TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Olschok, Simon A1 - Jakobs, Stefan A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg A1 - Rossiter, Eduardo T1 - Laser beam submerged arc hybrid welding JF - Physics procedia N2 - The laser beam-submerged arc hybrid welding method originates from the knowledge that, with increasing penetration depth, the laser beam process has a tendency to pore formation in the lower weld regions. The coupling with the energy-efficient submerged-arc process improves degassing and reduces the tendency to pore formation. The high deposition rate of the SA process in combination with the laser beam process offers, providing the appropriate choice of weld preparation, the possibility of welding plates with a thickness larger than 20° mm in a single pass, and also of welding thicker plates with the double-sided single pass technique. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2012.10.016 SN - 1875-3892 N1 - Part of special issue "Laser assisted net shape engineering 7 (LANE 2012)" VL - 39 SP - 75 EP - 83 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Abdurakhmanov, Aydemir A1 - Turichin, Gleb A1 - Valdaitseva, Elena A1 - Bach, Friedrich-Wilhelm A1 - Hassel, Thomas A1 - Beniyashi, Alexander T1 - Investigation of factors influencing the formation of weld defects in non-vacuum electron beam welding JF - The Paton welding journal N2 - The influence of welding condition parameters and properties of material on formation of defects, such as humping and undercuts, in non-vacuum electron beam welding was investigated. The influence of separate welding parameters on the quality of welds was determined. Y1 - 2012 SN - 0957-798X VL - 2012 IS - 2 SP - 11 EP - 18 PB - Paton Publishing House CY - Kiev ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Abdurakhmanov, Aydemir A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrey T1 - Measuring of plasma properties induced by non-vacuum electron beam welding JF - Physics of plasma N2 - Electron beam plasma measurement was realised by means of DIABEAM system invented by ISF RWTH Aachen. The Langmuir probe method is used for measurement. The relative simplicity of the method and the possibility of dispersion of high power on the probe allow its application for the investigation of high-power electron beams. The key element of the method is a rotating thin tungsten wire, which intersects the beam transversely on its axis and collects part of the current by itself. The signals, which are registered in the DIABEAM as a voltage, were taken in the form of amplitude. The conversion of the probe current into the distribution along the beam radius was realised using the Abel’s method. A voltage-current characteristic was built for the beam current. The local electron density as well as the electron temperature, the floating potential and the plasma potential were measured and calculated by means of this characteristic. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3675874 SN - 1089-7674 (E-Journal); 1070-664X (Print) VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 7 PB - AIP Publishing CY - Melville, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hartmann, Axel A1 - Kallweit, Stephan A1 - Feldusen, Antje A1 - Schröder, Wolfgang T1 - Detection of upstream propagating sound waves at buffet flow using high-speed PIV BT - 16th International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics ; 9th to 12th July 2012 Lisbon, Portugal Y1 - 2012 N1 - Aerodynamisches Institut ; International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics <16, 2012, Lissabon> ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Quadflieg, Till A1 - Schoene, Jens A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Jockenhövel, Stefan A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Gries, Thomas ED - Heslehurst, Rikard Benton T1 - Shear connectors for hybrid joints of metal and FRP T2 - Diversity in composites : conference proceedings : Composites Australia and CRC-ACS 2012 conference Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-9873285-0-2 SP - [152] EP - [160] PB - Composites Australia CY - Hawthorne ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg A1 - Zabirov, Alexander A1 - Füssel, Uwe A1 - Schnick, Michael A1 - Hertel, Martin A1 - Jaeckel, Sebastian T1 - Modelling and visualisation of the GMA process JF - Welding and Cutting Y1 - 2012 SN - 1612-3433 VL - 11 IS - 4 SP - 242 EP - 249 PB - DVS Verlag CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Abdurakhmanov, Aydemir A1 - Gumenyuk, Andrej T1 - Application of electron beam welding to fabrication of steel-aluminium dissimilar joint T2 - Beam technologies & laser application : proceedings of the VII international conference, Saint Petersburg, Sept. 18-21, 2012 Y1 - 2012 SP - 265 EP - 279 PB - Publ. House CY - Saint Petersburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Borgmeier, Claudia A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Meinhardt, Friedhelm T1 - Genetic analysis of the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and the impact of regulatory mutations on protease production JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - Disruption experiments targeted at the Bacillus licheniformis degSU operon and GFP-reporter analysis provided evidence for promoter activity immediately upstream of degU. pMutin mediated concomitant introduction of the degU32 allele – known to cause hypersecretion in Bacillus subtilis – resulted in a marked increase in protease activity. Application of 5-fluorouracil based counterselection through establishment of a phosphoribosyltransferase deficient Δupp strain eventually facilitated the marker-free introduction of degU32 leading to further protease enhancement achieving levels as for hypersecreting wild strains in which degU was overexpressed. Surprisingly, deletion of rapG – known to interfere with DegU DNA-binding in B. subtilis – did not enhance protease production neither in the wild type nor in the degU32 strain. The combination of degU32 and Δupp counterselection in the type strain is not only equally effective as in hypersecreting wild strains with respect to protease production but furthermore facilitates genetic strain improvement aiming at biological containment and effectiveness of biotechnological processes. KW - Marker-free mutagenesis KW - Extracellular enzymes KW - Uracil-phosphoribosyltransferase KW - Hypersecretion Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.02.011 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 159 IS - 1-2 SP - 12 EP - 20 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Boettcher, Martin A1 - Haselhuhn, Angelika A1 - Jakse, Gerhard A1 - Brehmer, Bernhard A1 - Kirschner-Hermanns, Ruth T1 - Overactive bladder syndrome: an underestimated long-term problem after treatment of patients with localized prostate cancer? JF - BJU international N2 - In this study we observed courses of micturition symptoms and differentiated degrees of symptoms for each point in time while also considering the impact of bothersomeness. Our data show that not only significantly more patients who have undergone BT suffer from OAB than those who have undergone RP, but also that those affected show significantly higher values for severity of OAB symptoms throughout the whole observation period of 36 months. Our data analysis further shows that variability of OAB symptoms as well as fluctuation of severity of OAB symptoms vary to a significantly higher degree after BT than after RP. Looking only at mean figures at a given point in time clearly underestimates the underlying problem. This fact is not reflected in the literature. KW - quality of life KW - prostate cancer KW - prostatectomy KW - incontinence KW - brachytherapy Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10623.x SN - 1365-2176 (E-Journal); 1464-410X (E-Journal); 0007-1331 (Print); 1464-4096 (Print) VL - 109 IS - 12 SP - 1824 EP - 1830 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Bung, Daniel B. T1 - Initial stage of two-dimensional dam-break waves: laboratory versus VOF JF - Journal of hydraulic research N2 - Since several decades, dam-break waves have been of main research interest. Mathematical approaches have been developed by analytical, physical and numerical models within the past 120 years. During the past 10 years, the number of research investigations has increased due to improved measurement techniques as well as significantly increased computer memories and performances. In this context, the present research deals with the initial stage of two-dimensional dam-break waves by comparing physical and numerical model results as well as analytical approaches. High-speed images and resulting particle image velocimetry calculations are thereby compared with the numerical volume-of-fluid (VOF) method, included in the commercial code FLOW-3D. Wave profiles and drag forces on placed obstacles are analysed in detail. Generally, a good agreement between the laboratory and VOF results is found. KW - VOF KW - PIV KW - physical model KW - numerical model KW - drag force KW - dam-break Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2011.639981 SN - 1814-2079 (E-Journal); 0022-1686 (Print) VL - 50 IS - 1 SP - 89 EP - 97 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Feldmann, Markus A1 - Pyschny, D. A1 - Döring, Bernd A1 - Kuhnhenne, Markus T1 - Life cycle assessment of steel constructions T2 - Life-cycle and sustainability of civil infrastructure systems : proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE'12) : Vienna, Austria, October 3-6, 2012 Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-0-203-10336-4 SP - 321 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - Hoboken ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kuhnhenne, Markus A1 - Döring, Bernd A1 - Pyschny, Dominik A1 - Feldmann, Markus T1 - Energy efficient sandwich construction T2 - Proceedings of the VI International Congress on Architectural Envelopes : 20.6. - 22.6.2012, San Sebastian, Spain Y1 - 2012 SP - 277 EP - 285 PB - ICAE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Achenbach, Timm A1 - Geimer, Konstantin A1 - Lynen, Arthur A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Simulation of thermo-mechanical processes in open volumetric absorber modules T2 - SolarPaces 2012 : concentrating solar power and chemical energy systems : Sept. 11 - 14 2012, Marrakech, Marokko Y1 - 2012 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hötter, Jan-Steffen A1 - Fateri, Miranda A1 - Gebhardt, Andreas T1 - Selective laser melting of metals: desktop machines open up new chances even for small companies JF - Advanced materials research N2 - Additive manufacturing (AM) of metal parts by using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) has become a powerful tool mostly in the area of automotive, aerospace engineering and others. Especially in the field of dentistry, jewelry and related branches that require individualized or even one-of-a-kind products, the direct digital manufacturing process opens up new ways of design and manufacturing. In these fields, mostly small and medium sized businesses (SME) are operating which do not have sufficient human and economic resources to invest in this technology. But to stay competitive, the application of AM can be regarded as a necessity. In this situation a new desktop machine (Realizer SLM 50) was introduced that cost about 1/3 of a shop floor SLM machine and promises small quality parts. To find out whether the machine really is an alternative for SMEs the University of Applied Science, Aachen, Germany, designed, build and optimized typical parts from the dentistry and the jewelry branches using CoCr and silver material, the latter being new with this application. The paper describes the SLM procedure and how to find and optimize the most important parameters. The test is accompanied by digital simulation in order to verify the build parameters and to plan future builds. The procedure is shown as well as the resulting parts made from CoCr and silver material. Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.622-623.461 SN - 1662-8985 (E-Journal); 1022-6680 (Print) VL - 622-623 SP - 461 EP - 465 PB - Trans Tech Publ. CY - Baech ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel B. A1 - Sun, Q. A1 - Meireles, I. A1 - Matos, J. A1 - Viseu, T. T1 - USBR type III stilling basin performance for steep stepped spillways T2 - Hydraulic structures into the 21st century : 4th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures : 9.-11.2.2012, Porto Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-989-8509-01-7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Bung, Daniel B. T1 - Characteristics of cross-bar block ramp flows T2 - Hydraulic structures into the 21st century : 4th IAHR International Symposium on Hydraulic Structures : 9.-11.2.2012, Porto Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-989-8509-01-7 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel B. T1 - Sensitivity of phase detection techniques in aerated chute flows to hydraulic design parameters T2 - 2nd European IAHR congress : 27. - 29. June 2012, München Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-3-943683-03-5 SP - Artikelkennnummer: B15 PB - Lehrstuhl u. Versuchsanst. für Wasserbau u. Wasserwirtschaft d. TU München CY - München ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten A1 - Bung, Daniel B. T1 - Experimental investigation of flow-induced radial gate vibrations at Lower Subansiri dam T2 - Sixth Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering : JOINT 2012 : 23.-29.9.2012, Keelung Y1 - 2012 SP - 7 EP - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribitsch, D. A1 - Heumann, S. A1 - Karl, W. A1 - Gerlach, J. A1 - Leber, R. A1 - Birner-Gruenberger, R. A1 - Gruber, K. A1 - Eiteljoerg, I. A1 - Remler, P. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Lange, J. A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Berg, G. A1 - Guebitz, G. M. A1 - Schwab, H. T1 - Extracellular serine proteases from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: Screening, isolation and heterologous expression in E. coli JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - A large strain collection comprising antagonistic bacteria was screened for novel detergent proteases. Several strains displayed protease activity on agar plates containing skim milk but were inactive in liquid media. Encapsulation of cells in alginate beads induced protease production. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia emerged as best performer under washing conditions. For identification of wash-active proteases, four extracellular serine proteases called StmPr1, StmPr2, StmPr3 and StmPr4 were cloned. StmPr2 and StmPr4 were sufficiently overexpressed in E. coli. Expression of StmPr1 and StmPr3 resulted in unprocessed, insoluble protein. Truncation of most of the C-terminal domain which has been identified by enzyme modeling succeeded in expression of soluble, active StmPr1 but failed in case of StmPr3. From laundry application tests StmPr2 turned out to be a highly wash-active protease at 45 °C. Specific activity of StmPr2 determined with suc-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-Pro-l-Phe-p-nitroanilide as the substrate was 17 ± 2 U/mg. In addition we determined the kinetic parameters and cleavage preferences of protease StmPr2. KW - Alginate beads KW - Stenotrophomonas maltophilia KW - Detergent protease Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2011.09.025 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 157 IS - 1 SP - 140 EP - 147 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Feldmann, Marco A1 - Espe, Clemens A1 - Plescher, Engelbert A1 - Konstantinidis, K. A1 - Forstner, R. T1 - Enceladus explorer - A maneuverable subsurface probe for autonomous navigation through deep ice T2 - 63rd International Astronautical Congress 2012, IAC 2012; Naples; Italy; 1 October 2012 through 5 October 2012. (Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC ; 3) Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-62276-979-7 SP - 1756 EP - 1766 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER -