TY - JOUR A1 - Laarmann, Lukas A1 - Thoma, Andreas A1 - Misch, Philipp A1 - Röth, Thilo A1 - Braun, Carsten A1 - Watkins, Simon A1 - Fard, Mohammad T1 - Automotive safety approach for future eVTOL vehicles JF - CEAS Aeronautical Journal N2 - The eVTOL industry is a rapidly growing mass market expected to start in 2024. eVTOL compete, caused by their predicted missions, with ground-based transportation modes, including mainly passenger cars. Therefore, the automotive and classical aircraft design process is reviewed and compared to highlight advantages for eVTOL development. A special focus is on ergonomic comfort and safety. The need for further investigation of eVTOL’s crashworthiness is outlined by, first, specifying the relevance of passive safety via accident statistics and customer perception analysis; second, comparing the current state of regulation and certification; and third, discussing the advantages of integral safety and applying the automotive safety approach for eVTOL development. Integral safety links active and passive safety, while the automotive safety approach means implementing standardized mandatory full-vehicle crash tests for future eVTOL. Subsequently, possible crash impact conditions are analyzed, and three full-vehicle crash load cases are presented. KW - eVTOL development KW - eVTOL safety KW - Crashworthiness KW - Automotive safety approach KW - Full-vehicle crash test Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13272-023-00655-0 SN - 1869-5590 (Online) SN - 1869-5582 (Print) N1 - Corresponding author: Lukas Laarmann PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Manfred, Enning A1 - May, Jörg A1 - Sutter, Stefan T1 - Innovation am Güterwagen am Beispiel der Automatischen Bremsprobe JF - ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau N2 - Mit der Digitalen Automatischen Kupplung beginnt ein neues Kapitel des Schienengüterverkehrs, in dem zusammengestellte Wagen sich automatisch in wenigen Minuten abfahrbereit machen, ohne dass der Mensch eingreifen muss. Eines des größten Hemmnisse der umweltfreundlichen Schiene wird dann entfallen. Notwendig ist jetzt eine Diskussion über den Umfang und die Systemgrenzen der Automatischen Bremsprobe. Y1 - 2020 SN - 0013-2845 IS - 12 SP - 14 EP - 19 PB - DVV Media Group CY - Hamburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Möhren, Felix A1 - Bergmann, Ole A1 - Janser, Frank A1 - Braun, Carsten T1 - Assessment of structural mechanical effects related to torsional deformations of propellers JF - CEAS Aeronautical Journal N2 - Lifting propellers are of increasing interest for Advanced Air Mobility. All propellers and rotors are initially twisted beams, showing significant extension–twist coupling and centrifugal twisting. Torsional deformations severely impact aerodynamic performance. This paper presents a novel approach to assess different reasons for torsional deformations. A reduced-order model runs large parameter sweeps with algebraic formulations and numerical solution procedures. Generic beams represent three different propeller types for General Aviation, Commercial Aviation, and Advanced Air Mobility. Simulations include solid and hollow cross-sections made of aluminum, steel, and carbon fiber-reinforced polymer. The investigation shows that centrifugal twisting moments depend on both the elastic and initial twist. The determination of the centrifugal twisting moment solely based on the initial twist suffers from errors exceeding 5% in some cases. The nonlinear parts of the torsional rigidity do not significantly impact the overall torsional rigidity for the investigated propeller types. The extension–twist coupling related to the initial and elastic twist in combination with tension forces significantly impacts the net cross-sectional torsional loads. While the increase in torsional stiffness due to initial twist contributes to the overall stiffness for General and Commercial Aviation propellers, its contribution to the lift propeller’s stiffness is limited. The paper closes with the presentation of approximations for each effect identified as significant. Numerical evaluations are necessary to determine each effect for inhomogeneous cross-sections made of anisotropic material. KW - Lifting propeller KW - Extension–twist coupling KW - Trapeze effect KW - Centrifugal twisting moment Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13272-024-00737-7 SN - 1869-5590 (eISSN) SN - 1869-5582 N1 - Corresponding author: Felix Möhren PB - Springer CY - Wien ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Neu, Eugen A1 - Janser, Frank A1 - Khatibi, Akbar A. A1 - Orifici, Adrian C. T1 - Fully Automated Operational Modal Analysis using multi-stage clustering JF - Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2016.07.031 SN - 0888-3270 VL - Vol. 84, Part A SP - 308 EP - 323 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Neu, Eugen A1 - Janser, Frank A1 - Khatibi, Akbar A. A1 - Orifici, Adrian C. T1 - Automated modal parameter-based anomaly detection under varying wind excitation JF - Structural Health Monitoring N2 - Wind-induced operational variability is one of the major challenges for structural health monitoring of slender engineering structures like aircraft wings or wind turbine blades. Damage sensitive features often show an even bigger sensitivity to operational variability. In this study a composite cantilever was subjected to multiple mass configurations, velocities and angles of attack in a controlled wind tunnel environment. A small-scale impact damage was introduced to the specimen and the structural response measurements were repeated. The proposed damage detection methodology is based on automated operational modal analysis. A novel baseline preparation procedure is described that reduces the amount of user interaction to the provision of a single consistency threshold. The procedure starts with an indeterminate number of operational modal analysis identifications from a large number of datasets and returns a complete baseline matrix of natural frequencies and damping ratios that is suitable for subsequent anomaly detection. Mahalanobis distance-based anomaly detection is then applied to successfully detect the damage under varying severities of operational variability and with various degrees of knowledge about the present operational conditions. The damage detection capabilities of the proposed methodology were found to be excellent under varying velocities and angles of attack. Damage detection was less successful under joint mass and wind variability but could be significantly improved through the provision of the currently encountered operational conditions. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1475921716665803 SN - 1475-9217 VL - 15 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 20 PB - Sage CY - London ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Peterson, Leif Arne A1 - Röth, Thilo A1 - Uibel, Thomas T1 - Einsatz von Holzwerkstoffen in Fahrzeugstrukturen JF - Bauen mit Holz Y1 - 2017 SN - 0005-6545 N1 - gedruckt in der Bereichsbibliothek Bayernallee IS - 3 SP - 32 EP - 38 PB - Bruderverlag CY - Köln ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfaff, Raphael T1 - Braking distance prediction for vehicle consist in low-speed on-sight operation: a Monte Carlo approach JF - Railway Engineering Science N2 - The first and last mile of a railway journey, in both freight and transit applications, constitutes a high effort and is either non-productive (e.g. in the case of depot operations) or highly inefficient (e.g. in industrial railways). These parts are typically managed on-sight, i.e. with no signalling and train protection systems ensuring the freedom of movement. This is possible due to the rather short braking distances of individual vehicles and shunting consists. The present article analyses the braking behaviour of such shunting units. For this purpose, a dedicated model is developed. It is calibrated on published results of brake tests and validated against a high-definition model for low-speed applications. Based on this model, multiple simulations are executed to obtain a Monte Carlo simulation of the resulting braking distances. Based on the distribution properties and established safety levels, the risk of exceeding certain braking distances is evaluated and maximum braking distances are derived. Together with certain parameters of the system, these can serve in the design and safety assessment of driver assistance systems and automation of these processes. KW - Freight rail KW - Shunting KW - Braking curves KW - Brake set-up KW - Driver assistance system Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s40534-023-00303-7 SN - 2662-4753 (eISSN) SN - 2662-4745 (Print) VL - 31 IS - 2 SP - 135 EP - 144 PB - SpringerOpen ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Babilon, Katharina T1 - Railway Challenge - moderne Auflage der Rainhill Trials? JF - ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau N2 - Die IMechE Railway Challenge wird jährlich in Stapleford, Großbritannien ausgetragen. Im Rahmen der Challenge entwickeln und bauen Studierende eine Lokomotive und vergleichen sich in verschiedenen Disziplinen, darunter eine automatisierte Zielbremsung, optimale Energierückgewinnung beim Bremsen und minimale Geräuschemissionen. Neben diesen und weiteren technischen Wettbewerbsdisziplinen treten die Fahrzeuge und die Teams auch in nicht-technischen Disziplinen wie einer Business Case Challenge an. Y1 - 2023 SN - 0013-2845 N1 - Homepageveröffentlichung unbefristet genehmigt für Fachhochschule Aachen / Rechte für einzelne Downloads und Ausdrucke für Besucher der Seiten genehmigt / © DVV Media Group GmbH VL - 2023 IS - 4 SP - 55 EP - 58 PB - DVV Media Group CY - Hamburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Enning, Manfred A1 - Sutter, Stefan T1 - A risk‑based approach to automatic brake tests for rail freight service: incident analysis and realisation concept JF - SN Applied Sciences N2 - This study reviews the practice of brake tests in freight railways, which is time consuming and not suitable to detect certain failure types. Public incident reports are analysed to derive a reasonable brake test hardware and communication architecture, which aims to provide automatic brake tests at lower cost than current solutions. The proposed solutions relies exclusively on brake pipe and brake cylinder pressure sensors, a brake release position switch as well as radio communication via standard protocols. The approach is embedded in the Wagon 4.0 concept, which is a holistic approach to a smart freight wagon. The reduction of manual processes yields a strong incentive due to high savings in manual labour and increased productivity. KW - Freight rail KW - Brake test KW - Incident analysis KW - Train composition KW - Brake set-up Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-022-05007-x SN - 2523-3971 N1 - Corresponding author: Raphael Pfaff VL - 4 IS - 4 SP - 1 EP - 14 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Gidaszewski, Lars A1 - Schmidt, Bernd T1 - Berücksichtigung von No Fault Found im Diagnose- und Instandhaltungssystem von Schienenfahrzeugen JF - ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau N2 - Intermittierende und nicht reproduzierbare Fehler, auch als No Fault Found bezeichnet, treten in praktisch allen Bereichen auf und sorgen für hohe Kosten. Diese sind häufig auf unpräzise Fehlerbeschreibungen zurückzuführen. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden Anpassungen der Vorgehensweise bei der Entwicklung und Anpassungen des Diagnosesystems vorgeschlagen. Y1 - 2020 SN - 0013-2845 IS - 5 SP - 56 EP - 59 PB - DVV Media Group CY - Hamburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rake, Heinrich A1 - Enning, Manfred A1 - Kurth, Johannes A1 - Schröder, Walter T1 - Automatic uncoupler completes automation at the hump JF - RGI - Railway Gazette International Y1 - 1994 SN - 0373-5346 VL - 150 IS - 6 SP - 371 EP - 374 PB - Reed Business CY - Sutton ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rake, Heinrich A1 - Schwanhäußer, Wulf A1 - Frederich, Fritz A1 - Enning, Manfred T1 - Automatisierung von Ablaufanlagen mit dem Kupplungsroboter JF - ETR - Eisenbahntechnische Rundschau Y1 - 1993 SN - 0013-2845 IS - 4 SP - 249 EP - 254 PB - DVV Media Group CY - Hamburg ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rupp, Matthias A1 - Schulze, Sven A1 - Kuperjans, Isabel T1 - Comparative life cycle analysis of conventional and hybrid heavy-duty trucks JF - World electric vehicle journal N2 - Heavy-duty trucks are one of the main contributors to greenhouse gas emissions in German traffic. Drivetrain electrification is an option to reduce tailpipe emissions by increasing energy conversion efficiency. To evaluate the vehicle’s environmental impacts, it is necessary to consider the entire life cycle. In addition to the daily use, it is also necessary to include the impact of production and disposal. This study presents the comparative life cycle analysis of a parallel hybrid and a conventional heavy-duty truck in long-haul operation. Assuming a uniform vehicle glider, only the differing parts of both drivetrains are taken into account to calculate the environmental burdens of the production. The use phase is modeled by a backward simulation in MATLAB/Simulink considering a characteristic driving cycle. A break-even analysis is conducted to show at what mileage the larger CO2eq emissions due to the production of the electric drivetrain are compensated. The effect of parameter variation on the break-even mileage is investigated by a sensitivity analysis. The results of this analysis show the difference in CO2eq/t km is negative, indicating that the hybrid vehicle releases 4.34 g CO2eq/t km over a lifetime fewer emissions compared to the diesel truck. The break-even analysis also emphasizes the advantages of the electrified drivetrain, compensating the larger emissions generated during production after already a distance of 15,800 km (approx. 1.5 months of operation time). The intersection coordinates, distance, and CO2eq, strongly depend on fuel, emissions for battery production and the driving profile, which lead to nearly all parameter variations showing an increase in break-even distance. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj9020033 SN - 2032-6653 VL - 9 IS - 2 SP - Article No. 33 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Röth, Thilo A1 - Pielen, Michael A1 - Wolff, Klaus A1 - Lüdiger, Thomas T1 - Urbane Fahrzeugkonzepte für die Shared Mobility JF - Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift - ATZ N2 - Urbane Mobilitätskonzepte der Zukunft erfordern neue Unternehmensformen, idealerweise aus Old Economy und New Economy, sowie eine enge Anbindung an die gesellschaftsrelevante Zukunftsforschung. Für neue Fahrzeugkonzepte des Carsharing bedeutet dies, dass alle kostenverursachenden Faktoren erfasst und analysiert werden müssen. Die FH Aachen, share2drive und FEV geben einen Ausblick auf die zukünftige Fahrzeugklasse der Personal Public Vehicles als „Rolling Device“. Y1 - 2018 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s35148-017-0176-8 SN - 0001-2785 VL - 120 IS - 1 SP - 18 EP - 23 PB - Springer Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Saretzki, Charlotte A1 - Bergmann, Ole A1 - Dahmann, Peter A1 - Janser, Frank A1 - Keimer, Jona A1 - Machado, Patricia A1 - Morrison, Audry A1 - Page, Henry A1 - Pluta, Emil A1 - Stübing, Felix A1 - Küpper, Thomas T1 - Are small airplanes safe with regards to COVID-19 transmission? JF - Journal of Travel Medicine Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taab105 SN - 1708-8305 VL - 28 IS - 7 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schopen, Oliver A1 - Narayan, Sriram A1 - Beckmann, Marvin A1 - Najmi, Aezid-Ul-Hassan A1 - Esch, Thomas A1 - Shabani, Bahman T1 - An EIS approach to quantify the effects of inlet air relative humidity on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells: a pathway to developing a novel fault diagnostic method JF - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy N2 - In this work, the effect of low air relative humidity on the operation of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is investigated. An innovative method through performing in situ electrochemical impedance spectroscopy is utilised to quantify the effect of inlet air relative humidity at the cathode side on internal ionic resistances and output voltage of the fuel cell. In addition, algorithms are developed to analyse the electrochemical characteristics of the fuel cell. For the specific fuel cell stack used in this study, the membrane resistance drops by over 39 % and the cathode side charge transfer resistance decreases by 23 % after increasing the humidity from 30 % to 85 %, while the results of static operation also show an increase of ∼2.2 % in the voltage output after increasing the relative humidity from 30 % to 85 %. In dynamic operation, visible drying effects occur at < 50 % relative humidity, whereby the increase of the air side stoichiometry increases the drying effects. Furthermore, other parameters, such as hydrogen humidification, internal stack structure, and operating parameters like stoichiometry, pressure, and temperature affect the overall water balance. Therefore, the optimal humidification range must be determined by considering all these parameters to maximise the fuel cell performance and durability. The results of this study are used to develop a health management system to ensure sufficient humidification by continuously monitoring the fuel cell polarisation data and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy indicators. KW - PEM fuel cell KW - Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy KW - Relative air humidity KW - Active humidity control KW - Impedance analysis Y1 - 2024 SN - 0360-3199 (print) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.01.218 SN - 1879-3487 (online) VL - 58 IS - 8 SP - 1302 EP - 1315 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schulze, Sven A1 - Feyerl, Günter A1 - Pischinger, Stefan T1 - Advanced ECMS for hybrid electric heavy-duty trucks with predictive battery discharge and adaptive operating strategy under real driving conditions JF - Energies N2 - To fulfil the CO2 emission reduction targets of the European Union (EU), heavy-duty (HD) trucks need to operate 15% more efficiently by 2025 and 30% by 2030. Their electrification is necessary as conventional HD trucks are already optimized for the long-haul application. The resulting hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) truck gains most of the fuel saving potential by the recuperation of potential energy and its consecutive utilization. The key to utilizing the full potential of HEV-HD trucks is to maximize the amount of recuperated energy and ensure its intelligent usage while keeping the operating point of the internal combustion engine as efficient as possible. To achieve this goal, an intelligent energy management strategy (EMS) based on ECMS is developed for a parallel HEV-HD truck which uses predictive discharge of the battery and adaptive operating strategy regarding the height profile and the vehicle mass. The presented EMS can reproduce the global optimal operating strategy over long phases and lead to a fuel saving potential of up to 2% compared with a heuristic strategy. Furthermore, the fuel saving potential is correlated with the investigated boundary conditions to deepen the understanding of the impact of intelligent EMS for HEV-HD trucks. KW - Energy management strategies KW - ECMS KW - CO2 emission reduction targets KW - Driving cycle recognition KW - Predictive battery discharge Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/en16135171 SN - 1996-1073 N1 - The article belongs to the Special Issue "Energy Management Strategies of Electrified Vehicles toward the Real-World Driving". VL - 16 IS - 13 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schwager, Christian A1 - Flesch, Robert A1 - Schwarzbözl, Peter A1 - Herrmann, Ulf A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José T1 - Advanced two phase flow model for transient molten salt receiver system simulation JF - Solar Energy N2 - In order to realistically predict and optimize the actual performance of a concentrating solar power (CSP) plant sophisticated simulation models and methods are required. This paper presents a detailed dynamic simulation model for a Molten Salt Solar Tower (MST) system, which is capable of simulating transient operation including detailed startup and shutdown procedures including drainage and refill. For appropriate representation of the transient behavior of the receiver as well as replication of local bulk and surface temperatures a discretized receiver model based on a novel homogeneous two-phase (2P) flow modelling approach is implemented in Modelica Dymola®. This allows for reasonable representation of the very different hydraulic and thermal properties of molten salt versus air as well as the transition between both. This dynamic 2P receiver model is embedded in a comprehensive one-dimensional model of a commercial scale MST system and coupled with a transient receiver flux density distribution from raytracing based heliostat field simulation. This enables for detailed process prediction with reasonable computational effort, while providing data such as local salt film and wall temperatures, realistic control behavior as well as net performance of the overall system. Besides a model description, this paper presents some results of a validation as well as the simulation of a complete startup procedure. Finally, a study on numerical simulation performance and grid dependencies is presented and discussed. KW - Molten salt solar tower KW - Molten salt receiver system KW - Dynamic simulation KW - Two-phase modelling KW - Transient flux distribution Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2021.12.065 SN - 0038-092X (print) SN - 1471-1257 (online) VL - 232 SP - 362 EP - 375 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schückhaus, Ulrich T1 - Die SkyCab-Erfinder im WFMG-Interview JF - Business in MG Y1 - 2020 N1 - Interview von WFMG – Wirtschaftsförderung Mönchengladbach GmbH, vertreten durch Dr. Ulrich Schückhaus IS - 1 SP - 6 EP - 7 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Serror, Martin A1 - Hack, Sacha A1 - Henze, Martin A1 - Schuba, Marko A1 - Wehrle, Klaus T1 - Challenges and Opportunities in Securing the Industrial Internet of Things JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TII.2020.3023507 SN - 1941-0050 VL - 17 IS - 5 SP - 2985 EP - 2996 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER -