TY - CHAP A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Harzheim, Thomas A1 - Mühmel, Marc T1 - A maritime harmonic radar search and rescue system using passive and active tags T2 - 2020 17th European Radar Conference (EuRAD) N2 - This article introduces a new maritime search and rescue system based on S-band illumination harmonic radar (HR). Passive and active tags have been developed and tested attached to life jackets and a rescue boat. This system was able to detect and range the active tags up to a range of 5800 m in tests on the Baltic Sea with an antenna input power of only 100 W. All electronic GHz components of the system, excluding the S-band power amplifier, were custom developed for this purpose. Special attention is given to the performance and conceptual differences between passive and active tags used in the system and integration with a maritime X-band navigation radar is demonstrated. KW - Harmonic Radar KW - Rescue System KW - Frequency Doubler KW - Transponder KW - Tag Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-2-87487-061-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/EuRAD48048.2021.00030 N1 - 17th European Radar Conference, 13th - 15th January 2021, Utrecht, Netherlands SP - 73 EP - 76 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Maurischat, Andreas T1 - Algebraic independence of the Carlitz period and its hyperderivatives KW - Drinfeld modules KW - t-modules KW - Transcendence KW - Hyperdifferentials Y1 - 2021 N1 - Zweitveröffentlichung. Verlagsveröffentlichung: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnt.2022.01.006 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wert, Stefan A1 - Iken, Heiko A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Matysik, Frank-Michael T1 - Development of a temperature‐pulse enhanced electrochemical glucose biosensor and characterization of its stability via scanning electrochemical microscopy JF - Electroanalysis N2 - Glucose oxidase (GOx) is an enzyme frequently used in glucose biosensors. As increased temperatures can enhance the performance of electrochemical sensors, we investigated the impact of temperature pulses on GOx that was drop-coated on flattened Pt microwires. The wires were heated by an alternating current. The sensitivity towards glucose and the temperature stability of GOx was investigated by amperometry. An up to 22-fold increase of sensitivity was observed. Spatially resolved enzyme activity changes were investigated via scanning electrochemical microscopy. The application of short (<100 ms) heat pulses was associated with less thermal inactivation of the immobilized GOx than long-term heating. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.202100089 SN - 1521-4109 IS - Early View PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lowis, Carsten A1 - Ferguson, Simon A1 - Paulßen, Elisabeth A1 - Hoehr, Cornelia T1 - Improved Sc-44 production in a siphon-style liquid target on a medical cyclotron JF - Applied Radiation and Isotopes Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2021.109675 SN - 0969-8043 VL - 172 IS - Art. 109675 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Waldvogel, Janice A1 - Ritzmann, Ramona A1 - Freyler, Kathrin A1 - Helm, Michael A1 - Monti, Elena A1 - Albracht, Kirsten A1 - Stäudle, Benjamin A1 - Gollhofer, Albert A1 - Narici, Marco T1 - The Anticipation of Gravity in Human Ballistic Movement JF - Frontiers in Physiology N2 - Stretch-shortening type actions are characterized by lengthening of the pre-activated muscle-tendon unit (MTU) in the eccentric phase immediately followed by muscle shortening. Under 1 g, pre-activity before and muscle activity after ground contact, scale muscle stiffness, which is crucial for the recoil properties of the MTU in the subsequent push-off. This study aimed to examine the neuro-mechanical coupling of the stretch-shortening cycle in response to gravity levels ranging from 0.1 to 2 g. During parabolic flights, 17 subjects performed drop jumps while electromyography (EMG) of the lower limb muscles was combined with ultrasound images of the gastrocnemius medialis, 2D kinematics and kinetics to depict changes in energy management and performance. Neuro-mechanical coupling in 1 g was characterized by high magnitudes of pre-activity and eccentric muscle activity allowing an isometric muscle behavior during ground contact. EMG during pre-activity and the concentric phase systematically increased from 0.1 to 1 g. Below 1 g the EMG in the eccentric phase was diminished, leading to muscle lengthening and reduced MTU stretches. Kinetic energy at take-off and performance were decreased compared to 1 g. Above 1 g, reduced EMG in the eccentric phase was accompanied by large MTU and muscle stretch, increased joint flexion amplitudes, energy loss and reduced performance. The energy outcome function established by linear mixed model reveals that the central nervous system regulates the extensor muscles phase- and load-specifically. In conclusion, neuro-mechanical coupling appears to be optimized in 1 g. Below 1 g, the energy outcome is compromised by reduced muscle stiffness. Above 1 g, loading progressively induces muscle lengthening, thus facilitating energy dissipation. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.614060 SN - 1664-042X PB - Frontiers CY - Lausanne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bohndick, Carla A1 - Bosse, Elke A1 - Jänsch, Vanessa K. A1 - Barnat, Miriam T1 - How different diversity factors affect the perception of first-year requirements in higher education JF - Frontline Learning Research N2 - In the light of growing university entry rates, higher education institutions not only serve larger numbers of students, but also seek to meet first-year students’ ever more diverse needs. Yet to inform universities how to support the transition to higher education, research only offers limited insights. Current studies tend to either focus on the individual factors that affect student success or they highlight students’ social background and their educational biography in order to examine the achievement of selected, non-traditional groups of students. Both lines of research appear to lack integration and often fail to take organisational diversity into account, such as different types of higher education institutions or degree programmes. For a more comprehensive understanding of student diversity, the present study includes individual, social and organisational factors. To gain insights into their role for the transition to higher education, we examine how the different factors affect the students’ perception of the formal and informal requirements of the first year as more or less difficult to cope with. As the perceived requirements result from both the characteristics of the students and the institutional context, they allow to investigate transition at the interface of the micro and the meso level of higher education. Latent profile analyses revealed that there are no profiles with complex patterns of perception of the first-year requirements, but the identified groups rather differ in the overall level of perceived challenges. Moreover, SEM indicates that the differences in the perception largely depend on the individual factors self-efficacy and volition. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.14786/flr.v9i2.667 SN - 2295-3159 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - 78 EP - 95 PB - EARLI ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Monakhova, Yulia A1 - Diehl, Bernd W. K. T1 - A step towards optimization of the qNMR workflow: proficiency testing exercise at an GxP-accredited laboratory JF - Applied Magnetic Resonance N2 - Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) is considered as a powerful tool for multicomponent mixture analysis as well as for the purity determination of single compounds. Special attention is currently paid to the training of operators and study directors involved in qNMR testing. To assure that only qualified personnel are used for sample preparation at our GxP-accredited laboratory, weighing test was proposed. Sixteen participants performed six-fold weighing of the binary mixture of dibutylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and 1,2,4,5-tetrachloro-3-nitrobenzene (TCNB). To evaluate the quality of data analysis, all spectra were evaluated manually by a qNMR expert and using in-house developed automated routine. The results revealed that mean values are comparable and both evaluation approaches are free of systematic error. However, automated evaluation resulted in an approximately 20% increase in precision. The same findings were revealed for qNMR analysis of 32 compounds used in pharmaceutical industry. Weighing test by six-fold determination in binary mixtures and automated qNMR methodology can be recommended as efficient tools for evaluating staff proficiency. The automated qNMR method significantly increases throughput and precision of qNMR for routine measurements and extends application scope of qNMR. Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-021-01324-3 SN - 1613-7507 N1 - Corresponding author: Yulia Monakhova VL - 52 SP - 581 EP - 593 PB - Springer Nature CY - Wien ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Becht, Alexander A1 - Schollmayer, Curd A1 - Monakhova, Yulia A1 - Holzgrabe, Ulrike T1 - Tracing the origin of paracetamol tablets by near-infrared, mid-infrared, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy using principal component analysis and linear discriminant analysis JF - Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry N2 - Most drugs are no longer produced in their own countries by the pharmaceutical companies, but by contract manufacturers or at manufacturing sites in countries that can produce more cheaply. This not only makes it difficult to trace them back but also leaves room for criminal organizations to fake them unnoticed. For these reasons, it is becoming increasingly difficult to determine the exact origin of drugs. The goal of this work was to investigate how exactly this is possible by using different spectroscopic methods like nuclear magnetic resonance and near- and mid-infrared spectroscopy in combination with multivariate data analysis. As an example, 56 out of 64 different paracetamol preparations, collected from 19 countries around the world, were chosen to investigate whether it is possible to determine the pharmaceutical company, manufacturing site, or country of origin. By means of suitable pre-processing of the spectra and the different information contained in each method, principal component analysis was able to evaluate manufacturing relationships between individual companies and to differentiate between production sites or formulations. Linear discriminant analysis showed different results depending on the spectral method and purpose. For all spectroscopic methods, it was found that the classification of the preparations to their manufacturer achieves better results than the classification to their pharmaceutical company. The best results were obtained with nuclear magnetic resonance and near-infrared data, with 94.6%/99.6% and 98.7/100% of the spectra of the preparations correctly assigned to their pharmaceutical company or manufacturer. KW - IR KW - Manufacturer KW - Linear discriminant analysis KW - Principal component analysis Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-021-03249-z SN - 1618-2650 VL - 413 SP - 3107 EP - 3118 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Meeßen, Marcus A1 - Limpert, Nicolas A1 - Schiffer, Stefan ED - Lepuschitz, Wilfried T1 - Compiling ROS schooling curricula via contentual taxonomies T2 - Robotics in Education N2 - The Robot Operating System (ROS) is the current de-facto standard in robot middlewares. The steadily increasing size of the user base results in a greater demand for training as well. User groups range from students in academia to industry professionals with a broad spectrum of developers in between. To deliver high quality training and education to any of these audiences, educators need to tailor individual curricula for any such training. In this paper, we present an approach to ease compiling curricula for ROS trainings based on a taxonomy of the teaching contents. The instructor can select a set of dedicated learning units and the system will automatically compile the teaching material based on the dependencies of the units selected and a set of parameters for a particular training. We walk through an example training to illustrate our work. Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-030-67411-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67411-3_5 N1 - RiE: International Conference on Robotics in Education (RiE); Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 1316) SP - 49 EP - 60 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Götten, Falk A1 - Havermann, Marc A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Marino, Matthew A1 - Bil, Cees T1 - Aerodynamic Investigations of UAV Sensor Turrets - A Combined Wind-tunnel and CFD Approach JF - SciTech 2021, AIAA SciTech Forum, online, WW, Jan 11-15, 2021 Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-1535 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - AIAA CY - Reston, Va. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hugenroth, Kristin A1 - Neidlin, Michael A1 - Engelmann, Ulrich M. A1 - Kaufmann, Tim A. S. A1 - Steinseifer, Ulrich A1 - Heilmann, Torsten T1 - Tipless Transseptal Cannula Concept Combines Improved Hemodynamic Properties and Risk‐Reduced Placement: an In Silico Proof‐of‐Concept JF - Artificial Organs Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.13964 SN - 1525-1594 IS - Accepted Article PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico A1 - Ürlings, Nicolas A1 - Dutta, Siddharth A1 - Ruiz, Victor A1 - Kalogirou, Soteris A1 - Ktistis, Panayiotis A1 - Agathokleous, Rafaela A1 - Jung, Christian A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Atti, Vikrama Nagababu A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Herrmann, Ulf T1 - Operational experience and behaviour of a parabolic trough collector system with concrete thermal energy storage for process steam generation in Cyprus T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings N2 - As part of the transnational research project EDITOR, a parabolic trough collector system (PTC) with concrete thermal energy storage (C-TES) was installed and commissioned in Limassol, Cyprus. The system is located on the premises of the beverage manufacturer KEAN Soft Drinks Ltd. and its function is to supply process steam for the factory's pasteurisation process [1]. Depending on the factory's seasonally varying capacity for beverage production, the solar system delivers between 5 and 25 % of the total steam demand. In combination with the C-TES, the solar plant can supply process steam on demand before sunrise or after sunset. Furthermore, the C-TES compensates the PTC during the day in fluctuating weather conditions. The parabolic trough collector as well as the control and oil handling unit is designed and manufactured by Protarget AG, Germany. The C-TES is designed and produced by CADE Soluciones de Ingeniería, S.L., Spain. In the focus of this paper is the description of the operational experience with the PTC, C-TES and boiler during the commissioning and operation phase. Additionally, innovative optimisation measures are presented. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029278 N1 - SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea IS - 2303 SP - 140004-1 EP - 140004-10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rendon, Carlos A1 - Schwager, Christian A1 - Ghiasi, Mona A1 - Schmitz, Pascal A1 - Bohang, Fakhri A1 - Caminos, Ricardo Alexander Chico A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Herrmann, Ulf T1 - Modeling and upscaling of a pilot bayonettube reactor for indirect solar mixed methane reforming T2 - AIP Conference Proceedings N2 - A 16.77 kW thermal power bayonet-tube reactor for the mixed reforming of methane using solar energy has been designed and modeled. A test bench for the experimental tests has been installed at the Synlight facility in Juelich, Germany and has just been commissioned. This paper presents the solar-heated reactor design for a combined steam and dry reforming as well as a scaled-up process simulation of a solar reforming plant for methanol production. Solar power towers are capable of providing large amounts of heat to drive high-endothermic reactions, and their integration with thermochemical processes shows a promising future. In the designed bayonet-tube reactor, the conventional burner arrangement for the combustion of natural gas has been substituted by a continuous 930 °C hot air stream, provided by means of a solar heated air receiver, a ceramic thermal storage and an auxiliary firing system. Inside the solar-heated reactor, the heat is transferred by means of convective mechanism mainly; instead of radiation mechanism as typically prevailing in fossil-based industrial reforming processes. A scaled-up solar reforming plant of 50.5 MWth was designed and simulated in Dymola® and AspenPlus®. In comparison to a fossil-based industrial reforming process of the same thermal capacity, a solar reforming plant with thermal storage promises a reduction up to 57 % of annual natural gas consumption in regions with annual DNI-value of 2349 kWh/m2. The benchmark solar reforming plant contributes to a CO2 avoidance of approx. 79 kilotons per year. This facility can produce a nominal output of 734.4 t of synthesis gas and out of this 530 t of methanol a day. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0029974 N1 - SOLARPACES 2019: International Conference on Concentrating Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems, 1–4 October 2019, Daegu, South Korea IS - 2303 SP - 170012-1 EP - 170012-9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Roepke, Rene A1 - Köhler, Klemens A1 - Drury, Vincent A1 - Schroeder, Ulrik A1 - Wolf, Martin A1 - Meyer, Ulrike T1 - A pond full of phishing games - analysis of learning games for anti-phishing education JF - Model-driven Simulation and Training Environments for Cybersecurity. MSTEC 2020 N2 - Game-based learning is a promising approach to anti-phishing education, as it fosters motivation and can help reduce the perceived difficulty of the educational material. Over the years, several prototypes for game-based applications have been proposed, that follow different approaches in content selection, presentation, and game mechanics. In this paper, a literature and product review of existing learning games is presented. Based on research papers and accessible applications, an in-depth analysis was conducted, encompassing target groups, educational contexts, learning goals based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, and learning content. As a result of this review, we created the publications on games (POG) data set for the domain of anti-phishing education. While there are games that can convey factual and conceptual knowledge, we find that most games are either unavailable, fail to convey procedural knowledge or lack technical depth. Thus, we identify potential areas of improvement for games suitable for end-users in informal learning contexts. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-3-030-62433-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62433-0_32020 N1 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12512 SP - 41 EP - 60 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Jablonski, Melanie A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Severin, Robin A1 - Keusgen, Michael A1 - Wege, Christian A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Capacitive Field-Effect Biosensor Studying Adsorption of Tobacco Mosaic Virus Particles JF - Micromachines N2 - Plant virus-like particles, and in particular, tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) particles, are increasingly being used in nano- and biotechnology as well as for biochemical sensing purposes as nanoscaffolds for the high-density immobilization of receptor molecules. The sensitive parameters of TMV-assisted biosensors depend, among others, on the density of adsorbed TMV particles on the sensor surface, which is affected by both the adsorption conditions and surface properties of the sensor. In this work, Ta₂O₅-gate field-effect capacitive sensors have been applied for the label-free electrical detection of TMV adsorption. The impact of the TMV concentration on both the sensor signal and the density of TMV particles adsorbed onto the Ta₂O₅-gate surface has been studied systematically by means of field-effect and scanning electron microscopy methods. In addition, the surface density of TMV particles loaded under different incubation times has been investigated. Finally, the field-effect sensor also demonstrates the label-free detection of penicillinase immobilization as model bioreceptor on TMV particles. KW - capacitive field-effect sensor KW - plant virus detection KW - tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) KW - TMV adsorption KW - Ta₂O₅ gate Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12010057 VL - 12 IS - 1 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mansurov, Zulkhair A. A1 - Jandosov, Jakpar A1 - Chenchik, D. A1 - Azat, Seitkhan A1 - Savitskaya, Irina S. A1 - Kistaubaeva, Aida A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar Achmet T1 - Biocomposite Materials Based on Carbonized Rice Husk in Biomedicine and Environmental Applications T2 - Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine and the Environment N2 - This chapter describes the prospects for biomedical and environmental engineering applications of heterogeneous materials based on nanostructured carbonized rice husk. Efforts in engineering enzymology are focused on the following directions: development and optimization of immobilization methods leading to novel biotechnological and biomedical applications; construction of biocomposite materials based on individual enzymes, multi-enzyme complexes and whole cells, targeted on realization of specific industrial processes. Molecular biological and biochemical studies on cell adhesion focus predominantly on identification, isolation and structural analysis of attachment-responsible biological molecules and their genetic determinants. The chapter provides a short overview of applications of the biocomposite materials based of nanostructured carbonized adsorbents. It emphasizes that further studies and better understanding of the interactions between CNS and microbial cells are necessary. The future use of living cells as biocatalysts, especially in the environmental field, needs more systematic investigations of the microbial adsorption phenomenon. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-981-4800-27-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429428647-2 SP - 3 EP - 32 PB - Jenny Stanford Publishing Pte. Ltd. CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Zhanadilovna, Abdieva G. A1 - Ualieva, Perizat S. A1 - Abaihanovna, Zhusipova D. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Savitskaya, Irina S. A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar Achmet T1 - Functionalization of Carbon Based Wound Dressings with Antimicrobial Phytoextracts for Bioactive Treatment of Septic Wounds T2 - Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine and the Environment N2 - The treatment of septic wounds with curative dressings based on biocomposites containing sage and marigold phytoextracts was effective in in vitro and in vivo experiments. These dressings caused the purification of the wound surface from purulent-necrotic masses three days earlier than in the other experimental groups. The consequence of an increase in incidents of severe course of the wound and the observed tendency to increase the number of adverse effects is the development of long-term recurrent wound processes. To treat purulent wounds, the following tactics were used: The purulent wounds of animals were covered with the examined wound dressing, and then the next day samples were taken, the procedure was performed once in 2 days. To obtain the active nanostructured sorbents such as carbonized rice husks, they are functionalized with biologically active components possessing antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, antitoxic, immunomodulating, antiallergic and other types of properties. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-981-4800-27-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429428647-11 SP - 211 EP - 228 PB - Jenny Stanford Publishing CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Savitskaya, Irina S. A1 - Kistaubayeva, Aida S. A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Shokatayeva, Dina A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar Achmet T1 - Prospective Use of Probiotics Immobilized on Sorbents with Nanostructured Surfaces T2 - Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine and the Environment N2 - Activated carbons are known as excellent adsorbents. Their applications include the adsorptive removal of color, odor, taste, undesirable organic and inorganic pollutants from drinking and waste water; air purification in inhabited spaces; purification of many chemicals, pharmaceutical products and many others. This chapter elucidates the role of normal microflora in the maintenance of human health and presents materials on possible clinical displays of microecological infringements and ways of their correction. It presents new developments concerning new probiotics with immobilized Lactobacillus and Bacillus. The chapter considers the mechanisms of the intestine disbacteriosis correction by sorbed probiotics. It demonstrates the advantages and creation prospects of immobilized probiotics developed on the basis of carbonized rice husk. There are great prospects for the development of medical biotechnology due to use of carbon sorbents with a nanostructured surface. Microbial communities form a biocenosis of the biotope and together with the host organism create permanent or temporary ecosystems. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-981-4800-27-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429428647-12 SP - 229 EP - 267 PB - Jenny Stanford Publishing CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Zhubanova, Azhar A. A1 - Mansurov, Zulkhair A. A1 - Digel, Ilya T1 - Use of Advanced Nanomaterials for Bioremediation of Contaminated Ecosystems T2 - Carbon Nanomaterials in Biomedicine and the Environment N2 - This chapter shows that nanomaterials obtained by high-temperature carbonization of inexpensive plant raw material such as rice husk, grape seeds, and walnut shells can serve as a basis for the production of highly efficient microbial drugs, biodestructors, biosorbents, and biocatalysts, which are promising for the remediation of the ecosystem contaminated with heavy and radioactive metals, oil and oil products. A strong interest in engineering zymology is dictated by the necessity to address the issues of monitoring enzymatic processes, treatment, and diagnosis of a number of common human diseases, environmental pollution, quality control of pharmaceuticals and food. Nanomaterials obtained by high-temperature carbonization of cheap plant raw material such as-rice husks, grape seeds and walnut shells, can serve as a basis for creating of highly effective microbial preparations-biodestructors, biosorbents and biocatalysts, which are promising for the use of contaminated ecosystems, and for restoration of human intestine microecology. Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-981-4800-27-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429428647-18 SP - 353 EP - 378 PB - Jenny Stanford Publishing CY - Singapore ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pogorelova, Natalia A1 - Rogachev, Evgeniy A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Chernigova, Svetlana A1 - Nardin, Dmitry T1 - Bacterial Cellulose Nanocomposites: Morphology and Mechanical Properties JF - Materials N2 - Bacterial cellulose (BC) is a promising material for biomedical applications due to its unique properties such as high mechanical strength and biocompatibility. This article describes the microbiological synthesis, modification, and characterization of the obtained BC-nanocomposites originating from symbiotic consortium Medusomyces gisevii. Two BC-modifications have been obtained: BC-Ag and BC-calcium phosphate (BC-Ca3(PO4)2). Structure and physicochemical properties of the BC and its modifications were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and infrared Fourier spectroscopy as well as by measurements of mechanical and water holding/absorbing capacities. Topographic analysis of the surface revealed multicomponent thick fibrils (150–160 nm in diameter and about 15 µm in length) constituted by 50–60 nm nanofibrils weaved into a left-hand helix. Distinctive features of Ca-phosphate-modified BC samples were (a) the presence of 500–700 nm entanglements and (b) inclusions of Ca3(PO4)2 crystals. The samples impregnated with Ag nanoparticles exhibited numerous roundish inclusions, about 110 nm in diameter. The boundaries between the organic and inorganic phases were very distinct in both cases. The Ag-modified samples also showed a prominent waving pattern in the packing of nanofibrils. The obtained BC gel films possessed water-holding capacity of about 62.35 g/g. However, the dried (to a constant mass) BC-films later exhibited a low water absorption capacity (3.82 g/g). It was found that decellularized BC samples had 2.4 times larger Young’s modulus and 2.2 times greater tensile strength as compared to dehydrated native BC films. We presume that this was caused by molecular compaction of the BC structure. Y1 - 2020 SN - 1996-1944 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13122849 VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ayed, Anis Haj A1 - Striegan, Constantin J. D. A1 - Kusterer, Karsten A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Kazari, M. A1 - Horikawa, Atsushi A1 - Okada, Kunio T1 - Automated design space exploration of the hydrogen fueled "Micromix" combustor technology N2 - Combined with the use of renewable energy sources for its production, Hydrogen represents a possible alternative gas turbine fuel for future low emission power generation. Due to its different physical properties compared to other fuels such as natural gas, well established gas turbine combustion systems cannot be directly applied for Dry Low NOx (DLN) Hydrogen combustion. This makes the development of new combustion technologies an essential and challenging task for the future of hydrogen fueled gas turbines. The newly developed and successfully tested “DLN Micromix” combustion technology offers a great potential to burn hydrogen in gas turbines at very low NOx emissions. Aiming to further develop an existing burner design in terms of increased energy density, a redesign is required in order to stabilise the flames at higher mass flows and to maintain low emission levels. For this purpose, a systematic design exploration has been carried out with the support of CFD and optimisation tools to identify the interactions of geometrical and design parameters on the combustor performance. Aerodynamic effects as well as flame and emission formation are observed and understood time- and cost-efficiently. Correlations between single geometric values, the pressure drop of the burner and NOx production have been identified as a result. This numeric methodology helps to reduce the effort of manufacturing and testing to few designs for single validation campaigns, in order to confirm the flame stability and NOx emissions in a wider operating condition field. Y1 - 2017 N1 - Proceedings of the 1st Global Power and Propulsion Forum GPPF 2017, Jan 16-18, 2017, Zurich, Switzerland SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ayed, Anis Haj A1 - Kusterer, Karsten A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Keinz, Jan A1 - Bohn, D. T1 - CFD based exploration of the dry-low-NOx hydrogen micromix combustion technology at increased energy densities JF - Propulsion and Power Research KW - Micromix combustion KW - Hydrogen gas turbine KW - Hydrogen combustion KW - High hydrogen combustion KW - Dry-low-NOx (DLN) combustion Y1 - 2017 SN - 2212-540X U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jppr.2017.01.005 VL - 6 IS - 1 SP - 15 EP - 24 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Beckmann, Nils A1 - Keinz, Jan A1 - Horikawa, Atsushi T1 - 30 years of dry low NOx micromix combustor research for hydrogen-rich fuels: an overview of past and present activities T2 - Conference Proceedings Turbo Expo: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 4B: Combustion, Fuels, and Emissions N2 - The paper presents an overview of the past and present of low-emission combustor research with hydrogen-rich fuels at Aachen University of Applied Sciences. In 1990, AcUAS started developing the Dry-Low-NOx Micromix combustion technology. Micromix reduces NOx emissions using jet-in-crossflow mixing of multiple miniaturized fuel jets and combustor air with an inherent safety against flashback. At first, pure hydrogen as fuel was investigated with lab-scale applications. Later, Micromix prototypes were developed for the use in an industrial gas turbine Honeywell/Garrett GTCP-36-300, proving low NOx characteristics during real gas turbine operation, accompanied by the successful definition of safety laws and control system modifications. Further, the Micromix was optimized for the use in annular and can combustors as well as for fuel-flexibility with hydrogen-methane-mixtures and hydrogen-rich syngas qualities by means of extensive experimental and numerical simulations. In 2020, the latest Micromix application will be demonstrated in a commercial 2 MW-class gas turbine can-combustor with full-scale engine operation. The paper discusses the advances in Micromix research over the last three decades. KW - Micromix KW - Hydrogen KW - Fuel-flexibility KW - NOx KW - Emissions Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-0-7918-8413-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2020-16328 N1 - ASME Turbo Expo 2020: Turbomachinery Technical Conference and Exposition September 21–25, 2020, Virtual, Online N1 - Paper No. GT2020-16328, V04BT04A069 PB - ASME CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schulte, Maximilian A1 - Eggert, Mathias T1 - Predicting hourly bitcoin prices based on long short-term memory neural networks T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI) 2021 N2 - Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and is considered a high-risk asset class whose price changes are difficult to predict. Current research focusses on daily price movements with a limited number of predictors. The paper at hand aims at identifying measurable indicators for Bitcoin price movements and the development of a suitable forecasting model for hourly changes. The paper provides three research contributions. First, a set of significant indicators for predicting the Bitcoin price is identified. Second, the results of a trained Long Short-term Memory (LSTM) neural network that predicts price changes on an hourly basis is presented and compared with other algorithms. Third, the results foster discussions of the applicability of neural nets for stock price predictions. In total, 47 input features for a period of over 10 months could be retrieved to train a neural net that predicts the Bitcoin price movements with an error rate of 3.52 %. Y1 - 2021 N1 - 16th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, March 2021, Essen, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmitt, Timo A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic Impact And Design Of Buried Pipelines T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 N2 - Seismic design of buried pipeline systems for energy and water supply is not only important for plant and operational safety but also for the maintenance of the supply infrastructure after an earthquake. The present paper shows special issues of the seismic wave impacts on buried pipelines, describes calculation methods, proposes approaches and gives calculation examples. This paper regards the effects of transient displacement differences and resulting tensions within the pipeline due to the wave propagation of the earthquake. However, the presented model can also be used to calculate fault rupture induced displacements. Based on a three-dimensional Finite Element Model parameter studies are performed to show the influence of several parameters such as incoming wave angle, wave velocity, backfill height and synthetic displacement time histories. The interaction between the pipeline and the surrounding soil is modeled with non-linear soil springs and the propagating wave is simulated affecting the pipeline punctually, independently in time and space. Special attention is given to long-distance heat pipeline systems. Here, in regular distances expansion bends are arranged to ensure movements of the pipeline due to high temperature. Such expansion bends are usually designed with small bending radii, which during the earthquake lead to high bending stresses in the cross-section of the pipeline. Finally, an interpretation of the results and recommendations are given for the most critical parameters. Y1 - 2018 N1 - Paper No 10600 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Michel, Philipp A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven T1 - Frequency Dependent Impedance Analysis of the Foundation-Soil-Systems of Onshore Wind Turbines T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 Y1 - 2018 N1 - Paper No 11440 SP - 1 EP - 13 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Fehling, Ekkehard A1 - Pfetzing, Thomas A1 - Kubalski, Thomas T1 - Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Masonry Infills under Combined In- and Out-of-plane Seismic Loading T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 Y1 - 2018 N1 - Paper No 11477 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Marinkovic, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Innovative System for Earthquake Resistant Masonry Infill Walls T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 Y1 - 2018 N1 - Paper No 11479 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hoegen, Anne von A1 - Doncker, Rik W. De A1 - Rütters, René T1 - Teaching Digital Control of Operational Amplifier Processes with a LabVIEW Interface and Embedded Hardware T2 - 2020 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS) N2 - Control engineering theory is hard to grasp for undergraduates during the first semesters, as it deals with the dynamical behavior of systems also in combination with control strategies on an abstract level. Therefore, operational amplifier (OpAmp) processes are reasonable and very effective systems to connect mathematical description with actual system’s behavior. In this paper, we present an experiment for a laboratory session in which an embedded system, driven by a LabVIEW human machine interface (HMI) via USB, controls the analog circuits.With this setup we want to show the possibility of firstly, analyzing a first order process and secondly, designing a P-and PI-controller. Thereby, the theory of control engineering is always applied to the empirical results in order to break down the abstract level for the students. Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEMS50442.2020.9290928 N1 - 23rd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 24-27 November 2020, Hamamatsu, Japan SP - 1117 EP - 1122 PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Crookston, Brian M. A1 - Valero, Daniel T1 - Turbulent free-surface monitoring with an RGB-D sensor: the hydraulic jump case JF - Journal of Hydraulic Research Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2020.1844810 SN - 1814-2079 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Erpicum, Sebastien A1 - Crookston, Brian M. A1 - Bombardelli, Fabian A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Felder, Stefan A1 - Mulligan, Sean A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Palermo, Michele T1 - Hydraulic structures engineering: An evolving science in a changing world JF - Wires Water Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1505 SN - 2049-1948 VL - 8 IS - 2 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Dümmler, Andreas A1 - Maddineni, S. K. T1 - Multi-Mirror Array Calculations With Optical Error N2 - The optical performance of a 2-axis solar concentrator was simulated with the COMSOL Multiphysics® software. The concentrator consists of a mirror array, which was created using the application builder. The mirror facets are preconfigured to form a focal point. During tracking all mirrors are moved simultaneously in a coupled mode by 2 motors in two axes, in order to keep the system in focus with the moving sun. Optical errors on each reflecting surface were implemented in combination with the solar angular cone of ± 4.65 mrad. As a result, the intercept factor of solar radiation that is available to the receiver was calculated as a function of the transversal and longitudinal angles of incidence. In addition, the intensity distribution on the receiver plane was calculated as a function of the incidence angles. KW - solar process heat KW - concentrating collector KW - raytracing KW - point-focussing system Y1 - 2019 SP - 1 EP - 6 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rajan, Sreelakshmy A1 - Holtschoppen, B. A1 - Dalguer, L. A. A1 - Klinkel, S. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Sas, P. T1 - Seismic fragility analysis of a non-conventional reinforced concrete structure considering different uncertainties T2 - Proceedings of ISMA2016, International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering/USD2016, International Conference on Uncertainty in Structural Dynamics, / ISMA 2016, USD 2016 Y1 - 2016 SP - 4213 EP - 4225 PB - KU Leuven CY - Leuven ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rajan, S. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Dalguer, L. A. A1 - An, J. H. A1 - Renault, P. A1 - Klinkel, S. T1 - Fragility curves for a three-storey reinforced concrete test structure of the international benchmark SMART 2013 T2 - 16th World Conference on Earthquake, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017 Y1 - 2017 N1 - Paper No 2119 PB - Chilean Association on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ACHISINA) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rosin, J. A1 - Mykoniou, K. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Analysis Of Base Isolated Liquid Storage Tanks With 3D Fsi-Analysis As Well As Simplified Approaches T2 - 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017 N2 - Tanks are preferably designed, for cost-saving reasons, as circular, cylindrical, thin-walled shells. In case of seismic excitation, these constructions are highly vulnerable to stability failures. An earthquake-resistant design of rigidly supported tanks for high seismic loading demands, however, uneconomic wall thicknesses. A cost-effective alternative can be provided by base isolation systems. In this paper, a simplified seismic design procedure for base isolated tanks is introduced, by appropriately modifying the standard mechanical model for flexible, rigidly supported tanks. The non-linear behavior of conventional base isolation systems becomes an integral part of a proposed simplified process, which enables the assessment of the reduced hydrodynamic forces acting on the tank walls and the corresponding stress distribution. The impulsive and convective actions of the liquid are taken into account. The validity of this approach is evaluated by employing a non-linear fluid-structure interaction algorithm of finite element method. Special focus is placed on the boundary conditions imposed from the base isolation and the resulting hydrodynamic pressures. Both horizontal and vertical component of ground motion are considered in order to study the principal effects of the base isolation on the pressure distribution of the tank walls. The induced rocking effects associated with elastomeric bearings are discussed. The results manifest that base isolated tanks can be designed for seismic loads by means of the proposed procedure with sufficient accuracy, allowing to dispense with numerically expensive techniques. KW - liquid storage tank KW - seismic isolation KW - elastomeric bearing KW - friction pendulum bearing KW - simplified approach Y1 - 2017 N1 - Paper No 2246 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Chilean Association on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ACHISINA) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kubalski, T. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Klinkel, S. T1 - Investigation Of The Seismic Behaviour Of Infill Masonry Using Numerical Modelling Approaches T2 - 16th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 16WCEE 2017 Santiago Chile, January 9th to 13th 2017 N2 - Masonry is a widely spread construction type which is used all over the world for different types of structures. Due to its simple and cheap construction, it is used as non-structural as well as structural element. In frame structures, such as reinforced concrete frames, masonry may be used as infill. While the bare frame itself is able to carry the loads when it comes to seismic events, the infilled frame is not able to warp freely due to the constrained movement. This restraint results in a complex interaction between the infill and the surrounding frame, which may lead to severe damage to the infill as well as the surrounding frame. The interaction is studied in different projects and effective approaches for the description of the behavior are still lacking. Experimental programs are usually quite expensive, while numerical models, once validated, do offer an efficient approach for the investigation of the interaction when horizontally loaded. In order to study the numerous parameters influencing the seismic load bearing behavior, numerical models may be used. Therefore, this contribution presents a numerical approach for the simulation of infill masonry in reinforced concrete frames. Both parts, the surrounding frame as well as the infill are represented by micro modelling approaches to correctly take into account the different types of failure. The adopted numerical model describes the inelastic behavior of the system, as indicated by the obtained results of the overall structural response as well as the formation of damage in the infilled wall. Comparison of the numerical and experimental results highlights the valuable contribution of numerical simulations in the study and design of infilled frames. As damage of the infill masonry may occur in-plane due to the interaction as well as out-of-plane due to the low vertical load, both directions of loading are investigated. Y1 - 2017 N1 - Paper No 3064 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - Chilean Association on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ACHISINA) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Boesen, Niklas A1 - Gellert, Christoph T1 - Evaluation of the Seismic Behavior of a Modern URM Building During the 2012 Northern Italy Earthquakes T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 Y1 - 2018 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Anic, Filip A1 - Penava, Davorin A1 - Guljas, Ivica A1 - Sarhosis, Vasilis A1 - Abrahamczyk, Lars A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - The Effect of Openings on Out-of-Plane Capacity of Masonry Infilled Reinforced Concrete Frames T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 Y1 - 2018 N1 - Paper No 10168 SP - 1 EP - 11 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Milkova, Kristina A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena T1 - Development of Seismic Vulnerability Curves for Region Specific Masonry Buildings T2 - 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, 18-21 June, 2018 Y1 - 2018 N1 - Paper No 10522 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Morat, Mareike A1 - Faude, Oliver A1 - Hanssen, Henner A1 - Ludyga, Sebastian A1 - Zacher, Jonas A1 - Eibl, Angi A1 - Albracht, Kirsten A1 - Donath, Lars T1 - Agility Training to Integratively Promote Neuromuscular, Cognitive, Cardiovascular and Psychosocial Function in Healthy Older Adults: A Study Protocol of a One-Year Randomized-Controlled Trial JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health N2 - Exercise training effectively mitigates aging-induced health and fitness impairments. Traditional training recommendations for the elderly focus separately on relevant physiological fitness domains, such as balance, flexibility, strength and endurance. Thus, a more holistic and functional training framework is needed. The proposed agility training concept integratively tackles spatial orientation, stop and go, balance and strength. The presented protocol aims at introducing a two-armed, one-year randomized controlled trial, evaluating the effects of this concept on neuromuscular, cardiovascular, cognitive and psychosocial health outcomes in healthy older adults. Eighty-five participants were enrolled in this ongoing trial. Seventy-nine participants completed baseline testing and were block-randomized to the agility training group or the inactive control group. All participants undergo pre- and post-testing with interim assessment after six months. The intervention group currently receives supervised, group-based agility training twice a week over one year, with progressively demanding perceptual, cognitive and physical exercises. Knee extension strength, reactive balance, dual task gait speed and the Agility Challenge for the Elderly (ACE) serve as primary endpoints and neuromuscular, cognitive, cardiovascular, and psychosocial meassures serve as surrogate secondary outcomes. Our protocol promotes a comprehensive exercise training concept for older adults, that might facilitate stakeholders in health and exercise to stimulate relevant health outcomes without relying on excessively time-consuming physical activity recommendations. KW - agility KW - prevention KW - healthy aging KW - community dwelling KW - psychosocial Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17061853 SN - 1660-4601 VL - 17 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Givanoudi, Stella A1 - Cornelis, Peter A1 - Rasschaert, Geertrui A1 - Wackers, Gideon A1 - Iken, Heiko A1 - Rolka, David A1 - Yongabi, Derick A1 - Robbens, Johan A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Heyndrickx, Marc A1 - Wagner, Patrick T1 - Selective Campylobacter detection and quantification in poultry: A sensor tool for detecting the cause of a common zoonosis at its source JF - Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2021.129484 SN - 0925-4005 IS - In Press, Journal Pre-proof SP - Article 129484 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Blome, Hans-Joachim A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Richter, Lutz T1 - Proposal for an integrated European space exploration strategy T2 - 55th International Astronautical Congress of the International Astronautical Federation, the International Academy of Astronautics, and the International Institute of Space Law N2 - Recently, in his vision for space exploration, US president Bush announced to extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon as early as 2015 in preparation for human exploration of Mars and other destinations. In Europe, an exploration program, termed AURORA, was established by ESA in 2001 – funded on a voluntary basis by ESA member states – with a clear focus on Mars and the ultimate goal of landing humans on Mars around 2030 in international cooperation. In 2003, a Human Spaceflight Vision Group was appointed by ESA with the task to develop a vision for the role of human spaceflight during the next quarter of the century. The resulting vision focused on a European-led lunar exploration initiative as part of a multi-decade, international effort to strengthen European identity and economy. After a review of the situation in Europe concerning space exploration, the paper outlines an approach for a consistent positioning of exploration within the existing European space programs, identifies destinations, and develops corresponding scenarios for an integrated strategy, starting with robotic missions to the Moon, Mars, and near-Earth asteroids. The interests of the European planetary in-situ science community, which recently met at DLR Cologne, are considered. Potential robotic lunar missions comprise polar landings to search for frozen volatiles and a sample return. For Mars, the implementation of a modest robotic landing mission in 2009 to demonstrate the capability for landing and prepare more ambitious and complex missions is discussed. For near-Earth asteroid exploration, a low-cost in-situ technology demonstration mission could yield important results. All proposed scenarios offer excellent science and could therefore create synergies between ESA’s mandatory and optional programs in the area of planetary science and exploration. The paper intents to stimulate the European discussion on space exploration and reflects the personal view of the authors. Y1 - 2004 N1 - 55th International Astronautical Congress 2004 - Vancouver, Canada SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Höfken, Hans-Wilhelm A1 - Linzbach, Sophie T1 - An ICS Honeynet for Detecting and Analyzing Cyberattacks in Industrial Plants T2 - 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET) N2 - Cybersecurity of Industrial Control Systems (ICS) is an important issue, as ICS incidents may have a direct impact on safety of people or the environment. At the same time the awareness and knowledge about cybersecurity, particularly in the context of ICS, is alarmingly low. Industrial honeypots offer a cheap and easy to implement way to raise cybersecurity awareness and to educate ICS staff about typical attack patterns. When integrated in a productive network, industrial honeypots may not only reveal attackers early but may also distract them from the actual important systems of the network. Implementing multiple honeypots as a honeynet, the systems can be used to emulate or simulate a whole Industrial Control System. This paper describes a network of honeypots emulating HTTP, SNMP, S7communication and the Modbus protocol using Conpot, IMUNES and SNAP7. The nodes mimic SIMATIC S7 programmable logic controllers (PLCs) which are widely used across the globe. The deployed honeypots' features will be compared with the features of real SIMATIC S7 PLCs. Furthermore, the honeynet has been made publicly available for ten days and occurring cyberattacks have been analyzed KW - Conpot KW - honeypot KW - honeynet KW - ICS KW - cybersecurity Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-6654-4231-2 SN - 978-1-6654-4232-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICECET52533.2021.9698746 N1 - 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer and Energy Technologies (ICECET). 09-10 December 2021. Cape Town, South Africa. PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Christian, Esser A1 - Montag, Tim A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Allhof, Manuel T1 - Future critical infrastructure and security - cyberattacks on charging stations T2 - 31st International Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition and International Electric Vehicle Technology Conference (EVS31 & EVTeC 2018) Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-5108-9157-9 SP - 665 EP - 671 PB - Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (JSAE) CY - Tokyo ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hallmann, Marcus A1 - Heidecker, Ansgar A1 - Schlotterer, Markus A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - GTOC8: results and methods of team 15 DLR T2 - 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, CA N2 - This paper describes the results and methods used during the 8th Global Trajectory Optimization Competition (GTOC) of the DLR team. Trajectory optimization is crucial for most of the space missions and usually can be formulated as a global optimization problem. A lot of research has been done to different type of mission problems. The most demanding ones are low thrust transfers with e.g. gravity assist sequences. In that case the optimal control problem is combined with an integer problem. In most of the GTOCs we apply a filtering of the problem based on domain knowledge. Y1 - 2016 N1 - 26th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, February 14-18, 2016, Napa, California, U.S.A. Napa, CA ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Duprat, J. A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Hilchenbach, M. A1 - Engrand, Cecile A1 - Espe, C. A1 - Feldmann, M. A1 - Francke, G. A1 - Görög, Mark A1 - Lüsing, N. A1 - Langenhorst, Falko T1 - The MARVIN project: a micrometeorite harvester in Antarctic snow T2 - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference N2 - MARVIN is an automated drilling and melting probe dedicated to collect pristine interplanetary dust particles (micrometeorites) from central Antarctica snow. Y1 - 2013 N1 - 44th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 18-22, 2013, The Woodlands, Texas ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Bauer, Waldemar A1 - Boden, Ralf Christian A1 - Ceriotti, Matteo A1 - Cordero, Federico A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Dumont, Etienne A1 - Grimm, Christian D. A1 - Hercik, D. A1 - Herique, A. A1 - Ho, Tra-Mi A1 - Jahnke, Rico A1 - Kofman, Wlodek A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Lichtenheldt, Roy A1 - McInnes, Colin R. A1 - Mikschl, Tobias A1 - Montenegro, Sergio A1 - Moore, Iain A1 - Pelivan, Ivanka A1 - Peloni, Alessandro A1 - Plettenmeier, Dirk A1 - Quantius, Dominik A1 - Reershemius, Siebo A1 - Renger, Thomas A1 - Riemann, Johannes A1 - Rogez, Yves A1 - Ruffer, Michael A1 - Sasaki, Kaname A1 - Schmitz, Nicole A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Seefeldt, Patric A1 - Spietz, Peter A1 - Spröwitz, Tom A1 - Sznajder, Maciej A1 - Toth, Norbert A1 - Viavattene, Giulia A1 - Wejmo, Elisabet A1 - Wolff, Friederike A1 - Ziach, Christian T1 - Responsive exploration and asteroid characterization through integrated solar sail and lander development using small spacecraft technologies T2 - IAA Planetary Defense Conference N2 - In parallel to the evolution of the Planetary Defense Conference, the exploration of small solar system bodies has advanced from fast fly-bys on the sidelines of missions to the planets to the implementation of dedicated sample-return and in-situ analysis missions. Spacecraft of all sizes have landed, touch-and-go sampled, been gently beached, or impacted at hypervelocity on asteroid and comet surfaces. More have flown by close enough to image their surfaces in detail or sample their immediate environment, often as part of an extended or re-purposed mission. And finally, full-scale planetary defense experiment missions are in the making. Highly efficient low-thrust propulsion is increasingly applied beyond commercial use also in mainstream and flagship science missions, in combination with gravity assist propulsion. Another development in the same years is the growth of small spacecraft solutions, not in size but in numbers and individual capabilities. The on-going NASA OSIRIS-REx and JAXA HAYABUSA2 missions exemplify the trend as well as the upcoming NEA SCOUT mission or the landers MINERVA-II and MASCOT recently deployed on Ryugu. We outline likely as well as possible and efficient routes of continuation of all these developments towards a propellant-less and highly efficient class of spacecraft for small solar system body exploration: small spacecraft solar sails designed for carefree handling and equipped with carried landers and application modules, for all asteroid user communities –planetary science, planetary defence, and in-situ resource utilization. This projection builds on the experience gained in the development of deployable membrane structures leading up to the successful ground deployment test of a (20 m)² solar sail at DLR Cologne and in the 20 years since. It draws on the background of extensive trajectory optimization studies, the qualified technology of the DLR GOSSAMER-1 deployment demonstrator, and the MASCOT asteroid lander. These enable ‘now-term’ as well as near-term hardware solutions, and thus responsive fast-paced development. Mission types directly applicable to planetary defense include: single and Multiple NEA Rendezvous ((M)NR) for mitigation precursor, target monitoring and deflection follow-up tasks; sail-propelled head-on retrograde kinetic impactors (RKI) for mitigation; and deployable membrane based methods to modify the asteroid’s properties or interact with it. The DLR-ESTEC GOSSAMER Roadmap initiated studies of missions uniquely feasible with solar sails such as Displaced L1 (DL1) space weather advance warning and monitoring and Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO) delivery which demonstrate the capability of near-term solar sails to achieve NEA rendezvous in any kind of orbit, from Earth-coorbital to extremely inclined and even retrograde orbits. For those mission types using separable payloads, such as SPO, (M)NR and RKI, design concepts can be derived from the separable Boom Sail Deployment Units characteristic of DLR GOSSAMER solar sail technology, nanolanders like MASCOT, or microlanders like the JAXA-DLR Jupiter Trojan Asteroid Lander for the OKEANOS mission which can shuttle from the sail to the asteroids visited and enable multiple NEA sample-return missions. These are an ideal match for solar sails in micro-spacecraft format whose launch configurations are compatible with ESPA and ASAP secondary payload platforms. Y1 - 2019 N1 - Conference: IAA Planetary Defense ConferenceAt: Washington DC, USA 29.04-03.05.2019 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - König, Johannes Alexander A1 - Wolf, Martin T1 - A new definition of competence developing games - and a framework to assess them T2 - ACHI 2016 : The Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions N2 - There are different types of games that try to make use of the motivation of a gaming situation in learning contexts. This paper introduces the new terminology ‘Competence Developing Game’ (CDG) as an umbrella term for all games with this intention. Based on this new terminology, an assessment framework has been developed and validated in scope of an empirical study. Now, all different types of CDGs can be evaluated according to a defined and uniform set of assessment criteria and, thus, are comparable according to their characteristics and effectiveness. KW - Serious Games KW - Gamification KW - Business Simulations KW - Assessment Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-1-61208-468-8 N1 - Proceeding of the Ninth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2016), Venice. SP - 95 EP - 97 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pirovano, Laura A1 - Seefeldt, Patric A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Noomen, Ron T1 - Attitude and orbital modeling of an uncontrolled solar-sail experiment in low-Earth orbit T2 - 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics ISSFD N2 - Gossamer-1 is the first project of the three-step Gossamer roadmap, the purpose of which is to develop, prove and demonstrate that solar-sail technology is a safe and reliable propulsion technique for long-lasting and high-energy missions. This paper firstly presents the structural analysis performed on the sail to understand its elastic behavior. The results are then used in attitude and orbital simulations. The model considers the main forces and torques that a satellite experiences in low-Earth orbit coupled with the sail deformation. Doing the simulations for varying initial conditions in attitude and rotation rate, the results show initial states to avoid and maximum rotation rates reached for correct and faulty deployment of the sail. Lastly comparisons with the classic flat sail model are carried out to test the hypothesis that the elastic behavior does play a role in the attitude and orbital behavior of the sail KW - Solar sail KW - Gossamer structures KW - Attitude dynamics KW - Orbital dynamics Y1 - 2015 N1 - 25th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics ISSFD October 19 – 23, 2015, Munich, Germany https://issfd.org/2015/ SP - 1 EP - 15 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Kahle, Ralph A1 - Wie, Bong T1 - Solar sail Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) mission design tradeoffs for impacting and deflecting asteroid 99942 Apophis T2 - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit N2 - Near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis provides a typical example for the evolution of asteroid orbits that lead to Earth-impacts after a close Earth-encounter that results in a resonant return. Apophis will have a close Earth-encounter in 2029 with potential very close subsequent Earth-encounters (or even an impact) in 2036 or later, depending on whether it passes through one of several so-called gravitational keyholes during its 2029-encounter. Several pre-2029-deflection scenarios to prevent Apophis from doing this have been investigated so far. Because the keyholes are less than 1 km in size, a pre-2029 kinetic impact is clearly the best option because it requires only a small change in Apophis' orbit to nudge it out of a keyhole. A single solar sail Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) spacecraft that impacts Apophis from a retrograde trajectory with a very high relative velocity (75-80 km/s) during one of its perihelion passages at about 0.75 AU would be a feasible option to do this. The spacecraft consists of a 160 m x 160 m, 168 kg solar sail assembly and a 150 kg impactor. Although conventional spacecraft can also achieve the required minimum deflection of 1 km for this approx. 320 m-sized object from a prograde trajectory, our solar sail KEI concept also allows the deflection of larger objects. In this paper, we also show that, even after Apophis has flown through one of the gravitational keyholes in 2029, solar sail Kinetic Energy Impactor (KEI) spacecraft are still a feasible option to prevent Apophis from impacting the Earth, but many KEIs would be required for consecutive impacts to increase the total Earth-miss distance to a safe value. In this paper, we elaborate potential pre- and post-2029 KEI impact scenarios for a launch in 2020, and investigate tradeoffs between different mission parameters. KW - Solar Sail KW - Asteroid Deflection KW - Planetary Protection KW - Trajectory Optimization Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2006-6178 N1 - AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference and Exhibit, 21 August 2006 - 24 August 2006, Keystone, Colorado(USA). SP - 1 EP - 20 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Malinowski, Daniel A1 - Fournier, Yvan A1 - Horbach, Andreas A1 - Frick, Michael A1 - Magliani, Mirko A1 - Kalverkamp, Sebastian A1 - Hildinger, Martin A1 - Spillner, Jan A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Hima, Flutura T1 - Computational fluid dynamics analysis of endoluminal aortic perfusion JF - Perfusion N2 - Introduction: In peripheral percutaneous (VA) extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) procedures the femoral arteries perfusion route has inherent disadvantages regarding poor upper body perfusion due to watershed. With the advent of new long flexible cannulas an advancement of the tip up to the ascending aorta has become feasible. To investigate the impact of such long endoluminal cannulas on upper body perfusion, a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) study was performed considering different support levels and three cannula positions. Methods: An idealized literature-based- and a real patient proximal aortic geometry including an endoluminal cannula were constructed. The blood flow was considered continuous. Oxygen saturation was set to 80% for the blood coming from the heart and to 100% for the blood leaving the cannula. 50% and 90% venoarterial support levels from the total blood flow rate of 6 l/min were investigated for three different positions of the cannula in the aortic arch. Results: For both geometries, the placement of the cannula in the ascending aorta led to a superior oxygenation of all aortic blood vessels except for the left coronary artery. Cannula placements at the aortic arch and descending aorta could support supra-aortic arteries, but not the coronary arteries. All positions were able to support all branches with saturated blood at 90% flow volume. Conclusions: In accordance with clinical observations CFD analysis reveals, that retrograde advancement of a long endoluminal cannula can considerably improve the oxygenation of the upper body and lead to oxygen saturation distributions similar to those of a central cannulation. KW - computational fluid dynamics analysis KW - simulation KW - endoluminal KW - aortic perfusion KW - extracorporeal membrane oxygenation Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591221099809 SN - 1477-111X VL - 0 IS - 0 SP - 1 EP - 8 PB - Sage CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Loeb, Horst W. A1 - Schartner, Karl-Heinz A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Ohndorf, Andreas A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang T1 - An Interstellar – Heliopause mission using a combination of solar/radioisotope electric propulsion T2 - Presented at the 32nd International Electric Propulsion Conference N2 - There is common agreement within the scientific community that in order to understand our local galactic environment it will be necessary to send a spacecraft into the region beyond the solar wind termination shock. Considering distances of 200 AU for a new mission, one needs a spacecraft travelling at a speed of close to 10 AU/yr in order to keep the mission duration in the range of less than 25 yrs, a transfer time postulated by ESA.Two propulsion options for the mission have been proposed and discussed so far: the solar sail propulsion and the ballistic/radioisotope electric propulsion. As a further alternative, we here investigate a combination of solar-electric propulsion and radioisotope-electric propulsion. The solar-electric propulsion stage consists of six 22 cm diameter “RIT-22”ion thrusters working with a high specific impulse of 7377 s corresponding to a positive grid voltage of 5 kV. Solar power of 53 kW BOM is provided by a light-weight solar array. The REP-stage consists of four space-proven 10 cm diameter “RIT-10” ion thrusters that will be operating one after the other for 9 yrs in total. Four advanced radioisotope generators provide 648 W at BOM. The scientific instrument package is oriented at earlier studies. For its mass and electric power requirement 35 kg and 35 W are assessed, respectively. Optimized trajectory calculations, treated in a separate contribution, are based on our “InTrance” method.The program yields a burn out of the REP stage in a distance of 79.6 AU for a usage of 154 kg of Xe propellant. With a C3 = 45,1 (km/s)2 a heliocentric probe velocity of 10 AU/yr is reached at this distance, provided a close Jupiter gravity assist adds a velocity increment of 2.7 AU/yr. A transfer time of 23.8 yrs results for this scenario requiring about 450 kg Xe for the SEP stage, jettisoned at 3 AU. We interpret the SEP/REP propulsion as a competing alternative to solar sail and ballistic/REP propulsion. Omiting a Jupiter fly-by even allows more launch flexibility, leaving the mission duration in the range of the ESA specification. Y1 - 2011 N1 - 32nd International Electric Propulsion Conference, 11-15 September. Wiesbaden, Germany SP - 1 EP - 7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Baturkin, Volodymyr A1 - Coverstone, Victoria A1 - Diedrich, Ben A1 - Garbe, Gregory A1 - Görlich, Marianne A1 - Leipold, Manfred A1 - Lura, Franz A1 - Macdonald, Malcolm A1 - McInnes, Colin A1 - Mengali, Giovanni A1 - Quarta, Alessandro A1 - Rios-Reyes, Leonel A1 - Scheeres, Daniel J. A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Wie, Bong T1 - Potential effects of optical solar sail degredation on trajectory design T2 - AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist N2 - The optical properties of the thin metalized polymer films that are projected for solar sails are assumed to be affected by the erosive effects of the space environment. Their degradation behavior in the real space environment, however, is to a considerable degree indefinite, because initial ground test results are controversial and relevant inspace tests have not been made so far. The standard optical solar sail models that are currently used for trajectory design do not take optical degradation into account, hence its potential effects on trajectory design have not been investigated so far. Nevertheless, optical degradation is important for high-fidelity solar sail mission design, because it decreases both the magnitude of the solar radiation pressure force acting on the sail and also the sail control authority. Therefore, we propose a simple parametric optical solar sail degradation model that describes the variation of the sail film’s optical coefficients with time, depending on the sail film’s environmental history, i.e., the radiation dose. The primary intention of our model is not to describe the exact behavior of specific film-coating combinations in the real space environment, but to provide a more general parametric framework for describing the general optical degradation behavior of solar sails. Using our model, the effects of different optical degradation behaviors on trajectory design are investigated for various exemplary missions. Y1 - 2005 N1 - 2005 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 7-11.08.2005. Lake Tahoe, California https://www.space-flight.org/AAS_meetings/2005_astro/2005_astro.html SP - 1 EP - 23 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lenz, Maximilian A1 - Kahmann, Stephanie Lucina A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Pennig, Lenhard A1 - Hackl, Michael A1 - Leschinger, Tim A1 - Müller, Lars Peter A1 - Wegmann, Kilian T1 - Influence of rotator cuff preload on fracture configuration in proximal humerus fractures: a proof of concept for fracture simulation JF - Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery N2 - Introduction In regard of surgical training, the reproducible simulation of life-like proximal humerus fractures in human cadaveric specimens is desirable. The aim of the present study was to develop a technique that allows simulation of realistic proximal humerus fractures and to analyse the influence of rotator cuff preload on the generated lesions in regards of fracture configuration. Materials and methods Ten cadaveric specimens (6 left, 4 right) were fractured using a custom-made drop-test bench, in two groups. Five specimens were fractured without rotator cuff preload, while the other five were fractured with the tendons of the rotator cuff preloaded with 2 kg each. The humeral shaft and the shortened scapula were potted. The humerus was positioned at 90° of abduction and 10° of internal rotation to simulate a fall on the elevated arm. In two specimens of each group, the emergence of the fractures was documented with high-speed video imaging. Pre-fracture radiographs were taken to evaluate the deltoid-tuberosity index as a measure of bone density. Post-fracture X-rays and CT scans were performed to define the exact fracture configurations. Neer’s classification was used to analyse the fractures. Results In all ten cadaveric specimens life-like proximal humerus fractures were achieved. Two III-part and three IV-part fractures resulted in each group. The preloading of the rotator cuff muscles had no further influence on the fracture configuration. High-speed videos of the fracture simulation revealed identical fracture mechanisms for both groups. We observed a two-step fracture mechanism, with initial impaction of the head segment against the glenoid followed by fracturing of the head and the tuberosities and then with further impaction of the shaft against the acromion, which lead to separation of the tuberosities. Conclusion A high energetic axial impulse can reliably induce realistic proximal humerus fractures in cadaveric specimens. The preload of the rotator cuff muscles had no influence on initial fracture configuration. Therefore, fracture simulation in the proximal humerus is less elaborate. Using the presented technique, pre-fractured specimens are available for real-life surgical education. KW - Proximal humerus fracture KW - Biomechanical simulation KW - Fracture configuration KW - Fracture simulation KW - Rotator cuff Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-022-04471-9 SN - 1434-3916 PB - Springer CY - Berlin, Heidelberg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chloé, Radermacher A1 - Malyaran, Hanna A1 - Craveiro, Rogerio Bastos A1 - Peglow, Sarah A1 - Behbahani, Mehdi A1 - Pufe, Thomas A1 - Wolf, Michael A1 - Neuss, Sabine T1 - Mechanical loading on cementoblasts: a mini review JF - Osteologie N2 - Orthodontic treatments are concomitant with mechanical forces and thereby cause teeth movements. The applied forces are transmitted to the tooth root and the periodontal ligaments which is compressed on one side and tensed up on the other side. Indeed, strong forces can lead to tooth root resorption and the crown-to-tooth ratio is reduced with the potential for significant clinical impact. The cementum, which covers the tooth root, is a thin mineralized tissue of the periodontium that connects the periodontal ligament with the tooth and is build up by cementoblasts. The impact of tension and compression on these cells is investigated in several in vivo and in vitro studies demonstrating differences in protein expression and signaling pathways. In summary, osteogenic marker changes indicate that cyclic tensile forces support whereas static tension inhibits cementogenesis. Furthermore, cementogenesis experiences the same protein expression changes in static conditions as static tension, but cyclic compression leads to the exact opposite of cyclic tension. Consistent with marker expression changes, the singaling pathways of Wnt/ß-catenin and RANKL/OPG show that tissue compression leads to cementum degradation and tension forces to cementogenesis. However, the cementum, and in particular its cementoblasts, remain a research area which should be explored in more detail to understand the underlying mechanism of bone resorption and remodeling after orthodontic treatments. KW - Cementoblast KW - Compression KW - Tension KW - Mechanotransduction KW - Forces Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1826-0777 SN - 1019-1291 VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 111 EP - 118 PB - Thieme CY - Stuttgart ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Bauer, Waldemar A1 - Boden, Ralf Christian A1 - Ceriotti, Matteo A1 - Cordero, Federico A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Dumont, Etienne A1 - Grimm, Christian D. A1 - Hercik, D. A1 - Herique, A. A1 - Ho, Tra-Mi A1 - Jahnke, Rico A1 - Kofman, Wlodek A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Lichtenheldt, Roy A1 - McInnes, Colin R. A1 - Mikschl, Tobias A1 - Mikulz, Eugen A1 - Montenegro, Sergio A1 - Moore, Iain A1 - Pelivan, Ivanka A1 - Peloni, Alessandro A1 - Plettemeier, Dirk A1 - Quantius, Dominik A1 - Reershemius, Siebo A1 - Renger, Thomas A1 - Riemann, Johannes A1 - Rogez, Yves A1 - Ruffer, Michael A1 - Sasaki, Kaname A1 - Schmitz, Nicole A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Seefeldt, Patric A1 - Spietz, Peter A1 - Spröwitz, Tom A1 - Sznajder, Maciej A1 - Toth, Norbert A1 - Viavattene, Giulia A1 - Wejmo, Elisabet A1 - Wolff, Friederike A1 - Ziach, Christian T1 - Responsive integrated small spacecraft solar sail and payload design concepts and missions T2 - Conference: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019) N2 - Asteroid mining has the potential to greatly reduce the cost of in-space manufacturing, production of propellant for space transportation and consumables for crewed spacecraft, compared to launching the required resources from Earth’s deep gravity well. This paper discusses the top-level mission architecture and trajectory design for these resource-return missions, comparing high-thrust trajectories with continuous low-thrust solar-sail trajectories. This work focuses on maximizing the economic Net Present Value, which takes the time-cost of finance into account and therefore balances the returned resource mass and mission duration. The different propulsion methods will then be compared in terms of maximum economic return, sets of attainable target asteroids, and mission flexibility. This paper provides one more step towards making commercial asteroid mining an economically viable reality by integrating trajectory design, propulsion technology and economic modelling. Y1 - 2019 N1 - Conference: 5th International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2019)At: Aachen, Germany ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Bauer, Waldemar A1 - Biele, Jens A1 - Boden, Ralf A1 - Ceriotti, Matteo A1 - Cordero, Federico A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Dumont, Etienne A1 - Grimm, Christian D. A1 - Herčík, David A1 - Ho, Tra-Mi A1 - Jahnke, Rico A1 - Koch, Aaron D A1 - Koncz, Alexander A1 - Krause, Christian A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Lichtenheldt, Roy A1 - Maiwald, Volker A1 - Mikschl, Tobias A1 - Mikulz, Eugen A1 - Montenegro, Sergio A1 - Pelivan, Ivanka A1 - Peloni, Alessandro A1 - Quantius, Dominik A1 - Reershemius, Siebo A1 - Renger, Thomas A1 - Riemann, Johannes A1 - Ruffer, Michael A1 - Sasaki, Kaname A1 - Schmitz, Nicole A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Seefeldt, Patric A1 - Spietz, Peter A1 - Spröwitz, Tom A1 - Sznajder, Maciej A1 - Tardivel, Simon A1 - Tóth, Norbert A1 - Wejmo, Elisabet A1 - Wolff, Friederike A1 - Ziach, Christian T1 - Small spacecraft based multiple near-earth asteroid rendezvous and landing with near-term solar sails and ‘Now-Term ‘technologies T2 - 69 th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) N2 - Physical interaction with small solar system bodies (SSSB) is the next step in planetary science, planetary in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), and planetary defense (PD). It requires a broader understanding of the surface properties of the target objects, with particular interest focused on those near Earth. Knowledge of composition, multi-scale surface structure, thermal response, and interior structure is required to design, validate and operate missions addressing these three fields. The current level of understanding is occasionally simplified into the phrase, ”If you’ve seen one asteroid, you’ve seen one asteroid”, meaning that the in-situ characterization of SSSBs has yet to cross the threshold towards a robust and stable scheme of classification. This would enable generic features in spacecraft design, particularly for ISRU and science missions. Currently, it is necessary to characterize any potential target object sufficiently by a dedicated pre-cursor mission to design the mission which then interacts with the object in a complex fashion. To open up strategic approaches, much broader in-depth characterization of potential target objects would be highly desirable. In