TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - golog.lua: Towards a non-prolog implementation of Golog for embedded systems T2 - Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings, Volume 10081 N2 - Among many approaches to address the high-level decision making problem for autonomous robots and agents, the robot program¬ming and plan language Golog follows a logic-based deliberative approach, and its successors were successfully deployed in a number of robotics applications over the past ten years. Usually, Golog interpreter are implemented in Prolog, which is not available for our target plat¬form, the bi-ped robot platform Nao. In this paper we sketch our first approach towards a prototype implementation of a Golog interpreter in the scripting language Lua. With the example of the elevator domain we discuss how the basic action theory is specified and how we implemented fluent regression in Lua. One possible advantage of the availability of a Non-Prolog implementation of Golog could be that Golog becomes avail¬able on a larger number of platforms, and also becomes more attractive for roboticists outside the Cognitive Robotics community. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4230/DagSemProc.10081.9 N1 - Dagstuhl Seminar 10081 "Cognitive Robotics", 21.02. to 26.02.2010, Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics, Wadern, DE SP - 1 EP - 15 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Robinson, A. A1 - Hendrick, P. A1 - Recker, E. T1 - Low NOx H2 combustion for industrial gas turbines of various power ranges Y1 - 2010 N1 - 5th International Gas Turbine Conference ETN-IGTC, ETN-2010-42, Brussels, Belgium, October 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hillgärtner, Michael A1 - Kappel, U. T1 - Radiating Impedance of Mains Cabling During Emissions Testing T2 - Proceedings of EMC Europe 2006 Barcelona : International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility Y1 - 2006 SN - 84-689-9439-1 N1 - MC Europe 2006, Barcelona: International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility : September 4-8, 2006 Barcelona, Spain SP - 17 EP - 22 CY - Barcelona ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Beck, Daniel A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - Design principles of the component-based robot software framework Fawkes T2 - Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots N2 - The idea of component-based software engineering was proposed more that 40 years ago, yet only few robotics software frameworks follow these ideas. The main problem with robotics software usually is that it runs on a particular platform and transferring source code to another platform is crucial. In this paper, we present our software framework Fawkes which follows the component-based software design paradigm by featuring a clear component concept with well-defined communication interfaces. We deployed Fawkes on several different robot platforms ranging from service robots to biped soccer robots. Following the component concept with clearly defined communication interfaces shows great benefit when porting robot software from one robot to the other. Fawkes comes with a number of useful plugins for tasks like timing, logging, data visualization, software configuration, and even high-level decision making. These make it particularly easy to create and to debug productive code, shortening the typical development cycle for robot software. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17319-6_29 N1 - Second International Conference, SIMPAR 2010, Darmstadt, Germany, November 15-18, 2010 SP - 300 EP - 311 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Niemüller, Tim A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Lakemeyer, Gerhard T1 - A Lua-based behavior engine for controlling the humanoid robot Nao T2 - RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII N2 - The high-level decision making process of an autonomous robot can be seen as an hierarchically organised entity, where strategical decisions are made on the topmost layer, while the bottom layer serves as driver for the hardware. In between is a layer with monitoring and reporting functionality. In this paper we propose a behaviour engine for this middle layer which, based on formalism of hybrid state machines (HSMs), bridges the gap between high-level strategic decision making and low-level actuator control. The behaviour engine has to execute and monitor behaviours and reports status information back to the higher level. To be able to call the behaviours or skills hierarchically, we extend the model of HSMs with dependencies and sub-skills. These Skill-HSMs are implemented in the lightweight but expressive Lua scripting language which is well-suited to implement the behaviour engine on our target platform, the humanoid robot Nao. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-11876-0_21 N1 - 13th RoboCup International Symposium, Graz, Austria, June/July, 2009 SP - 240 EP - 251 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ferrein, Alexander A1 - Steinbauer, Gerald T1 - On the Way to High-Level Programming for Resource-Limited Embedded Systems with Golog T2 - Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots N2 - In order to allow an autonomous robot to perform non-trivial tasks like to explore a foreign planet the robot has to have deliberative capabilities like reasoning or planning. Logic-based approaches like the programming and planing language Golog and it successors has been successfully used for such decision-making problems. A drawback of this particular programing language is that their interpreter usually are written in Prolog and run on a Prolog back-end. Such back-ends are usually not available or feasible on resource-limited robot systems. In this paper we present our ideas and first results of a re-implementation of the interpreter based on the Lua scripting language which is available on a wide range of systems including small embedded systems. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17319-6_23 N1 - Second International Conference, SIMPAR 2010, Darmstadt, Germany, November 15-18, 2010 SP - 229 EP - 240 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Rens, Gavin A1 - Varzinczak, Ivan A1 - Meyer, Thomas A1 - Ferrein, Alexander T1 - A Logic for Reasoning about Actions and Explicit Observations T2 - AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence N2 - We propose a formalism for reasoning about actions based on multi-modal logic which allows for expressing observations as first-class objects. We introduce a new modal operator, namely [o |α], which allows us to capture the notion of perceiving an observation given that an action has taken place. Formulae of the type [o |α]ϕ mean ’after perceiving observation o, given α was performed, necessarily ϕ’. In this paper, we focus on the challenges concerning sensing with explicit observations, and acting with nondeterministic effects. We present the syntax and semantics, and a correct and decidable tableau calculus for the logic Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17432-2_40 N1 - 23rd Australasian Joint Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 7-10, 2010 SP - 395 EP - 404 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Geimer, Konstantin A1 - Sauerborn, Markus A1 - Hoffschmidt, Bernhard A1 - Schmitz, Mark A1 - Göttsche, Joachim T1 - Test facility for absorber specimens of solar tower power plants T2 - Advances in Science and Technology N2 - The Solar-Institute Jülich (SIJ) has initiated the construction of the first and only German solar tower power plant and is now involved in the accompanying research. The power plant for experimental and demonstration purposes in the town of Jülich started supplying electric energy in the beginning of 2008. The central receiver plant features as central innovation an open volumetric receiver, consisting of porous ceramic elements that simultaneously absorb the concentrated sunlight and transfer the heat to ambient air passing through the pores so that an average temperature of 680°C is reached. The subsequent steam cycle generates up to 1.5 MWe. A main field of research at the SIJ is the optimization of the absorber structures. To analyze the capability of new absorber specimens a special test facility was developed and set up in the laboratory. A high-performance near-infrared radiator offers for single test samples a variable and repeatable beam with a power of up to 320 kW/m² peak. The temperatures achieved on the absorber surface can reach more than 1000°C. To suck ambient air through the open absorber - like on the tower - it is mounted on a special blower system. An overview about the test facility and some recent results will be presented. Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.74.266 N1 - 5th Forum on New Materials : CIMTEC 2010, Montecatini Terme, Italy 13-18 June 2010. Part C VL - 74 SP - 266 EP - 271 PB - Trans Tech Publications CY - Baech ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gerhards, Michael A1 - Belloum, Adam A1 - Berretz, Frank A1 - Sander, Volker A1 - Skorupa, Sascha T1 - A history-tracing XML-based provenance framework for workflows T2 - The 5th Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science N2 - The importance of validating and reproducing the outcome of computational processes is fundamental to many application domains. Assuring the provenance of workflows will likely become even more important with respect to the incorporation of human tasks to standard workflows by emerging standards such as WS-HumanTask. This paper addresses this trend by an actor-based workflow approach that actively support provenance. It proposes a framework to track and store provenance information automatically that applies for various workflow management systems. In particular, the introduced provenance framework supports the documentation of workflows in a legally binding way. The authors therefore use the concept of layered XML documents, i.e. history-tracing XML. Furthermore, the proposed provenance framework enables the executors (actors) of a particular workflow task to attest their operations and the associated results by integrating digital XML signatures. KW - workflow KW - provenance KW - framework KW - containers KW - humans KW - synchronization KW - libraries KW - history KW - concrete KW - XML Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-8989-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/WORKS.2010.5671873 N1 - The 5th Workshop on Workflows in Support of Large-Scale Science, 14 Nov. 2010, New Orleans, USA PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bouquegneau, Christian A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Rousseau, Alain T1 - Lightning safety guidelines N2 - This paper introduces lightning to the layman, noting the right behaviour in front of thunderstorms as well as protective measures against lightning. It also contributes to the prevention of lightning injuries and damages. This report was prepared by the authors inside the AHG1 Group for IEC TC81 (Lightning Protection). Y1 - 2010 N1 - Ground´2010 & 4th LPE, International Conference on Grounding and Earthing & 4th International Conference on Lightning Physics and Effects, Salvador - Brazil, November, 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Börner, Sebastian A1 - Funke, Harald A1 - Hendrick, P. A1 - Recker, E. T1 - Control system modifications for a hydrogen fuelled gas-turbine T2 - Proceedings of ISROMAC 13 Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-617-38848-4 N1 - 13th International Symposium on Transport Phenomena and Dynamics of Rotating Machinery 2010 (ISROMAC-13), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, April 4-7, 2010 SP - 665 EP - 670 PB - Curran CY - Red Hook, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Frentzel, Ralf A1 - Behrens, Jörg T1 - Simulation of the transient voltages in the auxiliary power network of a large power plant in case of a direct lightning strike to the high-voltage overhead transmission line N2 - Large power plants can be endangered by lightning strikes with possible consequences regarding their safety and availability. A special scenario is a lightning strike to the HV overhead transmission line close to the power plant's connection to the power grid. If then additionally a so-called shielding failure of the overhead ground wire on top of the overhead transmission line is assumed, i.e. the lightning strikes directly into a phase conductor, this is an extreme electromagnetic disturbance. The paper deals with the numerical simulation of such a lightning strike and the consequences on the components of the power plant's auxiliary power network connected to different voltage levels. KW - power generation KW - surges KW - conductors KW - arresters KW - power transmission lines KW - lightning Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-88-905519-0-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845756 N1 - 2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 13-17 Sept. 2010, Cagliari, Italy SP - 749-1 EP - 749-7 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kern, Alexander A1 - Schelthoff, Christof A1 - Mathieu, Moritz T1 - Probability of lightning strikes to air-terminations of structures using the electro-geometrical model theory and the statistics of lightning current parameters N2 - Planning the air-terminations for a structure to be protected the use of the rolling-sphere method (electro-geometrical model) is the best way from the physics of lightning point-of-view. Therefore, international standards prefer this method. However, using the rolling-sphere method only results in possible point-of-strikes on a structure without giving information about the probability of strikes at the individual points compared to others. KW - atmospheric modeling KW - probability distribution KW - lightning protection KW - standards KW - planning Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-88-905519-0-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845757 N1 - 2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 13-17 Sept. 2010, Cagliari, Italy SP - 750-1 EP - 750-8 PB - IEEE CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Berretz, Frank A1 - Skorupa, Sascha A1 - Sander, Volker A1 - Belloum, Adam T1 - Towards an actor-driven workflow management system for grids T2 - Proceedings of 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems N2 - Currently, most workflow management systems in Grid environments provide push-oriented job distribution strategies, where jobs are explicitly delegated to resources. In those scenarios the dedicated resources execute submitted jobs according to the request of a workflow engine or Grid wide scheduler. This approach has various limitations, particularly if human interactions should be integrated in workflow execution. To support human interactions with the benefit of enabling inter organizational computation and community approaches, this poster paper proposes the idea of a pull-based task distribution strategy. Here, heterogeneous resources, including human interaction, should actively select tasks for execution from a central repository. This leads to special demands regarding security issues like access control. In the established push-based job execution the resources are responsible for granting access to workflows and job initiators. In general this is done by access control lists, where users are explicitly mapped to local accounts according to their policies. In the pull-based approach the resources actively apply for job executions by sending requests to a central task repository. This means that every resource has to be able to authenticate against the repository to be authorized for task execution. In other words the authorization is relocated from the resources to the repository. The poster paper introduces current work regarding to the mentioned security aspects in the pull-based approach within the scope of the project “HiX4AGWS”. KW - scheduling KW - engines KW - resource management KW - grid computing KW - access control KW - distribution strategy KW - authorization KW - security KW - humans KW - workflow management software Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-6619-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/CTS.2010.5478458 N1 - 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, 17-21 May 2010, Chicago, IL, USA SP - 611 EP - 616 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kirchner, Patrick A1 - Spelthahn, Heiko A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Henkel, Hartmut A1 - Schneider, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Peter A1 - Kolstad, Jens A1 - Berger, Jörg T1 - Realisierung eines Polyimid-basierten kalorimetrischen Gassensors zur Inline-Überwachung der H2O2-Konzentration in aseptischen Abfüllsystemen T2 - Tagungsband: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 N2 - In aseptischen Abfüllsystemen wird Wasserstoffperoxid in der Gasphase aufgrund der stark oxidativen Wirkung zur Packstoffentkeimung eingesetzt. Dabei wird die Effizienz der Entkeimung im Wesentlichen von der vorliegenden H2O2-Konzentration im Packstoff bestimmt. Zur Inline-Überwachung der H2O2-Konzentration wurde ein kalorimetrischer Gassensor auf Basis einer flexiblen Polyimidfolie aus temperatursensitiven Dünnschicht-Widerständen und Mangan(IV)-oxid als katalytische Transducerschicht realisiert. Der Sensor weist ein lineares Ansprechverhalten mit einer Sensitivität von 7,15 °C/Vol.-% in einem H2O2-Konzentrationsbereich von 0 bis 8 Vol.-% auf. Weiterhin wurde zur Auslesung des Sensorsignals eine RFID-Elektronik, bestehend aus einem Sensor-Tag und einer Sende-/Empfangseinheit ausgelegt, sowie eine Abfolge des Messzyklus aufgestellt. Im weiteren Verlauf soll der kalorimetrische Gassensor mit der RFID-Elektronik gekoppelt und in eine Testverpackung zur Inline-Überwachung der H2O2-Konzentration in aseptischen Abfüllsystemen implementiert werden. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-8007-3260-9 N1 - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 - 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung, 18.05.2010 - 19.05.2010 in Nürnberg SP - 607 EP - 612 PB - VDE Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Werner, Frederik A1 - Spelthahn, Heiko A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Krumbe, Christoph A1 - Wagner, Torsten A1 - Yoshinobu, Tatsuo A1 - Keusgen, Michael T1 - Neue Ansteuerungselektronik für LAPS-basierte Biosensoren zur gleichzeitig ortsaufgelösten Messung der pH-Konzentration T2 - Tagungsband: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 N2 - Ein lichtadressierbarer potentiometrischer Sensor (LAPS) kann die Konzentration eines oder mehrerer Analyten ortsaufgelöst auf der Sensoroberfläche nachweisen. Dazu wird mit einer modulierten Lichtquelle die Halbleiterstruktur des zu untersuchenden Bereiches angeregt und ein entsprechender Photostrom ausgelesen. Durch gleichzeitige Anregung mehrere Bereiche durch Lichtquellen mit unterschiedlichen Modulationsfrequenzen können diese auch zeitgleich ausgelesen werden. Mit der neuen, hier vorgestellten Ansteuerungselektronik integriert in einem "Field Programmable Gate Array" (FPGA) ist es möglich, mehrere Leuchtquellen gleichzeitig mit unterschiedlichen, während der Laufzeit festlegbaren Frequenzen, Phasen und Lichtintensitäten zu betreiben. Somit kann das Frequenzverhalten des Sensors untersucht und die Konzentration des Analyten über das Oberflächenpotential mit Hilfe von Strom/Spannungs-Kurven und Phase/Spannungs-Kurven bestimmt werden. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-8007-3260-9 N1 - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 - 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung, 18.05.2010 - 19.05.2010 in Nürnberg SP - 109 EP - 114 PB - VDE Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Wagner, Holger A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef T1 - Automatisiertes „wafer level“-Testsystem zur Charakterisierung von siliziumbasierten Chemo- und Biosensoren T2 - Tagungsband: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 N2 - Es wurde ein automatisiertes, computerunterstütztes Testsystem für die Funktionsprüfung und Charakterisierung von (bio-)chemischen Sensoren auf Waferebene entwickelt und in einen konventionellen Spitzenmessplatz integriert. Das System ermöglicht die Charakterisierung und Identifizierung „funktionstauglicher“ Sensoren bereits auf Waferebene zwischen den einzelnen Herstellungsschritten, wodurch weitere, bisher übliche Verarbeitungsschritte wie das Fixieren, Bonden und Verkapseln für die defekten oder nicht funktionstauglichen Sensorstrukturen entfällt. Außerdem bietet eine speziell entworfene miniaturisierte Durchflussmesszelle die Möglichkeit, bereits auf Waferlevel die Sensitivität, Drift, Hysterese und Ansprechzeit der (bio-)chemischen Sensoren zu charakterisieren. Das System wurde exemplarisch mit kapazitiven, pH-sensitiven EIS- (Elektrolyt-Isolator-Silizium) Strukturen und ISFET- (ionensensitiver Feldeffekttransistor) Strukturen mit verschiedenen Geometrien und Gate-Layouts getestet. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-8007-3260-9 N1 - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 - 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung, 18.05.2010 - 19.05.2010 in Nürnberg SP - 89 EP - 92 PB - VDE Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Scholl, Ingrid A1 - Schubert, Nicole A1 - Ziener, Pascal A1 - Pietrzyk, Uwe T1 - GPU-basiertes Volumenrendering von multimodalen medizinischen Bilddaten in Echtzeit T2 - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2010 N2 - Die vorliegende Arbeit zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass registrierte unsegmentierte Volumina aus multimodalen Bilddatensätzen (z.B. MRT, PET) gleichzeitig in einer 3D-Rekonstruktion visualisiert werden und in Echtzeit manipuliert werden können. Ermöglicht wird die Echtzeitfähigkeit durch die Programmierung der Algorithmen zur direkten Volumenvisualisierung auf der Grafikkarte mittels der neuen CUDA-Technologie. Die Zuordnung der Farbeigenschaften wird über 1D-Transferfunktionen für jedes Volumen getrennt gesteuert. So können durch die interaktive Veränderung der 1D-Transferfunktion Detailinformationen aus den zwei Bilddatensätzen getrennt kontrolliert werden und die Vorteile der verschiedenen Bildmodalitäten in einer Visualisierung genutzt werden. Mittels dieses interaktiven Frameworks können neue Erkenntnisse insbesondere über neurodegenerativen Erkrankungen gewonnen werden. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-642-11967-5 N1 - Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin 2010 - Algorithmen - Systeme - Anwendungen, Aachen, Germany, March 14-16, 2010 SP - 400 EP - 404 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bäcker, Matthias A1 - Poghossian, Arshak A1 - Schöning, Michael Josef A1 - Schnitzler, Thomas A1 - Biselli, Manfred A1 - Zang, Werner A1 - Wagner, Patrick T1 - Entwicklung eines modularen festkörperbasierten Sensorsystems für die Überwachung von Zellkulturfermentationen T2 - Tagungsband: Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 N2 - In diesem Beitrag werden Ergebnisse der Entwicklung eines modularen festkörperbasierten Sensorsystems für die Überwachung von Zellkulturfermentationen präsentiert. Zur Messung der Elektrolytleitfähigkeit wurde das Layout von Interdigitalelektroden angepasst, um in vergleichsweise gut leitenden Elektrolyten zu messen. Durch Quervernetzung von Glucose-Oxidase mit Glutaraldehyd und Immobilisierung auf einer Platinelektrode wurde ein amperometrischer Glucosesensor mit einem linearen Messbereich von bis zu 2 mM und einer Sensitivität von 168 nA/mM realisiert. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-8007-3260-9 N1 - Sensoren und Messsysteme 2010 - 15. ITG/GMA-Fachtagung, 18.05.2010 - 19.05.2010 in Nürnberg SP - 688 EP - 698 PB - VDE Verlag CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schmitt, Robert A1 - Scholl, Ingrid A1 - Cai, Yu A1 - Xia, Ji A1 - Dziwoki, Paul A1 - Harding, Martin A1 - Pavim, Alberto T1 - Machine vision system for inline inspection in carbide insert production T2 - Proceedings of the 36th International MATADOR Conference N2 - In steps of the production chain of carbide inserts, such as unloading or packaging, the conformity test of the insert type is done manually, which causes a statistic increase of errors due to monotony and fatigue of the worker and the wide variety of the insert types. A machine vision system is introduced that captures digital frames of the inserts in the production line, analyses inspects automatically and measures four quality features: coating colour, edge radius, plate shape and chip-former geometry. This new method has been tested on several inserts of different types and has shown that the prevalent insert types can be inspected and robustly classified in real production environment and therefore improves the manufacturing automation. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-84996-431-9 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-432-6_77 N1 - 36th MATADOR Conference, University of Manchester, July 2010 SP - 339 EP - 342 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pham, Phu Tinh A1 - Vu, Khoi Duc A1 - Tran, Thanh Ngoc A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - A primal-dual algorithm for shakedown analysis of elastic-plastic bounded linearly kinematic hardening bodies Y1 - 2010 N1 - 4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering), ECCOMAS ECCM 2010, Paris, France, May 17 – 21, 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Nguyen, N.-H. A1 - Raatschen, Hans-Jürgen A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - A hyperelastic model of biological tissue materials in tubular organs Y1 - 2010 N1 - 4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering), ECCOMAS ECCM 2010, Paris, France, May 17 – 21, 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tran, Thanh Ngoc A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Shakedown analysis of two dimensional structures by an edge-based smoothed finite element method Y1 - 2010 N1 - 4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (Solids, Structures and Coupled Problems in Engineering), ECCOMAS ECCM 2010, Paris, France, May 17 – 21, 2010 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hirschberg, Rainer T1 - Energetische Bewertung raumlufttechnischer Anlagen. Vereinfachtes Verfahren nach DIN V 18599 T2 - Deutsche Kälte-Klima-Tagung 2010 Magdeburg N2 - Unter Energieeffizienz wird verstanden, dass ein definiertes Ziel mit möglichst wenig Energie erreicht wird. Im Beitrag wird zunächst eine Formel zur Berechnung der Gesamtenergieeffizienz eines Gebäudes angegeben. Darauf aufbauend wird ein 3-Säulen-Modell zur Energieeinsparung vorgeschlagen. Es beinhaltet vereinfachte Verfahren zur Berechnung der Betriebseigenschaften von Heizanlagen, raumlufttechnischen Anlagen und Kühl- und Kaltwasseranlagen. Am Beispiel einer RLT-Anlage wird die Vorgehensweise der Bewertung näher erläutert. Zusammenfassend wird festgestellt, dass das vereinfachte Verfahren eine schnelle und sichere energetische Bewertung der genannten Anlagen erlaubt,, zu Präsenzwissen führt, die Haupteinflussgrößen aufzeigt und eine Anlagenbewertung ohne Gebäudebewertung gewährleistet. Das vereinfachte Verfahren wird im Frühjahr 2011 verfügbar sein. Es soll Bestandteil der DIN V 18599 werden, und die EnEV 2012 soll darauf Bezug nehmen. Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-3-932715-46-4 N1 - DKV-Tagung 2010, 37. Deutsche Kälte-Klima-Tagung, Magdeburg, DE, 17.-19. Nov, 2010 PB - DKV CY - Hannover ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tullis, Blake P. A1 - Crookston, Brian M. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard T1 - Weir head-discharge relationships: A multi-lab exercise T2 - Proceedings of the 38th IAHR World Congress (Panama, 2019) N2 - Though weir flow has been studied for centuries, there still remains some nuances of weir flow that are not well understood. Therefore, an international study was conducted in which 20 different hydraulics laboratories from around the world built and tested two linear weirs (quarter-round and half-round crested weirs) of common geometry. The only unconstrained dimension was the weir length, which could be adjusted to match the width of the test flume. Participating laboratories used the instrumentation and data collection methodologies of their choosing for head and discharge measurements. The experimental results found significant variability in the discharge coefficients as a function of dimensionless upstream head, as well as in the head-discharge relationships (as much as 50% in some cases). Potential sources contributing to the scatter may have included head meter instrumentation, flow meter instrumentation, approach flow length (flume length upstream of weir), head measurement location, nappe behavior, laboratory measurement methods and experimental setup, and the care and skill of the investigator (human error). Analyzing the data as a function of instrumentation types, approach length, and head measurement location did not provide any insight regarding the variations. Nappe behavior (e.g., aeration), which could be influenced by laboratory-specific conditions, varied among the datasets primarily for the half-round crested weir (about 20%). Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3850/38WC092019-0806 SN - 2521-716X (Online) N1 - 38TH IAHR World Congress – IAHR 2019 Panamá, República de Panamá, 1 – 6 September, 2019 PB - IAHR CY - Madrid ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard A1 - Langohr, Phillip A1 - Waldenberger, Lisa ED - Habersack, Helmut ED - Tritthart, Michael T1 - Influence of cycle number in CFD studies of labyrinth weirs T2 - Proceedings of the 40th IAHR World Congress (Vienna, 2023) N2 - The major advantage of labyrinth weirs over linear weirs is hydraulic efficiency. In hydraulic modeling efforts, this strength contrasts with limited pump capacity as well as limited computational power for CFD simulations. For the latter, reducing the number of investigated cycles can significantly reduce necessary computational time. In this study, a labyrinth weir with different cycle numbers was investigated. The simulations were conducted in FLOW-3D HYDRO as a Large Eddy Simulation. With a mean deviation of 1.75 % between simulated discharge coefficients and literature design equations, a reasonable agreement was found. For downstream conditions, overall consistent results were observed as well. However, the orientation of labyrinth weirs with a single cycle should be chosen carefully under consideration of the individual research purpose. KW - CFD KW - Large Eddy Simulation KW - Labyrinth weirs Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-90-833476-1-5 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3850/978-90-833476-1-5_iahr40wc-p0531-cd N1 - 40th IAHR World Congress, Vienna, Austria, from August 21 to 25, 2023 PB - International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) CY - Madrid ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Bragard, Michael A1 - Soltau, N. A1 - De Doncker, R. W. A1 - Schmiegel, A. T1 - Design and implementation of a 5 kW photovoltaic system with li-ion battery and additional DC-DC converter T2 - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2010) : Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 12 - 16 September 2010 / [sponsored by the IEEE Power Electronics and Industry Applications Societies] Y1 - 2010 SN - 978-1-4244-5286-6 (Print) SN - 978-1-4244-5287-3 (Online) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618220 SP - 2944 EP - 2949 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mulsow, Niklas A. A1 - Hülsen, Benjamin A1 - Gützlaff, Joel A1 - Spies, Leon A1 - Bresser, Andreas A1 - Dabrowski, Adam A1 - Czupalla, Markus A1 - Kirchner, Frank T1 - Concept and design of an autonomous micro rover for long term lunar exploration T2 - Proceedings of the 74th International Astronautical Congress N2 - Research on robotic lunar exploration has seen a broad revival, especially since the Google Lunar X-Prize increasingly brought private endeavors into play. This development is supported by national agencies with the aim of enabling long-term lunar infrastructure for in-situ operations and the establishment of a moon village. One challenge for effective exploration missions is developing a compact and lightweight robotic rover to reduce launch costs and open the possibility for secondary payload options. Existing micro rovers for exploration missions are clearly limited by their design for one day of sunlight and their low level of autonomy. For expanding the potential mission applications and range of use, an extension of lifetime could be reached by surviving the lunar night and providing a higher level of autonomy. To address this objective, the paper presents a system design concept for a lightweight micro rover with long-term mission duration capabilities, derived from a multi-day lunar mission scenario at equatorial regions. Technical solution approaches are described, analyzed, and evaluated, with emphasis put on the harmonization of hardware selection due to a strictly limited budget in dimensions and power. Y1 - 2023 N1 - 74. International Astronautical Congress (IAC-2023), October 2-6 2023, Baku, Azerbaijan PB - dfki CY - Saarbrücken ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Engel, Mareike A1 - Thieringer, Julia A1 - Tippkötter, Nils T1 - Linking bioprocess engineering and electrochemistry for sustainable biofuel production T2 - Young Researchers Symposium, YRS 2016. Proceedings N2 - Electromicrobial engineering is an emerging, highly interdisciplinary research area linking bioprocesses with electrochemistry. In this work, microbial electrosynthesis (MES) of biobutanol is carried out during acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentations with Clostridium acetobutylicum. A constant electric potential of −600mV (vs. Ag/AgCl) with simultaneous addition of the soluble redox mediator neutral red is used in order to study the electron transfer between the working electrode and the bacterial cells. The results show an earlier initiation of solvent production for all fermentations with applied potential compared to the conventional ABE fermentation. The f inal butanol concentration can be more than doubled by the application of a negative potential combined with addition of neutral red. Moreover a higher biofilm formation on the working electrode compared to control cultivations has been observed. In contrast to previous studies, our results also indicate that direct electron transfer (DET) might be possible with C. acetobutylicum. The presented results make microbial butanol production economically attractive and therefore support the development of sustainable production processes in the chemical industry aspired by the “Centre for resource-efficient chemistry and raw material change” as well as the the project “NanoKat” working on nanostructured catalysts in Kaiserslautern. Y1 - 2016 N1 - Young Researchers Symposium, YRS 2016, 14th - 15th April 2016, Fraunhofer-Zentrum Kaiserslautern SP - 49 EP - 53 PB - Fraunhofer Verlag CY - Karlsruhe ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hüning, Felix A1 - Mund, Cindy T1 - Integration of agile development in standard labs T2 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) N2 - In addition to the technical content, modern courses at university should also teach professional skills to enhance the competencies of students towards their future work. The competency driven approach including technical as well as professional skills makes it necessary to find a suitable way for the integration into the corresponding module in a scalable and flexible manner. Agile development, for example, is essential for the development of modern systems and applications and makes use of dedicated professional skills of the team members, like structured group dynamics and communication, to enable the fast and reliable development. This paper presents an easy to integrate and flexible approach to integrate Scrum, an agile development method, into the lab of an existing module. Due to the different role models of Scrum the students have an individual learning success, gain valuable insight into modern system development and strengthen their communication and organization skills. The approach is implemented and evaluated in the module Vehicle Systems, but it can be transferred easily to other technical courses as well. The evaluation of the implementation considers feedback of all stakeholders, students, supervisor and lecturers, and monitors the observations during project lifetime. KW - professional skills KW - active learning KW - lab work KW - Agile development Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.21427/NK4Z-WS73 N1 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Technological University Dublin, 10th-14th September, 2023 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Gaigall, Daniel T1 - On Consistent Hypothesis Testing In General Hilbert Spaces T2 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’22) N2 - Inference on the basis of high-dimensional and functional data are two topics which are discussed frequently in the current statistical literature. A possibility to include both topics in a single approach is working on a very general space for the underlying observations, such as a separable Hilbert space. We propose a general method for consistently hypothesis testing on the basis of