses. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.08.014 SN - 0021-9290 VL - 43 IS - 16 SP - 3073 EP - 3079 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Aggeloussis, Nickos A1 - Giannakou, Erasmia A1 - Albracht, Kirsten A1 - Arampatzis, Adamantios T1 - Reproducibility of fascicle length and pennation angle of gastrocnemius medialis in human gait in vivo JF - Gait and Posture N2 - The purpose of the current study was to examine the reproducibility of fascicle length and pennation angle of gastrocnemius medialis while human walking. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study of the reproducibility of fascicle length and pennation angle of gastrocnemius medialis in vivo during human gait. Twelve males performed 10 gait trials on a treadmill, in 2 separate days. B-mode ultrasonography, with the ultrasound probe firmly adjusted in the transverse and frontal planes using a special cast, was used to measure the fascicle length and the pennation angle of the gastrocnemius medialis (GM). A Vicon 624 system with three cameras operating at 120 Hz was also used to record the ankle and knee joint angles. The results showed that measurements of fascicle length and pennation angle showed high reproducibility during the gait cycle, both within the same day and between different days. Moreover, the root mean square differences between the repeated waveforms of both variables were very small, compared with their ranges (fascicle length: RMS = ∼3 mm, range: 38–63 mm; pennation angle: RMS = ∼1.5°, range: 22–32°). However, their reproducibility was lower compared to the joint angles. It was found that representative data have to be derived by a wide number of gait trials (fascicle length ∼six trials, pennation angle more than 10 trials), to assure the reliability of the fascicle length and pennation angle in human gait. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.08.249 SN - 0966-6362 VL - 31 IS - 1 SP - 73 EP - 77 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Evers, Jörg A1 - Dey, Tarak N. T1 - Phase modulation induced by cooperative effects in electromagnetically induced transparency JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, molecular, and optical physics N2 - We analyze the influence of dipole-dipole interactions in an electromagnetically induced transparency set up for a density at the onset of cooperative effects. To this end, we include mean-field models for the influence of local-field corrections and radiation trapping into our calculation. We show both analytically and numerically that the polarization contribution to the local field strongly modulates the phase of a weak pulse. We give an intuitive explanation for this local-field-induced phase modulation and demonstrate that it distinctively differs from the nonlinear self-phase-modulation that a strong pulse experiences in a Kerr medium. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013815 SN - 1050-2947 VL - 82 IS - 1 PB - AIP Publishing CY - Melville, NY ER -