@phdthesis{Weitze, author = {Weitze, Laura Katharina}, title = {Erweiterte Prozessbewertung von Biogasanlagen unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung organoleptischer Parameter und Erfahrungswissen}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3849}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190129-38499}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {308}, abstract = {Landwirtschaftliche Biogasanlagen leisten mit ca. 9.300 Anlagen und einem Anteil von 5,3\% an der Stromerzeugung, einen Beitrag zur Erzeugung Erneuer-barer Energien in Deutschland. Die Optimierung dieser Anlagen f{\"o}rdert die nachhaltige Bereitstellung von Strom, W{\"a}rme und BioErdgas. Das Ergebnis dieser Forschungsarbeit ist die Entwicklung eines mehrmethodi-schen Bewertungsansatzes zur Beschreibung der Qualit{\"a}t der Eingangs-substrate als Teil einer ganzheitlichen Prozessoptimierung. Dies gelingt durch die kombinierte Nutzung klassischer Analyses{\"a}tze, der Nutzung organolepti-scher Parameter - der humansensorischen Sinnenpr{\"u}fung - und der Integration von prozess- und substratspezifischem Erfahrungswissen. Anhand von halbtechnischen Versuchen werden Korrelationen und Kausalit{\"a}ten zwi-schen chemisch-physikalischen, biologischen, organoleptischen und erfahrungsbezogenen Parametern erforscht. Die Entwicklung einer Fallbasis mit Hilfe des Fallbasierten Schließens, einer Form K{\"u}nstlicher Intelligenz, zeigt das Entwicklungs- und Integrationspotenzial der Automatisierung auf, insbesondere auch im Hinblick auf neue Ans{\"a}tze z.B. Industrie 4.0. Erste L{\"o}sungen zur Bew{\"a}ltigung der identifizierten Herausforderungen der mehrmethodischen Prozessbewertung werden vorgestellt. Abschließend wird ein Ausblick auf den weiteren Forschungsbedarf gegeben und die {\"U}bertragbarkeit des mehrmethodischen Bewertungsansatzes auf andere Anwendungsfelder z.B. Bioabfallbehandlung, Kl{\"a}ranlagen angeregt.}, subject = {Biogasanlage}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Strassmann, author = {Straßmann, Sarah}, title = {Expanded Pictures: Das Handlungsgef{\"u}ge des fotografischen Bildes im Kontext von Internet und Social Media}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3838}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190102-38388}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {164}, abstract = {In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird die Bedeutung und Funktion des fotografischen Bildes und im Besonderen der Handyfotografie im Kontext von Internet und sozialen Onlinenetzwerken beschrieben, untersucht und diskutiert. Im Spannungsfeld zwischen sozialwissenschaftlichen Theorien, foto- und medientheoretischem Diskurs sowie {\"a}sthetisch k{\"u}nstlerischen Perspektiven wird ausgelotet, welche konkreten visuellen und sozialen Formen die gegenw{\"a}rtige mobile digitale Bildpraxis angenommen hat, wie sich ihre Gebrauchsweise innerhalb des globalen gesellschaftlichen Alltags darstellt, und in welcher Weise ihr spezielles Zusammenspiel aus „shooting", „uploading", „sharing" zu neuen menschlichen Handlungsmustern und zur Schaffung neuer kultureller Realit{\"a}ten beitr{\"a}gt.}, subject = {Digitale Fotografie}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{AlYasiri2017, author = {Al-Yasiri, Zainab Riyadh Shaker}, title = {Function Theoretic Methods for the Analytical and Numerical Solution of Some Non-linear Boundary Value Problems with Singularities}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3898}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190506-38987}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {164}, year = {2017}, abstract = {The p-Laplace equation is a nonlinear generalization of the well-known Laplace equation. It is often used as a model problem for special types of nonlinearities, and therefore it can be seen as a bridge between very general nonlinear equations and the linear Laplace equation, too. It appears in many problems for instance in the theory of non-Newtonian fluids and fluid dynamics or in rockfill dam problems, as well as in special problems of image restoration and image processing. The aim of this thesis is to solve the p-Laplace equation for 1 < p < 2, as well as for 2 < p < 3 and to find strong solutions in the framework of Clifford analysis. The idea is to apply a hypercomplex integral operator and special function theoretic methods to transform the p-Laplace equation into a p-Dirac equation. We consider boundary value problems for the p-Laplace equation and transfer them to boundary value problems for a p-Dirac equation. These equations will be solved iteratively by applying Banach's fixed-point principle. Applying operator-theoretical methods for the p-Dirac equation, the existence and uniqueness of solutions in certain Sobolev spaces will be proved. In addition, using a finite difference approach on a uniform lattice in the plane, the fundamental solution of the Cauchy-Riemann operator and its adjoint based on the fundamental solution of the Laplacian will be calculated. Besides, we define gener- alized discrete Teodorescu transform operators, which are right-inverse to the discrete Cauchy-Riemann operator and its adjoint in the plane. Furthermore, a new formula for generalized discrete boundary operators (analogues of the Cauchy integral operator) will be considered. Based on these operators a new version of discrete Borel-Pompeiu formula is formulated and proved. This is the basis for an operator calculus that will be applied to the numerical solution of the p-Dirac equation. Finally, numerical results will be presented showing advantages and problems of this approach.}, subject = {Finite-Differenzen-Methode}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Beck, author = {Beck, Stephan}, title = {Immersive Telepresence Systems and Technologies}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3856}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190218-38569}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {149}, abstract = {Modern immersive telepresence systems enable people at different locations to meet in virtual environments using realistic three-dimensional representations of their bodies. For the realization of such a three-dimensional version of a video conferencing system, each user is continuously recorded in 3D. These 3D recordings are exchanged over the network between remote sites. At each site, the remote recordings of the users, referred to as 3D video avatars, are seamlessly integrated into a shared virtual scenery and displayed in stereoscopic 3D for each user from his or her perspective. This thesis reports on algorithmic and technical contributions to modern immersive telepresence systems and presents the design, implementation and evaluation of the first immersive group-to-group telepresence system in which each user is represented as realistic life-size 3D video avatar. The system enabled two remote user groups to meet and collaborate in a consistent shared virtual environment. The system relied on novel methods for the precise calibration and registration of color- and depth- sensors (RGBD) into the coordinate system of the application as well as an advanced distributed processing pipeline that reconstructs realistic 3D video avatars in real-time. During the course of this thesis, the calibration of 3D capturing systems was greatly improved. While the first development focused on precisely calibrating individual RGBD-sensors, the second stage presents a new method for calibrating and registering multiple color and depth sensors at a very high precision throughout a large 3D capturing volume. This method was further refined by a novel automatic optimization process that significantly speeds up the manual operation and yields similarly high accuracy. A core benefit of the new calibration method is its high runtime efficiency by directly mapping from raw depth sensor measurements into an application coordinate system and to the coordinates of its associated color sensor. As a result, the calibration method is an efficient solution in terms of precision and applicability in virtual reality and immersive telepresence applications. In addition to the core contributions, the results of two case studies which address 3D reconstruction and data streaming lead to the final conclusion of this thesis and to directions of future work in the rapidly advancing field of immersive telepresence research.}, subject = {Virtuelle Realit{\"a}t}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Hossain, author = {Hossain, Md Naim}, title = {Isogeometric analysis based on Geometry Independent Field approximaTion (GIFT) and Polynomial Splines over Hierarchical T-meshes}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4037}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20191129-40376}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {157}, abstract = {This thesis addresses an adaptive higher-order method based on a Geometry Independent Field approximatTion(GIFT) of polynomial/rationals plines over hierarchical T-meshes(PHT/RHT-splines). In isogeometric analysis, basis functions used for constructing geometric models in computer-aided design(CAD) are also employed to discretize the partial differential equations(PDEs) for numerical analysis. Non-uniform rational B-Splines(NURBS) are the most commonly used basis functions in CAD. However, they may not be ideal for numerical analysis where local refinement is required. The alternative method GIFT deploys different splines for geometry and numerical analysis. NURBS are utilized for the geometry representation, while for the field solution, PHT/RHT-splines are used. PHT-splines not only inherit the useful properties of B-splines and NURBS, but also possess the capabilities of local refinement and hierarchical structure. The smooth basis function properties of PHT-splines make them suitable for analysis purposes. While most problems considered in isogeometric analysis can be solved efficiently when the solution is smooth, many non-trivial problems have rough solutions. For example, this can be caused by the presence of re-entrant corners in the domain. For such problems, a