random variables with values in separable Hilbert spaces. We avoid concerns with the curse of dimensionality due to a projection idea. We apply well-known test statistics from nonparametric inference to the projected data and integrate over all projections from a specific set and with respect to suitable probability measures. In contrast to classical methods, which are applicable for real-valued random variables or random vectors of dimensions lower than the sample size, the tests can be applied to random vectors of dimensions larger than the sample size or even to functional and high-dimensional data. In general, resampling procedures such as bootstrap or permutation are suitable to determine critical values. The idea can be extended to the case of incomplete observations. Moreover, we develop an efficient algorithm for implementing the method. Examples are given for testing goodness-of-fit in a one-sample situation in [1] or for testing marginal homogeneity on the basis of a paired sample in [2]. Here, the test statistics in use can be seen as generalizations of the well-known Cramérvon-Mises test statistics in the one-sample and two-samples case. The treatment of other testing problems is possible as well. By using the theory of U-statistics, for instance, asymptotic null distributions of the test statistics are obtained as the sample size tends to infinity. Standard continuity assumptions ensure the asymptotic exactness of the tests under the null hypothesis and that the tests detect any alternative in the limit. Simulation studies demonstrate size and power of the tests in the finite sample case, confirm the theoretical findings, and are used for the comparison with concurring procedures. A possible application of the general approach is inference for stock market returns, also in high data frequencies. In the field of empirical finance, statistical inference of stock market prices usually takes place on the basis of related log-returns as data. In the classical models for stock prices, i.e., the exponential Lévy model, Black-Scholes model, and Merton model, properties such as independence and stationarity of the increments ensure an independent and identically structure of the data. Specific trends during certain periods of the stock price processes can cause complications in this regard. In fact, our approach can compensate those effects by the treatment of the log-returns as random vectors or even as functional data. Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.11159/icsta22.157 N1 - 4th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA’22), Prague, Czech Republic – July 28- 30 SP - Paper No. 157 PB - Avestia Publishing CY - Orléans, Kanada ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Mayntz, Joscha A1 - Keimer, Jona A1 - Dahmann, Peter A1 - Hille, Sebastian A1 - Stumpf, Eike A1 - Fisher, Alex A1 - Dorrington, Graham T1 - Electrical Drive and Regeneration in General Aviation Flight with Propellers T2 - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2020 N2 - Electric flight has the potential for a more sustainable and energy-saving way of aviation compared to fossil fuel aviation. The electric motor can be used as a generator inflight to regenerate energy during descent. Three different approaches to regenerating with electric propeller powertrains are proposed in this paper. The powertrain is to be set up in a wind tunnel to determine the propeller efficiency in both working modes as well as the noise emissions. Furthermore, the planned flight tests are discussed. In preparation for these tests, a yaw stability analysis is performed with the result that the aeroplane is controllable during flight and in the most critical failure case. The paper shows the potential for inflight regeneration and addresses the research gaps in the dual role of electric powertrains for propulsion and regeneration of general aviation aircraft. KW - Propeller Aerodynamics KW - Flight Tests KW - Flight Mechanics KW - Electrical Flight KW - Inflight Regeneration, Recuperation Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.25967/530100 N1 - Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2020, 1. - 3. September 2020, Online PB - DGLR CY - Bonn ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tran, Ngoc Trinh A1 - Trinh, Tu Luc A1 - Dao, Ngoc Tien A1 - Giap, Van Tan A1 - Truong, Manh Khuyen A1 - Dinh, Thuy Ha A1 - Staat, Manfred T1 - Limit and shakedown analysis of structures under random strength T2 - Proceedings of (NACOME2022) The 11th National Conference on Mechanics, Vol. 1. Solid Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Artificial Intelligence, Teaching and Training N2 - Direct methods comprising limit and shakedown analysis is a branch of computational mechanics. It plays a significant role in mechanical and civil engineering design. The concept of direct method aims to determinate the ultimate load bearing capacity of structures beyond the elastic range. For practical problems, the direct methods lead to nonlinear convex optimization problems with a large number of variables and onstraints. If strength and loading are random quantities, the problem of shakedown analysis is considered as stochastic programming. This paper presents a method so called chance constrained programming, an effective method of stochastic programming, to solve shakedown analysis problem under random condition of strength. In this our investigation, the loading is deterministic, the strength is distributed as normal or lognormal variables. KW - Reliability of structures KW - Stochastic programming KW - Chance constrained programming KW - Shakedown analysis KW - Limit analysis Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-604-357-084-7 N1 - 11th National Conference on Mechanics (NACOME 2022), December 2-3, 2022, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam SP - 510 EP - 518 PB - Nha xuat ban Khoa hoc tu nhien va Cong nghe (Verlag Naturwissenschaft und Technik) CY - Hanoi ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Steuer-Dankert, Linda T1 - A crazy little thing called sustainability T2 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) N2 - Achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 requires global collaboration between different stakeholders. Industry, and in particular engineers who shape industrial developments, have a special role to play as they are confronted with the responsibility to holistically reflect sustainability in industrial processes. This means that, in addition to the technical specifications, engineers must also question the effects of their own actions on an ecological, economic and social level in order to ensure sustainable action and contribute to the achievement of the SDGs. However, this requires competencies that enable engineers to apply all three pillars of sustainability to their own field of activity and to understand the global impact of industrial processes. In this context, it is relevant to understand how industry already reflects sustainability and to identify competences needed for sustainable development. KW - Transformative Competencies KW - Future Skills KW - Transdisciplinarity KW - Interdisciplinarity KW - Sustainability Y1 - 2023 U6 - https://doi.org/10.21427/9CQR-VC94 N1 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Technological University Dublin, 10th-14th September, 2023 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grund, Raphael M. A1 - Altherr, Lena ED - Reiff-Stephan, Jörg ED - Jäkel, Jens ED - Schwarz, André T1 - Development of an open source energy disaggregation tool for the home automation platform Home Assistant T2 - Tagungsband AALE 2023 : mit Automatisierung gegen den Klimawandel N2 - In order to reduce energy consumption of homes, it is important to make transparent which devices consume how much energy. However, power consumption is often only monitored aggregated at the house energy meter. Disaggregating this power consumption into the contributions of individual devices can be achieved using Machine Learning. Our work aims at making state of the art disaggregation algorithms accessibe for users of the open source home automation platform Home Assistant. KW - Home Automation Platform KW - Home Assistant KW - Open Source KW - Machine Learning KW - Energy Disaggregation Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-3-910103-01-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.33968/2023.02 N1 - 19. AALE-Konferenz. Luxemburg, 08.03.