TY - CHAP A1 - Lu, S. A1 - Beyer, K. A1 - Bosiljkov, V. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - D’Ayala, D. A1 - Degee, H. A1 - Gams, M. A1 - Klouda, J. A1 - Lagomarsino, S. A1 - Penna, A. A1 - Mojsilovic, N. A1 - da Porto, F. A1 - Sorrentino, L. A1 - Vintzileou, E. ED - Modena, Claudio ED - da Porto, F. ED - Valluzzi, M.R. T1 - Next generation of Eurocode 8, masonry chapter T2 - Brick and Block Masonry Proceedings of the 16th International Brick and Block Masonry Conference, Padova, Italy, 26-30 June 2016 N2 - This paper describes the procedure on the evaluation of the masonry chapter for the next generation of Eurocode 8, the European Standard for earthquake-resistant design. In CEN, TC 250/SC8, working group WG 1 has been established to support the subcommittee on the topic of masonry on both design of new structures (EN1998-1) and assessment of existing structures (EN1998-3). The aim is to elaborate suggestions for amendments which fit the current state of the art in masonry and earthquake-resistant design. Focus will be on modelling, simplified methods, linear-analysis (q-values, overstrength-values), nonlinear procedures, out-of-plane design as well as on clearer definition of limit states. Beside these, topics related to general material properties, reinforced masonry, confined masonry, mixed structures and non-structural infills will be covered too. This paper presents the preliminary work and results up to the submission date. Y1 - 2016 SN - 978-1-138-02999-6 (Print) SN - 9781315374963 (E-Book) SP - 695 EP - 700 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Edip, Kemal A1 - Garevski, Mihail A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Sheshov, Vlatko A1 - Bojadjieva, Julijana A1 - Gjorgjiev, Igor T1 - New coupled finite-infinite element approach for wave propagation simulation of unbounded soil media T2 - 2nd European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology 2014 (2nd ECEES) : joint event of the 15th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission : Istanbul, Turkey, 25-29 August 2014 / European Association for Earthquake Engineering (EAEE) ; Vol. 2 Y1 - 2014 SN - 978-1-5108-1021-1 SP - 1556 EP - 1561 PB - Curran Associates, Inc. CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Holtschoppen, Britta T1 - Neuer VCI-Leitfaden für die erdbebensichere Auslegung von Industrieanlagen JF - Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik Y1 - 2012 SN - 1436-4867 (E-Journal); 0005-6650 (Print) VL - Band 87 SP - S18 PB - VDI Fachmedien CY - Düsseldorf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Gellert, Christoph A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Neuer Ansatz für die Bemessung von Mauerwerksbauten T2 - Innovationen im konstruktiven Ingenieurbau : Methoden - Materialien - Bauwerke ; Festschrift Professor Hirschfeld / hrsg. von Karl Beucke Y1 - 2010 SP - 217 EP - 224 PB - Bauhaus-Univ. Weimar CY - Weimar ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Neubewertung der Erdbebensicherheit von Talsperren in Deutschland : DGEB-Workshop, 28. November 2003 in Potsdam / K. Meskouris, Chr. Butenweg (Hrsg.). (DGEB-Publikation ; Nr. 12) Y1 - 2005 SN - 3-930108-08-9 PB - DGEB CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Nachweis der Erdbebensicherheit von Silos aus Stahl unter Erdbebenbelastung T2 - D-A-CH Tagung 2007 : Aktuelle Themen des Erdbebeningenieurwesens und der Baudynamik ; 27. und 28. September 2007, arsenal research, TECHbase Vienna Y1 - 2007 SP - 1 EP - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Norda, Hannah A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Anwendbarkeit statisch nichtlinearer Verfahren nach DIN EN 1998-1 JF - Bauingenieur : die richtungsweisende Zeitschrift im Bauingenieurswesen ; offizielle Zeitschrift der VDI-Gesellschaft Bautechnik. Beilage: D-A-CH-Mitteilungsblatt Y1 - 2011 SN - 1436-4867 (E-Journal); 0005-6650 (Print) N1 - Printausgabe in der Bibliothek Bayernallee vorhanden: 13 Z 049-2011 VL - Band 86 SP - S13 EP - S21 PB - VDI Fachmedien CY - Düsseldorf 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 - 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 - http://dx.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 - CHAP A1 - Kalker, Ines A1 - Neumann, M. A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Holler, Stefan T1 - Modelling of textile strengthened masonry T2 - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing : [Rome, Italy, 30. August - 2. September 2005] / ed. by B. H. V. Topping Y1 - 2005 SN - 1-905088-00-0 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.4203/ccp.81.184 SP - 447 EP - 448 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Stirling ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mistler, Michael A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - Modelling methods of historic masonry buildings under seismic excitation JF - Journal of seismology Y1 - 2006 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10950-006-9033-z SN - 1383-4649 (Print) ; 1573-157X (E-Journal) VL - Volume 10 IS - No. 4 SP - 497 EP - 510 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Modelling strategies for horizontally loaded infill masonry T1 - Modellierungsansätze für horizontal beanspruchtes Ausfachungsmauerwerk JF - Mauerwerk : European journal of masonry Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dama.201500675 VL - Volume 19 IS - Issue 5 SP - 363 EP - 369 PB - Wiley CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rosin, Julia A1 - Kubalski, Thomas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Modellierung eines basisisolierten, zylindrischen Flüssigkeitstanks aus Stahl T2 - 13. D-A-CH Tagung für Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik (D-A-CH 2013) : 29.-30. August 2013, Wien, Österreich Y1 - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 10 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Milkova, Kristina A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Dumova-Jovanoska, Elena T1 - Methodology for development of seismic vulnerability curve for existing unreinforced Masonry buildings T2 - 17th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Sendai, Japan, September 27 to October 2, 2021. N2 - Seismic behavior of an existing unreinforced masonry building built pre-modern code, located in the City of Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia has been investigated in this paper. The analyzed school building is selected as an archetype in an ongoing project named “Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing masonry structures in Republic of North Macedonia (SeismoWall)”. Two independent segments were included in this research: Seismic hazard assessment by creating a cite specific response spectra and Seismic vulnerability definition by creating a region - specific series of vulnerability curves for the chosen building topology. A reliable Seismic Hazard Assessment for a selected region is a crucial point for performing a seismic risk analysis of a characteristic building class. In that manner, a scenario – based method that incorporates together the knowledge of tectonic style of the considered region, the active fault characterization, the earth crust model and the historical seismicity named Neo Deterministic approach is used for calculation of the response spectra for the location of the building. Variations of the rupturing process are taken into account in the nucleation point of the rupture, in the rupture velocity pattern and in the istribution of the slip on the fault. The results obtained from the multiple scenarios are obtained as an envelope of the response spectra computed for the cite using the procedure Maximum Credible Seismic Input (MCSI). Capacity of the selected building has been determined by using nonlinear static analysis. MINEA software (SDA Engineering) was used for verification of the structural safety of the chosen unreinforced masonry structure. In the process of optimization of the number of samples, computational cost required in a Monte Carlo simulation is significantly reduced since the simulation is performed on a polynomial response surface function for prediction of the structural response. Performance point, found as the intersection of the capacity of the building and the spectra used, is chosen as a response parameter. Five levels of damage limit states based on the capacity curve of the building are defined in dependency on the yield displacement and the maximum displacement. Maximum likelihood estimation procedure is utilized in the process of vulnerability curves determination. As a result, region specific series of vulnerability curves for the chosen type of masonry structures are defined. The obtained probabilities of exceedance a specific damage states as a result from vulnerability curves are compared with the observed damages happened after the earthquake in July 2017 in the City of Ohrid, North Macedonia. KW - Masonry structures KW - Vulnerability Curves KW - Capacity Curve KW - Neo-Deterministic KW - Seismic Hazard Y1 - 2020 N1 - Die Konferenz war ursprünglich für den 13-18 September 2020 angesetzt. ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Renault, Philippe T1 - Mehrstufen-Konzept für mehr Erdbebensicherheit : ein Werkzeug für die Beurteilung der Erdbebengefährdung von Ingenieurbauwerken JF - Deutsches Ingenieurblatt Y1 - 2006 SN - 0946-2422 VL - Band 13 IS - Heft 6 SP - 18 EP - 26 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Gellert, Christoph A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin T1 - Mauerwerkswände unter zyklischer Schubbeanspruchung JF - Mauerwerk : European journal of masonry Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dama.200700356 SN - 1437-1022 (E-Journal); 1432-3427 (Print) VL - Volume 11 IS - Issue 6 SP - 356 EP - 362 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Meskouris, Konstantin A1 - Mistler, Michael A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Mauerwerksbauten unter Erdbebenbelastung T2 - Numerische Methoden zur Problemlösung im konstruktiven Bauwesen : 34. Aachener Baustofftag ; 02. Februar 2006 Y1 - 2006 PB - IBAC CY - Aachen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bollenbeck, S. T1 - Mauerwerksbauten unter Erdbebenbelastung T2 - Bauwerke und Erdbeben Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-528-02574-3 SP - 385 EP - 397 PB - Vieweg CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Bollenbeck, S. T1 - Mauerwerksbauten T2 - Bauwerke und Erdbeben / Konstantin Meskouris ; Klaus-G. Hinzen Y1 - 2003 SN - 3-528-02574-3 (Print) ; 978-3-322-96831-9 (E-Book) U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-322-96831-9_7 SP - 385 EP - 397 PB - Vieweg + Teubner CY - Wiesbaden ER - TY - BOOK A1 - Budelmann, Harald A1 - Butenweg, Christoph ED - Gunkler, Erhard T1 - Mauerwerksbau: Bemessung und Konstruktion : Baustoffe, Bemessung und Ausführung, Brandschutz und Erdbeben, Nachhaltigkeit, Bewertung und Revitalisierung Y1 - 2019 SN - 978-3-8462-0371-2 N1 - gedruckt in der Bereichsbibliothek Bayernallee vorhanden PB - Bundesanzeiger Verlag CY - Köln ET - 2. überarbeitete und aktualisierte Auflage ER -