tensor-product basis (as in the case of NURBS) is less suitable for resolving the singularities that appear since refinement propagates throughout the computational domain. Hierarchical bases and local refinement (as in the case of PHT-splines) allow for a more efficient way to resolve these singularities by adding more degrees of freedom where they are necessary. In order to drive the adaptive refinement, an efficient recovery-based error estimator is proposed in this thesis. The estimator produces a recovery solution which is a more accurate approximation than the computed numerical solution. Several two- and three-dimensional numerical investigations with PHT-splines of higher order and continuity prove that the proposed method is capable of obtaining results with higher accuracy, better convergence, fewer degrees of freedom and less computational cost than NURBS for smooth solution problems. The adaptive GIFT method utilizing PHT-splines with the recovery-based error estimator is used for solutions with discontinuities or singularities where adaptive local refinement in particular domains of interest achieves higher accuracy with fewer degrees of freedom. This method also proves that it can handle complicated multi-patch domains for two- and three-dimensional problems outperforming uniform refinement in terms of degrees of freedom and computational cost.}, subject = {Finite-Elemente-Methode}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Kessler2018, author = {Keßler, Andrea}, title = {Matrix-free voxel-based finite element method for materials with heterogeneous microstructures}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3844}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190116-38448}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {113}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Modern image detection techniques such as micro computer tomography (μCT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) provide us with high resolution images of the microstructure of materials in a non-invasive and convenient way. They form the basis for the geometrical models of high-resolution analysis, so called image-based analysis. However especially in 3D, discretizations of these models reach easily the size of 100 Mill. degrees of freedoms and require extensive hardware resources in terms of main memory and computing power to solve the numerical model. Consequently, the focus of this work is to combine and adapt numerical solution methods to reduce the memory demand first and then the computation time and therewith enable an execution of the image-based analysis on modern computer desktops. Hence, the numerical model is a straightforward grid discretization of the voxel-based (pixels with a third dimension) geometry which omits the boundary detection algorithms and allows reduced storage of the finite element data structure and a matrix-free solution algorithm. This in turn reduce the effort of almost all applied grid-based solution techniques and results in memory efficient and numerically stable algorithms for the microstructural models. Two variants of the matrix-free algorithm are presented. The efficient iterative solution method of conjugate gradients is used with matrix-free applicable preconditioners such as the Jacobi and the especially suited multigrid method. The jagged material boundaries of the voxel-based mesh are smoothed through embedded boundary elements which contain different material information at the integration point and are integrated sub-cell wise though without additional boundary detection. The efficiency of the matrix-free methods can be retained.}, subject = {Dissertation}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Krueger, author = {Kr{\"u}ger, Arvid}, title = {Neue Steuerungsmodelle der Stadterneuerung - … und daraus folgende Anforderungen an die St{\"a}dtebauf{\"o}rderung, die Kommunen und die gemeinn{\"u}tzige Wohnungswirtschaft}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3997}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20191105-39976}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {384}, abstract = {Großsiedlungen sind nicht nur ein Erbe der Moderne, sondern seit {\"u}ber drei Jahrzehnten Gegenstand der Stadterneuerung. Dieses Buch er{\"o}rtert, was eine heute „normale" Großsiedlung stadtplanerisch ben{\"o}tigt und welche stadtentwicklungs- als auch wohnungspolitisch gesteuerten Ressourcen in einer integrierten Planungssteuerung geb{\"u}ndelt werden sollten. Dabei wird das grunds{\"a}tzliche Planungsinstrument des Quartiersmanagements aktualisiert - {\"u}ber den Gegenstand Großsiedlungen hinaus.}, subject = {Stadtplanung}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Shahraki, author = {Shahraki, Mojtaba}, title = {Numerical Analysis of Soil Behavior and Stone Columns Effects on the Railway Track}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4015}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20191111-40159}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, abstract = {Railway systems are highly competitive compared with other means of transportation because of their distinct advantages in speed, convenience and safety. Therefore, the demand for railway transportation is increasing around the world. Constructing railway tracks and related engineering structures in areas with loose or soft cohesive subgrade usually leads to problems, such as excessive settlement, deformation and instability. Several remedies have been proposed to avoid or reduce such problems, including the replacement of soft soil and the construction of piles or stone columns. This thesis aims to expand the geotechnical knowledge of how to improve subgrade ballasted railway tracks, using stone columns and numerical modeling for the railway infrastructure. Three aspects are considered: i) railway track dynamics modeling and validation by field measurements, ii) modeling and parametric studies on stone columns, and iii) studies on the linear and non-linear behavior of stone columns under the dynamic load of trains. The first step of this research was to develop a reliable numerical model of a railway track. The finite element method in a time domain was used for either a 2D plane strain or 3D analysis. Individual methods for modeling a train load in 2D and 3D were implemented and are discussed in this thesis. The developed loading method was validated with three different railway tracks using obtained vibration measurements. Later, these numerical models were used to analyze the influence of stone column length and train speed in the stress field. The performance of the treated ground depends on various parameters, such as the strength of stone columns, spacing, length and diameter of the columns. Therefore, the second step was devoted to a parameter study of stone columns as a unit cell with an axisymmetric condition. The results showed that even short stone columns were effective for settlement reduction, and area of replacement was the main influential parameter in their performance. The third part of this thesis focuses on a hypothetical railway-track response to the passage of various train speeds and the influence of stone-column length. The stress-strain response of subgrade is analyzed under either an elastic-perfectly plastic or advanced constitutive model. The non-linear soil response in the finite element method and the impact of train speed and stone column length on railway tracks are also evaluated. Moreover, the reductions of induced vibration - in both a horizontal and a vertical direction - after improvement are investigated.}, subject = {Eisenbahn}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Schemmann, author = {Schemmann, Christoph}, title = {Optimierung von radialen Verdichterlaufr{\"a}dern unter Ber{\"u}cksichtigung empirischer und analytischer Vorinformationen mittels eines mehrstufigen Sampling Verfahrens}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3974}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190910-39748}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {233}, abstract = {Turbomachinery plays an important role in many cases of energy generation or conversion. Therefore, turbomachinery is a promising approaching point for optimization in order to increase the efficiency of energy use. In recent years, the use of automated optimization strategies in combination with numerical simulation has become increasingly popular in many fields of engineering. The complex interactions between fluid and solid mechanics encountered in turbomachines on the one hand and the high computational expense needed to calculate the performance on the other hand, have, however, prevented a widespread use of these techniques in this field of engineering. The objective of this work was the development of a strategy for efficient metamodel based optimization of centrifugal compressor impellers. In this context, the main focus is the reduction of the required numerical expense. The central idea followed in this research was the incorporation of preliminary information acquired from low-fidelity computation methods and empirical correlations into the sampling process to identify promising regions of the parameter space. This information was then used to concentrate the numerically expensive high-fidelity computations of the fluid dynamic and structure mechanic performance of the impeller in these regions while still maintaining a good coverage of the whole parameter space. The development of the optimization strategy can be divided into three main tasks. Firstly, the available preliminary information had to be researched and rated. This research identified loss models based on one dimensional flow physics and empirical correlations as the best suited method to predict the aerodynamic performance. The loss models were calibrated using available performance data to obtain a high prediction quality. As no sufficiently exact models for the prediction of the mechanical loading of the impellercould be identified, a metamodel based on finite element computations was chosen for this estimation. The second task was the development of a sampling method which concentrates samples in regions of the parameter space where high quality designs are predicted by the preliminary information while maintaining a good overall coverage. As available methods like rejection sampling or Markov-chain Monte-Carlo methods did not meet the requirements in terms of sample distribution and input correlation, a new multi-fidelity sampling method called "Filtered Sampling"has been developed. The last task was the development of an automated computational workflow. This workflow encompasses geometry parametrization, geometry generation, grid generation and computation of the aerodynamic performance and the structure mechanic loading. Special emphasis was put into the development of a geometry parametrization strategy based on fluid mechanic considerations to prevent the generation of physically inexpedient designs. Finally, the optimization strategy, which utilizes the previously developed tools, was successfully employed to carry out three optimization tasks. The efficiency of the method was proven by the first and second testcase where an existing compressor design was optimized by the presented method. The results were comparable to optimizations which did not take preliminary information into account, while the required computational expense cloud be halved. In the third testcase, the method was applied to generate a new impeller design. In contrast to the previous examples, this optimization featuredlargervariationsoftheimpellerdesigns. Therefore, theapplicability of the method to parameter spaces with significantly varying designs could be proven, too.}, subject = {Simulation}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Tasch, author = {Tasch, Alexander}, title = {Reaktive Cu-Fe-Al-Mn-Oxidkeramiken f{\"u}r die Sauerstoffseparation aus der Luft}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4041}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20191209-40414}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, abstract = {Die Gase Sauerstoff und Stickstoff werden f{\"u}r eine Vielzahl an technischen, industriellen, biologischen und medizinischen Einsatzzwecken ben{\"o}tigt. So liegen Anwendungsgebiete dieser Gase neben der klassischen metallverarbeitenden und der chemischen Industrie bei Sauerstoff vor allem in der Medizin, Verbrennungs- und Kl{\"a}ranlagenoptimierung sowie der Fischzucht und bei Stickstoff als Schutz- beziehungsweise Inertgas in der Kunststoffindustrie, der Luft- und Raumfahrt sowie dem Brandschutz. Die Bereitstellung der Gase Sauerstoff und Stickstoff wird nahezu ausschließlich durch die Abtrennung aus der Umgebungsluft realisiert, welche aus ca. 78 Vol.-\% Stickstoff, 21 Vol.-\% Sauerstoff und 1 Vol.-\% Spurengasen (Ar, CO2, Ne, He, ...) besteht. Am Markt etablierte Verfahren der Luftzerlegung sind das Linde-, das PSA- (pressure swing adsorption/Druckwechseladsorption) oder verschiedene Membran-Verfahren. Hierdurch werden die ben{\"o}tigten Gase entweder direkt vor Ort beim Verbraucher erzeugt (PSA- und Polymer-Membranverfahren: geringe Reinheiten) oder zentral in großen Anlagen hergestellt (Linde-Verfahren: hohe Reinheiten) und anschließend zum Verbraucher in Form von Flaschen- oder Tankgasen geliefert (Tansportkosten). F{\"u}r kleinere Verbraucher mit hohen Anspr{\"u}chen an die Reinheit des ben{\"o}tigten Sauerstoffs beziehungsweise Stickstoffs ergibt sich nur die M{\"o}glichkeit, die Gase als kostenintensive Transportgase zentraler Gaseversorger zu beziehen und sich somit in eine Abh{\"a}ngigkeit (Liefervertr{\"a}ge, Flaschen-/Tankmieten, ...) zu diesen zu begeben sowie eine eigene Lagerhaltung f{\"u}r die ben{\"o}tigten Gase (Mehraufwand, Lagerkosten, Platzbedarf) zu betreiben. Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, keramische Material-Systeme auf Basis chemischer Hochtemperatur-Reaktionen als Reaktive Oxidkeramiken zu entwickeln und diese hinsichtlich eines m{\"o}glichen Einsatzes f{\"u}r die Sauerstoffseparation in neuartigen Luftzerlegungsanlagen zu untersuchen. Derartige Anlagen sollen in ihrem Prinzip an die regenerative Sauerstoffseparation angelehnt sein und in ihren Reaktoren die Reaktiven Oxidkeramiken als Festbett-Material abwechselnd mit Luft be- und Vakuum oder O2-armen Atmosph{\"a}ren entladen. Die Verwendung Reaktiver Oxidkeramiken, welche im Vergleich zu den bisherigen Materialien h{\"o}here Sauerstoffaustauschmengen und -raten bei gleichzeitig hoher Lebensdauer und Korrosionsbest{\"a}ndigkeit sowie relativ einfacher Handhabe aufweisen w{\"u}rden, soll ein Schritt in Richtung einer effizienten alternativen Luftzerlegungstechnologie sein. Mit den Reaktiven Oxidkeramiken in einer Luftzerlegungsanlage sollte es im besten Fall m{\"o}glich sein, in kleinen Anlagen sehr reinen Sauerstoff und zugleich sauerstofffreies Inertgas zu erzeugen sowie eine Sauerstoffan- oder -abreicherung von Luft, Prozess- oder Abgasen zu generieren. Somit bes{\"a}ße eine solche, auf Reaktiven Oxidkeramiken basierende Technologie sehr weit gef{\"a}cherte Einsatzgebiete und demzufolge ein enormes wirtschaftliches Potential.}, subject = {Luftzerlegung}, language = {de} }