TY - JOUR A1 - Pressler, Axel A1 - Esefeld, Katrin A1 - Scherr, Johannes A1 - Ali, Mohammad A1 - Hanssen, Henner A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Lanzl, Ines A1 - Halle, Martin A1 - Kaemmerer, Harald A1 - Schmidt-Trucksäss, Arno A1 - Hager, Alfred T1 - Structural alterations of retinal arterioles in adults late after repair of aortic isthmic coarctation JF - The American Journal of Cardiology N2 - Patients after coarctation repair still have an increased risk of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular events. This has been explained by the persisting hypertension and alterations in the peripheral vessels. However, involvement of the central vessels such as the retinal arteries is virtually unknown. A total of 34 patients after coarctation repair (22 men and 12 women; 23 to 58 years old, age range 0 to 32 years at surgical repair) and 34 nonhypertensive controls underwent structural and functional retinal vessel analysis. Using structural analysis, the vessel diameters were measured. Using functional analysis, the endothelium-dependent vessel dilation in response to flicker light stimulation was assessed. In the patients after coarctation repair, the retinal arteriolar diameter was significantly reduced compared to that of the controls (median 182 μm, first to third quartile 171 to 197; vs 197 μm, first to third quartile 193 to 206; p <0.001). These findings were independent of the peripheral blood pressure and age at intervention. No differences were found for venules. The functional analysis findings were not different between the patients and controls (maximum dilation 3.5%, first to third quartile 2.1% to 4.5% vs 3.6%, first to third quartile 2.2% to 4.3%; p = 0.81), indicating preserved autoregulative mechanisms. In conclusion, the retinal artery diameter is reduced in patients after coarctation repair, independent of their current blood pressure level and age at intervention. As a structural marker of chronic vessel damage associated with past, current, or future hypertension, retinal arteriolar narrowing has been linked to stroke incidence. These results indicate an involvement of cerebral microcirculation in aortic coarctation, despite timely repair, and might contribute to explain the increased rate of cerebrovascular events in such patients. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.10.070 SN - 0002-9149 VL - 105 IS - 5 SP - 740 EP - 744 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Garhofer, Gerhard A1 - Bek, Toke A1 - Boehm, Andreas G. A1 - Gherghel, Doina A1 - Grundwald, Juan A1 - Jeppesen, Peter A1 - Kergoat, Hélène A1 - Kotliar, Konstantin A1 - Lanzl, Ines A1 - Lovasik, John V. A1 - Nagel, Edgar A1 - Vilser, Walthard A1 - Orgul, Selim A1 - Schmetterer, Leopold T1 - Use of the retinal vessel analyzer in ocular blood flow research JF - Acta Ophthalmol N2 - The present article describes a standard instrument for the continuous online determination of retinal vessel diameters, the commercially available retinal vessel analyzer. This report is intended to provide informed guidelines for measuring ocular blood flow with this system. The report describes the principles underlying the method and the instruments currently available, and discusses clinical protocol and the specific parameters measured by the system. Unresolved questions and the possible limitations of the technique are also discussed. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01587.x SN - 1755-3768 VL - 88 IS - 7 SP - 717 EP - 722 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Scholz, A. A1 - Ley, Wilfried A1 - Dachwald, Bernd A1 - Miau, J. J. A1 - Juang, J. C. T1 - Flight results of the COMPASS-1 picosatellite mission JF - Acta Astronautica. 67 (2010), H. 9-10 Y1 - 2010 SN - 0094-5765 SP - 1289 EP - 1298 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hirschfeld, J. A. A1 - Lustfeld, H. A1 - Reißel, Martin A1 - Steffen, B. T1 - A novel scheme for precise diagnostics and effective stabilization of currents in a fuel cell stack JF - International Journal of Energy Research. 34 (2010), H. 3 Y1 - 2010 SN - 0363-907X SP - 293 EP - 301 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hirschfeld, J. A. A1 - Lustfeld, H. A1 - Reißel, Martin A1 - Steffen, B. T1 - Tomographic diagnostics of current distributions in a fuel cell stack JF - International Journal of Energy Research Y1 - 2010 SN - 0363-907X VL - 34 IS - 3 SP - 284 EP - 292 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Penne, Jochen A1 - Profittlich, Martin A1 - Ringbeck, Thorsten A1 - Buxbaum, Bernd ED - D, Nicola D'Apuzzo T1 - Touchless detailed 3D scan of human hand anatomy using time-of-flight cameras T2 - Proceedings of the International Conference on 3D Body Scanning Technologies : Lugano, Switzerland, 19-20 October 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-033-02714-5 SP - 361 EP - 369 PB - Hometrica Consulting CY - Zürich ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg A1 - Ahmed, Essam T1 - Uni- and bi-axial deformation behavior of laser welded advanced high strength steel sheets JF - Journal of materials processing technology N2 - Bead-on-plate butt joints of 2.5 mm hot rolled DP600/DP600 and 1.2 mm cold rolled TRIP700/TRIP700 steel sheets were performed using 6 kW CO2 laser beam welding. The welding speed ranged from 1.5 to 3.0 and from 2.1 to 3.9 m/min in DP/DP and TRIP/TRIP steel weldments respectively. A top surface helium gas was used as a shielding gas at a flow rate of 20 l/min. Metallographic examinations and transverse tensile testing (DIN EN 895: 1995) were carried out to characterize the weldments. The formability of base metals and weldments were investigated by standard Erichsen test (DIN EN ISO 20482). It was found that the uniaxial plastic behavior of both DP600 and TRIP700 base metals was in agreement with Swift and modified Mecking–Kocks models respectively. In a perpendicular tensile test to the weld line, all specimens were fractured at the base metal however the strengths were somewhat higher than those of base metal. There was a significant reduction in formability caused by welding of both DP/DP and TRIP/TRIP steel weldments and the formability has been improved with the increase of the welding speed. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/http10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2010.08.003 SN - 0924-0136 VL - 210 IS - 15 SP - 2188 EP - 2196 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schoene, Jens A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Jerabek, Jakub A1 - Keil, Allessandra ED - Brameshuber, Wolfgang T1 - Theoretical and experimental investigations on textile-reinforced concrete spalling behavior T2 - Textile reinforced concrete : 2nd ICTRC : International RILEM Conference on Material Science : Aachen Germany, September 6 - 8, 2010. Vol. 1. (RILEM Proceedings PRO ; 75) Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-2-35158-106-3 SP - 153 EP - 162 PB - RILEM Publ. CY - Bagneux ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Mukherjee, Krishnendu A1 - Prahl, Ulrich A1 - Bleck, Wolfgang A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Abdurakhmanov, Aydemir T1 - Characterization and modelling techniques for gas metal arc welding of DP 600 sheet steels JF - Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik N2 - The objectives of the present work are to characterize the Gas Metal Arc Welding process of DP 600 sheet steel and to summarize the modelling techniques. The time-temperature evolution during the welding cycle was measured experimentally and modelled with the softwaretool SimWeld. To model the phase transformations during the welding cycle dilatometer tests were done to quantify the parameters for phase field modelling by MICRESS®. The important input parameters are interface mobility, nucleation density, etc. A contribution was made to include austenite to bainite transformation in MICRESS®. This is useful to predict the microstructure in the fast cooling segments. The phase transformation model is capable to predict the microstructure along the heating and cooling cycles of welding. Tensile tests have shown the evidence of failure at the heat affected zone, which has the ferrite-tempered martensite microstructure. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/mawe.201000692 SN - 1521-4052 VL - 41 IS - 11 SP - 972 EP - 983 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schoene, Jens A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Jerabek, Jakub A1 - Chudoba, Rostislav ED - Fisher, Gregor T1 - Theoretical and experimental investigations on textile-reinforced concrete spalling behavior T2 - 8th International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering : Lyngby, June 20-23, 2010 : proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 9788778773012 SP - 383 EP - 388 PB - Technical University of Denmark, Dept. of Civil Engineering CY - Lyngby ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ahmed, Essam A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg T1 - On formability of tailor laser welded blanks of DP/TRIP steel sheets JF - Science and technology of welding and joining N2 - This paper aims to evaluate the formability of tailor welded blanks of dual phase (DP600)/transformation induced plasticity (TRIP700) steel sheets. In this work, bead on plate butt joints of 2·5 mm DP600 and 1·2 mm TRIP700 steel sheets were performed using CO2 laser beam welding. Microhardness measurements and transverse tensile testing were carried out to characterise the welds. The formability of base metals and welds were investigated by standard Erichsen test. In a perpendicular tensile test to the weld line, all specimens were fractured at the TRIP base metal, and the strengths were somewhat higher than those of base metal. There was a significant reduction in formability caused by welding of the DP600/TRIP700 steel sheets, and the formability increased with increasing welding speed. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1179/136217110X12731414739754 SN - 1743-2936 VL - 15 IS - 5 SP - 337 EP - 342 PB - Maney CY - Leeds ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Reisgen, Uwe A1 - Schleser, Markus A1 - Mokrov, Oleg A1 - Ahmed, Essam T1 - Shielding gas influences on laser weldability of tailored blanks of advanced automotive steels JF - Applied surface science N2 - The effects of shielding gas types and flow rates on CO2 laser weldability of DP600/TRIP700 steel sheets were studied in this work. The evaluated shielding gases were helium (He), argon (Ar) and different mixtures of He and Ar. Weld penetration, tensile strength and formability (Erichsen test) of laser welds were found to be strongly dependent upon the shielding gas types. The ability of shielding gas in removing plasma plume and thus increasing weld penetration is believed to be closely related to ionization potential and atomic weight which determine the period of plasma formation and disappearance. It was found that the higher helium shielding gas flow rate, the deeper weld penetration and the lower weld width. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2010.08.042 SN - 0169-4332 (E-Journal); 0169-4332 (Print) VL - 257 IS - 5 SP - 1401 EP - 1406 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Anthrakidis, Anette A1 - Rusack, Markus A1 - Schwarzer, Klemens T1 - Low effort measurement method of PTC-efficiency T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 48 EP - 49 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ziolko, C. A1 - Schmitz, M. A1 - Sattler, Johannes, Christoph A1 - Khedim, Ahmed A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - AlSol - the open volumetric receiver technology moves to Africa T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 93 EP - 94 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fricke, Barbara A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Ecobalance of a solar thermal tower power plant with volumetric receiver T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 87 EP - 88 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Baumann, T. A1 - Teixeira Boura, Cristiano José A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - O'Connell, B. A1 - Schmitz, S. A1 - Zunft, S. T1 - Air/Sand heat exchanger design and materials for solar thermal power plant applications T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 146 EP - 147 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Alexopoulos, Spiros A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Rau, Christoph A1 - Schmitz, M. A1 - Schwarzbözl, P. A1 - Pomp, Stefan T1 - Simulation results for a hybridized operation of a gas turbine or a burner for a small solar tower power plant T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 82 EP - 83 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Buck, R. A1 - Wurmhöringer, K. A1 - Lehle, R. A1 - Pfahl, A. A1 - Göttsche, Joachim A1 - Meyr, T. T1 - Development of a 30m2 heliostat with hydraulic drive T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 74 EP - 75 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schwarzbözl, Peter A1 - Pomp, Stefan A1 - Koll, Gerrit A1 - Hennecke, Klaus A1 - Hartz, Thomas A1 - Schmitz, Mark A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - The solar tower Jülich - first operational experiences and test results T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 8 EP - 9 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pomp, Stefan A1 - Schwarzbözl, Peter A1 - Koll, Gerrit A1 - Hennecke, Klaus A1 - Schmitz, Mark A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard T1 - Advanced concept for a solar thermal power plant with open volumetric air receiver T2 - SolarPACES 2010 : the CSP Conference: electricity, fuels and clean water from concentrated solar energy ; 21 to 24 September 2010, Perpignan, France Y1 - 2010 SP - 97 EP - 98 PB - Soc. OSC CY - Saint Maur ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Degering, Christian A1 - Eggert, Thorsten A1 - Puls, Michael A1 - Bongaerts, Johannes A1 - Evers, Stefan A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Jaeger, Karl-Erich T1 - Optimization of protease secretion in Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis by screening of homologous and herologous signal peptides JF - Applied and environmental microbiology N2 - Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis are widely used for the large-scale industrial production of proteins. These strains can efficiently secrete proteins into the culture medium using the general secretion (Sec) pathway. A characteristic feature of all secreted proteins is their N-terminal signal peptides, which are recognized by the secretion machinery. Here, we have studied the production of an industrially important secreted protease, namely, subtilisin BPN′ from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. One hundred seventy-three signal peptides originating from B. subtilis and 220 signal peptides from the B. licheniformis type strain were fused to this secretion target and expressed in B. subtilis, and the resulting library was analyzed by high-throughput screening for extracellular proteolytic activity. We have identified a number of signal peptides originating from both organisms which produced significantly increased yield of the secreted protease. Interestingly, we observed that levels of extracellular protease were improved not only in B. subtilis, which was used as the screening host, but also in two different B. licheniformis strains. To date, it is impossible to predict which signal peptide will result in better secretion and thus an improved yield of a given extracellular target protein. Our data show that screening a library consisting of homologous and heterologous signal peptides fused to a target protein can identify more-effective signal peptides, resulting in improved protein export not only in the original screening host but also in different production strains. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01146-10 SN - 1098-5336 (E-Journal); 0003-6919 (Print); 0099-2240 (Print) VL - 76 IS - 19 SP - 6370 EP - 6378 PB - American Society for Microbiology CY - Washington, DC ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Heinz, G. A1 - Oertel, Mario A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard ED - Janssen, Robert T1 - Investigations on a cooling water system for a gas tubine facility concerning air vortexes and sediment transport T2 - Hydraulic structures: useful water harvesting systems or relics? : Third International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS'10) : Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 2-3 May 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781742720159 SP - 109 EP - 116 PB - School of Civil Engineering, The University of Queensland CY - Brisbane ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Feldhusen, Jörg A1 - Brezing, Alexander Nikolaus A1 - Pütz, Claus A1 - Wählisch, Georg T1 - Multi-system CAD-teaching in large classes T2 - When design education and design research meet : proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway, 2nd - 3rd September 2010 ; [E&PDE] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-904670-19-3 SP - 204 EP - 209 PB - Design Society CY - Glasgow ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Goldbach, Daniel A1 - Ament, Christoph ED - Scharff, Peter T1 - Stabilized reversing with vehicle trailer combinations T2 - Crossing borders within the ABC : automation, biomedical engineering and computer science; proceedings; 55. IWK Internationales Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium; 13 - 17 September 2010, Ilmenau Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-938843-53-6 SP - 352 EP - 357 PB - Verl. ISLE CY - Ilmenau ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Oertel, M. A1 - Schlenkhoff, A. A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten ED - Obrusnik, Ivan T1 - Flash flood awareness and prevention in Germany T2 - Early warning for flash floods : international workshop, Praha 2011 : workshop proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-80-86690-91-9 SP - 34 EP - 40 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kerpen, N. B. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten ED - Janssen, Robert T1 - Physical model investigations of ships passing through a lock T2 - Hydraulic structures: useful water harvesting systems or relics? : Third International Junior Researcher and Engineer Workshop on Hydraulic Structures (IJREWHS'10) : Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K., 2-3 May 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781742720159 SP - 93 EP - 100 PB - School of Civil Engineeering, The University of Queensland CY - Brisbane ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Schlenkhoff, Andreas T1 - Self-aerated skimming flow on embankment stepped spillways : the effect of additional micro-roughness on energy dissipation and oxygen transfer T2 - Proceedings from first IAHR European congress : May 2010, Edinburgh Y1 - 2010 SN - 9780956595102 SP - Artikelkennnummer HSIIId PB - Heriot-Watt University, School of the Built Environment CY - Edinburgh ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kerpen, N. B. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Schlurmann, Torsten T1 - Physical model investigations of pressure distributions next to ships passing through a lock T2 - 5th Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering : CG JOINT 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-7-5618-3671-2 SP - 514 EP - 519 PB - Univ. Press CY - Tianjin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard T1 - A comparative study of self-aerated stepped spillway and smooth invert chute flow: the effect of step-induced macro roughness T2 - 5th Chinese-German Joint Symposium on Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering : CG JOINT 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-7-5618-3671-2 SP - 451 EP - 456 PB - Univ. Press CY - Tianjin ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ribitsch, D. A1 - Karl, W. A1 - Birner-Gruenberger, R. A1 - Gruber, K. A1 - Eiteljoerg, I. A1 - Remler, P. A1 - Wieland, S. A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schwab, H. T1 - C-terminal truncation of a metagenome-derived detergent protease for effective expression in E. coli JF - Journal of biotechnology N2 - Recently, a new alkaline protease named HP70 showing highest homology to extracellular serine proteases of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Xanthomonas campestris was found in the course of a metagenome screening for detergent proteases (Niehaus et al., submitted for publication). Attempts to efficiently express the enzyme in common expression hosts had failed. This study reports on the realization of overexpression in Escherichia coli after structural modification of HP70. Modelling of HP70 resulted in a two-domain structure, comprising the catalytic domain and a C-terminal domain which includes about 100 amino acids. On the basis of the modelled structure the enzyme was truncated by deletion of most of the C-terminal domain yielding HP70-C477. This structural modification allowed effective expression of active enzyme using E. coli BL21-Gold as the host. Specific activity of HP70-C477 determined with suc-l-Ala-l-Ala-l-Pro-l-Phe-p-nitroanilide as the substrate was 30 ± 5 U/mg compared to 8 ± 1 U/mg of the native enzyme. HP70-C477 was most active at 40 °C and pH 7–11; these conditions are prerequisite for a potential application as detergent enzyme. Determination of kinetic parameters at 40 °C and pH = 9.5 resulted in KM = 0.23 ± 0.01 mM and kcat = 167.5 ± 3.6 s⁻¹. MS-analysis of peptide fragments obtained from incubation of HP70 and HP70-C477 with insulin B indicated that the C-terminal domain influences the cleavage preferences of the enzyme. Washing experiments confirmed the high potential of HP70-C477 as detergent protease. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2010.09.947 SN - 1873-4863 (E-Journal); 0168-1656 (Print) VL - 150 IS - 3 SP - 408 EP - 416 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Buda, Aurel A1 - Schürmann, Volker A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Wireless technologies in factory automation T2 - Factory automation / ed. by Javier Silvestre-Blanes Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-953-7619-42-8 SP - 29 EP - 50 PB - Intech CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schürmann, Volker A1 - Buda, Aurel A1 - Jonker, Stefan A1 - Palmhof, Norman A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Wireless in future automotive applications T2 - Mobile and wireless communications network layer and circuit level design / ed. by Salma Ait Fares ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-953-307-042-1 SP - 71 EP - 92 PB - Intech CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schürmann, Volker A1 - Leidinger, R. A1 - Wollert, Jörg T1 - Simplified rapid-prototyping with automation technology T2 - Automobiles and sustainable mobility : FISITA 2010 World Automotive Congress, 30 May - 4 June, Budapest, Hungary ; proceedings Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-963-9058-29-3 SP - F2010C093 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vogt, C. A1 - Mottaghy, Darius A1 - Wolf, A. A1 - Rath, V. A1 - Pechnig, R. A1 - Clauser, C. T1 - Reducing temperature uncertainties by stochastic geothermal reservoir modelling JF - Geophysical Journal International N2 - Quantifying and minimizing uncertainty is vital for simulating technically and economically successful geothermal reservoirs. To this end, we apply a stochastic modelling sequence, a Monte Carlo study, based on (i) creating an ensemble of possible realizations of a reservoir model, (ii) forward simulation of fluid flow and heat transport, and (iii) constraining post-processing using observed state variables. To generate the ensemble, we use the stochastic algorithm of Sequential Gaussian Simulation and test its potential fitting rock properties, such as thermal conductivity and permeability, of a synthetic reference model and—performing a corresponding forward simulation—state variables such as temperature. The ensemble yields probability distributions of rock properties and state variables at any location inside the reservoir. In addition, we perform a constraining post-processing in order to minimize the uncertainty of the obtained distributions by conditioning the ensemble to observed state variables, in this case temperature. This constraining post-processing works particularly well on systems dominated by fluid flow. The stochastic modelling sequence is applied to a large, steady-state 3-D heat flow model of a reservoir in The Hague, Netherlands. The spatial thermal conductivity distribution is simulated stochastically based on available logging data. Errors of bottom-hole temperatures provide thresholds for the constraining technique performed afterwards. This reduce the temperature uncertainty for the proposed target location significantly from 25 to 12 K (full distribution width) in a depth of 2300 m. Assuming a Gaussian shape of the temperature distribution, the standard deviation is 1.8 K. To allow a more comprehensive approach to quantify uncertainty, we also implement the stochastic simulation of boundary conditions and demonstrate this for the basal specific heat flow in the reservoir of The Hague. As expected, this results in a larger distribution width and hence, a larger, but more realistic uncertainty estimate. However, applying the constraining post-processing the uncertainty is again reduced to the level of the post-processing without stochastic boundary simulation. Thus, constraining post-processing is a suitable tool for reducing uncertainty estimates by observed state variables. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04498.x SN - 1365-246X VL - 181 IS - 1 SP - 321 EP - 333 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar T1 - Numerical investigation of the face stability of shallow tunnels in sand T2 - Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-0-415-59239-0 SP - 779 EP - 784 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - London ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kirsch, Ansgar A1 - Marcher, Thomas T1 - Numerical prediction of time-dependent rock swelling based on an example of a major tunnel project in Ontario/Canada T2 - Numerical methods in geotechnical engineering : (NUMGE 2010) : proceedings of the seventh European Conference on Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering, Trondheim, Norway, 2 - 4 June 2010 / ed. by Thomas Benz ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-0-415-59239-0 SP - 297 EP - 302 PB - Taylor and Francis CY - London ER - TY - PAT A1 - O'Connell, Timothy A1 - Siegert, Petra A1 - Maurer, Karl-Heinz A1 - Schiedel, Marc-Steffen A1 - Vockenroth, Inga Kerstin T1 - Method for improving the cleaning action of a detergent or cleaning agent [Internationale Patentanmeldung] T1 - Verfahren zur Verbesserung der Reinigungsleistung eines Wasch- oder Reinigungsmittels Y1 - 2010 SP - 1 EP - 15 PB - WIPO CY - Genf ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Otten, Mario A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Kob, Malte T1 - 3D vocal fold geometry mapping using Magnetic Resonance Imaging T2 - Fortschritte der Akustik : 36. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik, Band 1 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-9808659-8-2 N1 - Fortschritte der Akustik : 36. Deutsche Jahrestagung für Akustik ; 15.-18. März 2010, Berlin SP - 271 EP - 272 PB - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Akustik CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frauenrath, Tobias A1 - Gömmel, Andreas A1 - Butenweg, Christoph A1 - Otten, Mario A1 - Niendorf, Thoralf T1 - 3D mapping of vocal fold geometry during articulatory maneuvers using ultrashort echo time imaging at 3.0 T T2 - ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting 2010, Band 4 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-617-82008-3 N1 - ISMRM-ESMRMB joint annual meeting 2010 : Stockholm, Sweden, 1 - 7 May 2010 SP - 3087 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gellert, Christoph A1 - Park, Jin A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic safety verification of masonry structures T2 - Proceedings of the Eight International Masonry Conference : held in Dresden from 4th to 7th of July 2010 / [International Masonry Society ; Technische Universität Dresden]. Ed. by: Wolfram Jäger ... Volume 1. (Masonry / International Masonry Society Special Publication ; 11) Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-00-031381-3 SP - 813 EP - 822 PB - ARGE 8IMC Dresden CY - Radebeul ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Reindl, Lukas A1 - Park, Jin A1 - Norda, Hannah A1 - Butenweg, Christoph T1 - Seismic design of masonry walls subject to out-of-plane bending T2 - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Computational Structures Technology : Valencia, Spain, 14 - 17 September 2010 / organised in association with: Universidad Politecnica de Valencia ... Ed. by B. H. V. Topping ... Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-905088-36-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4203/ccp.93.348 SP - Paper 348 PB - Civil-Comp Press CY - Kippen ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schnell, Michael A1 - Franzen, Nico A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana T1 - L-DACS1 laboratory demonstrator development and compatibility measurement set-up T2 - IEEE/AIAA 29th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC) : 3 - 7 Oct. 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah Y1 - 2010 SN - 9781424466160 ; 9781424466184 SP - 3E3-1 EP - 3E3-11 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Walter, Michael A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana A1 - Detert, Thorben A1 - Schnell, Michael T1 - UHF/VHF air-to-air propagation measurements T2 - Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) : 12 - 16 April 2010, Barcelona, Spain Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-6431-9 ; 978-84-7653-472-4 SP - 1 EP - 5 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - Team Zadeat 2010 : application for participation Y1 - 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gligorevic, Snjezana A1 - Pulini, Paola T1 - Simplified airport surface channel model based on the WSSUS assumption T2 - 2010 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS 2010) : Herndon, Virginia, USA, 11 - 13 May 2010 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-7457-8 SN - 2155-4943 SP - F2-1 EP - F2-11 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pfaff, Raphael A1 - Larkowski, Tomasz A1 - Burnham, Keith J. T1 - An approach to adaptive control in the behavioural framework T2 - UKACC International Conference on Control 2010 (CONTROL 2010) : Coventry, United Kingdom, 7 - 10 September 2010 ; Vol. 2. (IET seminar digest ; 2010/004) Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-62748-119-9 SP - 833 EP - 838 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Magnor, D. A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Schmiegel, A. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. A1 - Sauer, D. U. ED - de Santi, Giovanni Frederigo T1 - Analysis of the model dynamics for the battery and battery converter in a grid-connected 5 kW photovoltaic system T2 - Proceedings / 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition ; 5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion ; Feria Valencia, Convention & Exhibition Centre, Valencia, Spain, conference 6 - 10 September 2010, exhibition 6 - 9 September 2010 ; Joint World Conference of: 25th European Photovoltic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition, 36th US IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 20th Asia/Pacific PV Science and Engineering Conference Y1 - 2010 SN - 3-936338-26-4 (DVD-ROM) N1 - EU PVSEC WCPEC PB - WIP Renewable Energies CY - [München] ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Buchmann, Nina A1 - Siegwolf, Rolf A1 - Saurer, Matthias A1 - Cherubini, Paolo A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Fast response of Scots pine to improved water availability reflected in tree-ring width and δ13C JF - Plant, Cell and Environment N2 - Drought-induced forest decline, like the Scots pine mortality in inner-Alpine valleys, will gain in importance as the frequency and severity of drought events are expected to increase. To understand how chronic drought affects tree growth and tree-ring δ13C values, we studied mature Scots pine in an irrigation experiment in an inner-Alpine valley. Tree growth and isotope analyses were carried out at the annual and seasonal scale. At the seasonal scale, maximum δ13C values were measured after the hottest and driest period of the year, and were associated with decreasing growth rates. Inter-annual δ13C values in early- and latewood showed a strong correlation with annual climatic conditions and an immediate decrease as a response to irrigation. This indicates a tight coupling between wood formation and the freshly produced assimilates for trees exposed to chronic drought. This rapid appearance of the isotopic signal is a strong indication for an immediate and direct transfer of newly synthesized assimilates for biomass production. The fast appearance and the distinct isotopic signal suggest a low availability of old stored carbohydrates. If this was a sign for C-storage depletion, an increasing mortality could be expected when stressors increase the need for carbohydrate for defence, repair or regeneration. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.2010.02153.x SN - 1365-3040 (Online) SN - 0140-7791 (Print) VL - 33 IS - 8 SP - 1351 EP - 1360 PB - Wiley-Blackwell CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rigling, Andreas A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Koechli, Roger A1 - Dobbertin, Matthias T1 - Mistletoe-induced crown degradation in Scots pine in a xeric environment N2 - Increasing Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) mortality has been recently observed in the dry inner valleys of the European Alps. Besides drought, infection with pine mistletoe (Viscum album ssp. austriacum) seems to play an important role in the mortality dynamics of Scots pines, but how mistletoes promote pine decline remains unclear. To verify whether pine mistletoe infection weakens the host via crown degradation, as observed for dwarf mistletoes, we studied the negative effects of pine mistletoe infestation on the photosynthetic tissues and branch growth of pairs of infested and non-infested branches. Pine mistletoe infection leads to crown degradation in its host by reducing the length, the radial increment, the ramification, the needle length and the number of needle years of the infested branches. This massive loss in photosynthetic tissue results in a reduction in primary production and a subsequent decrease in carbohydrate availability. The significant reduction in needle length due to mistletoe infection is an indication for a lower water and nutrient availability in infested branches. Thus, mistletoe infection might lead to a decrease in the availability of water and carbohydrates, the two most important growth factors, which are already shortened due to the chronic drought situation in the area. Therefore, pine mistletoe increases the risk of drought-induced mortality of its host when growing in a xeric environment. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpq038 SN - 1758-4469 (Online) SN - 0829-318X (Print) VL - 30 IS - 7 SP - 845 EP - 832 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dobbertin, Matthias A1 - Eilmann, Britta A1 - Bleuler, Peter A1 - Giuggiola, Arnaud A1 - Graf Pannatier, Elisabeth A1 - Landolt, Werner A1 - Schleppi, Patrick A1 - Rigling, Andreas T1 - Effect of irrigation on needle morphology, shoot and stem growth in a drought-exposed Pinus sylvestris forest JF - Tree Physiology N2 - In Valais, Switzerland, Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris L.) are declining, mainly following drought. To assess the impact of drought on tree growth and survival, an irrigation experiment was initiated in 2003 in a mature pine forest, approximately doubling the annual precipitation. Tree crown transparency (lack of foliage) and leaf area index (LAI) were annually assessed. Seven irrigated and six control trees were felled in 2006, and needles, stem discs and branches were taken for growth analysis. Irrigation in 2004 and 2005, both with below-average precipitation, increased needle size, area and mass, stem growth and, with a 1-year delay, shoot length. This led to a relative decrease in tree crown transparency (−14%) and to an increase in stand LAI (+20%). Irrigation increased needle length by 70%, shoot length by 100% and ring width by 120%, regardless of crown transparency. Crown transparency correlated positively with mean needle size, shoot length and ring width and negatively with specific leaf area. Trees with high crown transparency (low growth, short needles) experienced similar increases in needle mass and growth with irrigation than trees with low transparency (high growth, long needles), indicating that seemingly declining trees were able to ‘recover’ when water supply became sufficient. A simple drought index before and during the irrigation explained most of the variation found in the parameters for both irrigated and control trees. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpp123 SN - 1758-4469 (Online) SN - 0829-318X (Print) VL - 30 IS - 3 SP - 346 EP - 360 PB - Oxford University Press CY - Oxford ER -