SSSB science missions, MASCOT-like nano-landers and instrument carriers which integrate at the instrument level to their mothership have met interest. By its size, MASCOT is compatible with small interplanetary missions. The DLR-ESTEC Gossamer Roadmap Science Working Groups‘ studies identified Multiple Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) Rendezvous (MNR) as one of the space science missions only feasible with solar sail propulsion. The Solar Polar Orbiter (SPO) study showed the ability to access any inclination, theDisplaced-L1 (DL1) mission operates close to Earth, where objects of interest to PD and for ISRU reside. Other studies outline the unique capability of solar sails to provide access to all SSSB, at least within the orbit of Jupiter, and significant progress has been made to explore the performance envelope of near-term solar sails for MNR. However, it is difficult for sailcraft to interact physically with a SSSB. We expand and extend the philosophy of the recently qualified DLR Gossamer solar sail deployment technology using efficient multiple sub-spacecraft integration to also include landers for one-way in-situ investigations and sample-return missions by synergetic integration and operation of sail and lander. The MASCOT design concept and its characteristic features have created an ideal counterpart for thisand has already been adapted to the needs of the AIM spacecraft, former part of the NASA-ESA AIDA missionDesigning the 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. IAC-18-F1.2.3 Page 2 of 17 combined spacecraft for piggy-back launch accommodation enables low-cost massively parallel access to the NEA population. KW - multiple NEA rendezvous KW - solar sail KW - GOSSAMER-1 KW - MASCOT KW - small spacecraft Y1 - 2018 N1 - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. https://www.bho-legal.com/1-5-october-2018-69th-international-astronautical-congress-2018-in-bremen-germany/ SP - 1 EP - 18 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Loeb, Horst W. A1 - Schartner, Karl-Heinz A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Streppel, Joern A1 - Meusemann, Hans A1 - Schülke, Peter T1 - SEP for a lander mission to the jovian moon europa T2 - 57th International Astronautical Congress N2 - Under DLR-contract, Giessen University and DLR Cologne are studying solar-electric propulsion missions (SEP) to the outer regions of the solar system. The most challenging reference mission concerns the transport of a 1.35-tons chemical lander spacecraft into an 80-RJ circular orbit around Jupiter, which would enable to place a 375 kg lander with 50 kg of scientific instruments on the surface of the icy moon "Europa". Thorough analyses show that the best solution in terms of SEP launch mass times thrusting time would be a two-stage EP module and a triple-junction solar array with concentrators which would be deployed step by step. Mission performance optimizations suggest to propel the spacecraft in the first EP stage by 6 gridded ion thrusters, running at 4.0 kV of beam voltage, which would save launch mass, and in the second stage by 4 thrusters with 1.25 to 1.5 kV of positive high voltage saving thrusting time. In this way, the launch mass of the spacecraft would be kept within 5.3 tons. Without a launcher's C3 and interplanetary gravity assists, Jupiter might be reached within about 4 yrs. The spiraling-down into the parking orbit would need another 1.8 yrs. This "large mission" can be scaled down to a smaller one, e.g., by halving all masses, the solar array power, and the number of thrusters. Due to their reliability, long lifetime and easy control, RIT-22 engines have been chosen for mission analysis. Based on precise tests, the thruster performance has been modeled. Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.2514/6.IAC-06-C4.4.04 N1 - 57th International Astronautical Congress, 02 October 2006 - 06 October 2006, Valencia, Spain. SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Loeb, Horst W. A1 - Schartner, Karl-Heinz T1 - A comparison of SEP and NEP for a main belt asteroid sample return mission T2 - 7th International Symposium on Launcher Technologies, Barcelona, Spain, 02-05 April 2007 N2 - Innovative interplanetary deep space missions, like a main belt asteroid sample return mission, require ever larger velocity increments (∆V s) and thus ever more demanding propulsion capabilities. Providing much larger exhaust velocities than chemical high-thrust systems, electric low-thrust space-propulsion systems can significantly enhance or even enable such high-energy missions. In 1995, a European-Russian Joint Study Group (JSG) presented a study report on “Advanced Interplanetary Missions Using Nuclear-Electric Propulsion” (NEP). One of the investigated reference missions was a sample return (SR) from the main belt asteroid (19) Fortuna. The envisaged nuclear power plant, Topaz-25, however, could not be realized and also the worldwide developments in space reactor hardware stalled. In this paper, we investigate, whether such a mission is also feasible using a solar electric propulsion (SEP) system and compare our SEP results to corresponding NEP results. Y1 - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Global optimization of low-thrust space missions using evolutionary neurocontrol T2 - Proceedings of the international workshop on global optimization N2 - Low-thrust space propulsion systems enable flexible high-energy deep space missions, but the design and optimization of the interplanetary transfer trajectory is usually difficult. It involves much experience and expert knowledge because the convergence behavior of traditional local trajectory optimization methods depends strongly on an adequate initial guess. Within this extended abstract, evolutionary neurocontrol, a method that fuses artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms, is proposed as a smart global method for low-thrust trajectory optimization. It does not require an initial guess. The implementation of evolutionary neurocontrol is detailed and its performance is shown for an exemplary mission. KW - Evolutionary Neurocontrol KW - Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization KW - Low-Thrust Propulsion Y1 - 2005 SP - 85 EP - 90 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Borella, Laura A1 - Ceriotti, Matteo A1 - Chand, Suditi A1 - Cordero, Federico A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Fexer, Sebastian A1 - Grimm, Christian D. A1 - Hendrikse, Jeffrey A1 - Herčík, David A1 - Herique, Alain A1 - Hillebrandt, Martin A1 - Ho, Tra-Mi A1 - Kesseler, Lars A1 - Laabs, Martin A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Lange, Michael A1 - Lichtenheldt, Roy A1 - McInnes, Colin R. A1 - Moore, Iain A1 - Peloni, Alessandro A1 - Plettenmeier, Dirk A1 - Quantius, Dominik A1 - Seefeldt, Patric A1 - Venditti, Flaviane c. F. A1 - Vergaaij, Merel A1 - Viavattene, Giulia A1 - Virkki, Anne K. A1 - Zander, Martin T1 - More bucks for the bang: new space solutions, impact tourism and one unique science & engineering opportunity at T-6 months and counting T2 - 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference N2 - For now, the Planetary Defense Conference Exercise 2021's incoming fictitious(!), asteroid, 2021 PDC, seems headed for impact on October 20th, 2021, exactly 6 months after its discovery. Today (April 26th, 2021), the impact probability is 5%, in a steep rise from 1 in 2500 upon discovery six days ago. We all know how these things end. Or do we? Unless somebody kicked off another headline-grabbing media scare or wants to keep civil defense very idle very soon, chances are that it will hit (note: this is an exercise!). Taking stock, it is barely 6 months to impact, a steadily rising likelihood that it will actually happen, and a huge uncertainty of possible impact energies: First estimates range from 1.2 MtTNT to 13 GtTNT, and this is not even the worst-worst case: a 700 m diameter massive NiFe asteroid (covered by a thin veneer of Ryugu-black rubble to match size and brightness), would come in at 70 GtTNT. In down to Earth terms, this could be all between smashing fireworks over some remote area of the globe and a 7.5 km crater downtown somewhere. Considering the deliberate and sedate ways of development of interplanetary missions it seems we can only stand and stare until we know well enough where to tell people to pack up all that can be moved at all and save themselves. But then, it could just as well be a smaller bright rock. The best estimate is 120 m diameter from optical observation alone, by 13% standard albedo. NASA's upcoming DART mission to binary asteroid (65803) Didymos is designed to hit such a small target, its moonlet Dimorphos. The Deep Impact mission's impactor in 2005 successfully guided itself to the brightest spot on comet 9P/Tempel 1, a relatively small feature on the 6 km nucleus. And 'space' has changed: By the end of this decade, one satellite communication network plans to have launched over 11000 satellites at a pace of 60 per launch every other week. This level of series production is comparable in numbers to the most prolific commercial airliners. Launch vehicle production has not simply increased correspondingly – they can be reused, although in a trade for performance. Optical and radio astronomy as well as planetary radar have made great strides in the past decade, and so has the design and production capability for everyday 'high-tech' products. 60 years ago, spaceflight was invented from scratch within two years, and there are recent examples of fast-paced space projects as well as a drive towards 'responsive space'. It seems it is not quite yet time to abandon all hope. We present what could be done and what is too close to call once thinking is shoved out of the box by a clear and present danger, to show where a little more preparedness or routine would come in handy – or become decisive. And if we fail, let's stand and stare safely and well instrumented anywhere on Earth together in the greatest adventure of science. Y1 - 2021 N1 - 7th IAA Planetary Defense Conference, Vienna, Austria, 26-30 April 2021 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jean-Pierre P., de Vera A1 - Baque, Mickael A1 - Billi, Daniela A1 - Böttger, Ute A1 - Bulat, Sergey A1 - Czupalla, Markus A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - de la Torre, Rosa A1 - Elsaesser, Andreas A1 - Foucher, Frédéric A1 - Korsitzky, Hartmut A1 - Kozyrovska, Natalia A1 - Läufer, Andreas A1 - Moeller, Ralf A1 - Olsson-Francis, Karen A1 - Onofri, Silvano A1 - Sommer, Stefan A1 - Wagner, Dirk A1 - Westall, Frances T1 - The search for life on Mars and in the Solar System - strategies, logistics and infrastructures T2 - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) N2 - The question "Are we alone in the Universe?" is perhaps the most fundamental one that affects mankind. How can we address the search for life in our Solar System? Mars, Enceladus and Europa are the focus of the search for life outside the terrestrial biosphere. While it is more likely to find remnants of life (fossils of extinct life) on Mars because of its past short time window of the surface habitability, it is probably more likely to find traces of extant life on the icy moons and ocean worlds of Jupiter and Saturn. Nevertheless, even on Mars there could still be a chance to find extant life in niches near to the surface or in just discovered subglacial lakes beneath the South Pole ice cap. Here, the different approaches for the detection of traces of life in the form of biosignatures including pre-biotic molecules will be presented. We will outline the required infrastructure for this enterprise and give examples of future mission concepts to investigate the presence of life on other planets and moons. Finally, we will provide suggestions on methods, techniques, operations and strategies for preparation and realization of future life detection missions. KW - life detection KW - Mars KW - icy moons KW - habitability KW - space missions Y1 - 2018 N1 - 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018. SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Bauer, Waldemar A1 - Biele, Jens A1 - Boden, Ralf A1 - Ceriotti, Matteo A1 - Cordero, Federico A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Dumont, Etienne A1 - Grimm, Christian A1 - Herčík, David A1 - Herique, Alain A1 - Ho, Tra-Mi A1 - Jahnke, Rico A1 - Koch, Aaron A1 - Kofman, Wlodek A1 - Koncz, Alexander A1 - Krause, Christian A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Lichtenheldt, Roy A1 - Maiwald, Volker A1 - Mikschl, Tobias A1 - Mikulz, Eugen A1 - Montenegro, Sergio A1 - Pelivan, Ivanka A1 - Peloni, Alessandro A1 - Plettemeier, Dirk A1 - Quantius, Dominik A1 - Reershemius, Siebo A1 - Renger, Thomas A1 - Riemann, Johannes A1 - Ruffer, Michael A1 - Sasaki, Kaname A1 - Schmitz, Nicole A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang A1 - Seefeldt, Patric A1 - Spietz, Peter A1 - Spröwitz, Tom A1 - Sznajder, Maciej A1 - Tardivel, Simon A1 - Toth, Norbert A1 - Wejmo, Elisabet A1 - Wolff, Friederike A1 - Ziach, Christian T1 - Efficient massively parallel prospection for ISRU by multiple near-earth asteroid rendezvous using near-term solar sails and'now-term'small spacecraft solutions T2 - 2nd Asteroid Science Intersections with In-Space Mine Engineering – ASIME 2018 N2 - Physical interaction with small solar system bodies (SSSB) is key for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU). The design of mining missions requires good understanding of SSSB properties, including composition, surface and interior structure, and thermal environment. But as the saying goes "If you've seen one asteroid, you've seen one Asteroid": Although some patterns may begin to appear, a stable and reliable scheme of SSSB classification still has to be evolved. Identified commonalities would enable generic ISRU technology and spacecraft design approaches with a high degree of re-use. Strategic approaches require much broader in-depth characterization of the SSSB populations of interest to the ISRU community. The DLR-ESTEC GOSSAMER Roadmap Science Working Groups identified target-flexible Multiple Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) Rendezvous (MNR) as one of the missions only feasible with solar sail propulsion, showed the ability to access any inclination and a wide range of heliocentric distances as well as continuous operation close to Earth's orbit where low delta-v objects reside. Y1 - 2018 N1 - 2nd Asteroid Science Intersections with In-Space Mine Engineering – ASIME 2018 16-17 April 2018, Belval, Luxembourg SP - 1 EP - 33 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Carzana, Livio A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Noomen, Ron T1 - Model and trajectory optimization for an ideal laser-enhanced solar sail T2 - 68th International Astronautical Congress N2 - A laser-enhanced solar sail is a solar sail that is not solely propelled by solar radiation but additionally by a laser beam that illuminates the sail. This way, the propulsive acceleration of the sail results from the combined action of the solar and the laser radiation pressure onto the sail. The potential source of the laser beam is a laser satellite that coverts solar power (in the inner solar system) or nuclear power (in the outer solar system) into laser power. Such a laser satellite (or many of them) can orbit anywhere in the solar system and its optimal orbit (or their optimal orbits) for a given mission is a subject for future research. This contribution provides the model for an ideal laser-enhanced solar sail and investigates how a laser can enhance the thrusting capability of such a sail. The term ”ideal” means that the solar sail is assumed to be perfectly reflecting and that the laser beam is assumed to have a constant areal power density over the whole sail area. Since a laser beam has a limited divergence, it can provide radiation pressure at much larger solar distances and increase the radiation pressure force into the desired direction. Therefore, laser-enhanced solar sails may make missions feasible, that would otherwise have prohibitively long flight times, e.g. rendezvous missions in the outer solar system. This contribution will also analyze exemplary mission scenarios and present optimial trajectories without laying too much emphasis on the design and operations of the laser satellites. If the mission studies conclude that laser-enhanced solar sails would have advantages with respect to ”traditional” solar sails, a detailed study of the laser satellites and the whole system architecture would be the second next step Y1 - 2017 N1 - 68th International Astronautical Congress: Unlocking Imagination, Fostering Innovation and Strengthening Security, IAC 2017, 2017-09-25 → 2017-09-29, Adelaide, Australia ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wolf, Martin T1 - Groupware related task design JF - ACM SIGGROUP Bulletin N2 - his report summarizes the results of a workshop on Groupware related task design which took place at the International Conference on Supporting Group Work Group'99, Arizona, from 14 th to 17 th November 1999. The workshop was addressed to people from different viewpoints, backgrounds, and domains: - Researchers dealing with questions of task analysis and task modeling for Groupware application from an academic point of view. They may contribute modelbased design approaches or theoretically oriented work - Practitioners with experience in the design and everyday use of groupware systems. They might refer to the practical side of the topic: "real" tasks, "real" problems, "real" users, etc. Y1 - 2000 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1145/605660.605662 SN - 2372-7403 VL - 21 IS - 2 SP - 5 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Grimm, Christian A1 - Koch, Aaron A1 - Ulamec, Stephan T1 - Small Spacecraft in Planetary Defence Related Applications–Capabilities, Constraints, Challenges T2 - IEEE Aerospace Conference N2 - In this paper we present an overview of the characteristics and peculiarities of small spacecraft missions related to planetary defence applications. We provide a brief overview of small spacecraft missions to small solar system bodies. On this background we present recent missions and selected projects and related studies at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, that contribute to planetary defence related activities. These range from Earth orbit technology demonstrators to active science missions in interplanetary space. We provide a summary of experience from recently flown missions with DLR participation as well as a number of studies. These include PHILAE, the lander recently arrived on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko aboard ESA’s ROSETTA comet rendezvous mission, and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, now underway to near-Earth asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 aboard the Japanese sample-return probe HAYABUSA-2. We introduce the differences between the conventional methods employed in the design, integration and testing of large spacecraft and the new approaches developed by small spacecraft projects. We expect that the practical experience that can be gained from projects on extremely compressed timelines or with high-intensity operation phases on a newly explored small solar system body can contribute significantly to the study, preparation and realization of future planetary defence related missions. One is AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment), a joint effort of ESA,JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR, combining JHU/APL’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and ESA’s AIM (Asteroid Impact Monitor) spacecraft in a mission towards near-Eath binary asteroid (65803) Didymos. KW - small spacecraft KW - planetary defence KW - asteroid lander KW - solar sail KW - flotilla missions Y1 - 2015 N1 - 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 7.-13. Mar. 2015, Big Sky, Montana, USA. SP - 1 EP - 18 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Chavez Bermudez, Victor Francisco A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - 10BASE-T1L industry 4.0 smart switch for field devices based on IO-Link T2 - 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS) N2 - The recent amendment to the Ethernet physical layer known as the IEEE 802.3cg specification, allows to connect devices up to a distance of one kilometer and delivers a maximum of 60 watts of power over a twisted pair of wires. This new standard, also known as 10BASE-TIL, promises to overcome the limits of current physical layers used for field devices and bring them a step closer to Ethernet-based applications. The main advantage of 10BASE- TIL is that it can deliver power and data over the same line over a long distance, where traditional solutions (e.g., CAN, IO-Link, HART) fall short and cannot match its 10 Mbps bandwidth. Due to its recentness, IOBASE- TIL is still not integrated into field devices and it has been less than two years since silicon manufacturers released the first Ethernet-PHY chips. In this paper, we present a design proposal on how field devices could be integrated into a IOBASE-TIL smart switch that allows plug-and-play connectivity for sensors and actuators and is compliant with the Industry 4.0 vision. Instead of presenting a new field-level protocol for this work, we have decided to adopt the IO-Link specification which already includes a plug-and-play approach with features such as diagnosis and device configuration. The main objective of this work is to explore how field devices could be integrated into 10BASE-TIL Ethernet, its adaption with a well-known protocol, and its integration with Industry 4.0 technologies. KW - 10BASE-T1L KW - Ethernet KW - Field device KW - Sensors KW - IO-Link Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-1-6654-1086-1 SN - 978-1-6654-1087-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/WFCS53837.2022.9779176 N1 - 2022 IEEE 18th International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), 27-29 April 2022, Pavia, Italy PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ulmer, Jessica A1 - Braun, Sebastian A1 - Cheng, Chi-Tsun A1 - Dowey, Steve A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Usage of digital twins for gamification applications in manufacturing T2 - Procedia CIRP Leading manufacturing systems transformation – Proceedings of the 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2022 N2 - Gamification applications are on the rise in the manufacturing sector to customize working scenarios, offer user-specific feedback, and provide personalized learning offerings. Commonly, different sensors are integrated into work environments to track workers’ actions. Game elements are selected according to the work task and users’ preferences. However, implementing gamified workplaces remains challenging as different data sources must be established, evaluated, and connected. Developers often require information from several areas of the companies to offer meaningful gamification strategies for their employees. Moreover, work environments and the associated support systems are usually not flexible enough to adapt to personal needs. Digital twins are one primary possibility to create a uniform data approach that can provide semantic information to gamification applications. Frequently, several digital twins have to interact with each other to provide information about the workplace, the manufacturing process, and the knowledge of the employees. This research aims to create an overview of existing digital twin approaches for digital support systems and presents a concept to use digital twins for gamified support and training systems. The concept is based upon the Reference Architecture Industry 4.0 (RAMI 4.0) and includes information about the whole life cycle of the assets. It is applied to an existing gamified training system and evaluated in the Industry 4.0 model factory by an example of a handle mounting. KW - Gamification KW - Digital Twin KW - Support System Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.05.044 SN - 2212-8271 N1 - 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Jun 29, 2022 - Jul 01, 2022, Lugano, Switzerland VL - 107 SP - 675 EP - 680 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dannen, Tammo A1 - Schindele, Benedikt A1 - Prümmer, Marcel A1 - Arntz, Kristian A1 - Bergs, Thomas T1 - Methodology for the self-optimizing determination of additive manufacturing process eligibility and optimization potentials in toolmaking T2 - Procedia CIRP Leading manufacturing systems transformation – Proceedings of the 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems 2022 N2 - Additive Manufacturing (AM) of metallic workpieces faces a continuously rising technological relevance and market size. Producing complex or highly strained unique workpieces is a significant field of application, making AM highly relevant for tool components. Its successful economic application requires systematic workpiece based decisions and optimizations. Considering geometric and technological requirements as well as the necessary post-processing makes deciding effortful and requires in-depth knowledge. As design is usually adjusted to established manufacturing, associated technological and strategic potentials are often neglected. To embed AM in a future proof industrial environment, software-based self-learning tools are necessary. Integrated into production planning, they enable companies to unlock the potentials of AM efficiently. This paper presents an appropriate methodology for the analysis of process-specific AM-eligibility and optimization potential, added up by concrete optimization proposals. For an integrated workpiece characterization, proven methods are enlarged by tooling-specific figures. The first stage of the approach specifies the model’s initialization. A learning set of tooling components is described using the developed key figure system. Based on this, a set of applicable rules for workpiece-specific result determination is generated through clustering and expert evaluation. Within the following application stage, strategic orientation is quantified and workpieces of interest are described using the developed key figures. Subsequently, the retrieved information is used for automatically generating specific recommendations relying on the generated ruleset of stage one. Finally, actual experiences regarding the recommendations are gathered within stage three. Statistic learning transfers those to the generated ruleset leading to a continuously deepening knowledge base. This process enables a steady improvement in output quality. KW - Additive manufacturing KW - Laser-Powder Bed Fusion KW - L-PBF KW - Binder Jetting KW - Directed Energy Deposition Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2022.05.188 SN - 2212-8271 N1 - 55th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Jun 29, 2022 - Jul 01, 2022, Lugano, Switzerland VL - 107 SP - 1539 EP - 1544 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Borggrafe, Andreas A1 - Ohndorf, Andreas A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Seboldt, Wolfgang T1 - Analysis of interplanetary solar sail trajectories with attitude dynamics T2 - Dynamics and Control of Space Systems 2012 N2 - We present a new approach to the problem of optimal control of solar sails for low-thrust trajectory optimization. The objective was to find the required control torque magnitudes in order to steer a solar sail in interplanetary space. A new steering strategy, controlling the solar sail with generic torques applied about the spacecraft body axes, is integrated into the existing low-thrust trajectory optimization software InTrance. This software combines artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms to find steering strategies close to the global optimum without an initial guess. Furthermore, we implement a three rotational degree-of-freedom rigid-body attitude dynamics model to represent the solar sail in space. Two interplanetary transfers to Mars and Neptune are chosen to represent typical future solar sail mission scenarios. The results found with the new steering strategy are compared to the existing reference trajectories without attitude dynamics. The resulting control torques required to accomplish the missions are investigated, as they pose the primary requirements to a real on-board attitude control system. Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-87703-587-9 SP - 1553 EP - 1569 PB - Univelt Inc CY - San Diego ER - TY - CHAP A1 - König, Johannes Alexander A1 - Völker, Veronika A1 - Wolf, Martin T1 - The user-focused storybuilding framework for competence developing games - a design-framework considering the basics of an educational game’s story T2 - ACHI 2018 : The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions N2 - During the development of a Competence Developing Game’s (CDG) story it is indispensable to understand the target audience. Thereby, CDGs stories represent more than just the plot. The Story is about the Setting, the Characters and the Plot. As a toolkit to support the development of such a story, this paper introduces the UserFocused Storybuilding (short UFoS) Framework for CDGs. The Framework and its utilization will be explained, followed by a description of its development and derivation, including an empirical study. In addition, to simplify the Framework use regarding the CDG’s target audience, a new concept of Nine Psychographic Player Types will be explained. This concept of Player Types provides an approach to handle the differences in between players during the UFoS Framework use. Thereby, this article presents a unique approach to the development of target group-differentiated CDGs stories. KW - Competence Developing Game KW - Serious Game KW - Video Game KW - Story KW - Player Types Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-61208-616-3 N1 - Proceeding of the Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2018), Rome, Italy. SP - 98 EP - 106 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dowidat, Linda A1 - König, Johannes Alexander A1 - Wolf, Martin T1 - The motivational competence developing game framework T2 - Mensch und Computer 2017 - Tagungsband N2 - Competence Developing Games (CDGs) are a new concept of how to think about games with serious intentions. In order to emphasize on this topic, a new framework has been developed. It basically relies on learning and motivation theories. This ‘motivational Competence Developing Game Framework’ demonstrates how it is possible to use these theories in a CDG development process. The theoretical derivation and use of the framework is explained in this paper. KW - Competence Developing Games KW - Serious Games KW - Gamification KW - motivation theories KW - learning theories Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.18420/muc2017-mci-0130 SP - 15 EP - 26 PB - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. CY - Regensburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - König, Johannes Alexander A1 - Wolf, Martin T1 - Cybersecurity awareness training provided by the competence developing game GHOST T2 - ACHI 2018 : The Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions N2 - This paper introduces a Competence Developing Game (CDG) for the purpose of a cybersecurity awareness training for businesses. The target audience will be discussed in detail to understand their requirements. It will be explained why and how a mix of business simulation and serious game meets these stakeholder requirements. It will be shown that a tablet and touchscreen based approach is the most suitable solution. In addition, an empirical study will be briefly presented. The study was carried out to examine how an interaction system for a 3D-tablet based CDG has to be designed, to be manageable for non-game experienced employees. Furthermore, it will be explained which serious content is necessary for a Cybersecurity awareness training CDG and how this content is wrapped in the game KW - Awareness KW - CDG KW - Serious Game KW - tablet game KW - business simulation Y1 - 2018 SN - 978-1-61208-616-3 N1 - Proceeding of the Eleventh International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions (ACHI 2018), Rome, Italy. SP - 81 EP - 87 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd T1 - Low-Thrust Mission Analysis and Global Trajectory Optimization Using Evolutionary Neurocontrol: New Results T2 - European Workshop on Space Mission Analysis ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany 10 { 12 Dec 2007 N2 - Interplanetary trajectories for low-thrust spacecraft are often characterized by multiple revolutions around the sun. Unfortunately, the convergence of traditional trajectory optimizers that are based on numerical optimal control methods depends strongly on an adequate initial guess for the control function (if a direct method is used) or for the starting values of the adjoint vector (if an indirect method is used). Especially when many revolutions around the sun are re- quired, trajectory optimization becomes a very difficult and time-consuming task that involves a lot of experience and expert knowledge in astrodynamics and optimal control theory, because an adequate initial guess is extremely hard to find. Evolutionary neurocontrol (ENC) was proposed as a smart method for low-thrust trajectory optimization that fuses artificial neural networks and evolutionary algorithms to so-called evolutionary neurocontrollers (ENCs) [1]. Inspired by natural archetypes, ENC attacks the trajectoryoptimization problem from the perspective of artificial intelligence and machine learning, a perspective that is quite different from that of optimal control theory. Within the context of ENC, a trajectory is regarded as the result of a spacecraft steering strategy that maps permanently the actual spacecraft state and the actual target state onto the actual spacecraft control vector. This way, the problem of searching the optimal spacecraft trajectory is equivalent to the problem of searching (or "learning") the optimal spacecraft steering strategy. An artificial neural network is used to implement such a spacecraft steering strategy. It can be regarded as a parameterized function (the network function) that is defined by the internal network parameters. Therefore, each distinct set of network parameters defines a different network function and thus a different steering strategy. The problem of searching the optimal steering strategy is now equivalent to the problem of searching the optimal set of network parameters. Evolutionary algorithms that work on a population of (artificial) chromosomes are used to find the optimal network parameters, because the parameters can be easily mapped onto a chromosome. The trajectory optimization problem is solved when the optimal chromosome is found. A comparison of solar sail trajectories that have been published by others [2, 3, 4, 5] with ENC-trajectories has shown that ENCs can be successfully applied for near-globally optimal spacecraft control [1, 6] and that they are able to find trajectories that are closer to the (unknown) global optimum, because they explore the trajectory search space more exhaustively than a human expert can do. The obtained trajectories are fairly accurate with respect to the terminal constraint. If a more accurate trajectory is required, the ENC-solution can be used as an initial guess for a local trajectory optimization method. Using ENC, low-thrust trajectories can be optimized without an initial guess and without expert attendance. Here, new results for nuclear electric spacecraft and for solar sail spacecraft are presented and it will be shown that ENCs find very good trajectories even for very difficult problems. Trajectory optimization results are presented for 1. NASA's Solar Polar Imager Mission, a mission to attain a highly inclined close solar orbit with a solar sail [7] 2. a mission to de ect asteroid Apophis with a solar sail from a retrograde orbit with a very-high velocity impact [8, 9] 3. JPL's \2nd Global Trajectory Optimization Competition", a grand tour to visit four asteroids from different classes with a NEP spacecraft Y1 - 2007 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Xu, Changsheng A1 - Feldmann, Marco A1 - Plescher, Engelbert T1 - IceMole : Development of a novel subsurface ice probe and testing of the first prototype on the Morteratsch Glacier T2 - EGU General Assembly 2011 Vienna | Austria | 03 – 08 April 2011 N2 - We present the novel concept of a combined drilling and melting probe for subsurface ice research. This probe, named “IceMole”, is currently developed, built, and tested at the FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences’ Astronautical Laboratory. Here, we describe its first prototype design and report the results of its field tests on the Swiss Morteratsch glacier. Although the IceMole design is currently adapted to terrestrial glaciers and ice shields, it may later be modified for the subsurface in-situ investigation of extraterrestrial ice, e.g., on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. If life exists on those bodies, it may be present in the ice (as life can also be found in the deep ice of Earth). Y1 - 2011 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grundmann, Jan Thimo A1 - Biele, Jens A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Grimm, Christian A1 - Lange, Caroline A1 - Ulamec, Stephan T1 - Small spacecraft for small solar system body science, planetary defence and applications T2 - IEEE Aerospace Conference 2016 N2 - Following the recent successful landings and occasional re-awakenings of PHILAE, the lander carried aboard ROSETTA to comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and the launch of the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, aboard the HAYABUSA2 space probe to asteroid (162173) Ryugu we present an overview of the characteristics and peculiarities of small spacecraft missions to small solar system bodies (SSSB). Their main purpose is planetary science which is transitioning from a ‘pure’ science of observation of the distant to one also supporting in-situ applications relevant for life on Earth. Here we focus on missions at the interface of SSSB science and planetary defence applications. We provide a brief overview of small spacecraft SSSB missions and on this background present recent missions, projects and related studies at the German Aerospace Center, DLR, that contribute to the worldwide planetary defence community. These range from Earth orbit technology demonstrators to active science missions in interplanetary space. We provide a summary of experience from recently flown missions with DLR participation as well as a number of studies. These include PHILAE, the lander of ESA’s ROSETTA comet rendezvous mission now on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, and the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout, MASCOT, now in cruise to the ~1 km diameter C-type near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu aboard the Japanese sample-return probe HAYABUSA2. We introduce the differences between the conventional methods employed in the design, integration and testing of large spacecraft and the new approaches developed by small spacecraft projects. We expect that the practical experience that can be gained from projects on extremely compressed timelines or with high-intensity operation phases on a newly explored small solar system body can contribute significantly to the study, preparation and realization of future planetary defence related missions. One is AIDA (Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment), a joint effort of ESA, JHU/APL, NASA, OCA and DLR, combining JHU/APL’s DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) and ESA’s AIM (Asteroid Impact Monitor) spacecraft in a mission towards near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos. DLR is currently applying MASCOT heritage and lessons learned to the design of MASCOT2, a lander for the AIM mission to support a bistatic low frequency radar experiment with PHILAE/ROSETTA CONSERT heritage to explore the inner structure of Didymoon which is the designated impact target for DART. Y1 - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 20 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Emhardt, Selina N. A1 - Jarodzka, Halszka A1 - Brand-Gruwel, Saskia A1 - Drumm, Christian A1 - Niehorster, Diederick C. A1 - van Gog, Tamara T1 - What is my teacher talking about? Effects of displaying the teacher’s gaze and mouse cursor cues in video lectures on students’ learning JF - Journal of Cognitive Psychology N2 - Eye movement modelling examples (EMME) are instructional videos that display a teacher’s eye movements as “gaze cursor” (e.g. a moving dot) superimposed on the learning task. This study investigated if previous findings on the beneficial effects of EMME would extend to online lecture videos and compared the effects of displaying the teacher’s gaze cursor with displaying the more traditional mouse cursor as a tool to guide learners’ attention. Novices (N = 124) studied a pre-recorded video lecture on how to model business processes in a 2 (mouse cursor absent/present) × 2 (gaze cursor absent/present) between-subjects design. Unexpectedly, we did not find significant effects of the presence of gaze or mouse cursors on mental effort and learning. However, participants who watched videos with the gaze cursor found it easier to follow the teacher. Overall, participants responded positively to the gaze cursor, especially when the mouse cursor was not displayed in the video. KW - Instructional design KW - eye movement modelling examples KW - video learning Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2080831 SN - 2044-5911 SP - 1 EP - 19 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Emmrich, Thomas A1 - Bongartz, Simon T1 - Microwave spark plug to support ignitions with high compression ratios JF - IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science N2 - Upcoming gasoline engines should run with a larger number of fuels beginning from petrol over methanol up to gas by a wide range of compression ratios and a homogeneous charge. In this article, the microwave (MW) spark plug, based on a high-speed frequency hopping system, is introduced as a solution, which can support a nitrogen compression ratio up to 1:39 in a chamber and more. First, an overview of the high-speed frequency hopping MW ignition and operation system as well as the large number of applications are presented. Both gives an understanding of this new base technology for MW plasma generation. Focus of the theoretical part is the explanation of the internal construction of the spark plug, on the achievable of the high voltage generation as well as the high efficiency to hold the plasma. In detail, the development process starting with circuit simulations and ending with the numerical multiphysics field simulations is described. The concept is evaluated with a reference prototype covering the frequency range between 2.40 and 2.48 GHz and working over a large power range from 20 to 200 W. A larger number of different measurements starting by vector hot-S11 measurements and ending by combined working scenarios out of hot temperature, high pressure and charge motion are winding up the article. The limits for the successful pressure tests were given by the pressure chamber. Pressures ranged from 1 to 39 bar and charge motion up to 25 m/s as well as temperatures from 30◦ to 125◦. KW - Automotive application KW - ignition KW - microplasma KW - microwave (MW) plasma KW - plasma jet Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2022.3183690 SN - 1939-9375 IS - Early Access SP - 1 EP - 6 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Peloni, Alessandro A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Ceriotti, Matteo T1 - Multiple NEA rendezvous mission: Solar sailing options T2 - Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing N2 - The scientific interest in near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) and the classification of some of those as potentially hazardous asteroid for the Earth stipulated the interest in NEA exploration. Close-up observations of these objects will increase drastically our knowledge about the overall NEA population. For this reason, a multiple NEA rendezvous mission through solar sailing is investigated, taking advantage of the propellantless nature of this groundbreaking propulsion technology. Considering a spacecraft based on the DLR/ESA Gossamer technology, this work focuses on the search of possible sequences of NEA encounters. The effectiveness of this approach is demonstrated through a number of fully-optimized trajectories. The results show that it is possible to visit five NEAs within 10 years with near-term solar-sail technology. Moreover, a study on a reduced NEA database demonstrates the reliability of the approach used, showing that 58% of the sequences found with an approximated trajectory model can be converted into real solar-sail trajectories. Lastly, this second study shows the effectiveness of the proposed automatic optimization algorithm, which is able to find solutions for a large number of mission scenarios without any input required from the user. KW - Multiphase KW - Trajectory Optimization KW - Automated Optimization KW - Gossamer KW - Sequence-Search Y1 - 2017 N1 - Fourth International Symposium on Solar Sailing (ISSS 2017), Kyoto, Japan, 17-20 Jan 2017. http://www.jsforum.or.jp/ISSS2017/ SP - 1 EP - 11 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vahidpour, Farnoosh A1 - Guthman, Eric A1 - Arreola, Julia A1 - Alghazali, Yousef H. M. A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Assessment of Various Process Parameters for Optimized Sterilization Conditions Using a Multi-Sensing Platform JF - Foods N2 - In this study, an online multi-sensing platform was engineered to simultaneously evaluate various process parameters of food package sterilization using gaseous hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂). The platform enabled the validation of critical aseptic parameters. In parallel, one series of microbiological count reduction tests was performed using highly resistant spores of B. atrophaeus DSM 675 to act as the reference method for sterility validation. By means of the multi-sensing platform together with microbiological tests, we examined sterilization process parameters to define the most effective conditions with regards to the highest spore kill rate necessary for aseptic packaging. As these parameters are mutually associated, a correlation between different factors was elaborated. The resulting correlation indicated the need for specific conditions regarding the applied H₂O₂ gas temperature, the gas flow and concentration, the relative humidity and the exposure time. Finally, the novel multi-sensing platform together with the mobile electronic readout setup allowed for the online and on-site monitoring of the sterilization process, selecting the best conditions for sterility and, at the same time, reducing the use of the time-consuming and costly microbiological tests that are currently used in the food package industry. KW - spore kill rate KW - sterility KW - aseptic parameters KW - multi-sensing platform KW - gaseous hydrogen peroxide Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11050660 SN - 2304-8158 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Sensors and Biosensors Application for Food Industries" VL - 11 IS - 5 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Angermann, Susanne A1 - Günthner, Roman A1 - Hanssen, Henner A1 - Lorenz, Georg A1 - Braunisch, Matthias C. A1 - Steubl, Dominik A1 - Matschkal, Julia A1 - Kemmner, Stephan A1 - Hausinger, Renate A1 - Block, Zenonas A1 - Haller, Bernhard A1 - Heemann, Uwe A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Grimmer, Timo A1 - Schmaderer, Christoph T1 - Cognitive impairment and microvascular function in end-stage renal disease JF - International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (MPR) N2 - Objective Hemodialysis patients show an approximately threefold higher prevalence of cognitive impairment compared to the age-matched general population. Impaired microcirculatory function is one of the assumed causes. Dynamic retinal vessel analysis is a quantitative method for measuring neurovascular coupling and microvascular endothelial function. We hypothesize that cognitive impairment is associated with altered microcirculation of retinal vessels. Methods 152 chronic hemodialysis patients underwent cognitive testing using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Retinal microcirculation was assessed by Dynamic Retinal Vessel Analysis, which carries out an examination recording retinal vessels' reaction to a flicker light stimulus under standardized conditions. Results In unadjusted as well as in adjusted linear regression analyses a significant association between the visuospatial executive function domain score of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and the maximum arteriolar dilation as response of retinal arterioles to the flicker light stimulation was obtained. Conclusion This is the first study determining retinal microvascular function as surrogate for cerebral microvascular function and cognition in hemodialysis patients. The relationship between impairment in executive function and reduced arteriolar reaction to flicker light stimulation supports the involvement of cerebral small vessel disease as contributing factor for the development of cognitive impairment in this patient population and might be a target for noninvasive disease monitoring and therapeutic intervention. KW - cerebral small vessel disease KW - cognitive impairment KW - dialysis KW - retinal vessels Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mpr.1909 SN - 1049-8931 (Print) SN - 1557-0657 (Online) VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 1 EP - 10 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Heuermann, Holger A1 - Harzheim, Thomas A1 - Cronenbroeck, Tobias T1 - First SIMO harmonic radar based on the SFCW concept and the HR transfer function JF - Remote sensing N2 - This paper presents a new SIMO radar system based on a harmonic radar (HR) stepped frequency continuous wave (SFCW) architecture. Simple tags that can be electronically individually activated and deactivated via a DC control voltage were developed and combined to form an MO array field. This HR operates in the entire 2.45 GHz ISM band for transmitting the illumination signal and receives at twice the stimulus frequency and bandwidth centered around 4.9 GHz. This paper presents the development, the basic theory of a HR system for the characterization of objects placed into the propagation path in-between the radar and the reflectors (similar to a free-space measurement with a network analyzer) as well as first measurements performed by the system. Further detailed measurement series will be made available later on to other researchers to develop AI and machine learning based signal processing routines or synthetic aperture radar algorithms for imaging, object recognition, and feature extraction. For this purpose, the necessary information is published in this paper. It is explained in detail why this SIMO-HR can be an attractive solution augmenting or replacing existing systems for radar measurements in production technology for material under test measurements and as a simplified MIMO system. The novel HR transfer function, which is a basis for researchers and developers for material characterization or imaging algorithms, is introduced and metrologically verified in a well traceable coaxial setup. KW - MUT measurement; scanner KW - transponder KW - SFCW KW - harmonic radar KW - nonlinear radar Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13245088 SN - 2072-4292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Nonlinear Junction Detection and Harmonic Radar" VL - 13 IS - 24 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Tastambek, Kuanysh T. A1 - Sherelkhan, Dinara K. A1 - Jussupova, Dariya B. A1 - Altynbay, Nazym P. T1 - Low-rank coal as a source of humic substances for soil amendment and fertility management JF - Agriculture N2 - Humic substances (HS), as important environmental components, are essential to soil health and agricultural sustainability. The usage of low-rank coal (LRC) for energy generation has declined considerably due to the growing popularity of renewable energy sources and gas. However, their potential as soil amendment aimed to maintain soil quality and productivity deserves more recognition. LRC, a highly heterogeneous material in nature, contains large quantities of HS and may effectively help to restore the physicochemical, biological, and ecological functionality of soil. Multiple emerging studies support the view that LRC and its derivatives can positively impact the soil microclimate, nutrient status, and organic matter turnover. Moreover, the phytotoxic effects of some pollutants can be reduced by subsequent LRC application. Broad geographical availability, relatively low cost, and good technical applicability of LRC offer the advantage of easy fulfilling soil amendment and conditioner requirements worldwide. This review analyzes and emphasizes the potential of LRC and its numerous forms/combinations for soil amelioration and crop production. A great benefit would be a systematic investment strategy implicating safe utilization and long-term application of LRC for sustainable agricultural production. KW - soil remediation KW - crop yield KW - soil health KW - soil amendment KW - low-rank coal Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11121261 SN - 2077-0472 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "From Waste to Fertilizer in Sustainable Agriculture" VL - 11 IS - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Fiedler, Thomas M. A1 - Orzada, Stephan A1 - Flöser, Martina A1 - Rietsch, Stefan H. G. A1 - Schmidt, Simon A1 - Stelter, Jonathan K. A1 - Wittrich, Marco A1 - Quick, Harald H. A1 - Bitz, Andreas A1 - Ladd, Mark E. T1 - Performance and safety assessment of an integrated transmit array for body imaging at 7 T under consideration of specificabsorption rate, tissue temperature, and thermal dose JF - NMR in Biomedicine N2 - In this study, the performance of an integrated body-imaging array for 7 T with 32 radiofrequency (RF) channels under consideration of local specific absorption rate (SAR), tissue temperature, and thermal dose limits was evaluated and the imaging performance was compared with a clinical 3 T body coil. Thirty-two transmit elements were placed in three rings between the bore liner and RF shield of the gradient coil. Slice-selective RF pulse optimizations for B1 shimming and spokes were performed for differently oriented slices in the body under consideration of realistic constraints for power and local SAR. To improve the B1+ homogeneity, safety assessments based on temperature and thermal dose were performed to possibly allow for higher input power for the pulse optimization than permissible with SAR limits. The results showed that using two spokes, the 7 T array outperformed the 3 T birdcage in all the considered regions of interest. However, a significantly higher SAR or lower duty cycle at 7 T is necessary in some cases to achieve similar B1+ homogeneity as at 3 T. The homogeneity in up to 50 cm-long coronal slices can particularly benefit from the high RF shim performance provided by the 32 RF channels. The thermal dose approach increases the allowable input power and the corresponding local SAR, in one example up to 100 W/kg, without limiting the exposure time necessary for an MR examination. In conclusion, the integrated antenna array at 7 T enables a clinical workflow for body imaging and comparable imaging performance to a conventional 3 T clinical body coil. KW - body imaging at 7 T MRI KW - thermal dose KW - tissue temperature KW - transmit antenna arrays Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.4656 SN - 0952-3480 (Print) SN - 1099-1492 (Online) VL - 35 IS - 5 SP - 1 EP - 17 PB - Wiley ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Welden, Rene A1 - Buniatyan, Vahe V. A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - An Array of On-Chip Integrated, Individually Addressable Capacitive Field-Effect Sensors with Control Gate: Design and Modelling JF - Sensors N2 - The on-chip integration of multiple biochemical sensors based on field-effect electrolyte-insulator-semiconductor capacitors (EISCAP) is challenging due to technological difficulties in realization of electrically isolated EISCAPs on the same Si chip. In this work, we present a new simple design for an array of on-chip integrated, individually electrically addressable EISCAPs with an additional control gate (CG-EISCAP). The existence of the CG enables an addressable activation or deactivation of on-chip integrated individual CG-EISCAPs by simple electrical switching the CG of each sensor in various setups, and makes the new design capable for multianalyte detection without cross-talk effects between the sensors in the array. The new designed CG-EISCAP chip was modelled in so-called floating/short-circuited and floating/capacitively-coupled setups, and the corresponding electrical equivalent circuits were developed. In addition, the capacitance-voltage curves of the CG-EISCAP chip in different setups were simulated and compared with that of a single EISCAP sensor. Moreover, the sensitivity of the CG-EISCAP chip to surface potential changes induced by biochemical reactions was simulated and an impact of different parameters, such as gate voltage, insulator thickness and doping concentration in Si, on the sensitivity has been discussed. KW - equivalent circuit KW - multianalyte detection KW - control gate KW - on-chip integrated addressable EISCAP sensors KW - capacitive field-effect sensor Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s21186161 SN - 1424-8220 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Field-Effect Sensors: From pH Sensing to Biosensing" VL - 21 IS - 18 SP - 17 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pourshahidi, Ali Mohammad A1 - Achtsnicht, Stefan A1 - Nambipareechee, Mrinal Murali A1 - Offenhäusser, Andreas A1 - Krause, Hans-Joachim T1 - Multiplex detection of magnetic beads using offset field dependent frequency mixing magnetic detection JF - Sensors N2 - Magnetic immunoassays employing Frequency Mixing Magnetic Detection (FMMD) have recently become increasingly popular for quantitative detection of various analytes. Simultaneous analysis of a sample for two or more targets is desirable in order to reduce the sample amount, save consumables, and save time. We show that different types of magnetic beads can be distinguished according to their frequency mixing response to a two-frequency magnetic excitation at different static magnetic offset fields. We recorded the offset field dependent FMMD response of two different particle types at frequencies ƒ₁ + n⋅ƒ₂, n = 1, 2, 3, 4 with ƒ₁ = 30.8 kHz and ƒ₂ = 63 Hz. Their signals were clearly distinguishable by the locations of the extremes and zeros of their responses. Binary mixtures of the two particle types were prepared with different mixing ratios. The mixture samples were analyzed by determining the best linear combination of the two pure constituents that best resembled the measured signals of the mixtures. Using a quadratic programming algorithm, the mixing ratios could be determined with an accuracy of greater than 14%. If each particle type is functionalized with a different antibody, multiplex detection of two different analytes becomes feasible. KW - colorization KW - multiplex detection KW - frequency mixing magnetic detection KW - magnetic nanoparticles Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s21175859 SN - 1424-8220 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Advanced Nanomaterial-Based Sensors for Biomedical Applications" VL - 21 IS - 17 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rajan, Sreelakshmy A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Altay, Okyay A1 - Dalguer, Luis A A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Multi-dimensional fragility analysis of a RC building with components using response surface method T2 - 24th International Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology, Busan, Korea, 20-25 August, 2017 N2 - Conventional fragility curves describe the vulnerability of the main structure under external hazards. However, in complex structures such as nuclear power plants, the safety or the risk depends also on the components associated with a system. The classical fault tree analysis gives an overall view of the failure and contains several subsystems to the main event, however, the interactions in the subsystems are not well represented. In order to represent the interaction of the components, a method suggested by Cimellaro et al. (2006) using multidimensional performance limit state functions to obtain the system fragility curves is adopted. This approach gives the possibility of deriving the cumulative fragility taking into account the interaction of the response of different components. In this paper, this approach is used to evaluate seismic risk of a representative electrical building infrastructure, including the component, of a nuclear power plant. A simplified model of the structure, with nonlinear material behavior is employed for the analysis in Abaqus©. The input variables considered are the material parameters, boundary conditions and the seismic input. The variability of the seismic input is obtained from selected ground motion time histories of spectrum compatible synthetic ccelerograms. Unlike the usual Monte Carlo methods used for the probabilistic analysis of the structure, a computationally effective response surface method is used. This method reduces the computational effort of the calculations by reducing the required number of samples. Y1 - 2017 SN - 9781510856776 SP - 3126 EP - 3135 PB - International Assn for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT) CY - Raleigh, USA ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Baringhaus, Ludwig A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On an independence test approach to the goodness-of-fit problem JF - Journal of Multivariate Analysis N2 - Let X₁,…,Xₙ be independent and identically distributed random variables with distribution F. Assuming that there are measurable functions f:R²→R and g:R²→R characterizing a family F of distributions on the Borel sets of R in the way that the random variables f(X₁,X₂),g(X₁,X₂) are independent, if and only if F∈F, we propose to treat the testing problem H:F∈F,K:F∉F by applying a consistent nonparametric independence test to the bivariate sample variables (f(Xᵢ,Xⱼ),g(Xᵢ,Xⱼ)),1⩽i,j⩽n,i≠j. A parametric bootstrap procedure needed to get critical values is shown to work. The consistency of the test is discussed. The power performance of the procedure is compared with that of the classical tests of Kolmogorov–Smirnov and Cramér–von Mises in the special cases where F is the family of gamma distributions or the family of inverse Gaussian distributions. KW - Goodness-of-fit test KW - Independence test KW - Parametric bootstrap KW - Vapnik–Čhervonenkis class KW - Gamma distribution Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2015.05.013 SN - 0047-259X VL - 2015 IS - 140 SP - 193 EP - 208 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bursi, Oreste S. A1 - Paolacci, Fabrizio A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Lanese, Igor A1 - Nardin, Chiara A1 - Quinci, Gianluca ED - Yang, J. T1 - Seismic performance of an industrial multi-storey frame structure with process equipment subjected to shake table testing JF - Engineering Structures N2 - Past earthquakes demonstrated the high vulnerability of industrial facilities equipped with complex process technologies leading to serious damage of process equipment and multiple and simultaneous release of hazardous substances. Nonetheless, current standards for seismic design of industrial facilities are considered inadequate to guarantee proper safety conditions against exceptional events entailing loss of containment and related consequences. On these premises, the SPIF project -Seismic Performance of Multi-Component Systems in Special Risk Industrial Facilities- was proposed within the framework of the European H2020 SERA funding scheme. In detail, the objective of the SPIF project is the investigation of the seismic behaviour of a representative industrial multi-storey frame structure equipped with complex process components by means of shaking table tests. Along this main vein and in a performance-based design perspective, the issues investigated in depth are the interaction between a primary moment resisting frame (MRF) steel structure and secondary process components that influence the performance of the whole system; and a proper check of floor spectra predictions. The evaluation of experimental data clearly shows a favourable performance of the MRF structure, some weaknesses of local details due to the interaction between floor crossbeams and process components and, finally, the overconservatism of current design standards w.r.t. floor spectra predictions. KW - Multi-storey KW - Frame structure KW - Earthquake KW - Tank KW - Piping Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.112681 SN - 0141-0296 VL - 243 IS - 15 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rossi, Leonardo A1 - Winands, Mark H. M. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Zhang, Jessica T1 - Monte Carlo Tree Search as an intelligent search tool in structural design problems JF - Engineering with Computers : An International Journal for Simulation-Based Engineering N2 - Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is a search technique that in the last decade emerged as a major breakthrough for Artificial Intelligence applications regarding board- and video-games. In 2016, AlphaGo, an MCTS-based software agent, outperformed the human world champion of the board game Go. This game was for long considered almost infeasible for machines, due to its immense search space and the need for a long-term strategy. Since this historical success, MCTS is considered as an effective new approach for many other scientific and technical problems. Interestingly, civil structural engineering, as a discipline, offers many tasks whose solution may benefit from intelligent search and in particular from adopting MCTS as a search tool. In this work, we show how MCTS can be adapted to search for suitable solutions of a structural engineering design problem. The problem consists of choosing the load-bearing elements in a reference reinforced concrete structure, so to achieve a set of specific dynamic characteristics. In the paper, we report the results obtained by applying both a plain and a hybrid version of single-agent MCTS. The hybrid approach consists of an integration of both MCTS and classic Genetic Algorithm (GA), the latter also serving as a term of comparison for the results. The study’s outcomes may open new perspectives for the adoption of MCTS as a design tool for civil engineers. KW - Monte Carlo Tree Search KW - Structural design KW - Artificial intelligence KW - Civil engineering KW - Genetic algorithm Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-021-01338-2 SN - 1435-5663 SN - 0177-0667 VL - 38 IS - 4 SP - 3219 EP - 3236 PB - Springer Nature CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Marinković, Marko A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Ford, Michael C. T1 - Experimental testing of decoupled masonry infills with steel anchors for out-of-plane support under combined in-plane and out-of-plane seismic loading JF - Construction and Building Materials N2 - Because of simple construction process, high energy efficiency, significant fire resistance and excellent sound isolation, masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures are very popular in most of the countries in the world, as well as in seismic active areas. However, many RC frame structures with masonry infills were seriously damaged during earthquake events, as the traditional infills are generally constructed with direct contact to the RC frame which brings undesirable infill/frame interaction. This interaction leads to the activation of the equivalent diagonal strut in the infill panel, due to the RC frame deformation, and combined with seismically induced loads perpendicular to the infill panel often causes total collapses of the masonry infills and heavy damages to the RC frames. This fact was the motivation for developing different approaches for improving the behaviour of masonry infills, where infill isolation (decoupling) from the frame has been more intensively studied in the last decade. In-plane isolation of the infill wall reduces infill activation, but causes the need for additional measures to restrain out-of-plane movements. This can be provided by installing steel anchors, as proposed by some researchers. Within the framework of European research project INSYSME (Innovative Systems for Earthquake Resistant Masonry Enclosures in Reinforced Concrete Buildings) the system based on a use of elastomers for in-plane decoupling and steel anchors for out-of-plane restrain was tested. This constructive solution was tested and deeply investigated during the experimental campaign where traditional and decoupled masonry infilled RC frames with anchors were subjected to separate and combined in-plane ‬and out-of-plane loading. Based on a detailed evaluation and comparison of the test results, the performance and effectiveness of the developed system are illustrated. KW - Masonry infill KW - Reinforced concrete frame KW - Earthquake KW - INSYSME KW - Decoupling Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.126041 SN - 1879-0526 SN - 0950-0618 VL - 318 IS - 1 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - GEN A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Gellert, Christoph A1 - Reindl, Lukas A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - A nonlinear method for the seismic safety verification of masonry buildings N2 - In order for traditional masonry to stay a competitive building material in seismically active regions there is an urgent demand for modern, deformation-based verification procedures which exploit the nonlinear load bearing reserves. The Capacity Spectrum Method (CSM) is a widely accepted design approach in the field of reinforced concrete and steel construction. It compares the seismic action with the load-bearing capacity of the building considering nonlinear material behavior with its post-peak capacity. The bearing capacity of the building is calculated iteratively using single wall capacity curves. This paper presents a new approach for the bilinear approximation of single wall capacity curves in the style of EC6/EC8 respectively FEMA 306/FEMA 356 based on recent shear wall test results of the European Collective-Research Project “ESECMaSE”. The application of the CSM to masonry structures by using bilinear approximations of capacity curves as input is demonstrated on the example of a typical German residential home. Y1 - 2009 N1 - COMPDYN 2009 - 2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering. Isles of Rhodes, Greece, June 22-24,2009. PB - National Technical University of Athens CY - Athen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Klinkel, Sven ED - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Lin, Gao ED - Holtschoppen, Britta T1 - Seismic isolation of cylindrical liquid storage tanks T2 - Seismic design of industrial facilities N2 - Seismic excited liquid filled tanks are subjected to extreme loading due to hydrodynamic pressures, which can lead to nonlinear stability failure of the thinwalled cylindrical tanks, as it is known from past earthquakes. A significant reduction of the seismically induced loads can be obtained by the application of base isolation systems, which have to be designed carefully with respect to the modified hydrodynamic behaviour of the tank in interaction with the liquid. For this reason a highly sophisticated fluid-structure interaction model has to be applied for a realistic simulation of the overall dynamic system. In the following, such a model is presented and compared with the results of simplified mathematical models for rigidly supported tanks. Finally, it is examined to what extent a simple mechanical model can represent the behaviour of a base isolated tank in case of seismic excitation Y1 - 2013 SN - 978-3-658-02810-7 SN - 978-3-658-02809-1 SN - 978-3-658-14037-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-02810-7_36 N1 - International Conference on Seismic Design of Industrial Facilities, Aachen, Germany, 26.-27.09.2013. https://sedif-conference.jimdofree.com/ SP - 429 EP - 440 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Niedermeier, Jana A1 - Penner, Crystal A1 - Usherovich, Samuel A1 - Bélanger-Champagne, Camille A1 - Paulßen, Elisabeth A1 - Hoehr, Cornelia T1 - Optical Fibers as Dosimeter Detectors for Mixed Proton/Neutron Fields - A Biological Dosimeter JF - electronics N2 - In recent years, proton therapy has gained importance as a cancer treatment modality due to its conformality with the tumor and the sparing of healthy tissue. However, in the interaction of the protons with the beam line elements and patient tissues, potentially harmful secondary neutrons are always generated. To ensure that this neutron dose is as low as possible, treatment plans could be created to also account for and minimize the neutron dose. To monitor such a treatment plan, a compact, easy to use, and inexpensive dosimeter must be developed that not only measures the physical dose, but which can also distinguish between proton and neutron contributions. To that end, plastic optical fibers with scintillation materials (Gd₂O₂S:Tb, Gd₂O₂S:Eu, and YVO₄:Eu) were irradiated with protons and neutrons. It was confirmed that sensors with different scintillation materials have different sensitivities to protons and neutrons. A combination of these three scintillators can be used to build a detector array to create a biological dosimeter. KW - biological dosimeter KW - Bragg peak KW - relative dosimetry KW - optical fibers KW - proton therapy KW - protons KW - neutrons Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12020324 SN - 2079-9292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors" VL - 12 IS - 2 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Penner, Crystal A1 - Usherovich, Samuel A1 - Niedermeier, Jana A1 - Bélanger-Champagne, Camille A1 - Trinczek, Michael A1 - Paulßen, Elisabeth A1 - Hoehr, Cornelia T1 - Organic Scintillator-Fibre Sensors for Proton Therapy Dosimetry: SCSF-3HF and EJ-260 JF - electronics N2 - In proton therapy, the dose from secondary neutrons to the patient can contribute to side effects and the creation of secondary cancer. A simple and fast detection system to distinguish between dose from protons and neutrons both in pretreatment verification as well as potentially in vivo monitoring is needed to minimize dose from secondary neutrons. Two 3 mm long, 1 mm diameter organic scintillators were tested for candidacy to be used in a proton–neutron discrimination detector. The SCSF-3HF (1500) scintillating fibre (Kuraray Co. Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan) and EJ-260 plastic scintillator (Eljen Technology, Sweetwater, TX, USA) were irradiated at the TRIUMF Neutron Facility and the Proton Therapy Research Centre. In the proton beam, we compared the raw Bragg peak and spread-out Bragg peak response to the industry standard Markus chamber detector. Both scintillator sensors exhibited quenching at high LET in the Bragg peak, presenting a peak-to-entrance ratio of 2.59 for the EJ-260 and 2.63 for the SCSF-3HF fibre, compared to 3.70 for the Markus chamber. The SCSF-3HF sensor demonstrated 1.3 times the sensitivity to protons and 3 times the sensitivity to neutrons as compared to the EJ-260 sensor. Combined with our equations relating neutron and proton contributions to dose during proton irradiations, and the application of Birks’ quenching correction, these fibres provide valid candidates for inexpensive and replicable proton-neutron discrimination detectors Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics12010011 SN - 2079-9292 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Applications of Optical Fiber Sensors" VL - 12 IS - 1 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rübbelke, Dirk A1 - Vögele, Stefan A1 - Grajewski, Matthias A1 - Zobel, Luzy T1 - Cross border adjustment mechanism: Initial data for the assessment of hydrogen-based steel production JF - Data in Brief N2 - Ambitious climate targets affect the competitiveness of industries in the international market. To prevent such industries from moving to other countries in the wake of increased climate protection efforts, cost adjustments may become necessary. Their design requires knowledge of country-specific production costs. Here, we present country-specific cost figures for different production routes of steel, paying particular attention to transportation costs. The data can be used in floor price models aiming to assess the competitiveness of different steel production routes in different countries (Rübbelke, 2022). KW - Energy-intensive industry KW - Steel industry KW - Competitiveness KW - Floor prices KW - Cross border adjustment mechanism Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.108907 SN - 2352-3409 VL - 47 IS - Article 108907 SP - 1 EP - 5 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Haeger, Gerrit A1 - Grankin, Alina A1 - Wagner, Michaela T1 - Construction of an Aspergillus oryzae triple amylase deletion mutant as a chassis to evaluate industrially relevant amylases using multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 editing technology JF - Applied Research N2 - Aspergillus oryzae is an industrially relevant organism for the secretory production of heterologous enzymes, especially amylases. The activities of potential heterologous amylases, however, cannot be quantified directly from the supernatant due to the high background activity of native α-amylase. This activity is caused by the gene products of amyA, amyB, and amyC. In this study, an in vitro CRISPR/Cas9 system was established in A. oryzae to delete these genes simultaneously. First, pyrG of A. oryzae NSAR1 was mutated by exploiting NHEJ to generate a counter-selection marker. Next, all amylase genes were deleted simultaneously by co-transforming a repair template carrying pyrG of Aspergillus nidulans and flanking sequences of amylase gene loci. The rate of obtained triple knock-outs was 47%. We showed that triple knockouts do not retain any amylase activity in the supernatant. The established in vitro CRISPR/Cas9 system was used to achieve sequence-specific knock-in of target genes. The system was intended to incorporate a single copy of the gene of interest into the desired host for the development of screening methods. Therefore, an integration cassette for the heterologous Fpi amylase was designed to specifically target the amyB locus. The site-specific integration rate of the plasmid was 78%, with exceptional additional integrations. Integration frequency was assessed via qPCR and directly correlated with heterologous amylase activity. Hence, we could compare the efficiency between two different signal peptides. In summary, we present a strategy to exploit CRISPR/Cas9 for gene mutation, multiplex knock-out, and the targeted knock-in of an expression cassette in A. oryzae. Our system provides straightforward strain engineering and paves the way for development of fungal screening systems. KW - aspergillus KW - CRISPR/Cas9 KW - filamentous fungi KW - genome engineering Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/appl.202200106 SN - 2702-4288 IS - Early View SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - Wiley-VCH ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Rajan, Sreelakshmy T1 - Design and construction techniques of AAC masonry buildings in earthquakes regions T2 - 10 years Xella research in Building Materials : Symposium on the 4th and 5th of September, Potsdam 2014 Y1 - 2014 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schulte-Tigges, Joschua A1 - Förster, Marco A1 - Nikolovski, Gjorgji A1 - Reke, Michael A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Kaszner, Daniel A1 - Matheis, Dominik A1 - Walter, Thomas T1 - Benchmarking of various LiDAR sensors for use in self-driving vehicles in real-world environments JF - Sensors N2 - Abstract In this paper, we report on our benchmark results of the LiDAR sensors Livox Horizon, Robosense M1, Blickfeld Cube, Blickfeld Cube Range, Velodyne Velarray H800, and Innoviz Pro. The idea was to test the sensors in different typical scenarios that were defined with real-world use cases in mind, in order to find a sensor that meet the requirements of self-driving vehicles. For this, we defined static and dynamic benchmark scenarios. In the static scenarios, both LiDAR and the detection target do not move during the measurement. In dynamic scenarios, the LiDAR sensor was mounted on the vehicle which was driving toward the detection target. We tested all mentioned LiDAR sensors in both scenarios, show the results regarding the detection accuracy of the targets, and discuss their usefulness for deployment in self-driving cars. KW - Lidar KW - Benchmark KW - Self-driving Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/s22197146 SN - 1424-8220 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Sensor Fusion for Vehicles Navigation and Robotic Systems" VL - 22 IS - 19 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Akimbekov, Nuraly S. A1 - Digel, Ilya A1 - Tastambek, Kuanysh T. A1 - Marat, Adel K. A1 - Turaliyeva, Moldir A. A1 - Kaiyrmanova, Gulzhan K. T1 - Biotechnology of Microorganisms from Coal Environments: From Environmental Remediation to Energy Production JF - Biology N2 - It was generally believed that coal sources are not favorable as live-in habitats for microorganisms due to their recalcitrant chemical nature and negligible decomposition. However, accumulating evidence has revealed the presence of diverse microbial groups in coal environments and their significant metabolic role in coal biogeochemical dynamics and ecosystem functioning. The high oxygen content, organic fractions, and lignin-like structures of lower-rank coals may provide effective means for microbial attack, still representing a greatly unexplored frontier in microbiology. Coal degradation/conversion technology by native bacterial and fungal species has great potential in agricultural development, chemical industry production, and environmental rehabilitation. Furthermore, native microalgal species can offer a sustainable energy source and an excellent bioremediation strategy applicable to coal spill/seam waters. Additionally, the measures of the fate of the microbial community would serve as an indicator of restoration progress on post-coal-mining sites. This review puts forward a comprehensive vision of coal biodegradation and bioprocessing by microorganisms native to coal environments for determining their biotechnological potential and possible applications. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/biology11091306 SN - 2079-7737 N1 - This article belongs to the Special Issue "Microbial Ecology and Evolution in Extreme Environments" VL - 11 IS - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER -