TY - CHAP A1 - Grunendahl, A. A1 - de Rochefort, E. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Numerical models for investigating the causes of low back pain due to whole-body vibrations T2 - 2nd International Conference on Computational Bioengineering : Lisbon, September 14-16 2005. Volume 2. Y1 - 2005 SN - 978-972-8469-37-3 SP - 905 EP - 914 PB - IST Press CY - Lisbon ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kalker, Ines A1 - Neumann, M. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Holler, Stefan T1 - Modelling of textile strengthened masonry T2 - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing : [Rome, Italy, 30. August - 2. September 2005] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping Y1 - 2005 SN - 1-905088-00-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.81.184 SP - 447 EP - 448 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Stirling ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Krämer, Sebastian A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kob, Malte T1 - A combined FE and multiple-mass model for numerical simulation of phonatory maneuvers T2 - Proceedings / Forum Acusticum, Budapest, 29 Aug - 2 Sep, 2005 : [Acoustics: science and technology for knowledge based society and healthy environment] / ed. by: Fülöp Augusztinovicz ... Y1 - 2005 SN - 978-963-8241-68-9 SP - 2759 EP - 2764 PB - OPAKFI Tud. Egyesület CY - Budapest ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Srivastava, A. A1 - Lahiri, S. A1 - Maiti, M. A1 - Knolle, F. A1 - Hoyler, Friedrich A1 - Scherer, Ulrich W. A1 - Schnug, E. W. T1 - Study of naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) in top soil of Punjab State from the North Western part of India JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/0.1007/s10967-014-3450-1 SN - 1588-2780 (E-Journal); 0022-4081 (Print); 0134-0719 (Print); 0236-5731 (Print); 1417-2097 (Print) VL - 2014 IS - 302 SP - 1049 EP - 1052 PB - Springer Nature CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marx, Ulrich A1 - Schenk, Friedrich A1 - Behrens, Jan A1 - Meyr, Ulrike A1 - Wanek, Paul A1 - Zang, Werner A1 - Schmitt, Robert A1 - Brüstle, Oliver A1 - Zenke, Martin A1 - Klocke, Fritz T1 - Automatic production of induced pluripotent stem cells JF - Procedia CIRP : First CIRP Conference on BioManufacturing Y1 - 2013 SN - 2212-8271 VL - Vol. 5 SP - 2 EP - 6 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pieper, Martin A1 - Schulz, Silvia T1 - Teaching Simulation Methods with COMSOL Multiphysics N2 - This paper describes two courses on simulation methods for graduate students: “Simulation Methods” and “Simulation and Optimization in Virtual Engineering” The courses were planned to teach young engineers how to work with simulation software as well as to understand the necessary mathematical background. As simulation software COMSOL is used. The main philosophy was to combine theory and praxis in a way that motivates the students. In addition “soft skills” should be improved. This was achieved by project work as final examination. As underlying didactical principle the ideas of Bloom’s revised taxonomy were followed. The paper basically focusses on educational aspects, e.g. how to structure the course, plan the exercises, organize the project work and include practical COMSOL examples. KW - COMSOL Multiphysics KW - Optimization module KW - LiveLink for MATLAB KW - Bloom Taxonomy KW - education Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wetter, Martin A1 - Kern, Alexander T1 - Number of lightning strikes to tall structures - comparison of calculations and measurements using a modern lightning monitoring system T2 - 2014 International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Shanghai, China Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Schelthoff, Christof A1 - Mathieu, Moritz T1 - Calculation of interception efficiencies for mesh-type air-terminations according to IEC 62305-3 using a dynamic electro-geometrical model T2 - International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) : 2 - 7 Sept. 2012, Vienna Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-4673-1896-9 (E-Book) ; 978-1-4673-1898-3 (Print) SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Lo Piparo, G. B. A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Mazzetti, C. T1 - Some masterpoints about risk due to lightning T2 - International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) : 2 - 7 Sept. 2012, Vienna Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-4673-1896-9 (E-Book) ; 978-1-4673-1898-3 (Print) SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rousseau, Alain A1 - Kern, Alexander T1 - How to deal with environmental risk in IEC 62305-2 T2 - 2014 International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Shanghai, China N2 - The 2nd edition of the lightning risk management standard (IEC 62305-2) considers structures, which may endanger environment. In these cases, the loss is not limited to the structure itself, which is valid for usual structures. In the past (Edition 1) this danger was simply taken into account by a special hazard factor, multiplying the existing risk for the structure with a number. Now, in the edition 2, we add to the risk for the structure itself a “second risk” due to the losses outside the structure. The losses outside can be treated independently from what occurs inside. This is a major advantage to analyze the risk for sensitive structures, like chemical plants, nuclear plants, or structures containing explosives, etc. In this paper, the existing procedure given by the European version EN 62305-2 Ed.2 is further developed and applied to a few structures. Y1 - 2014 SP - 521 EP - 527 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Braun, Christian T1 - Risk management according to IEC 62305-2 edition 2: 2010–12 assessment of structures with a risk of explosion T2 - 2014 International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), Shanghai, China N2 - Risk management for structures with a risk of explosion should be considered very carefully when performing a risk analysis according to IEC 62305-2. In contrast to the 2006 edition of the standard, the 2010 edition describes the topic “Structures with a risk of explosion” in more detail. Moreover, in Germany separate procedures and parameters are defined for the risk analysis of structures with a risk of explosion (Supplement 3 of the German DIN EN 62305-2 standard). This paper describes the contents and the relevant calculations of this Supplement 3, together with a numerical example. Y1 - 2014 SP - 1237 EP - 1242 ER - TY - THES A1 - Reyes Ochoa, Leonel T1 - Engineering aspects of a parabolic trough collector field with direct steam generation and an organic rankine cycle Y1 - 2014 N1 - Aachen, Fachhochsch., Masterarbeit, 2014 PB - Fachhochschule Aachen CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mistler, Michael A1 - Anthoine, A. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - In-plane and out-of-plane homogenisation of masonry JF - Computers & structures Y1 - 2007 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.08.087 SN - 1879-2243 (E-Journal); 0045-7949 (Print) VL - Volume 85 IS - Issues 17-18 SP - 1321 EP - 1330 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rochefort, E. de A1 - Verver, M. A1 - Grunendahl, A. A1 - Mooi, H. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Detailed modelling of the lumbar spine for investigation of low back pain T2 - Digital Human Modeling for Design and Engineering Symposium : Iowa City, Iowa June 14-16, 2005. (SAE technical papers series ; 2005-1-2716) Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4271/2005-01-2716 SN - 0096-736X SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - SAE International CY - Warrendale, Pa. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rochefort, E. de A1 - Verver, M. A1 - Grunendahl, A. A1 - Mooi, H. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Detailed modelling of the lumbar spine for investigations of low back pain JF - SAE transactions : papers presented at Society and Section meetings / Society of Automotive Engineers Y1 - 2005 SN - 0096-736X VL - Volume 114 IS - Part 7 SP - 788 EP - 796 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bolender, Katrin A1 - Grunendahl, Arno T1 - A muscle controlled finite-element model of laryngeal abduction and adduction JF - Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering Y1 - 2007 SN - 1476-8259 (E-Journal); 1025-5842 (Print) VL - Volume 10 IS - Issue 5 SP - 377 EP - 388 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Holler, S. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Noh, S.-Y. A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - Numerical simulation of textile-reinforced concrete structures T2 - Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : [Prague, Czech Republic, 4 - 6 September 2002] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping and Z. Bittnar. (Civil-Comp Press books on computational engineering) Y1 - 2002 SN - 0-948749-83-0 SP - 287 EP - 288 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Stirling ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Holtschoppen, Britta A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - Seismic design of non-structural components in industrial facilities JF - International journal of engineering under uncertainty Y1 - 2009 SN - 0975-4806 VL - Volume 1 SP - 1 EP - 13 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Edip, Kemal A1 - Garevski, Mihail A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Sesov, Vlatko A1 - Cvetanovska, Julijana A1 - Gjorgiev, Igor T1 - Numerical simulation of geotechnical problems by coupled finite and infinite elements JF - Journal of civil engineering and architecture Y1 - 2013 SN - 1934-7359 (E-Journal) VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 68 EP - 77 PB - David Publishing CY - Libertyville ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Taddei, Francesca A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, S. T1 - Parametric investigation of the soil-structure interaction effects on the dynamic behaviour of a shallow foundation supported wind turbine considering a layered soil JF - Wind energy : an international journal for progress and applications in wind power conversion technology Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/we.1703 SN - 1099-1824 (E-Journal); 1095-4244 (Print) VL - Volume 18 IS - Issue 3 SP - 399 EP - 417 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Holler, S. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Noh, S.-Y. A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - Computational model of textile-reinforced concrete structures JF - Computers & structures : an international journal Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruc.2004.03.076 SN - 1879-2243 (E-Journal); 0045-7949 (Print) VL - Volume 82 IS - Issues 23-26 SP - 1971 EP - 1979 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mistler, Michael A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - Modelling methods of historic masonry buildings under seismic excitation JF - Journal of seismology Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-006-9033-z SN - 1383-4649 (Print) ; 1573-157X (E-Journal) VL - Volume 10 IS - No. 4 SP - 497 EP - 510 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Thierauf, Georg T1 - Optimum cost design of reinforced concrete structures using parallel computing T2 - Advances in computational mechanics with parallel and distributed processing : research papers presented at The First Euro-Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing for Computational Mechanics, held at Lochinver, Scotland, between 26 April and 1 May 1997 / ed. by B. H. V. Topping Y1 - 1997 SN - 0-948749-47-4 SP - 197 EP - 202 PB - Saxe-Coburg Publication CY - Edinburgh ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Thierauf, Georg T1 - Optimum design of reinforced concrete structures T2 - Advances in computational structural mechanics : this volume contains a selection of papers presented at The First International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology and The Fourth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, held in Edinburgh from 18-21 August 1998 / edited by B. H. V. Topping Y1 - 1998 SN - 0-948749-57-1 SP - 447 EP - 458 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Edinburgh ER - TY - CHAP A1 - El-Deib, Khaled A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Könke, Carsten A1 - Bettzieche, Volker T1 - Safety assessment of rockfill and masonry dams T2 - Structural dynamics - EURODYN 2002 : proceedings of the 4th [i.e. 5th] International Conference on Structural Dynamics, Munich, Germany, 2 - 5 September 2002 / ed. by H. Grundmann ... Vol. 1 Y1 - 2002 SN - 90-5809-510-X SP - 237 EP - 242 PB - Balkema CY - Lisse ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Stollenwerk, Dominik A1 - Rieke, C. A1 - Dahmen, Markus A1 - Pieper, Martin T1 - Biogas Production Modelling : A Control System Engineering Approach T2 - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Bd. 32 Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/32/1/012008 SN - 1755-1315 N1 - ICARET 2016, International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energy and Technologies, Putrajaya, MY, Feb 23-25, 2016 SP - 012008/1 EP - 012008/4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jablonowski, Nicolai David A1 - Kollmann, Tobias A1 - Nabel, Moritz A1 - Damm, Tatjana A1 - Klose, Holger A1 - Müller, Michael A1 - Bläsing, Marc A1 - Seebold, Sören A1 - Krafft, Simone A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel A1 - Dahmen, Markus A1 - Schurr, Ulrich T1 - Valorization of Sida (Sida hermaphrodita) biomass for multiple energy purposes JF - GCB [Global Change Biology] Bioenergy N2 - The performance and biomass yield of the perennial energy plant Sida hermaphrodita (hereafter referred to as Sida) as a feedstock for biogas and solid fuel was evaluated throughout one entire growing period at agricultural field conditions. A Sida plant development code was established to allow comparison of the plant growth stages and biomass composition. Four scenarios were evaluated to determine the use of Sida biomass with regard to plant development and harvest time: (i) one harvest for solid fuel only; (ii) one harvest for biogas production only; (iii) one harvest for biogas production, followed by a harvest of the regrown biomass for solid fuel; and (iv) two consecutive harvests for biogas production. To determine Sida's value as a feedstock for combustion, we assessed the caloric value, the ash quality, and melting point with regard to DIN EN ISO norms. The results showed highest total dry biomass yields of max. 25 t ha⁻¹, whereas the highest dry matter of 70% to 80% was obtained at the end of the growing period. Scenario (i) clearly indicated the highest energy recovery, accounting for 439 288 MJ ha⁻¹; the energy recovery of the four scenarios from highest to lowest followed this order: (i) ≫ (iii) ≫ (iv) > (ii). Analysis of the Sida ashes showed a high melting point of >1500 °C, associated with a net calorific value of 16.5–17.2 MJ kg⁻¹. All prerequisites for DIN EN ISO norms were achieved, indicating Sida's advantage as a solid energy carrier without any post-treatment after harvesting. Cell wall analysis of the stems showed a constant lignin content after sampling week 16 (July), whereas cellulose had already reached a plateau in sampling week 4 (April). The results highlight Sida as a promising woody, perennial plant, providing biomass for flexible and multipurpose energy applications. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12346 SN - 1757-1707 (online) SN - 1757-1693 (print) N1 - Special Issue: Perennial biomass crops for a resource constrained world VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 202 EP - 214 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mahmoudi, Mohammad A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Sahrai, Mostafa A1 - Evers, Jörg T1 - Group velocity control in the ultraviolet domain via interacting dark-state resonances JF - Journal of physics B: Atomic, molecular and optical physics Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/41/2/025504 SN - 0953-4075 SN - 1361-6455 VL - 41 IS - 2 SP - 25504 EP - 25600 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Krauß, Nico A1 - Schättiger, Farina A1 - Dekorsy, Thomas T1 - Consistent characterization of semiconductor saturable absorber mirrors with singe-pulse and pump-probe spectroscopy JF - Optics Express Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.006764 SN - 1094-4087 VL - 21 IS - 6 SP - 6764 EP - 6776 PB - Optica CY - Washington, DC ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Evers, Jörg T1 - A Maxwell–Schrödinger solver for quantum optical few-level systems JF - Computer Physics Communications N2 - The msprop program presented in this work is capable of solving the Maxwell–Schrödinger equations for one or several laser fields propagating through a medium of quantum optical few-level systems in one spatial dimension and in time. In particular, it allows to numerically treat systems in which a laser field interacts with the medium with both its electric and magnetic component at the same time. The internal dynamics of the few-level system is modeled by a quantum optical master equation which includes coherent processes due to optical transitions driven by the laser fields as well as incoherent processes due to decay and dephasing. The propagation dynamics of the laser fields is treated in slowly varying envelope approximation resulting in a first order wave equation for each laser field envelope function. The program employs an Adams predictor formula second order in time to integrate the quantum optical master equation and a Lax–Wendroff scheme second order in space and time to evolve the wave equations for the fields. The source function in the Lax–Wendroff scheme is specifically adapted to allow taking into account the simultaneous coupling of a laser field to the polarization and the magnetization of the medium. To reduce execution time, a customized data structure is implemented and explained. In three examples the features of the program are demonstrated and the treatment of a system with a phase-dependent cross coupling of the electric and magnetic field component of a laser field is shown. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2010.10.018 SN - 0010-4655 VL - 182 IS - 3 SP - 739 EP - 747 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 - TY - JOUR A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Evers, Jörg T1 - Nonlinear effects in pulse propagation through Doppler-broadened closed-loop atomic media JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.043805 SN - 1050-2947 VL - 77 IS - 4 SP - 043805 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Evers, Jörg T1 - Four-wave mixing enhanced white-light cavity JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Y1 - 2008 SN - 0556-2791 VL - 78 IS - 5 SP - 051802(R) ER - TY - THES A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert T1 - Light propagation in dense and chiral media Y1 - 2009 N1 - Heidelberg, Univ., Diss., 2009 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Evers, Jörg A1 - Fleischhaker, Robert A1 - Pálffy, A. A1 - Keitel, C. T1 - Light propagation : From atomic to nuclear quantum optics T2 - Modern optics and photonics: atoms and structured media Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-981431327-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814313278_0001 SP - 3 EP - 15 PB - World Scientific Publishing Co. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Birkl, Josef A1 - Diendorfer, Gerhard A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Thern, Stephan T1 - Extremely high lightning peak currents T2 - 34th International Conference on Ligntning Protection, 02-07 September 2018 Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5386-6635-7 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Hinzen, Klaus-G. A1 - Höffer, Rüdiger T1 - Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-662-57550-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5 PB - Springer CY - Berlin, Heidelberg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Hinzen, Klaus-G. A1 - Höffer, Rüdiger T1 - Stochasticity of Wind Processes and Spectral Analysis of Structural Gust Response T2 - Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering N2 - Wind loads have great impact on many engineering structures. Wind storms often cause irreparable damage to the buildings which are exposed to it. Along with the earthquakes, wind represents one of the most common environmental load on structures and is relevant for limit state design. Modern wind codes indicate calculation procedures allowing engineers to deal with structural systems, which are susceptible to conduct wind-excited oscillations. In the codes approximate formulas for wind buffeting are specified which relate the dynamic problem to rather abstract parameter functions. The complete theory behind is not visible in order to simplify the applicability of the procedures. This chapter derives the underlying basic relations of the spectral method for wind buffeting and explains the main important applications of it in order to elucidate part of the theoretical background of computations after the new codes. The stochasticity of the wind processes is addressed, and the analysis of analytical as well as measurement based power spectra is outlined. Short MATLAB codes are added to the Appendix 3 which carry out the computation of a single sided auto-spectrum from a statistically stationary, discrete stochastic process. Two examples are presented. KW - Wind turbulence KW - Gust wind response KW - Spectral analysis Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-662-57550-5 (Online) SN - 978-3-662-57548-2 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5_3 SP - 153 EP - 196 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Henriques, A. A1 - Jurado, B. A1 - Grieser, M. A1 - Denis-Petit, D. A1 - Chiron, T. A1 - Gaudefroy, L. A1 - Glorius, J. A1 - Langer, Christoph A1 - Litvinov, Yu. A. A1 - Mathieu, L. A1 - Meot, V. A1 - Perez-Sanchez, R. A1 - Pibernat, J. A1 - Reifarth, R. A1 - Roig, O. A1 - Thomas, B. A1 - Thomas, B. A. A1 - Thomas, J. C. A1 - Tsekhanovich, I. T1 - Indirect measurements of neutron cross-secti at heavy-ion storage rings JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series N2 - Cross sections for neutron-induced reactions of short-lived nuclei are essential for nuclear astrophysics since these reactions in the stars are responsible for the production of most heavy elements in the universe. These reactions are also key in applied domains like energy production and medicine. Nevertheless, neutron-induced cross-section measurements can be extremely challenging or even impossible to perform due to the radioactivity of the targets involved. Indirect measurements through the surrogate-reaction method can help to overcome these difficulties. The surrogate-reaction method relies on the use of an alternative reaction that will lead to the formation of the same excited nucleus as in the neutron-induced reaction of interest. The decay probabilities (for fission, neutron and gamma-ray emission) of the nucleus produced via the surrogate reaction allow one to constrain models and the prediction of the desired neutron cross sections. We propose to perform surrogate reaction measurements in inverse kinematics at heavy-ion storage rings, in particular at the CRYRING@ESR of the GSI/FAIR facility. We present the conceptual idea of the most promising setup to measure for the first time simultaneously the fission, neutron and gamma-ray emission probabilities. The results of the first simulations considering the 238U(d,d') reaction are shown, as well as new technical developments that are being carried out towards this set-up. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1668/1/012019 VL - 1668 IS - Art. 012019 PB - IOP CY - Bristol ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Varga, Laszlo A1 - Davinson, Thomas A1 - Glorius, Jan A1 - Jurado, Beatrix A1 - Langer, Christoph A1 - Lederer-Woods, Claudia A1 - Litvinov, Yuri A. A1 - Reifarth, Rene A1 - Slavkovska, Zuzana A1 - Stöhlker, Thomas A1 - Woods, Phil J. A1 - Xing, Yuan Ming T1 - Towards background-free studies of capture reaction in a heavy-ion storage ring JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series N2 - Stored and cooled, highly-charged ions offer unprecedented capabilities for precision studies in the realm of atomic, nuclear structure and astrophysics[1]. After the successful investigation of the 96Ru(p,7)97Rh reaction cross section in 2009[2], the first measurement of the 124Xe(p,7)125Cs reaction cross section has been performed with decelerated, fully-ionized 124Xe ions in 2016 at the Experimental Storage Ring (ESR) of GSI[3]. Using a Double Sided Silicon Strip Detector, introduced directly into the ultra-high vacuum environment of a storage ring, the 125Cs proton-capture products have been successfully detected. The cross section has been measured at 5 different energies between 5.5AMeV and 8AMeV, on the high energy tail of the Gamow-window for hot, explosive scenarios such as supernovae and X-ray binaries. The elastic scattering on the H2 gas jet target is the major source of background to count the (p,7) events. Monte Carlo simulations show that an additional slit system in the ESR in combination with the energy information of the Si detector will enable background free measurements of the proton-capture products. The corresponding hardware is being prepared and will increase the sensitivity of the method tremendously. Y1 - 2020 VL - 1668 IS - Art 012046 PB - IOP CY - Bristol ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Holtschoppen, Britta T1 - Seismic design of structures and components in industrial units T2 - Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering N2 - Industrial units consist of the primary load-carrying structure and various process engineering components, the latter being by far the most important in financial terms. In addition, supply structures such as free-standing tanks and silos are usually required for each plant to ensure the supply of material and product storage. Thus, for the earthquake-proof design of industrial plants, design and construction rules are required for the primary structures, the secondary structures and the supply structures. Within the framework of these rules, possible interactions of primary and secondary structures must also be taken into account. Importance factors are used in seismic design in order to take into account the usually higher risk potential of an industrial unit compared to conventional building structures. Industrial facilities must be able to withstand seismic actions because of possibly wide-ranging damage consequences in addition to losses due to production standstill and the destruction of valuable equipment. The chapter presents an integrated concept for the seismic design of industrial units based on current seismic standards and the latest research results. Special attention is devoted to the seismic design of steel thin-walled silos and tank structures. KW - Industrial units KW - Seismic design KW - Tanks KW - Silos KW - Components Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-662-57550-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5_5 SP - 359 EP - 481 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Giresini, Linda A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Earthquake resistant design of structures according to Eurocode 8 T2 - Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering N2 - The chapter initially provides a summary of the contents of Eurocode 8, its aim being to offer both to the students and to practising engineers an easy introduction into the calculation and dimensioning procedures of this earthquake code. Specifically, the general rules for earthquake-resistant structures, the definition of design response spectra taking behaviour and importance factors into account, the application of linear and non-linear calculation methods and the structural safety verifications at the serviceability and ultimate limit state are presented. The application of linear and non-linear calculation methods and corresponding seismic design rules is demonstrated on practical examples for reinforced concrete, steel and masonry buildings. Furthermore, the seismic assessment of existing buildings is discussed and illustrated on the example of a typical historical masonry building in Italy. The examples are worked out in detail and each step of the design process, from the preliminary analysis to the final design, is explained in detail. KW - Seismic design KW - Eurocode 8 KW - Design examples KW - Response spectrum KW - Pushover analysis Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-662-57550-5 (Online) SN - 978-3-662-57548-2 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5_4 SP - 197 EP - 358 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rossi, Leonardo A1 - Stupazzini, Marco A1 - Parisi, Davide A1 - Holtschoppen, Britta A1 - Ruggieri, Gabriella A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Empirical fragility functions and loss curves for long-span-beam buildings based on the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake official database JF - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering N2 - The 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake, that mainly struck the homonymous Italian region provoking 28 casualties and damage to thousands of structures and infrastructures, is an exceptional source of information to question, investigate, and challenge the validity of seismic fragility functions and loss curves from an empirical standpoint. Among the most recent seismic events taking place in Europe, that of Emilia-Romagna is quite likely one of the best documented, not only in terms of experienced damages, but also for what concerns occurred losses and necessary reconstruction costs. In fact, in order to manage the compensations in a fair way both to citizens and business owners, soon after the seismic sequence, the regional administrative authority started (1) collecting damage and consequence-related data, (2) evaluating information sources and (3) taking care of the cross-checking of various reports. A specific database—so-called Sistema Informativo Gestione Europa (SFINGE)—was devoted to damaged business activities. As a result, 7 years after the seismic events, scientists can rely on a one-of-a-kind, vast and consistent database, containing information about (among other things): (1) buildings’ location and dimensions, (2) occurred structural damages, (3) experienced direct economic losses and (4) related reconstruction costs. The present work is focused on a specific data subset of SFINGE, whose elements are Long-Span-Beam buildings (mostly precast) deployed for business activities in industry, trade or agriculture. With the available set of data, empirical fragility functions, cost and loss ratio curves are elaborated, that may be included within existing Performance Based Earthquake Engineering assessment toolkits. KW - Empirical fragility functions KW - Empirical consequence curves KW - Precast buildings KW - Emilia-Romagna earthquake KW - PBEE Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-019-00759-1 SN - 1573-1456 VL - 18 SP - 1693 EP - 1721 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rossi, Leonardo A1 - Holtschoppen, Britta A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Official data on the economic consequences of the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake: a first analysis of database SFINGE JF - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10518-019-00655-8 VL - 17 IS - 9 SP - 4855 EP - 4884 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Klinkel, Sven T1 - Masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames under horizontal loading T1 - Stahlbetonrahmen mit Ausfachungen aus Mauerwerk unter horizontalen Belastungen JF - Mauerwerk N2 - The behaviour of infilled reinforced concrete frames under horizontal load has been widely investigated, both experimentally and numerically. Since experimental tests represent large investments, numerical simulations offer an efficient approach for a more comprehensive analysis. When RC frames with masonry infill walls are subjected to horizontal loading, their behaviour is highly non-linear after a certain limit, which makes their analysis quite difficult. The non-linear behaviour results from the complex inelastic material properties of the concrete, infill wall and conditions at the wall-frame interface. In order to investigate this non-linear behaviour in detail, a finite element model using a micro modelling approach is developed, which is able to predict the complex non-linear behaviour resulting from the different materials and their interaction. Concrete and bricks are represented by a non-linear material model, while each reinforcement bar is represented as an individual part installed in the concrete part and behaving elasto-plastically. Each brick is modelled individually and connected taking into account the non-linearity of a brick mortar interface. The same approach is followed using two finite element software packages and the results are compared with the experimental results. The numerical models show a good agreement with the experiments in predicting the overall behaviour, but also very good matching for strength capacity and drift. The results emphasize the quality and the valuable contribution of the numerical models for use in parametric studies, which are needed for the derivation of design recommendations for infilled frame structures. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/dama.201600703 SN - 1437-1022 VL - 20 IS - 4 SP - 305 EP - 312 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Michel, Philipp A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kinkel, Sven T1 - Pile-grid foundations of onshore wind turbines considering soil-structure-interaction under seismic loading JF - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering N2 - In recent years, many onshore wind turbines are erected in seismic active regions and on soils with poor load bearing capacity, where pile grids are inevitable to transfer the loads into the ground. In this contribution, a realistic multi pile grid is designed to analyze the dynamics of a wind turbine tower including frequency dependent soil-structure-interaction. It turns out that different foundations on varying soil configurations heavily influence the vibration response. While the vibration amplitude is mostly attenuated, certain unfavorable combinations of structure and soil parameters lead to amplification in the range of the system's natural frequencies. This testifies the need for overall dynamic analysis in the assessment of the dynamic stability and the holistic frequency tuning of the turbines. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soildyn.2018.03.009 SN - 0267-7261 VL - 109 SP - 299 EP - 311 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Innovative decoupling system for the seismic protection of masonry infill walls in reinforced concrete frames JF - Engineering Structures Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2019.109435 SN - 0141-0296 VL - 197 IS - Article 109435 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Klein, Michel A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven T1 - The Influence of Soil-Structure-Interaction on the Fatigue Analysis in the Foundation Design of Onshore Wind Turbines JF - Procedia Engineering Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2017.09.325 SN - 1877-7058 VL - 199 SP - 3218 EP - 3223 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Cacciatore, Pamela A1 - Boesen, Niklas T1 - Investigation of the seismic performance of modern masonry buildings during the Emilia Romagna earthquake series T1 - Untersuchungen des seismischen Verhaltens von modernen Mauerwerksbauten während der Erdbebenserie in der Emilia Romagna JF - Mauerwerk N2 - The article presents the investigation of the seismic behaviour of a modern URM building located in the municipality of Finale Emilia in province of Modena, Northern Italy. The building is situated in the centre of the series of the 2012 Northern Italy earthquakes and has not suffered any damage during the earthquake series in 2012. The observed earthquake resistance of the building is compared with predicted resistances based on linear and nonlinear design approaches according to Eurocode. Furthermore, probabilistic analyses based on nonlinear calculation models taking into account scattering of the most relevant input parameters are carried out to identify their influence to the results and to derive fragility curves. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/dama.201800013 SN - 1437-1022 VL - 22 IS - 4 SP - 238 EP - 250 PB - Ernst & Sohn CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Salatic, Ratko T1 - Experimental results of reinforced concrete frames with masonry infills under combined quasi-static in-plane and out-of-plane seismic loading JF - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-019-00602-7 SN - 1573-1456 VL - 17 SP - 3397 EP - 3422 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rossi, Leonardo A1 - Parisi, Davide A1 - Casari, Chiara A1 - Montanari, Luca A1 - Ruggieri, Gabriella A1 - Holtschoppen, Britta A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Empirical Data about Direct Economic Consequences of Emilia-Romagna 2012 Earthquake on Long-Span-Beam Buildings JF - Earthquake Spectra Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1193/100118EQS224DP SN - 1944-8201 VL - 35 IS - 4 SP - 1979 EP - 2001 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sildatke, Michael A1 - Karwanni, Hendrik A1 - Kraft, Bodo A1 - Schmidts, Oliver A1 - Zündorf, Albert T1 - Automated Software Quality Monitoring in Research Collaboration Projects T2 - ICSEW'20: Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering Workshops N2 - In collaborative research projects, both researchers and practitioners work together solving business-critical challenges. These projects often deal with ETL processes, in which humans extract information from non-machine-readable documents by hand. AI-based machine learning models can help to solve this problem. Since machine learning approaches are not deterministic, their quality of output may decrease over time. This fact leads to an overall quality loss of the application which embeds machine learning models. Hence, the software qualities in development and production may differ. Machine learning models are black boxes. That makes practitioners skeptical and increases the inhibition threshold for early productive use of research prototypes. Continuous monitoring of software quality in production offers an early response capability on quality loss and encourages the use of machine learning approaches. Furthermore, experts have to ensure that they integrate possible new inputs into the model training as quickly as possible. In this paper, we introduce an architecture pattern with a reference implementation that extends the concept of Metrics Driven Research Collaboration with an automated software quality monitoring in productive use and a possibility to auto-generate new test data coming from processed documents in production. Through automated monitoring of the software quality and auto-generated test data, this approach ensures that the software quality meets and keeps requested thresholds in productive use, even during further continuous deployment and changing input data. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/3387940.3391478 N1 - ICSE '20: 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 27 June 2020 - 19 July 2020 SP - 603 EP - 610 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic behaviour of RC frames with uncoupled masonry infills having two storeys or two bays T2 - Brick and Block Masonry - From Historical to Sustainable Masonry. Proceedings of the 17th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference N2 - Reinforced concrete (RC) structures with masonry infills are widely used for several types of buildings all over the world. However, it is well known that traditional masonry infills constructed with rigid contact to the surrounding RC frame performed rather poor in past earthquakes. Masonry infills showed severe in-plane damages and failed in many cases under out-of-plane seismic loading. As the undesired interactions between frames and infills changes the load transfer on building level, complete collapses of buildings were observed. A possible solution is uncoupling of masonry infills to the frame to reduce the infill contribution activated by the frame deformation under horizontal loading. The paper presents numerical simulations on RC frames equipped with the innovative decoupling system INODIS. The system was developed within the European project INSYSME and allows an effective uncoupling of frame and infill. The simulations are carried out with a micro-modelling approach, which is able to predict the complex nonlinear behaviour resulting from the different materials and their interaction. Each brick is modelled individually and connected taking into account nonlinearity of a brick mortar interface. The calibration of the model is based on small specimen tests and experimental results for one bay one storey frame are used for the validation. The validated model is further used for parametric studies on two storey and two bay infilled frames. The response and change of the structural stiffness are analysed and compared to the traditionally infilled frame. The results confirm the effectiveness of the INODIS system with less damage and relatively low contribution of the infill at high drift levels. In contrast to the uncoupled system configurations, traditionally infilled frames experienced brittle failure at rather low drift levels. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003098508-72 N1 - 17th International Brick/Block Masonry Conference (17thIB2MaC 2020), July 5-8, 2020, Kraków, Poland SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - CRC Press CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Markinkovic, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Pavese, A. A1 - Lanese, I. A1 - Hoffmeister, B. A1 - Pinkawa, M. A1 - Vulcu, C. A1 - Bursi, O. A1 - Nardin, C. A1 - Paolacci, F. A1 - Quinci, G. A1 - Fragiadakis, M. A1 - Weber, F. A1 - Huber, P. A1 - Renault, P. A1 - Gündel, M. A1 - Dyke, S. A1 - Ciucci, M. A1 - Marino, A. T1 - Investigation of the seismic behaviour of structural and nonstructural components in industrial facilities by means of shaking table tests T2 - Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020 Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-86359-729-0 N1 - 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (Aachen, Germany, March 4-5, 2020) SP - 159 EP - 172 PB - Apprimus Verlag CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Cacciatore, Pamela A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic safety of cylindrical granular material steel silos under seismic loading T2 - Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020 Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-86359-729-0 N1 - 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (Aachen, Germany, March 4-5, 2020) SP - 231 EP - 244 PB - Apprimus Verlag CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Michel, Philipp A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven T1 - Soil-dependent earthquake spectra in the analysis of liquid-storage-tanks on compliant soil T2 - Seismic design of industrial facilities 2020 N2 - A further development of the Added-Mass-Method allows the combined representation of the effects of both soil-structure-interaction and fluid-structure interaction on a liquid-filled-tank in one model. This results in a practical method for describing the dynamic fluid pressure on the tank shell during joint movement. The fluid pressure is calculated on the basis of the tank's eigenform and the earthquake acceleration and represented by additional masses on the shell. The bearing on compliant ground is represented by replacement springs, which are calculated dependent on the local soil composition. The influence of the shear modulus of the compliant soil is clearly visible in the pressure curves and the stress distribution in the shell. The acceleration spectra are also dependent on soil stiffness. According to Eurocode-8 the acceleration spectra are determined for fixed soil-classes, instead of calculating the accelerations for each site in direct dependence on the soil composition. This leads to unrealistic sudden changes in the system's response. Therefore, earthquake spectra are calculated for different soil models in direct dependence of the shear modulus. Thus, both the acceleration spectra and the replacement springs match the soil composition. This enables a reasonable and consistent calculation of the system response for the actual conditions at each site. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-86359-729-0 N1 - 2nd International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities (Aachen, Germany, March 4-5, 2020) SP - 245 EP - 254 PB - Apprimus Verlag CY - Aachen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Holler, Stefan T1 - Analysis of cylindrical granular material silos under seismic excitation JF - Buildings N2 - Silos generally work as storage structures between supply and demand for various goods, and their structural safety has long been of interest to the civil engineering profession. This is especially true for dynamically loaded silos, e.g., in case of seismic excitation. Particularly thin-walled cylindrical silos are highly vulnerable to seismic induced pressures, which can cause critical buckling phenomena of the silo shell. The analysis of silos can be carried out in two different ways. In the first, the seismic loading is modeled through statically equivalent loads acting on the shell. Alternatively, a time history analysis might be carried out, in which nonlinear phenomena due to the filling as well as the interaction between the shell and the granular material are taken into account. The paper presents a comparison of these approaches. The model used for the nonlinear time history analysis considers the granular material by means of the intergranular strain approach for hypoplasticity theory. The interaction effects between the granular material and the shell is represented by contact elements. Additionally, soil–structure interaction effects are taken into account. KW - granular silo KW - earthquake engineering KW - hypoplasticity KW - nonlinear transient analyses Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings7030061 SN - 2075-5309 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kubalski, T. A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Modena, Claudio T1 - Numerical investigation of masonry infilled R.C. frames T2 - Brick and Block Masonry. Proceedings of the 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, Padova, Italy, 26-30 June 2016 Y1 - 2016 SN - 9781315374963 SP - 1219 EP - 1226 PB - CRC Press CY - Leiden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinkovic, Marko T1 - Damage reduction system for masonry infill walls under seismic loading T2 - ce/papers N2 - Reinforced concrete (RC) frames with masonry infills are frequently used in seismic regions all over the world. Generally masonry infills are considered as nonstructural elements and thus are typically neglected in the design process. However, the observations made after strong earthquakes have shown that masonry infills can modify the dynamic behavior of the structure significantly. The consequences were total collapses of buildings and loss of human lives. This paper presents the new system INODIS (Innovative Decoupled Infill System) developed within the European research project INSYSME (Innovative Systems for Earthquake Resistant Masonry Enclosures in RC Buildings). INODIS decouples the frame and the masonry infill by means of special U-shaped rubbers placed in between frame and infill. The effectiveness of the system was investigated by means of full scale tests on RC frames with masonry infills subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane loading. Furthermore small specimen tests were conducted to determine material characteristics of the components and the resistances of the connections. Finally, a micromodel was developed to simulate the in-plane behavior of RC frames infilled with AAC blocks with and without installation of the INODIS system. KW - earthquakes KW - in-plane and out-of-plane failure KW - INODIS KW - RC frames Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/cepa.863 N1 - Special Issue: ICAAC ‐ 6th International Conference on Autoclaved Aerated Concrete VL - 2 IS - 4 SP - 267 EP - 273 PB - Ernst & Sohn Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - GEN A1 - Nobisrath, Ulrich A1 - Zündorf, Albert A1 - George, Tobias A1 - Ruben, Jubeh A1 - Kraft, Bodo T1 - Software Stories Guide N2 - Software Stories are a simple graphical notation for requirements analysis and design in agile software projects. Software Stories are based on example scenarios. Example scenarios facilitate the communication between lay people or domain experts and software experts. Y1 - 2017 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rieke, Christian A1 - Stollenwerk, Dominik A1 - Dahmen, Markus A1 - Pieper, Martin T1 - Modeling and optimization of a biogas plant for a demand-driven energy supply JF - Energy N2 - Due to the Renewable Energy Act, in Germany it is planned to increase the amount of renewable energy carriers up to 60%. One of the main problems is the fluctuating supply of wind and solar energy. Here biogas plants provide a solution, because a demand-driven supply is possible. Before running such a plant, it is necessary to simulate and optimize the process. This paper provides a new model of a biogas plant, which is as accurate as the standard ADM1 model. The advantage compared to ADM1 is that it is based on only four parameters compared to 28. Applying this model, an optimization was installed, which allows a demand-driven supply by biogas plants. Finally the results are confirmed by several experiments and measurements with a real test plant. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.073 SN - 0360-5442 VL - 145 SP - 657 EP - 664 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dotzauer, Martin A1 - Pfeiffer, Diana A1 - Lauer, Markus A1 - Pohl, Marcel A1 - Mauky, Eric A1 - Bär, Katharina A1 - Sonnleitner, Matthias A1 - Zörner, Wilfried A1 - Hudde, Jessica A1 - Schwarz, Björn A1 - Faßauer, Burkhardt A1 - Dahmen, Markus A1 - Rieke, Christian A1 - Herbert, Johannes A1 - Thrän, Daniela T1 - How to measure flexibility – Performance indicators for demand driven power generation from biogas plants JF - Renewable Energy Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.10.021 SN - 0960-1481 SP - 135 EP - 146 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Breitbach, Gerd A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - May, Martin A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Herrmann, Ulf T1 - Analysis of volumetric solar radiation absorbers made of wire meshes T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117521 SN - 0094243X VL - 2126 SP - 030009-1 EP - 030009-6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mahdi, Zahra A1 - Rendón, Carlos A1 - Schwager, Christian A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Herrmann, Ulf T1 - Novel concept for indirect solar-heated methane reforming T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117694 SN - 0094-243X VL - 2126 SP - 180014-1 EP - 180014-7 PB - AIP Publishing CY - Melville, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - May, Martin A1 - Breitbach, Gerd A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Latzke, Markus A1 - Bäumer, Klaus A1 - Uhlig, Ralf A1 - Söhn, Matthias A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Herrmann, Ulf T1 - Experimental facility for investigations of wire mesh absorbers for pressurized gases T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117547 SN - 0094243X VL - 2126 SP - 030035-1 EP - 030035-9 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico A1 - Mitchell, John C. A1 - Ruiz, Victor C. A1 - Kalogirou, Soteris A1 - Ktistis, Panayiotis K. A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Herrmann, Ulf T1 - Dynamic simulation model of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage for process steam generation T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5117663 SN - 0094243X VL - 2126 SP - 150007-1 EP - 150007-8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Edip, K. A1 - Sesov, V. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bojadjieva, J. T1 - Development of coupled numerical model for simulation of multiphase soil JF - Computers and Geotechnics N2 - In this paper, a coupled multiphase model considering both non-linearities of water retention curves and solid state modeling is proposed. The solid displacements and the pressures of both water and air phases are unknowns of the proposed model. The finite element method is used to solve the governing differential equations. The proposed method is demonstrated through simulation of seepage test and partially consolidation problem. Then, implementation of the model is done by using hypoplasticity for the solid phase and analyzing the fully saturated triaxial experiments. In integration of the constitutive law error controlling is improved and comparisons done accordingly. In this work, the advantages and limitations of the numerical model are discussed. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2017.08.016 SN - 0266-352X VL - 96 SP - 118 EP - 131 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rupp, Matthias A1 - Rieke, Christian A1 - Handschuh, Nils A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel T1 - Economic and ecological optimization of electric bus charging considering variable electricity prices and CO₂eq intensities JF - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment N2 - In many cities, diesel buses are being replaced by electric buses with the aim of reducing local emissions and thus improving air quality. The protection of the environment and the health of the population is the highest priority of our society. For the transport companies that operate these buses, not only ecological issues but also economic issues are of great importance. Due to the high purchase costs of electric buses compared to conventional buses, operators are forced to use electric vehicles in a targeted manner in order to ensure amortization over the service life of the vehicles. A compromise between ecology and economy must be found in order to both protect the environment and ensure economical operation of the buses. In this study, we present a new methodology for optimizing the vehicles’ charging time as a function of the parameters CO₂eq emissions and electricity costs. Based on recorded driving profiles in daily bus operation, the energy demands of conventional and electric buses are calculated for the passenger transportation in the city of Aachen in 2017. Different charging scenarios are defined to analyze the influence of the temporal variability of CO₂eq intensity and electricity price on the environmental impact and economy of the bus. For every individual day of a year, charging periods with the lowest and highest costs and emissions are identified and recommendations for daily bus operation are made. To enable both the ecological and economical operation of the bus, the parameters of electricity price and CO₂ are weighted differently, and several charging periods are proposed, taking into account the priorities previously set. A sensitivity analysis is carried out to evaluate the influence of selected parameters and to derive recommendations for improving the ecological and economic balance of the battery-powered electric vehicle. In all scenarios, the optimization of the charging period results in energy cost savings of a maximum of 13.6% compared to charging at a fixed electricity price. The savings potential of CO₂eq emissions is similar, at 14.9%. From an economic point of view, charging between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. results in the lowest energy costs on average. The CO₂eq intensity is also low in this period, but midday charging leads to the largest savings in CO₂eq emissions. From a life cycle perspective, the electric bus is not economically competitive with the conventional bus. However, from an ecological point of view, the electric bus saves on average 37.5% CO₂eq emissions over its service life compared to the diesel bus. The reduction potential is maximized if the electric vehicle exclusively consumes electricity from solar and wind power. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2020.102293 SN - 1361-9209 VL - 81 IS - Article 102293 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Paulsen, Svea A1 - Hoffstadt, Kevin A1 - Krafft, Simone A1 - Leite, A. A1 - Zang, J. A1 - Fonseca-Zang, W. A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel T1 - Continuous biogas production from sugarcane as sole substrate T2 - Energy Reports N2 - A German–Brazilian research project investigates sugarcane as an energy plant in anaerobic digestion for biogas production. The aim of the project is a continuous, efficient, and stable biogas process with sugarcane as the substrate. Tests are carried out in a fermenter with a volume of 10 l. In order to optimize the space–time load to achieve a stable process, a continuous process in laboratory scale has been devised. The daily feed in quantity and the harvest time of the substrate sugarcane has been varied. Analyses of the digester content were conducted twice per week to monitor the process: The ratio of inorganic carbon content to volatile organic acid content (VFA/TAC), the concentration of short-chain fatty acids, the organic dry matter, the pH value, and the total nitrogen, phosphate, and ammonium concentrations were monitored. In addition, the gas quality (the percentages of CO₂, CH₄, and H₂) and the quantity of the produced gas were analyzed. The investigations have exhibited feasible and economical production of biogas in a continuous process with energy cane as substrate. With a daily feeding rate of 1.68gᵥₛ/l*d the average specific gas formation rate was 0.5 m3/kgᵥₛ. The long-term study demonstrates a surprisingly fast metabolism of short-chain fatty acids. This indicates a stable and less susceptible process compared to other substrates. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2019.08.035 N1 - 6th International Conference on Energy and Environment Research, ICEER 2019, 22–25 July, University of Aveiro, Portugal VL - 6 IS - Supplement 1 SP - 153 EP - 158 PB - Elsevier ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Imani Vashiani, Anahita A1 - Timmermanns, Tobias T1 - Threat for human beings due to touch voltages and body currents caused by direct lightning strikes in case of non-isolated lightning protection systems using natural components T2 - 35th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) and XVI International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA) N2 - For typical cases of non-isolated lightning protection systems (LPS) the impulse currents are investigated which may flow through a human body directly touching a structural part of the LPS. Based on a basic LPS model with conventional down-conductors especially the cases of external and internal steel columns and metal façades are considered and compared. Numerical simulations of the line quantities voltages and currents in the time domain are performed with an equivalent circuit of the entire LPS. As a result it can be stated that by increasing the number of conventional down-conductors and external steel columns the threat for a human being can indeed be reduced, but not down to an acceptable limit. In case of internal steel columns used as natural down-conductors the threat can be reduced sufficiently, depending on the low-resistive connection of the steel columns to the lightning equipotential bonding or the earth termination system, resp. If a metal façade is used the threat for human beings touching is usually very low, if the façade is sufficiently interconnected and multiply connected to the lightning equipotential bonding or the earth termination system, resp. KW - Lightning protection system KW - down-conductor KW - steel columns KW - metal façade KW - touch voltage Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-1-6654-2346-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLPandSIPDA54065.2021.9627465 N1 - 35th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) and XVI International Symposium on Lightning Protection (SIPDA), 20-26 Sept. 2021, Colombo, Sri Lanka PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Pieper, Martin T1 - Quantum mechanics: Introduction to mathematical formulation N2 - Anyone who has always wanted to understand the hieroglyphs on Sheldon's blackboard in the TV series The Big Bang Theory or who wanted to know exactly what the fate of Schrödinger's cat is all about will find a short, descriptive introduction to the world of quantum mechanics in this essential. The text particularly focuses on the mathematical description in the Hilbert space. The content goes beyond popular scientific presentations, but is nevertheless suitable for readers without special prior knowledge thanks to the clear examples. KW - Quantenmechanik KW - Hilbert Room KW - Postulates KW - Schrödingers cat KW - Operators Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-658-32644-9 SN - 978-3-658-32645-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32645-6 PB - Springer CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Berg, Tobias A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Breaking the habit – new approaches in engineering education T2 - Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education N2 - Within the framework of the project a genderand diversity-oriented teaching evaluation and modern, media-supported blended learning approaches were used in order to achieve the intended goals. First research results of the literature and status quo analysis were already implemented and tested in newly designed teaching approaches, for example in a multidisciplinary introductory lecture of civil engineering at RWTH Aachen University. KW - teaching KW - engineering education KW - gender and diversity KW - best practice Y1 - 2015 SN - 978-2-87352-012-0 N1 - Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education , Orléans , France , SEFI , 2015-06-29 - 2015-07-02 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Bouffier, Anna T1 - Facing Future Challenges: Building Engineers for Tomorrow T2 - Conference proceedings : new perspectives in science education : 5th Conference edition, Florence, Italy, 17-18 March 2016 N2 - Future engineers are increasingly confronted with the so-called Megatrends which are the big social challenges society has to cope with. These Megatrends, such as “Silver Society”, “Globalization”, “Mobility” and “Female Shift” require an application-oriented perspective on Diversity especially in the engineering field. Therefore, it is necessary to enable future engineers not only to look at the technical perspectives of a problem, but also to be able to see the related questions within societies they are developing their artefacts for. The aim of teaching engineering should be to prepare engineers for these requirements and to draw attention to the diverse needs in a globalized world. Bringing together technical knowledge and social competences which go beyond a mere training of the so-called “soft skills”, is a new approach followed at RWTH Aachen University, one of the leading technical universities in Germany. RWTH Aachen University has established the bridging professorship “Gender and Diversity in Engineering” (GDI) which educates engineers with an interdisciplinary approach to expand engineering limits. In the frame of a sustainable teaching concept the research group under the leadership of Prof. Carmen Leicht-Scholten has developed an approach which imparts a supplication-specific Gender and Diversity expertise to engineers. In workshops students gain theoretical knowledge about Gender and Diversity and learn how to transfer their knowledge in their special field of study and later work. To substantiate this, the course participants have to solve case studies from real life. The cases which are developed in collaboration with non-profit organizations and enterprises from economy rise the students to challenges which are inspired by professional life. Evaluation shows the success of this approach as well as an increasing demand for such teaching formats. KW - Diversity KW - Engineering Education KW - Gender KW - Higher Education Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-886292-705-5 SP - 32 EP - 37 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Social responsibility and innovation - Key competencies for engineers T2 - ICERI 2016: 9th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation: Conference Proceedings : Seville (Spain), 14-16 November N2 - Engineers are of particular importance for the societies of tomorrow. The big social challenges society has to cope with in future, can only be mastered, if engineers link the development and innovation process closely with the requirements of people. As a result, in the frame of the innovation process engineers have to design and develop products for diverse users. Therefore, the consideration of diversity in this process is a core competence engineers should have. Implementing the consideration of diverse requirements into product design is also linked to the development of sustainable products and thus leads to social responsible research and development, the core concept formulated by the EU. For this reason, future engineers should be educated to look at the technical perspectives of a problem embedded in the related questions within societies they are developing their artefacts for. As a result, the aim of teaching engineering should be to prepare engineers for these requirements and to draw attention to the diverse needs in a globalized world. To match the competence profiles of future engineers to the global challenges and the resulting social responsibility, RWTH Aachen University, one of the leading technical universities in Germany, has established the bridging professorship “Gender and Diversity in Engineering” (GDI) which educates engineers with an interdisciplinary approach to expand engineering limits. The interdisciplinary teaching concept of the research group pursues an approach which imparts an application oriented Gender and Diversity expertise to future engineers. In the frame of an established teaching concept, which is a result of experiences and expertise of the research group, students gain theoretical knowledge about Gender and Diversity and learn how to transfer their knowledge into their later field of action. In the frame of the conference the institutional approach will be presented as well as the teaching concept which will be introduced by concrete course examples. KW - diversity KW - innovation KW - social responsible engineering KW - engineering education Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-84-617-5895-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.21125/iceri.2016.0353 SN - 2340-1095 SP - 5967 EP - 5976 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Bouffier, Anna A1 - Gaedicke, Sonja A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Diversifying engineering education: a transdisciplinary approach from RWTH Aachen University T2 - Strategies for increasing diversity in engineering majors and careers N2 - Engineers and therefore engineering education are challenged by the increasing complexity of questions to be answered globally. The education of future engineers therefore has to answer with curriculums that build up relevant skills. This chapter will give an example how to bring engineering and social responsibility successful together to build engineers of tomorrow. Through the integration of gender and diversity perspectives, engineering research and teaching is expanded with new perspectives and contents providing an important potential for innovation. Aiming on the enhancement of engineering education with distinctive competencies beyond technical expertise, the teaching approach introduced in the chapter represents key factors to ensure that coming generations of engineers will be able to meet the requirements and challenges a changing globalized world holds for them. The chapter will describe how this approach successfully has been implemented in the curriculum in engineering of a leading technical university in Germany. Y1 - 2017 SN - 9781522522126 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2212-6.ch010 SP - 201 EP - 235 PB - IGI Global CY - Hershey, USA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Innovation and Diversity : Integrating new perspectives into research associations T2 - 12th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (ECIE 2017) : Paris, France, 21-22 September 2017 N2 - The link between diversity and innovation is broadly discussed in the context of research and innovation processes. Many institutions and enterprises, specifically in commerce, have already tried to establish sustainable diversity management concepts, in order to increase the diversity of their workforce in addition to establishing a corporate culture of openness. Alongside the creation of a working place where different experiences and skills are valued equally, the entrepreneurial intention is to transfer diversity into economically relevant advantages. Taking into account the potential of diversity in research and innovation processes, the project “Diversity- and Innovation Management” was incorporated within a large interdisciplinary research Cluster. The project’s purpose was to study the context between diversity and innovation in research associations and to later develop a customised management concept into an interdisciplinary research Cluster on integrative production technology with full integration. The challenge of such research associations lays in an organisational structure which is often described as being decentralised. Researchers coming from different academic disciplines, while having diverse habits, conduct research on large scientific issues and challenges. In addition, these researchers are socialised in different institutions and university chairs. Theses differences in leadership styles, business cultures and organisational strategies, follow into their research team work. Taking a closer look into the management of human resources suggests that decentral organised recruitment processes, as well as allocation of human resources, lead to a lacking overview in regard to missing competencies, perspectives and backgrounds in research networks. These circumstances are comparable to big corporate groups. While developing a management concept for research associations, these characteristics must be considered. To ensure this, the project follows a human-centred approach, which considers top-down, as well as bottom-up perspectives. This paper presents the applied mixed-method approach in the scientific issue described above. In the frame of the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries” research results based on quantitative, as well as qualitative studies, were presented as an application example. This paper provides a new perspective on the innovation and diversity context. Against the background of complex research organisations, the development approach of a management concept is particularly interesting. KW - Innovation KW - Diversity KW - Innovation Management KW - Diversity Management KW - Leadership Y1 - 2017 SN - 978-1-911218-54-8 SP - 767 EP - 776 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Rau, Christoph A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Anthrakidis, Anette A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - O’Connor, B. A1 - Chico Caminos, R.A. A1 - Rendón, C. A1 - Hilger, P. T1 - Concentrating solar power T2 - Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Second Edition) / Volume 3: Solar Thermal Systems: Components and Applications N2 - The focus of this chapter is the production of power and the use of the heat produced from concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) systems. The chapter starts with the general theoretical principles of concentrating systems including the description of the concentration ratio, the energy and mass balance. The power conversion systems is the main part where solar-only operation and the increase in operational hours. Solar-only operation include the use of steam turbines, gas turbines, organic Rankine cycles and solar dishes. The operational hours can be increased with hybridization and with storage. Another important topic is the cogeneration where solar cooling, desalination and of heat usage is described. Many examples of commercial CSP power plants as well as research facilities from the past as well as current installed and in operation are described in detail. The chapter closes with economic and environmental aspects and with the future potential of the development of CSP around the world. KW - Central receiver power plant KW - Concentrated systems KW - Gas turbine KW - Hybridization KW - Power conversion systems Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-0-12-819734-9 SP - 670 EP - 724 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Sauerborn, Markus A1 - Kaufhold, O. T1 - High Concentration Solar Collectors T2 - Comprehensive Renewable Energy (Second Edition) / Volume 3: Solar Thermal Systems: Components and Applications N2 - Solar thermal concentrated power is an emerging technology that provides clean electricity for the growing energy market. To the solar thermal concentrated power plant systems belong the parabolic trough, the Fresnel collector, the solar dish, and the central receiver system. For high-concentration solar collector systems, optical and thermal analysis is essential. There exist a number of measurement techniques and systems for the optical and thermal characterization of the efficiency of solar thermal concentrated systems. For each system, structure, components, and specific characteristics types are described. The chapter presents additionally an outline for the calculation of system performance and operation and maintenance topics. One main focus is set to the models of components and their construction details as well as different types on the market. In the later part of this article, different criteria for the choice of technology are analyzed in detail. KW - Central receiver system KW - Concentrated solar collector KW - Solar dish KW - Solar concentration Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-0-12-819734-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00058-3 SP - 198 EP - 245 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Sharma, Mamta Rameshwarlal A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen ED - Farn, C. K. T1 - Innovation through Diversity - Development of a Diversity and Innovation management concept T2 - International Conference on Innovation and Management : IAM23017S : Date: July 4-7, 2017, Osaka, Japan N2 - Acknowledging that a diverse workforce could be a potential source of innovation, the current research deals with the fine details of why diversity management is central to achieving innovation in heterogeneous research groups and how this could be effectively realized in an organization. The types of heterogeneities addressed mainly include gender, qualification, academic discipline and intercultural perspectives. The type of organization being dealt with in this work is a complex association of research institutes at a technical university in Germany (RWTH Aachen University), namely a 'Cluster of Excellence', whereby several institutes of the university work collaboratively in different sub-projects. The 'Cluster of Excellence' is a part of the 'Excellence Initiative' of the German federal and state governments German Research Foundation (DFG) and German Council of Science and Humanities, with the ultimate aim of promoting cutting-edge research. To support interdisciplinary collaboration and thus the performance of the cluster, the development of a diversity and innovation management concept is presently in the conceptual phase and will be described in the frame of this paper. The 3-S-Diversity Model, composed of the three elements: skills, structure and strategy, serves as a basis for the development of the concept. The proposed concept consists of six phases; the first two phases lay the ground work by developing an understanding of the status quo on the forms of diversity in the Cluster of Excellence, the type of organizational structure of the member institutes and the varieties of specialist work cultures of the same. The third and the fourth phases build up on this foundation by means of qualitative and quantitative studies. While the third phase deals with the sensitization of the management level to the close connection between diversity and innovation; the need to manage them thereafter and find tailor-made methods of doing so, the fourth phase shall mainly focus on the mindset of the employees in this regard. The fifth phase shall consolidate the learnings and the ideas developed in the course of the first four phases into an implementable strategy. The ultimate phase shall be the implementation of this concept in the Cluster. The first three phases have been accomplished successfully and the preliminary results are already available. Y1 - 2017 SN - 2218-6387 SP - Panel C PB - Kuang Hui Chiu CY - Osaka ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hinke, Christian A1 - Vervier, Luisa A1 - Brauner, Philipp A1 - Schneider, Sebastian A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Ziefle, Martina A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Capability configuration in next generation manufacturing T2 - Forecasting next generation manufacturing : digital shadows, human-machine collaboration, and data-driven business models N2 - Industrial production systems are facing radical change in multiple dimensions. This change is caused by technological developments and the digital transformation of production, as well as the call for political and social change to facilitate a transformation toward sustainability. These changes affect both the capabilities of production systems and companies and the design of higher education and educational programs. Given the high uncertainty in the likelihood of occurrence and the technical, economic, and societal impacts of these concepts, we conducted a technology foresight study, in the form of a real-time Delphi analysis, to derive reliable future scenarios featuring the next generation of manufacturing systems. This chapter presents the capabilities dimension and describes each projection in detail, offering current case study examples and discussing related research, as well as implications for policy makers and firms. Specifically, we discuss the benefits of capturing expert knowledge and making it accessible to newcomers, especially in highly specialized industries. The experts argue that in order to cope with the challenges and circumstances of today’s world, students must already during their education at university learn how to work with AI and other technologies. This means that study programs must change and that universities must adapt their structural aspects to meet the needs of the students. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-031-07733-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07734-0_6 SP - 95 EP - 106 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Perceiving diversity : an explorative approach in a complex research organization. T2 - Diversity and discrimination in research organizations N2 - Diversity management is seen as a decisive factor for ensuring the development of socially responsible innovations (Beacham and Shambaugh, 2011; Sonntag, 2014; López, 2015; Uebernickel et al., 2015). However, many diversity management approaches fail due to a one-sided consideration of diversity (Thomas and Ely, 2019) and a lacking linkage between the prevailing organizational culture and the perception of diversity in the respective organization. Reflecting the importance of diverse perspectives, research institutions have a special responsibility to actively deal with diversity, as they are publicly funded institutions that drive socially relevant development and educate future generations of developers, leaders and decision-makers. Nevertheless, only a few studies have so far dealt with the influence of the special framework conditions of the science system on diversity management. Focusing on the interdependency of the organizational culture and diversity management especially in a university research environment, this chapter aims in a first step to provide a theoretical perspective on the framework conditions of a complex research organization in Germany in order to understand the system-specific factors influencing diversity management. In a second step, an exploratory cluster analysis is presented, investigating the perception of diversity and possible influencing factors moderating this perception in a scientific organization. Combining both steps, the results show specific mechanisms and structures of the university research environment that have an impact on diversity management and rigidify structural barriers preventing an increase of diversity. The quantitative study also points out that the management level takes on a special role model function in the scientific system and thus has an influence on the perception of diversity. Consequently, when developing diversity management approaches in research organizations, it is necessary to consider the top-down direction of action, the special nature of organizational structures in the university research environment as well as the special role of the professorial level as role model for the scientific staff. KW - Diversity management KW - Organizational culture KW - Change management KW - Psychological concepts KW - Perception Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-80117-959-1 (Print) SN - 978-1-80117-956-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-956-020221010 SP - 365 EP - 392 PB - Emerald Publishing Limited CY - Bingley ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Striebing, Clemens A1 - Müller, Jörg A1 - Schraudner, Martina A1 - Gewinner, Irina Valerie A1 - Guerrero Morales, Patricia A1 - Hochfeld, Katharina A1 - Hoffman, Shekinah A1 - Kmec, Julie A. A1 - Nguyen, Huu Minh A1 - Schneider, Jannick A1 - Sheridan, Jennifer A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Trimble O'Connor, Lindsey A1 - Vandevelde-Rougale, Agnès T1 - Promoting diversity and combatting discrimination in research organizations: a practitioner’s guide T2 - Diversity and discrimination in research organizations N2 - The essay is addressed to practitioners in research management and from academic leadership. It describes which measures can contribute to creating an inclusive climate for research teams and preventing and effectively dealing with discrimination. The practical recommendations consider the policy and organizational levels, as well as the individual perspective of research managers. Following a series of basic recommendations, six lessons learned are formulated, derived from the contributions to the edited collection on “Diversity and Discrimination in Research Organizations.” KW - Inclusive work climate KW - lessons learned KW - policy recommendations KW - recommendations for actions KW - bullying Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-80117-959-1 (Print) SN - 978-1-80117-956-0 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80117-956-020221012 SP - 421 EP - 442 PB - Emerald Publishing Limited CY - Bingley ER - TY - THES A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda T1 - Diversity in complex organizations : the triangle of diversity management, change management and organizational culture from a system-theoretical perspective N2 - Insbesondere im wirtschaftlichen Kontext wird die Diversität von Belegschaften zunehmend als ein kritischer Erfolgsfaktor gesehen. Neben dem Potenzial, welches sich laut Studien aus einem vielfältigen Team ergibt, werden jedoch ebenfalls die aus menschlicher Diversität resultierenden Herausforderungen thematisiert und wissenschaftlich untersucht. Sowohl aus dem Potenzial als auch aus den Herausforderungen ergibt sich dabei die Notwendigkeit der Implementierung eines organisationsspezifischen Diversity Managements, welches die Gewinnung neuer Mitarbeiter*innen einerseits und das Management der vorhandenen Vielfalt andererseits gleichermaßen unterstützt. In der psychologischen, sozial- und wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Literatur gibt es unterschiedliche Definitionen von Diversität, woraus sich verschiedene Perspektiven auf das Vorgehen bei der Gestaltung und Umsetzung eines Diversity Management Ansatzes ergeben. Insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund der Komplexität des Organisationsumfeldes und der steigenden Anforderungen an die organisationsinterne Agilität besteht die Notwendigkeit, Diversität in Organisationen stärker zu reflektieren und systemspezifische Ansätze zu entwickeln. Dies erfordert die Berücksichtigung organisationsspezifischer Strukturen und Prozesse sowie die Reflexion des Wandels der Organisationskultur durch die Umsetzung eines Diversity Management Ansatzes, der die gegebene Komplexität aufgreift und bewältigen kann. Darüber hinaus sind die psychologischen Auswirkungen solcher Veränderungen auf die Mitarbeiter*innen zu berücksichtigen, um Reaktanzen zu vermeiden und eine nachhaltige Umsetzung von Diversity Management zu ermöglichen. In Ermangelung entsprechender Ansätze im Rahmen öffentlich finanzierter, komplexer Forschungsorganisationen, ist das Ziel dieser Dissertation die Entwicklung und Erprobung eines Forschungsdesigns, welches die Ansätze des Diversity- und Change Managements mit der Organisationskultur verknüpft, indem es eine systemtheoretische Perspektive einnimmt. Dabei wird das Forschungsdesign auf eine komplexe wissenschaftliche Organisation angewendet. Als Basis dient die in Teil A durchgeführte Betrachtung des aktuellen Forschungsstandes aus einer interdisziplinären Perspektive und die damit einhergehende umfassende Einführung in das Forschungsfeld. Im Zuge dessen wird detailliert auf die begriffliche Definition von Diversität eingegangen, bevor dann die psychologischen Konzepte im Diversitätskontext den Übergang zu einer differenzierten Auseinandersetzung mit dem Konzept des Diversity Managements bilden. Auf dieser Grundlage werden das Forschungsdesign sowie die daraus resultierenden Forschungsphasen abgeleitet. Teil A stellt somit die theoretische Grundlage für die in Teil B präsentierten Fachaufsätze dar. Jeder Fachaufsatz beleuchtet dabei in chronologischer Reihenfolge die unterschiedlichen Forschungsphasen. Fachaufsatz I präsentiert den sechsstufigen Forschungsansatz und beleuchtet die besonderen Rahmenbedingungen des Forschungsobjektes aus einer theoretischen Perspektive. Im Anschluss werden die Ergebnisse der Organisationsanalyse, welche zugleich Phase I und II des Forschungskonzeptes darstellen, vorgestellt. Aufbauend auf diesen Forschungsergebnissen fokussiert Forschungsaufsatz II die Darlegung der Ergebnisse aus Forschungsphase III, der Befragung der Führungsebene. Die Befragung thematisierte dabei die Wahrnehmung von Diversity und Diversity Management auf Führungsebene, die Verknüpfung von Diversität mit Innovation sowie die Reflexion des eigenen Führungsstils. Als Ergebnis der Befragung konnten sechs Typen identifiziert werden, die das Führungsverständnis im Diversitätskontext widerspiegeln und somit den Ansatzpunkt für eine top-down gerichtete Diversity Management Strategie darstellen. Darauf aufbauend wird in Forschungsphase IV die Mitarbeiter*innenebene beforscht. Im Zentrum der quantitativen Befragung standen die vorherrschenden Einstellungen zum Themenkomplex Diversity und Diversity Management, die Wahrnehmung von Diversität sowie die Untersuchung des Einflusses der Führungsebene auf die Mitarbeiter*innenebene. Forschungsaufsatz III präsentiert erste Ergebnisse dieser Untersuchung. Die Analyse weist auf eine unterschiedliche Gewichtung der verschiedenen Diversitätskategorien hinsichtlich der Verknüpfung mit Innovationen und somit der Reflexion des Kontextes zwischen Diversität und Innovationen hin. Vergleichbar mit den identifizierten Typen auf der Führungsebene, deutet die Analyse auf die Existenz unterschiedlicher Reflexionsgrade auf Mitarbeiter*innenebene hin. Auf Basis dessen wird im Rahmen von Forschungsaufsatz IV eine nähere Untersuchung des Reflexionsgrades auf Mitarbeiter*innenebene präsentiert und der Diversity Management Ansatz mit Elementen des Change Managements kombiniert. Besondere Berücksichtigung findet als Schlussfolgerung einer theoretischen Analyse die Organisationskultur als zentrales Element bei der Entwicklung und Einführung eines Diversity Management Ansatzes in eine komplexe Forschungsorganisation in Deutschland. Die Analyse zeigt, dass die Wahrnehmung von Diversität heterogen aber zunächst losgelöst vom individuellen Hintergrund ist (im Rahmen dieser Analyse lag der Fokus auf den Diversitätskategorien Gender und Herkunft). Hinsichtlich der Wertschätzung von Diversität zeigt sich dabei ebenfalls ein heterogenes Bild. In der Gesamtbetrachtung stimmen lediglich 17% der Mitarbeiter*innen zu, dass Diversitätskategorien wie Gender, Herkunft oder auch Alter einen Mehrwert darstellen können. Zugleich bewertet diese Gruppe die dem Thema beigemessene Wichtigkeit im CoE als ausreichend. Zusammengefasst lassen sich folgende Erkenntnisse im Rahmen dieser Dissertation ableiten und dienen somit als Grundlage für die Entwicklung eines Diversity Management Ansatzes: (1) Die Entwicklung eines bedarfsorientierten Diversity Management Ansatzes erfordert einen systemtheoretischen Prozess, der sowohl organisationsinterne als auch externe Einflussfaktoren berücksichtigt. Der im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes entwickelte sechsstufige Forschungsprozess hat sich dabei als geeignetes Instrument erwiesen. (2)Im Rahmen öffentlicher Forschungseinrichtungen lassen sich dabei drei zentrale Faktoren identifizieren: die individuelle Reflexionsebene, die Organisationskultur sowie extern beeinflusste Organisationsstrukturen, Prozesse und Systeme.(3)Vergleichbar mit privatwirtschaftlichen Unternehmen hat auch in wissenschaftlichen Organisationen die Führungsebene einen maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die Wahrnehmung von Diversität und somit einen Einfluss auf die Umsetzung einer Diversity Management Strategie. Daher ist auch im wissenschaftlichen Kontext, bedingt durch die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen des Hochschulsystems, ein top-down Ansatz für eine nachhaltige Implementierung erforderlich. (4) Diversity Management steht in einem engen Zusammenhang mit einem organisationalen Wandel, was die Reflexion von Veränderungsprozesse aus einer psychologischen Perspektive erfordert und eine Verknüpfung von Diversity und Change Management bedingt. Aufbauend auf den im Rahmen des entwickelten Forschungskonzeptes gewonnenen zentralen Erkenntnissen wird ein Ansatz entwickelt, der die Ableitung theoretischer Implikationen sowie Implikationen für das Management ermöglicht. Insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund der Reflexion der besonderen Rahmenbedingungen öffentlich finanzierter Forschungsorganisationen werden darüber hinaus politische Implikationen abgeleitet, die auf die Veränderung struktureller Dimensionen abzielen. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18154/RWTH-2020-11830 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Alexander A1 - Pütz, Sebastian A1 - Brauner, Philipp A1 - Brillowski, Florian Sascha A1 - Buczak, Nadine A1 - Dammers, Hannah A1 - van Dyck, Marc A1 - Kong, Iris A1 - Königs, Peter A1 - Kortomeikel, Frauke Carole A1 - Rodemann, Niklas A1 - Schaar, Anne Kathrin A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Wlecke, Shari A1 - Gries, Thomas A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Nagel, Saskia K. A1 - Piller, Frank Thomas A1 - Schuh, Günther A1 - Ziefle, Martina A1 - Nitsch, Verena T1 - Human digital shadow: Data-based modeling of users and usage in the internet of production T2 - 14th Conference Human System Interaction Conference Proceedings N2 - Digital Shadows as the aggregation, linkage and abstraction of data relating to physical objects are a central vision for the future of production. However, the majority of current research takes a technocentric approach, in which the human actors in production play a minor role. Here, the authors present an alternative anthropocentric perspective that highlights the potential and main challenges of extending the concept of Digital Shadows to humans. Following future research methodology, three prospections that illustrate use cases for Human Digital Shadows across organizational and hierarchical levels are developed: human-robot collaboration for manual work, decision support and work organization, as well as human resource management. Potentials and challenges are identified using separate SWOT analyses for the three prospections and common themes are emphasized in a concluding discussion. KW - digital shadow KW - cyber physical production system KW - user & usage KW - internet of production Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/HSI52170.2021.9538729 N1 - 14th International Conference on Human System Interaction : 8-10 July 2021. Gdańsk, Poland SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mertens, Alexander A1 - Brauner, Philipp A1 - Baier, Ralph A1 - Brillowski, Florian A1 - Dammers, Hannah A1 - van Dyck, Marc A1 - Kong, Iris A1 - Königs, Peter A1 - Kordtomeikel, Frauke A1 - Liehner, Gian Luca A1 - Pütz, Sebastian A1 - Rodermann, Niklas A1 - Schaar, Anne Kathrin A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Vervier, Luisa A1 - Wlecke, Shari A1 - Gries, Thomas A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Nagel, Saskia K. A1 - Piller, Frank T. A1 - Schuh, Günther A1 - Ziefle, Martina A1 - Nitsch, Verena ED - Michael, Judith ED - Pfeiffer, Jérôme ED - Wortmann, Andreas T1 - Modelling Human Factors in Cyber Physical Production Systems by the Integration of Human Digital Shadows T2 - Modellierung 2022 Satellite Events N2 - The future of industrial manufacturing and production will increasingly manifest in the form of cyber-physical production systems. Here, Digital Shadows will act as mediators between the physical and digital world to model and operationalize the interactions and relationships between different entities in production systems. Until now, the associated concepts have been primarily pursued and implemented from a technocentric perspective, in which human actors play a subordinate role, if they are considered at all. This paper outlines an anthropocentric approach that explicitly considers the characteristics, behavior, and traits and states of human actors in socio-technical production systems. For this purpose, we discuss the potentials and the expected challenges and threats of creating and using Human Digital Shadows in production. KW - human digital shadow KW - cyber physical production system KW - human factors Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18420/modellierung2022ws-018 N1 - Modellierung 2022, 27. Juni - 01. Juli 2022, Hamburg, Deutschland SP - 147 EP - 149 PB - GI Gesellschaft für Informatik CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Brauner, Philipp A1 - Vervier, Luisa A1 - Brillowski, Florian A1 - Dammers, Hannah A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Schneider, Sebastian A1 - Baier, Ralph A1 - Ziefle, Martina A1 - Gries, Thomas A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Mertens, Alexander A1 - Nagel, Saskia K. T1 - Organization Routines in Next Generation Manufacturing T2 - Forecasting Next Generation Manufacturing N2 - Next Generation Manufacturing promises significant improvements in performance, productivity, and value creation. In addition to the desired and projected improvements regarding the planning, production, and usage cycles of products, this digital transformation will have a huge impact on work, workers, and workplace design. Given the high uncertainty in the likelihood of occurrence and the technical, economic, and societal impacts of these changes, we conducted a technology foresight study, in the form of a real-time Delphi analysis, to derive reliable future scenarios featuring the next generation of manufacturing systems. This chapter presents the organization dimension and describes each projection in detail, offering current case study examples and discussing related research, as well as implications for policy makers and firms. Specifically, we highlight seven areas in which the digital transformation of production will change how we work, how we organize the work within a company, how we evaluate these changes, and how employment and labor rights will be affected across company boundaries. The experts are unsure whether the use of collaborative robots in factories will replace traditional robots by 2030. They believe that the use of hybrid intelligence will supplement human decision-making processes in production environments. Furthermore, they predict that artificial intelligence will lead to changes in management processes, leadership, and the elimination of hierarchies. However, to ensure that social and normative aspects are incorporated into the AI algorithms, restricting measurement of individual performance will be necessary. Additionally, AI-based decision support can significantly contribute toward new, socially accepted modes of leadership. Finally, the experts believe that there will be a reduction in the workforce by the year 2030. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-3-031-07734-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07734-0_5 SP - 75 EP - 94 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Sharma, Mamta Rameshwarlal A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Diversity and innovation management in large research groups JF - International Journal of Innovation Management N2 - Contemporary research appreciates a diverse workforce as a potential source of innovation. Researchers explore the fine details of why diversity management is central for generating innovations in heterogeneous research groups and how it could be effectively implemented into organizations. Complex research associations that discuss topics with a high impact on society increasingly address the necessity of establishing a diverse workforce to confront the challenges of tomorrow. Characterized by complex management structures as well as hierarchies, research associations have not been a subject of investigation until now. For this reason, the presented research project aims to develop a diversity and innovation management strategy with the ultimate goal of inducing change in the corporate culture. The proposed approach consisted of six phases; the first two phases investigated the status quo of diversity in the existing organizational structures of member institutes and the variety of particular working cultures within the research association. The third and the fourth phases utilized qualitative and quantitative studies. The third phase focused on the connection of management level to diversity and innovation, and the need for diversity and innovation management, and tailor-made methods of implementing them. The first three phases have been accomplished successfully; preliminary results are already available. The fourth phase will mainly focus on exploring the mind-set of the employees. The fifth phase will consolidate the findings in the first four phases into an implementable strategy. The final phase will address the implementation of this strategy into the organization. Phases 4 to 6 have not yet been undertaken KW - diversity management KW - innovation management KW - research association KW - change management KW - engineering Y1 - 2017 SN - 1757-5877 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 49 EP - 72 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Müller-Abdelrazeq, Sarah Luisa A1 - Brauner, Philipp A1 - Calero Valdez, André A1 - Jansen, Ulrich A1 - Platte, Laura A1 - Schaar, Anne-Kathrin A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Zachow, Sebastian A1 - Schönefeld, Kathrin A1 - Haberstroh, Max A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Ziefle, Martina ED - Pather, Shaun T1 - Interdisciplinary cooperation management in research clusters: a review of twelve years. T2 - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning N2 - As an interdisciplinary research network, the Cluster of Excellence “Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries” (CoE) comprises of around 150 researchers. Their scientific background ranges from mechanical engineering and computer science to social sciences such as sociology and psychology. In addition to content- and methodbased challenges, the CoE’s employees are faced with heterogenic organizational cultures, different hierarchical levels, an imbalanced gender distribution, and a high employee fluctuation. The sub-project Scientific Cooperation Engineering 1 (CSP1) addresses the challenge of interdisciplinary cooperation and organizational learning and aims at fostering interdisciplinarity and its synergies as a source of innovation. Therefore, the project examines means of reaching an organizational development, ranging from temporal structures to a sustainable network in production technology. To achieve this aim, a broad range of means has been developed during the last twelve years: In addition to physical measures such as regular network events and trainings, virtual measures such as the Terminology App were focused. The app is an algorithmic analysis method for uncovering latent topic structures of publications of the CoE to highlight thematic intersections and synergy potentials. The detection and promotion of has been a vital and long known element in knowledge management. Furthermore, CSP1 focusses on project management and thus developed evaluation tools to measure and control the success of interdisciplinary cooperation. In addition to the cooperation fostering measures, CSP1 conducted studies about interdisciplinarity and diversity and their relationship with innovation. The scientific background of these means and the research results of CSP1 are outlined in this paper to offer approaches for successful interdisciplinary cooperation management. Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-912764-09-9 N1 - hosted by University of the Western Cape, South Africa 29-30 November 2018 SP - 216 EP - 224 PB - ACPIL ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Gilmartin, Shannon K. A1 - Muller, Carol B. A1 - Dungs, Carolin A1 - Sheppard, Sheri A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Expanding engineering limits : a concept for socially responsible education of engineers JF - The international journal of engineering education Y1 - 2019 SN - 0949-149X VL - 35 IS - 2 SP - 658 EP - 673 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen ED - Tipurić, Darko ED - Hruška, Domagoj T1 - Diversity- and innovation management in complex engineering organizations T2 - 7th International OFEL Conference on Governance, Management and Entrepreneurship: Embracing Diversity in Organisations. April 5th - 6th, 2019, Dubrovnik, Croatia N2 - Diversity is increasingly being addressed as an innovation-promoting factor. For this reason, companies and institutions tackle the integration of a diversity management approach that enables a heterogenic perspective on innovation development. However, system-theoretical frameworks state that the implementation of diversity measures that are not tailored to the needs of the organization often leads to a rejection or reactivity with regard to the management approach. In this context, especially organizations, which are characterized by a specific hierarchical structure, a dominant habitus or specialist culture, must face the challenge of realizing a sustainable change of the corporate culture that sets the basis for implementing diversity management approaches. The presented research project focuses on analyzing the situation in a huge scientific collaborative project - so called Cluster of Excellence (CoE) - with the aim to implement a diversity - and innovation management strategy. Considering the influencing determinants, the CoE is characterized by its embeddedness in the scientific system, a complex organizational structure, and a high fluctuation rate. The paper presents a systemic approach of reflecting these factors in order to develop a diversity- and innovation management strategy. In this frame, the results of a quantitative survey of CoE employees and derived mindset-types are presented. The results show a need for taking different mindset-types into account, to be able to develop a tailored management strategy. The aim of the project is to give recommendations for developing a sustainable management concept that promotes both diversity and innovation by drawing on the persisting mindsets of organization members while reflecting top down as well as bottom up factors of implementation processes as well as the psychology of change. This paper addresses all who are concerned with the management of human resources in innovation processes and are striving for a cultural change within the framework of complex organizations. KW - Change Management KW - Corporate Culture KW - Diversity Management KW - Engineering KW - Innovation Management Y1 - 2019 SP - 136 EP - 157 PB - Governance Research and Development Centre (CIRU) CY - Zagreb ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda T1 - Educating engineers for socially responsible solutions through design thinking T2 - Design thinking in higher education: interdisciplinary encounters N2 - There is a broad international discussion about rethinking engineering education in order to educate engineers to cope with future challenges, and particularly the sustainable development goals. In this context, there is a consensus about the need to shift from a mostly technical paradigm to a more holistic problem-based approach, which can address the social embeddedness of technology in society. Among the strategies suggested to address this social embeddedness, design thinking has been proposed as an essential complement to engineering precisely for this purpose. This chapter describes the requirements for integrating the design thinking approach in engineering education. We exemplify the requirements and challenges by presenting our approach based on our course experiences at RWTH Aachen University. The chapter first describes the development of our approach of integrating design thinking in engineering curricula, how we combine it with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as well as the role of sustainability and social responsibility in engineering. Secondly, we present the course “Expanding Engineering Limits: Culture, Diversity, and Gender” at RWTH Aachen University. We describe the necessity to theoretically embed the method in social and cultural context, giving students the opportunity to reflect on cultural, national, or individual “engineering limits,” and to be able to overcome them using design thinking as a next step for collaborative project work. The paper will suggest that the successful implementation of design thinking as a method in engineering education needs to be framed and contextualized within Science and Technology Studies (STS). Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-981-15-5780-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5780-4 SP - 229 EP - 246 PB - Springer CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - von den Driesch, Elena A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Berg, Tobias A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Implementation of gender and diversity perspectives in transport development plans in germany T2 - Engendering cities: designing sustainable urban spaces for all N2 - As mobility should ensure the accessibility to and participation in society, transport planning has to deal with a variety of gender and diversity categories affecting users’ mobility needs and patterns. Exemplified by an analysis of an instrument of transport development processes – German Transport Development Plans (TDPs) – we investigated to what extent diverse target groups and their mobility requirements are implemented in transport strategy papers. Research results illustrate a still-prevalent neglect of several relevant gender and diversity categories while prioritizing and focusing on eco-friendly topics. But how sustainable can transport be without facing the diversification of life circumstances? Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-1-351-20090-5 SP - 90 EP - 109 PB - Routledge CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Philipp, Brauner A1 - Brillowski, Florian Sascha A1 - Dammers, Hannah A1 - Königs, Peter A1 - Kordtomeikel, Frauke Carole A1 - Petruck, Henning A1 - Schaar, Anne Kathrin A1 - Schmitz, Seth A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Mertens, Alexander A1 - Gries, Thomas A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen A1 - Nagel, Saskia K. A1 - Nitsch, Verena A1 - Schuh, Günther A1 - Ziefle, Martina ED - Mrugalska, Beata ED - Trzcielinski, Stefan ED - Karwowski, Waldemar ED - Nicolantonio, Massimo Di ED - Roossi, Emilio T1 - A research framework for human aspects in the internet of production: an intra-company perspective T2 - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 N2 - Digitalization in the production sector aims at transferring concepts and methods from the Internet of Things (IoT) to the industry and is, as a result, currently reshaping the production area. Besides technological progress, changes in work processes and organization are relevant for a successful implementation of the “Internet of Production” (IoP). Focusing on the labor organization and organizational procedures emphasizes to consider intra-company factors such as (user) acceptance, ethical issues, and ergonomics in the context of IoP approaches. In the scope of this paper, a research approach is presented that considers these aspects from an intra-company perspective by conducting studies on the shop floor, control level and management level of companies in the production area. Focused on four central dimensions—governance, organization, capabilities, and interfaces—this contribution presents a research framework that is focused on a systematic integration and consideration of human aspects in the realization of the IoP. KW - Human factors KW - Digitalization KW - Acceptance KW - Ethics KW - Human-robot collaboration Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-51980-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51981-0_1 N1 - AHFE 2020 Virtual Conferences on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Production Management and Process Control, and Additive Manufacturing, Modeling Systems and 3D Prototyping, July 16–20, 2020, USA SP - 3 EP - 17 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 - 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 - JOUR A1 - Srivastava, A. A1 - Chahar, V. A1 - Sharma, V. A1 - Sun, Y. A1 - Bol, R. A1 - Knolle, F. A1 - Schnug, E. A1 - Hoyler, Friedrich A1 - Naskar, N. A1 - Lahiri, S. A1 - Patnaik, R. T1 - Study of uranium toxicity using low-background gamma-ray spectrometry JF - Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-017-5466-9 SN - 1588-2780 IS - Online first SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gorzalka, Philip A1 - Dahlke, Dennis A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Israel, Martin A1 - Patel, Dhruvkumar A1 - Prahl, Christoph A1 - Schmiedt, Jacob Estevam A1 - Frommholz, Dirk A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Linkiewicz, Magdalena T1 - Building Tomograph–From Remote Sensing Data of Existing Buildings to Building Energy Simulation Input T2 - EBC, Annex 71, Fifth expert meeting, October 17-19, 2018, Innsbruck, Austria Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Röger, Marc A1 - Schwarzbözl, Peter A1 - Buck, Reiner A1 - Macke, Ansgar A1 - Raeder, Christian A1 - Göttsche, Joachim T1 - Review of heliostat calibration and tracking control methods JF - Solar Energy N2 - Large scale central receiver systems typically deploy between thousands to more than a hundred thousand heliostats. During solar operation, each heliostat is aligned individually in such a way that the overall surface normal bisects the angle between the sun’s position and the aim point coordinate on the receiver. Due to various tracking error sources, achieving accurate alignment ≤1 mrad for all the heliostats with respect to the aim points on the receiver without a calibration system can be regarded as unrealistic. Therefore, a calibration system is necessary not only to improve the aiming accuracy for achieving desired flux distributions but also to reduce or eliminate spillage. An overview of current larger-scale central receiver systems (CRS), tracking error sources and the basic requirements of an ideal calibration system is presented. Leading up to the main topic, a description of general and specific terms on the topics heliostat calibration and tracking control clarifies the terminology used in this work. Various figures illustrate the signal flows along various typical components as well as the corresponding monitoring or measuring devices that indicate or measure along the signal (or effect) chain. The numerous calibration systems are described in detail and classified in groups. Two tables allow the juxtaposition of the calibration methods for a better comparison. In an assessment, the advantages and disadvantages of individual calibration methods are presented. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2020.06.030 VL - 207 SP - 110 EP - 132 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Keller, Johannes A1 - Rath, Volker A1 - Bruckmann, Johanna A1 - Mottaghy, Darius A1 - Clauser, Christoph A1 - Wolf, Andreas A1 - Seidler, Ralf A1 - Bücker, H. Martin A1 - Klitzsch, Norbert T1 - SHEMAT-Suite: An open-source code for simulating flow, heat and species transport in porous media JF - SoftwareX N2 - SHEMAT-Suite is a finite-difference open-source code for simulating coupled flow, heat and species transport in porous media. The code, written in Fortran-95, originates from geoscientific research in the fields of geothermics and hydrogeology. It comprises: (1) a versatile handling of input and output, (2) a modular framework for subsurface parameter modeling, (3) a multi-level OpenMP parallelization, (4) parameter estimation and data assimilation by stochastic approaches (Monte Carlo, Ensemble Kalman filter) and by deterministic Bayesian approaches based on automatic differentiation for calculating exact (truncation error-free) derivatives of the forward code. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2020.100533 SN - 2352-7110 VL - 12 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nobis, Moritz A1 - Schmitt, Carlo A1 - Schemm, Ralf A1 - Schnettler, Armin T1 - Pan-European CVAR-constrained stochastic unit commitment in day-ahead and intraday electricity markets JF - Energies N2 - The fundamental modeling of energy systems through individual unit commitment decisions is crucial for energy system planning. However, current large-scale models are not capable of including uncertainties or even risk-averse behavior arising from forecasting errors of variable renewable energies. However, risks associated with uncertain forecasting errors have become increasingly relevant within the process of decarbonization. The intraday market serves to compensate for these forecasting errors. Thus, the uncertainty of forecasting errors results in uncertain intraday prices and quantities. Therefore, this paper proposes a two-stage risk-constrained stochastic optimization approach to fundamentally model unit commitment decisions facing an uncertain intraday market. By the nesting of Lagrangian relaxation and an extended Benders decomposition, this model can be applied to large-scale, e.g., pan-European, power systems. The approach is applied to scenarios for 2023—considering a full nuclear phase-out in Germany—and 2035—considering a full coal phase-out in Germany. First, the influence of the risk factors is evaluated. Furthermore, an evaluation of the market prices shows an increase in price levels as well as an increasing day-ahead-intraday spread in 2023 and in 2035. Finally, it is shown that intraday cross-border trading has a significant influence on trading volumes and prices and ensures a more efficient allocation of resources. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/en13092339 SN - 1996-1073 N1 - Special Issue Uncertainties and Risk Management in Competitive Energy Markets VL - 13 IS - Art. 2339 SP - 1 EP - 35 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER -