@phdthesis{Tan, author = {Tan, Fengjie}, title = {Shape Optimization Design of Arch Type Dams under Uncertainties}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3960}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190819-39608}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, abstract = {Due to an increased need for hydro-electricity, water storage, and flood protection, it is assumed that a series of new dams will be built throughout the world. Comparing existing design methodologies for arch-type dams, model-based shape optimization can effectively reduce construction costs and leverage the properties of construction materials. To apply the means of shape optimization, suitable variables need to be chosen to formulate the objective function, which is the volume of the arch dam here. In order to increase the consistency with practical conditions, a great number of geometrical and behavioral constraints are included in the mathematical model. An optimization method, namely Genetic Algorithm is adopted which allows a global search. Traditional optimization techniques are realized based on a deterministic approach, which means that the material properties and loading conditions are assumed to be fixed values. As a result, the real-world structures that are optimized by these approaches suffer from uncertainties that one needs to be aware of. Hence, in any optimization process for arch dams, it is nec- essary to find a methodology that is capable of considering the influences of uncertainties and generating a solution which is robust enough against the uncertainties. The focus of this thesis is the formulation and the numerical method for the optimization of the arch dam under the uncertainties. The two main models, the probabilistic model, and non-probabilistic models are intro- duced and discussed. Classic procedures of probabilistic approaches un- der uncertainties, such as RDO (robust design optimization) and RBDO (reliability-based design optimization), are in general computationally ex- pensive and rely on estimates of the system's response variance and fail- ure probabilities. Instead, the robust optimization (RO) method which is based on the non-probabilistic model, will not follow a full probabilistic approach but works with pre-defined confidence levels. This leads to a bi-level optimization program where the volume of the dam is optimized under the worst combination of the uncertain parameters. By this, robust and reliable designs are obtained and the result is independent of any as- sumptions on stochastic properties of the random variables in the model. The optimization of an arch-type dam is realized here by a robust optimiza- tion method under load uncertainty, where hydraulic and thermal loads are considered. The load uncertainty is modeled as an ellipsoidal expression. Comparing with any traditional deterministic optimization (DO) method, which only concerns the minimum objective value and offers a solution candidate close to limit-states, the RO method provides a robust solution against uncertainties. All the above mentioned methods are applied to the optimization of the arch dam to compare with the optimal design with DO methods. The re- sults are compared and analyzed to discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each method. In order to reduce the computational cost, a ranking strategy and an ap- proximation model are further involved to do a preliminary screening. By means of these, the robust design can generate an improved arch dam structure which ensures both safety and serviceability during its lifetime.}, subject = {Wasserbau}, language = {en} } @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{Steiner, author = {Steiner, Marion}, title = {Die chilenische Steckdose. Kleine Weltgeschichte der deutschen Elektrifizierung von Valpara{\´i}so und Santiago, 1880-1920}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3925}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190517-39257}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {507, 155}, abstract = {Am Beispiel der Elektrifizierung zweier Großst{\"a}dte an der Westk{\"u}ste S{\"u}damerikas zeigt die Arbeit den globalen Einfluss deutscher Industrie- und Finanzakteure auf technische, st{\"a}dtebauliche und gesellschaftlich-kulturelle Entwicklungen zur Bl{\"u}tezeit des europ{\"a}ischen Imperialismus auf. Damit werden die Regionalgeschichten der chilenischen Hauptstadtregion und der Elektropolis Berlin zu einer Globalgeschichte miteinander verkn{\"u}pft. Ein Hauptaugenmerk der Analyse liegt dabei auf den weltweiten Akteursnetzwerken und Machtverh{\"a}ltnissen sowie dem kulturellen Erbe und seiner gegenw{\"a}rtigen Interpretation.}, subject = {Weltgeschichte}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Steindorf, author = {Steindorf, Johanna}, title = {Speaking from Somewhere: Der Audio-Walk als k{\"u}nstlerische Praxis und Methode}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3993}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190924-39930}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {245}, abstract = {In der vorliegenden Arbeit „Speaking from Somewhere: Der Audio-Walk als k{\"u}nstlerische Praxis und Methode" wird der Audio-Walk auf theoretischer und praktischer Basis untersucht. Der erste Teil widmet sich dem Audio-Walk als k{\"u}nstlerisches Format. Darin wird analysiert, wie dieses aufgebaut ist und welche Komponenten wie zusammenwirken, damit sich die Darbietung - und die daf{\"u}r charakteristisch intensive Wirkung - entfalten kann. Im zweiten Teil wird der Audio-Walk als experimentelle mobile Methode f{\"u}r die k{\"u}nstlerische Forschung betrachtet. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Frage, wie sich das k{\"u}nstlerische Format nutzen l{\"a}sst, um spezifische Fragestellungen an einen ausgew{\"a}hlten Personenkreis zu adressieren, der sich w{\"a}hrenddessen in einer inszenierten Situation befindet. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf Audio-Walk-Experimenten, die mit dieser Absicht entwickelt wurden. Als Fallbeispiel f{\"u}r die Methode dient dabei die Zusammenarbeit mit einer Gruppe k{\"u}rzlich nach Deutschland migrierter Frauen.}, subject = {Auff{\"u}hrung}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Sidjimovska, author = {Sidjimovska, Ivana}, title = {Recounting Skopje. Skopje 2014: Symbolic and Citizens' Narratives}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4025}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20191119-40256}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {363}, abstract = {Focusing on the neoliberal symbolic urban reconstruction of the Macedonian capital, known as "Skopje 2014", the PhD work deals with urban space production through storytelling. Embracing the criticism put forward in the political, cultural and social debates that have spun around Skopje's reconstruction, the artistic-based research sought to relate and analyze the symbolic narratives of "Skopje 2014" and the vernacular and civic narratives of Skopje and locate overlapping, divergent, complementary or conflictual aspects of their respective narrative structures. Informed by subjective citizens' stories and experiences of the urban as well as binaural sonic observations of the city, the research findings were presented in the form of an interactive audio guided walk through the city. The thesis is organized in three chapters, preceded by an INTRODUCTION and followed by a CONCLUSION. CHAPTER ONE sets the theoretical context, presents the case study "Skopje 2014", and discusses the research design. The audio guided walk is presented in CHAPTER TWO. Its content consists of five tracks, or subchapters, conceptualized and named as five different aspects of the city: THE MODERNIST CITY, THE FEMALE CITY, THE MEMORY CITY, THE POSTCOMMUNIST CITY and THE TOURIST CITY, according to the discourses related to these tracks. CHAPTER THREE, the EPILOGUE, is the final discussion of the research project, in which several meta-conclusions are drawn.}, subject = {Stadtumbau}, language = {en} } @article{ShamshirbandJoloudariGhasemiGoletal., author = {Shamshirband, Shahaboddin and Joloudari, Javad Hassannataj and GhasemiGol, Mohammad and Saadatfar, Hamid and Mosavi, Amir and Nabipour, Narjes}, title = {FCS-MBFLEACH: Designing an Energy-Aware Fault Detection System for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks}, series = {Mathematics}, volume = {2020}, journal = {Mathematics}, number = {Volume 8, Issue 1, article 28}, publisher = {MDPI}, doi = {10.3390/math8010028}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200107-40541}, pages = {24}, abstract = {Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) include large-scale sensor nodes that are densely distributed over a geographical region that is completely randomized for monitoring, identifying, and analyzing physical events. The crucial challenge in wireless sensor networks is the very high dependence of the sensor nodes on limited battery power to exchange information wirelessly as well as the non-rechargeable battery of the wireless sensor nodes, which makes the management and monitoring of these nodes in terms of abnormal changes very difficult. These anomalies appear under faults, including hardware, software, anomalies, and attacks by raiders, all of which affect the comprehensiveness of the data collected by wireless sensor networks. Hence, a crucial contraption should be taken to detect the early faults in the network, despite the limitations of the sensor nodes. Machine learning methods include solutions that can be used to detect the sensor node faults in the network. The purpose of this study is to use several classification methods to compute the fault detection accuracy with different densities under two scenarios in regions of interest such as MB-FLEACH, one-class support vector machine (SVM), fuzzy one-class, or a combination of SVM and FCS-MBFLEACH methods. It should be noted that in the study so far, no super cluster head (SCH) selection has been performed to detect node faults in the network. The simulation outcomes demonstrate that the FCS-MBFLEACH method has the best performance in terms of the accuracy of fault detection, false-positive rate (FPR), average remaining energy, and network lifetime compared to other classification methods.}, subject = {Vernetzung}, language = {en} } @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} } @inproceedings{SchirmerKleinerOsburg, author = {Schirmer, Ulrike and Kleiner, Florian and Osburg, Andrea}, title = {Objektive Oberfl{\"a}chenbewertung von (P)SCC-Sichtbeton mittels automatisierter Analyse von Bilddaten}, series = {Tagung Bauchemie der GDCH-Fachgruppe Bauchemie, 30. September - 2. Oktober 2019 in Aachen}, booktitle = {Tagung Bauchemie der GDCH-Fachgruppe Bauchemie, 30. September - 2. Oktober 2019 in Aachen}, publisher = {Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker}, isbn = {978-3-947197-13-2}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4510}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20211004-45104}, pages = {8}, abstract = {Sichtbeton ist aufgrund seiner Vielf{\"a}ltigkeit in der Formgebung eines der am meisten verbreiteten Gestaltungsmittel der modernen Architektur und optimal f{\"u}r neue Bauweisen sowie steigende Anforderungen an das Erscheinungsbild {\"o}ffentlicher Bauwerke geeignet. Die Herstellung qualitativ hochwertiger Sichtbetonoberfl{\"a}chen h{\"a}ngt im hohen Maße von den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Beton und Trennmittel, zwischen Trennmittel und Schalmaterial, sowie von der Applikationsart und -menge des Trennmittels ab. In Laborversuchen wurden diese Einfl{\"u}sse auf die Sichtbetonoberfl{\"a}chen eines polymermodifizierten selbstverdichtenden Betons (PSCC) im Vergleich zu einem herk{\"o}mmlichen selbstverdichtenden Beton (SCC) untersucht. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeiten wurde eine Methode zur Beurteilung der Sichtbetonqualit{\"a}t entwickelt, mit welcher Ausschlusskriterien, wie maximale Porosit{\"a}t und Gleichm{\"a}ßigkeit, objektiv und automatisiert bestimmt werden k{\"o}nnen. Ver{\"a}nderungen dieser Werte durch Witterungseinfl{\"u}sse ließen zudem erste R{\"u}ckschl{\"u}sse auf die Dauerhaftigkeit der Sichtbetonoberfl{\"a}chen zu.}, subject = {Sichtbeton}, language = {de} } @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} } @unpublished{RadmardRahmaniKoenke, author = {Radmard Rahmani, Hamid and K{\"o}nke, Carsten}, title = {Passive Control of Tall Buildings Using Distributed Multiple Tuned Mass Dampers}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3859}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190311-38597}, pages = {43}, abstract = {The vibration control of the tall building during earthquake excitations is a challenging task due to their complex seismic behavior. This paper investigates the optimum placement and properties of the Tuned Mass Dampers (TMDs) in tall buildings, which are employed to control the vibrations during earthquakes. An algorithm was developed to spend a limited mass either in a single TMD or in multiple TMDs and distribute them optimally over the height of the building. The Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA - II) method was improved by adding multi-variant genetic operators and utilized to simultaneously study the optimum design parameters of the TMDs and the optimum placement. The results showed that under earthquake excitations with noticeable amplitude in higher modes, distributing TMDs over the height of the building is more effective in mitigating the vibrations compared to the use of a single TMD system. From the optimization, it was observed that the locations of the TMDs were related to the stories corresponding to the maximum modal displacements in the lower modes and the stories corresponding to the maximum modal displacements in the modes which were highly activated by the earthquake excitations. It was also noted that the frequency content of the earthquake has significant influence on the optimum location of the TMDs.}, subject = {Schwingungsd{\"a}mpfer}, language = {en} }