TY - JOUR A1 - Baumgartner, Werner A1 - Fidler, Florian A1 - Weth, Agnes A1 - Habbecke, Martin A1 - Jakob, Peter A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Böhme, Wolfgang T1 - Investigating the locomotion of the sandfish in desert sand using NMR-Imaging JF - PLOS ONE N2 - The sandfish (Scincus scincus) is a lizard having the remarkable ability to move through desert sand for significant distances. It is well adapted to living in loose sand by virtue of a combination of morphological and behavioural specializations. We investigated the bodyform of the sandfish using 3D-laserscanning and explored its locomotion in loose desert sand using fast nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging. The sandfish exhibits an in-plane meandering motion with a frequency of about 3 Hz and an amplitude of about half its body length accompanied by swimming-like (or trotting) movements of its limbs. No torsion of the body was observed, a movement required for a digging-behaviour. Simple calculations based on the Janssen model for granular material related to our findings on bodyform and locomotor behaviour render a local decompaction of the sand surrounding the moving sandfish very likely. Thus the sand locally behaves as a viscous fluid and not as a solid material. In this fluidised sand the sandfish is able to “swim” using its limbs. KW - magnetic resonance imaging KW - body limbs KW - swimming KW - lizards KW - deserts Y1 - 2008 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003309 SN - 1932-6203 VL - 3 IS - 10 PB - Plos CY - San Francisco, California, US ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Taddei, Francesca A1 - Lozana, Lara A1 - Michel, Philipp A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven ED - Papadrakakis, Manolis ED - Papadrakakis, M. ED - Papadopoulos, V. ED - Plevris, V. T1 - Practical recommendations for the foundation design of onshore wind turbines including soil-structure interaction T2 - 5th International Conference on Computational Methods in Structural , Hersonissos, Greece Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2015, 25.05.2015-27.05.2015, Hersonissos, Greece. Y1 - 2015 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Breitbach, Gerd A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Stobbe, P. T1 - Optimization of the geometry of porous SiC ceramic filtering modules using numerical methods JF - Developments in porous, biological and geopolymer ceramics : a collection of papers presented at the 31st International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, January 21 - 26, 2007, Daytona Beach, Florida ; [papers presented at the Symposium on Porous Ceramics: Novel Developments and Applications] / ed.: Manuel Brito ... Vol. ed.: Jonathan Salem ... The American Ceramics Society Y1 - 2008 SN - 9780470196403 N1 - Ceramic engineering and science proceedings ; 28,9 SP - 95 EP - 104 PB - Wiley CY - Hoboken, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Konrad, M. A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bruckermann, O. T1 - Textile reinforced concrete. Part II: Multi-level modeling concept T2 - Digital proceedings / IKM 2003, proceedings 16th International Conference on the Applications of Computer Science and Mathematics in Architecture and Civil Engineering [Elektronische Ressource : 10. - 12. Juni 2003, Weimar] / Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Ed.: K. Gürlebeck; L. Hempel; C. Könke Y1 - 2003 SP - 1 EP - 11 PB - IKM CY - Weimar ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Giresini, Linda A1 - Sassu, Mauro A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Alecci, Valerio A1 - De Stefano, Mario T1 - Vault macro-element with equivalent trusses in global seismic analyses JF - Earthquakes and Structures N2 - This paper proposes a quick and simplified method to describe masonry vaults in global seismic analyses of buildings. An equivalent macro-element constituted by a set of six trusses, two for each transverse, longitudinal and diagonal direction, is introduced. The equivalent trusses, whose stiffness is calculated by fully modeled vaults of different geometry, mechanical properties and boundary conditions, simulate the vault in both global analysis and local analysis, such as kinematic or rocking approaches. A parametric study was carried out to investigate the influence of geometrical characteristics and mechanical features on the equivalent stiffness values. The method was numerically validated by performing modal and transient analysis on a three naves-church in the elastic range. Vibration modes and displacement time-histories were compared showing satisfying agreement between the complete and the simplified models. This procedure is particularly useful in engineering practice because it allows to assess, in a simplified way, the effectiveness of strengthening interventions for reducing horizontal relative displacements between vault supports. KW - vault KW - macro-element KW - equivalent stiffness KW - truss KW - churches Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.12989/eas.2017.12.4.409 SN - 2092-7614 (Print) SN - 2092-7622 (Online) VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 409 EP - 423 PB - Techno-Press CY - Taejŏn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tomic, Igor A1 - Penna, Andrea A1 - DeJong, Matthew A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Senaldi, Ilaria A1 - Guerrini, Gabriele A1 - Malomo, Daniele A1 - Beyer, Katrin T1 - Blind predictions of shake table testing of aggregate masonry buildings T2 - Proceedings of the 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering N2 - In many historical centers in Europe, stone masonry is part of building aggregates, which developed when the layout of the city or village was densified. The analysis of such building aggregates is very challenging and modelling guidelines missing. Advances in the development of analysis methods have been impeded by the lack of experimental data on the seismic response of such aggregates. The SERA project AIMS (Seismic Testing of Adjacent Interacting Masonry Structures) provides such experimental data by testing an aggregate of two buildings under two horizontal components of dynamic excitation. With the aim to advance the modelling of unreinforced masonry aggregates, a blind prediction competition is organized before the experimental campaign. Each group has been provided a complete set of construction drawings, material properties, testing sequence and the list of measurements to be reported. The applied modelling approaches span from equivalent frame models to Finite Element models using shell elements and discrete element models with solid elements. This paper compares the first entries, regarding the modelling approaches, results in terms of base shear, roof displacements, interface openings, and the failure modes. KW - Historical centres KW - Stone masonry KW - Adjacent buildings KW - Shake table test KW - Blind prediction competition Y1 - 2020 N1 - 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 to October 2, 2021 N1 - (Die Konferenz war ursprünglich für den 13-18 September 2020 angesetzt) ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Kob, Malte A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - An approach for numerical calculation of glottal flow during glottal closure T2 - Proceedings / NAG/DAGA 2009, International Conference on Acoustics : Rotterdam, 23 - 26 March 2009 ; [including the 35th German Annual Conference on Acoustics (DAGA)] / [organisers: Acoustical Society of the Netherlands (NAG); German Acoustical Society (DEGA) ...]. Ed. by Marinus M. Boone Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-3-9808659-6-8 SP - 1722 EP - 1725 PB - DEGA CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Kubalski, Thomas T1 - Seismic response of conventional and base-isolated liquid storage tanks T2 - International Conference on Earthquake Engineering : 29.-31.05.2013, Skopje, Mazedonien Y1 - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 8 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Altay, Okyay A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Klinkel, Sven T1 - Vibration control of slender structures by semi-active tuned liquid column dampers T2 - Conference of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute , Evanston, IL , USA , EMI 2013 , 2013-08-04 - 2013-08-07 Y1 - 2013 N1 - http://www.emi2013.northwestern.edu/openconf/modules/request.php?module=oc_program&action=view.php&a=&id=213&type=1 Seite kann nicht gefunden werden. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Peiffer, F. T1 - Technical information system for collaborative material research JF - Advances in engineering software Y1 - 2004 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2004.03.021 SN - 1873-5339 (E-Journal); 0965-9978 (Print) VL - Volume 35 IS - Issue 10-11 SP - 747 EP - 756 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Solar tower power plant in Germany and future perspectives of the development of the technology in Greece and Cyprus JF - Renewable Energy . 35 (2010), H. 7 Y1 - 2010 SN - 0960-1481 SP - 1352 EP - 1356 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kob, Malte A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - A finite element model of the interaction between intra-and extralaryngeal muscles T2 - International Conference on Voice Physiology and Biomechanics, August 18-20, 2004, Marseille, France Y1 - 2004 SP - 1 EP - 2 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dalguer, Luis A. A1 - Renault, Philippe A1 - Churilov, Sergey A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Evaluation of fragility curves for a three-storey-reinforced-concrete mock-up of SMART 2013 project T2 - Transactions, SMiRT-23 : 23rd Conference on Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology : Manchester, United Kingdom - August 10-14, 2015 Y1 - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 9 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Giresini, Linda A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Earthquake resistant design of structures according to Eurocode 8 T2 - Structural Dynamics with Applications in Earthquake and Wind Engineering N2 - The chapter initially provides a summary of the contents of Eurocode 8, its aim being to offer both to the students and to practising engineers an easy introduction into the calculation and dimensioning procedures of this earthquake code. Specifically, the general rules for earthquake-resistant structures, the definition of design response spectra taking behaviour and importance factors into account, the application of linear and non-linear calculation methods and the structural safety verifications at the serviceability and ultimate limit state are presented. The application of linear and non-linear calculation methods and corresponding seismic design rules is demonstrated on practical examples for reinforced concrete, steel and masonry buildings. Furthermore, the seismic assessment of existing buildings is discussed and illustrated on the example of a typical historical masonry building in Italy. The examples are worked out in detail and each step of the design process, from the preliminary analysis to the final design, is explained in detail. KW - Seismic