-10.03.2023. BTS Connected Buildings & Cities Luxemburg (Tagungsband unter https://doi.org/10.33968/2023.01) SP - 11 EP - 20 PB - le-tex publishing services GmbH CY - Leipzig ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Staat, Manfred A1 - Tran, Ngoc Trinh T1 - Strain based brittle failure criteria for rocks T2 - Proceedings of (NACOME2022) The 11th National Conference on Mechanics, Vol. 1. Solid Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Artificial Intelligence, Teaching and Training N2 - When confining pressure is low or absent, extensional fractures are typical, with fractures occurring on unloaded planes in rock. These “paradox” fractures can be explained by a phenomenological extension strain failure criterion. In the past, a simple empirical criterion for fracture initiation in brittle rock has been developed. But this criterion makes unrealistic strength predictions in biaxial compression and tension. A new extension strain criterion overcomes this limitation by adding a weighted principal shear component. The weight is chosen, such that the enriched extension strain criterion represents the same failure surface as the Mohr–Coulomb (MC) criterion. Thus, the MC criterion has been derived as an extension strain criterion predicting failure modes, which are unexpected in the understanding of the failure of cohesive-frictional materials. In progressive damage of rock, the most likely fracture direction is orthogonal to the maximum extension strain. The enriched extension strain criterion is proposed as a threshold surface for crack initiation CI and crack damage CD and as a failure surface at peak P. Examples show that the enriched extension strain criterion predicts much lower volumes of damaged rock mass compared to the simple extension strain criterion. KW - Extension fracture KW - Extension strain criterion KW - Mohr–Coulomb criterion KW - Evolution of damage Y1 - 2023 SN - 978-604-357-084-7 N1 - 11th National Conference on Mechanics (NACOME 2022), December 2-3, 2022, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam SP - 500 EP - 509 PB - Nha xuat ban Khoa hoc tu nhien va Cong nghe (Verlag Naturwissenschaft und Technik) CY - Hanoi ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kahra, Marvin A1 - Breuß, Michael A1 - Kleefeld, Andreas A1 - Welk, Martin ED - Brunetti, Sara ED - Frosini, Andrea ED - Rinaldi, Simone T1 - An Approach to Colour Morphological Supremum Formation Using the LogSumExp Approximation T2 - Discrete Geometry and Mathematical Morphology N2 - Mathematical morphology is a part of image processing that has proven to be fruitful for numerous applications. Two main operations in mathematical morphology are dilation and erosion. These are based on the construction of a supremum or infimum with respect to an order over the tonal range in a certain section of the image. The tonal ordering can easily be realised in grey-scale morphology, and some morphological methods have been proposed for colour morphology. However, all of these have certain limitations. In this paper we present a novel approach to colour morphology extending upon previous work in the field based on the Loewner order. We propose to consider an approximation of the supremum by means of a log-sum exponentiation introduced by Maslov. We apply this to the embedding of an RGB image in a field of symmetric 2x2 matrices. In this way we obtain nearly isotropic matrices representing colours and the structural advantage of transitivity. In numerical experiments we highlight some remarkable properties of the proposed approach. Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-3-031-57793-2 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57793-2_25 N1 - Third International Joint Conference, DGMM 2024, Florence, Italy, April 15–18, 2024 SP - 325 EP - 337 PB - Springer CY - Cham ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Huth, Thomas A1 - Elsen, Olaf A1 - Hartwig, Christoph A1 - Esch, Thomas T1 - Innovative modular valve trains for 2015 - logistic benefits by EMVT T2 - IFAC Proceedings Volumes, Volume 39, Issue 3 N2 - In this paper the way to a 5-day-car with respect to a modular valve train systems for spark ignited combustion engines is shown. The necessary product diversity is shift from mechanical or physical components to software components. Therefore, significant improvements of logistic indicators are expected and shown. The working principle of a camless cylinder head with respect to an electromagnetical valve train (EMVT) is explained and it is demonstrated that shifting physical diversity to software is feasible. The future design of combustion engine systems including customisation can be supported by a set of assistance tools which is shown exemplary. Y1 - 2006 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3182/20060517-3-FR-2903.00172 N1 - Part of special issue "12th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing" SP - 315 EP - 320 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Becker, Tim A1 - Bragard, Michael T1 - Low-Voltage DC Training Lab for Electric Drives - Optimizing the Balancing Act Between High Student Throughput and Individual Learning Speed T2 - 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) N2 - After a brief introduction of conventional laboratory structures, this work focuses on an innovative and universal approach for a setup of a training laboratory for electric machines and drive systems. The novel approach employs a central 48 V DC bus, which forms the backbone of the structure. Several sets of DC machine, asynchronous machine and synchronous machine are connected to this bus. The advantages of the novel system structure are manifold, both from a didactic and a technical point of view: Student groups can work on their own performance level in a highly parallelized and at the same time individualized way. Additional training setups (similar or different) can easily be added. Only the total power dissipation has to be provided, i.e. the DC bus balances the power flow between the student groups. Comparative results of course evaluations of several cohorts of students are shown. KW - Synchronous machines KW - Power dissipation KW - Throughput KW - Low voltage KW - DC machines KW - Manifolds KW - Training Y1 - 2024 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON60312.2024.10578902 SN - 2165-9559 SN - 2165-9567 (eISSN) N1 - 2024 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 08-11 May 2024, Kos Island, Greece PB - IEEE CY - New York, NY ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kohlberger, David-Sharif A1 - Wild, Dominik A1 - Kasper, Stefan A1 - Czupalla, Markus T1 - Modeling and analyses of a thermal passively stabilized LEO/GEO star tracker with embedded phase change material applying the Infused Thermal Solutions (ITS) method T2 - ICES202: Satellite, Payload, and Instrument Thermal Control N2 - Phase change materials offer a way of storing excess heat and releasing it when it is needed. They can be utilized as a method to control thermal behavior without the need for additional energy. This work focuses on exploring the potential of using phase change materials to passively control the thermal behavior of a star tracker by infusing it with a fitting phase change material. Based on the numerical model of the star trackers thermal behavior using ESATAN-TMS without implemented phase change material, a fitting phase change material for selected orbits is chosen and implemented in the thermal model. The altered thermal behavior of the numerical model after the implementation is analyzed for different amounts of the chosen phase change materials using an ESATAN-based subroutine developed by the FH Aachen. The PCM-modelling-subroutine is explained in the paper ICES-2021-110. The results show that an increasing amount of phase change material increasingly damps temperature oscillations. Using an integral part structure some of the mass increase can be compensated. KW - passive thermal control KW - PCM KW - star tracker KW - Infused Thermal Solutions KW - GEO KW - LEO Y1 - 2021 N1 - 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 12-15 July 2021, held virtually PB - Texas Tech University CY - Lubbock, Tex. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schopen, Oliver A1 - Shabani, Bahman A1 - Esch, Thomas A1 - Kemper, Hans A1 - Shah, Neel ED - Rahim, S.A. ED - As'arry, A. ED - Zuhri, M.Y.M. ED - Harmin, M.Y. ED - Rezali, K.A.M. ED - Hairuddin, A.A. T1 - Quantitative evaluation of health management designs for fuel cell systems in transport vehicles T2 - 2nd UNITED-SAIG International Conference Proceedings N2 - Focusing on transport vehicles, mainly with regard to aviation applications, this paper presents compilation and subsequent quantitative evaluation of methods aimed at building an optimum integrated health management solution for fuel cell systems. The methods are divided into two different main types and compiled in a related scheme. Furthermore, different methods are analysed and evaluated based on parameters specific to the aviation context of this study. Finally, the most suitable method for use in fuel cell health management systems is identified and its performance and suitability is quantified. KW - aviation application KW - health management systems KW - fuel cell systems Y1 - 2022 N1 - 2nd UNITED-SAIG International Conference, 23-24 May 2022, Putrajaya, Malaysia SP - 1 EP - 3 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Veettil, Yadu Krishna Morassery A1 - Rakshit, Shantam A1 - Schopen, Oliver A1 - Kemper, Hans A1 - Esch, Thomas A1 - Shabani, Bahman ED - Bin Abdollah, Mohd Fadzli ED - Amiruddin, Hilmi ED - Singh, Amrik Singh Phuman ED - Munir, Fudhail Abdul ED - Ibrahim, Asriana T1 - Automated Control System Strategies to Ensure Safety of PEM Fuel Cells Using Kalman Filters T2 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Materials (ICE-SEAM 2021), Melaka, Malaysia N2 - Having well-defined control strategies for fuel cells, that can efficiently detect errors and take corrective action is critically important for safety in all applications, and especially so in aviation. The algorithms not only ensure operator safety by monitoring the fuel cell and connected components, but also contribute to extending the health of the fuel cell, its durability and safe operation over its lifetime. While sensors are used to provide peripheral data surrounding the fuel cell, the internal states of the fuel cell cannot be directly measured. To overcome this restriction, Kalman Filter has been implemented as an internal state observer. Other safety conditions are evaluated using real-time data from every connected sensor and corrective actions automatically take place to ensure safety. The algorithms discussed in this paper have been validated thorough Model-in-the-Loop (MiL) tests as well as practical validation at a dedicated test bench. KW - control system KW - PEM fuel cells KW - Kalman filter Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-981-19-3178-9 SN - 978-981-19-3179-6 (E-Book) U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3179-6_55 SN - 2195-4356 N1 - 7th International Conference and Exhibition on Sustainable Energy and Advanced Material (ICE-SEAM 2021), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Malaysia, in association with the Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Indonesia, 23 November 2021 SP - 296 EP - 299 PB - Springer Nature CY - Singapore ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wild, Dominik A1 - Czupalla, Markus A1 - Förstner, Roger T1 - Modeling, prediction and test of additive manufactured integral structures with embedded lattice and phase change material applying Infused Thermal Solutions (ITS) T2 - ICES104: Advances in Thermal Control Technology N2 - Infused Thermal Solutions (ITS) introduces a method for passive thermal control to stabilize structural components thermally without active heating and cooling systems, but with phase change material (PCM) for thermal energy storage (TES), in combination with lattice - both embedded in additive manufactured functional structures. In this ITS follow-on paper a thermal model approach and associated predictions are presented, related on the ITS functional breadboards developed at FH Aachen. Predictive TES by PCM is provided by a specially developed ITS PCM subroutine, which is applicable in ESATAN. The subroutine is based on the latent heat storage (LHS) method to numerically embed thermo-physical PCM behavior. Furthermore, a modeling approach is introduced to numerically consider the virtual PCM/lattice nodes within the macro-encapsulated PCM voids of the double wall ITS design. Related on these virtual nodes, in-plane and out-of-plane conductive links are defined. The recent additive manufactured ITS breadboard series are thermally cycled in the thermal vacuum chamber, both with and without embedded PCM. Related on breadboard hardware tests, measurement results are compared with predictions and are subsequently correlated. The results of specific simulations and measurements are presented. Recent predictive results of star tracker analyses are also presented in ICES-2021-106, based on this ITS PCM subroutine. KW - latent heat KW - thermo-physical KW - lattice KW - ESATAN KW - subroutine KW - PCM KW - ITS Y1 - 2021 N1 - 50th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 12-15 July 2021, held virtually PB - Texas Tech University CY - Lubbock, Tex. ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Simsek, Beril A1 - Krause, Hans-Joachim A1 - Engelmann, Ulrich M. ED - Digel, Ilya ED - Staat, Manfred ED - Trzewik, Jürgen ED - Sielemann, Stefanie ED - Erni, Daniel ED - Zylka, Waldemar T1 - Magnetic biosensing with magnetic nanoparticles: Simulative approach to predict signal intensity in frequency mixing magnetic detection T2 - YRA MedTech Symposium (2024) N2 - Magnetic nanoparticles (MNP) are investigated with great interest for biomedical applications in diagnostics (e.g. imaging: magnetic particle imaging (MPI)), therapeutics (e.g. hyperthermia: magnetic fluid hyperthermia (MFH)) and multi-purpose biosensing (e.g. magnetic immunoassays (MIA)). What all of these applications have in common is that they are based on the unique magnetic relaxation mechanisms of MNP in an alternating magnetic field (AMF). While MFH and MPI are currently the most prominent examples of biomedical applications, here we present results on the relatively new biosensing application of frequency mixing magnetic detection (FMMD) from a simulation perspective. In general, we ask how the key parameters of MNP (core size and magnetic anisotropy) affect the FMMD signal: by varying the core size, we investigate the effect of the magnetic volume per MNP; and by changing the effective magnetic anisotropy, we study the MNPs’ flexibility to leave its preferred magnetization direction. From this, we predict the most effective combination of MNP core size and magnetic anisotropy for maximum signal generation. Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-3-940402-65-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.17185/duepublico/81475 N1 - 4th YRA MedTech Symposium, February 1, 2024. FH Aachen, Campus Jülich SP - 27 EP - 28 PB - Universität Duisburg-Essen CY - Duisburg ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Tamaldin, Noreffendy A1 - Esch, Thomas A1 - Tonoli, Andrea A1 - Reisinger, Karl Heinz A1 - Sprenger, Hanna A1 - Razuli, Hisham T1 - ERASMUS+ United CBHE Automotive International Collaboration from European to South East Asia T2 - Proceedings of the 2nd African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management N2 - The industrial revolution especially in the IR4.0 era have driven many states of the art technologies to be introduced. The automotive industry as well as many other key industries have also been greatly influenced. The rapid development of automotive industries in Europe have created wide industry gap between European Union (EU) and developing countries such as in South East Asia (SEA). Indulging this situation, FH JOANNEUM, Austria together with European partners from FH Aachen, Germany and Politecnico di Torino, Italy are taking initiative to close down the gap utilizing the Erasmus+ United Capacity Building in Higher Education grant from EU. A consortium was founded to engage with automotive technology transfer using the European framework to Malaysian, Indonesian and Thailand Higher Education Institutions (HEI) as well as automotive industries in respective countries. This could be achieved by establishing Engineering Knowledge Transfer Unit (EKTU) in respective SEA institutions guided by the industry partners in their respective countries. This EKTU could offer updated, innovative and high-quality training courses to increase graduate’s employability in higher education institutions and strengthen relations between HEI and the wider economic and social environment by addressing University-industry cooperation which is the regional priority for Asia. It is expected that, the Capacity Building Initiative would improve the quality of higher education and enhancing its relevance for the labor market and society in the SEA partners. The outcome of this project would greatly benefit the partners in strong and complementary partnership targeting the automotive industry and enhanced larger scale international cooperation between the European and SEA partners. It would also prepare the SEA HEI in sustainable partnership with Automotive industry in the region as a mean of income generation in the future. KW - European Framework and South East Asia KW - Technology Transfer KW - Capacity Building Higher Education KW - Malaysian Automotive Industry Y1 - 2020 SN - 978-1-7923-6123-4 SN - 2169-8767 N1 - 2nd African International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management; Harare, Zimbabwe, December 7-10, 2020 SP - 2970 EP - 2972 PB - IEOM Society International CY - Southfield ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Wittig, M. A1 - Rütters, René A1 - Bragard, Michael ED - Reiff-Stephan, Jörg ED - Jäkel, Jens ED - Schwarz, André T1 - Application of RL in control systems using the example of a rotatory inverted pendulum T2 - Tagungsband AALE 2024 : Fit für die Zukunft: praktische Lösungen für die industrielle Automation N2 - In this paper, the use of reinforcement learning (RL) in control systems is investigated using a rotatory inverted pendulum as an example. The control behavior of an RL controller is compared to that of traditional LQR and MPC controllers. This is done by evaluating their behavior under optimal conditions, their disturbance behavior, their robustness and their development process. All the investigated controllers are developed using MATLAB and the Simulink simulation environment and later deployed to a real pendulum model powered by a Raspberry Pi. The RL algorithm used is Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO). The LQR controller exhibits an easy development process, an average to good control behavior and average to good robustness. A linear MPC controller could show excellent results under optimal operating conditions. However, when subjected to disturbances or deviations from the equilibrium point, it showed poor performance and sometimes instable behavior. Employing a nonlinear MPC Controller in real time was not possible due to the high computational effort involved. The RL controller exhibits by far the most versatile and robust control behavior. When operated in the simulation environment, it achieved a high control accuracy. When employed in the real system, however, it only shows average accuracy and a significantly greater performance loss compared to the simulation than the traditional controllers. With MATLAB, it is not yet possible to directly post-train the RL controller on the Raspberry Pi, which is an obstacle to the practical application of RL in a prototyping or teaching setting. Nevertheless, RL in general proves to be a flexible and powerful control method, which is well suited for complex or nonlinear systems where traditional controllers struggle. KW - Rotatory Inverted Pendulum KW - MPC KW - LQR KW - PPO KW - Reinforcement Learning Y1 - 2024 SN - 978-3-910103-02-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.33968/2024.53 N1 - 20. AALE-Konferenz. Bielefeld, 06.03.-08.03.2024. (Tagungsband unter https://doi.org/10.33968/2024.29) SP - 241 EP - 248 PB - le-tex publishing services GmbH CY - Leipzig ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Weiss, Alexander A1 - Abanteriba, Sylvester A1 - Esch, Thomas T1 - Investigation of Flow Separation Inside a Conical Rocket Nozzle With the Aid of an Annular Cross Flow T2 - Proceedings of the ASME/JSME 2007 5th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference. Volume 1: Symposia, Parts A and B N2 - Flow separation is a phenomenon that occurs in all kinds of supersonic nozzles sometimes during run-up and shut-down operations. Especially in expansion nozzles of rocket engines with large area ratio, flow separation can trigger strong side loads that can damage the structure of the nozzle. The investigation presented in this paper seeks to establish measures that may be applied to alter the point of flow separation. In order to achieve this, a supersonic nozzle was placed at the exit plane of the conical nozzle. This resulted in the generation of cross flow surrounding the core jet flow from the conical nozzle. Due to the entrainment of the gas stream from the conical nozzle the pressure in its exit plane was found to be lower than that of the ambient. A Cold gas instead of hot combustion gases was used as the working fluid. A mathematical simulation of the concept was validated by experiment. Measurements confirmed the simulation results that due to the introduction of a second nozzle the pressure in the separated region of the conical nozzle was significantly reduced. It was also established that the boundary layer separation inside the conical nozzle was delayed thus allowing an increased degree of overexpansion. The condition established by the pressure measurements was also demonstrated qualitatively using transparent nozzle configurations. Y1 - 2007 SN - 0-7918-4288-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1115/FEDSM2007-37387 N1 - Proceedings of the ASME/JSME 2007 5th Joint Fluids Engineering Conference. Volume 1: Symposia, Parts A and B. San Diego, California, USA. July 30–August 2, 2007 SP - 1861 EP - 1871 PB - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) CY - New York ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Crookston, Brian M. A1 - Bung, Daniel Bernhard ED - Ortega-Sánchez, Miguel T1 - Application of RGB-D cameras in hydraulic laboratory studies T2 - Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress N2 - Non-intrusive measuring techniques have attained a lot of interest in relation to both hydraulic modeling and prototype applications. Complimenting acoustic techniques, significant progress has been made for the development of new optical methods. Computer vision techniques can help to extract new information, e. g. high-resolution velocity and depth data, from videos captured with relatively inexpensive, consumer-grade cameras. Depth cameras are sensors providing information on the distance between the camera and observed features. Currently, sensors with different working principles are available. Stereoscopic systems reference physical image features (passive system) from two perspectives; in order to enhance the number of features and improve the results, a sensor may also estimate the disparity from a detected light to its original projection (active stereo system). In the current study, the RGB-D camera Intel RealSense D435, working on such stereo vision principle, is used in different, typical hydraulic modeling applications. All tests have been conducted at the Utah Water Research Laboratory. This paper will demonstrate the performance and limitations of the RGB-D sensor, installed as a single camera and as camera arrays, applied to 1) detect the free surface for highly turbulent, aerated hydraulic jumps, for free-falling jets and for an energy dissipation basin downstream of a labyrinth weir and 2) to monitor local scours upstream and downstream of a Piano Key Weir. It is intended to share the authors’ experiences with respect to camera settings, calibration, lightning conditions and other requirements in order to promote this useful, easily accessible device. Results will be compared to data from classical instrumentation and the literature. It will be shown that even in difficult application, e. g. the detection of a highly turbulent, fluctuating free-surface, the RGB-D sensor may yield similar accuracy as classical, intrusive probes. Y1 - 2022 SN - 978-90-832612-1-8 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022964 SN - 2521-7119 (print) SN - 2521-716X (online) N1 - 39th IAHR World Congress, 19. - 24. Juni 2022, Granada SP - 5127 EP - 5133 PB - International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) CY - Madrid ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hülsen, Benjamin A1 - Mulsow, Niklas A. A1 - Dabrowski, Adam A1 - Brinkmann, Wiebke A1 - Gützlaff, Joel A1 - Spies, Leon A1 - Czupalla, Markus A1 - Kirchner, Frank T1 - Towards an autonomous micro rover with night survivability for lunar exploration T2 - Proceedings of the 74th International Astronautical Congress N2 - In Europe, efforts are underway to develop key technologies that can be used to explore the Moon and to exploit the resources available. This includes technologies for in-situ resource utilization (ISRU), facilitating the possibility of a future Moon Village. The Moon is the next step for humans and robots to exploit the use of available resources for longer term missions, but also for further exploration of the solar system. A challenge for effective exploration missions is to achieve a compact and lightweight robot to reduce launch costs and open up the possibility of secondary payload options. Current micro rover concepts are primarily designed to last for one day of solar illumination and show a low level of autonomy. Extending the lifetime of the system by enabling survival of the lunar night and implementing a high level of autonomy will significantly increase potential mission applications and the operational range. As a reference mission, the deployment of a micro rover in the equatorial region of the Moon is being considered. An overview of mission parameters and a detailed example mission sequence is given in this paper. The mission parameters are based on an in-depth study of current space agency roadmaps, scientific goals, and upcoming flight opportunities. Furthermore, concepts of the ongoing international micro rover developments are analyzed along with technology solutions identified for survival of lunar nights and a high system autonomy. The results provide a basis of a concise requirements set-up to allow dedicated system developments and qualification measures in the future. Y1 - 2023 N1 - 74. International Astronautical Congress (IAC-2023), October 2-6 2023, Baku, Azerbaijan PB - dfki ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Schopen, Oliver A1 - Kemper, Hans A1 - Esch, Thomas T1 - Development of a comparison methodology and evaluation matrix for electrically driven compressors in ICE and FC T2 - Proceedings of the 1st UNITED – Southeast Asia Automotive Interest Group (SAIG) International Conference N2 - In addition to electromobility and alternative drive systems, a focus is set on electrically driven compressors (EDC), with a high potential for increasing the efficiency of internal combustion engines (ICE) and fuel cells [01]. The primary objective is to increase the ICE torque, provided independently of the ICE speed by compressing the intake air and consequently the ICE filling level supported by the compressor. For operation independent from the ICE speed, the EDC compressor is decoupled from the turbine by using an electric compressor motor (CM) instead of the turbine. ICE performances can be increased by the use of EDC where individual compressor parameters are adapted to the respective application area [02] [03]. This task contains great challenges, increased by demands with regard to pollutant reduction while maintaining constant performance and reduced fuel consumption. The FH-Aachen is equipped with an EDC test bench which enables EDC-investigations in various configurations and operating modes. Characteristic properties of different compressors can be determined, which build the basis for a comparison methodology. Subject of this project is the development of a comparison methodology for EDC with an associated evaluation method and a defined overall evaluation method. For the application of this comparison methodology, corresponding series of measurements are carried out on the EDC test bench using an appropriate test device. KW - electro mobility KW - fuel cell KW - internal combustion engine KW - electrically driven compressors Y1 - 2021 SN - 978-3-902103-94-9 N1 - 1st UNITED-SAIG International Conference, 21-22 APR 2021, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand SP - 45 EP - 46 PB - FH Joanneum CY - Graz ER -