design KW - Eurocode 8 KW - Design examples KW - Response spectrum KW - Pushover analysis Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-662-57550-5 (Online) SN - 978-3-662-57548-2 (Print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-57550-5_4 SP - 197 EP - 358 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kalker, Ines A1 - Toll, B. A1 - Holler, Stefan A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Topping, B. H. V. A1 - Mota Soares, C. A. T1 - Capacity analysis of textile retrofitted unreinforced masonry T2 - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : [Lisbon, Portugal, 7 - 9 September 2004] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping ... Y1 - 2004 SN - 0-948749-95-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.79.194 SP - 431 EP - 432 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Stirling ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Holler, Stefan T1 - Analysis of cylindrical granular material silos under seismic excitation JF - Buildings N2 - Silos generally work as storage structures between supply and demand for various goods, and their structural safety has long been of interest to the civil engineering profession. This is especially true for dynamically loaded silos, e.g., in case of seismic excitation. Particularly thin-walled cylindrical silos are highly vulnerable to seismic induced pressures, which can cause critical buckling phenomena of the silo shell. The analysis of silos can be carried out in two different ways. In the first, the seismic loading is modeled through statically equivalent loads acting on the shell. Alternatively, a time history analysis might be carried out, in which nonlinear phenomena due to the filling as well as the interaction between the shell and the granular material are taken into account. The paper presents a comparison of these approaches. The model used for the nonlinear time history analysis considers the granular material by means of the intergranular strain approach for hypoplasticity theory. The interaction effects between the granular material and the shell is represented by contact elements. Additionally, soil–structure interaction effects are taken into account. KW - granular silo KW - earthquake engineering KW - hypoplasticity KW - nonlinear transient analyses Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings7030061 SN - 2075-5309 VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Giresini, Linda A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Andreini, M. A1 - De Falco, A. A1 - Sassu, M. T1 - Macro-elements identification in historic chapels: the case of St. Venerio Chapel in Reggiolo - Emilia Romagna T2 - 9th International Conference on Structural Analyses of Historical Conctruction, 14 - 17 October, 2014, Mexico City Y1 - 2014 SP - 1 EP - 12 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Holler, Stefan A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Meiners, Daniel T1 - A multiphase model with hypoplastic formulation of the solid phase and its application to earthquake engineering problems T2 - Computational structural dynamics and earthquake engineering / ed. by Manolis Papadrakakis .... (Structures and infrastructures series ; 2) Y1 - 2009 SN - 978-0-415-45261-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1201/9780203881637.ch19 SP - 293 EP - 308 PB - CRC Press CY - Boca Raton, Fla. [u.a.] 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 - JOUR A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda A1 - Sharma, Mamta Rameshwarlal A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Leicht-Scholten, Carmen T1 - Diversity and innovation management in large research groups JF - International Journal of Innovation Management N2 - Contemporary research appreciates a diverse workforce as a potential source of innovation. Researchers explore the fine details of why diversity management is central for generating innovations in heterogeneous research groups and how it could be effectively implemented into organizations. Complex research associations that discuss topics with a high impact on society increasingly address the necessity of establishing a diverse workforce to confront the challenges of tomorrow. Characterized by complex management structures as well as hierarchies, research associations have not been a subject of investigation until now. For this reason, the presented research project aims to develop a diversity and innovation management strategy with the ultimate goal of inducing change in the corporate culture. The proposed approach consisted of six phases; the first two phases investigated the status quo of diversity in the existing organizational structures of member institutes and the variety of particular working cultures within the research association. The third and the fourth phases utilized qualitative and quantitative studies. The third phase focused on the connection of management level to diversity and innovation, and the need for diversity and innovation management, and tailor-made methods of implementing them. The first three phases have been accomplished successfully; preliminary results are already available. The fourth phase will mainly focus on exploring the mind-set of the employees. The fifth phase will consolidate the findings in the first four phases into an implementable strategy. The final phase will address the implementation of this strategy into the organization. Phases 4 to 6 have not yet been undertaken KW - diversity management KW - innovation management KW - research association KW - change management KW - engineering Y1 - 2017 SN - 1757-5877 VL - 5 IS - 2 SP - 49 EP - 72 ER -