@phdthesis{Abbas, author = {Abbas, Tajammal}, title = {Assessment of Numerical Prediction Models for Aeroelastic Instabilities of Bridges}, publisher = {Jonas Verlag}, address = {Weimar}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.2716}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20180515-27161}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {275}, abstract = {The phenomenon of aerodynamic instability caused by the wind is usually a major design criterion for long-span cable-supported bridges. If the wind speed exceeds the critical flutter speed of the bridge, this constitutes an Ultimate Limit State. The prediction of the flutter boundary, therefore, requires accurate and robust models. The complexity and uncertainty of models for such engineering problems demand strategies for model assessment. This study is an attempt to use the concepts of sensitivity and uncertainty analyses to assess the aeroelastic instability prediction models for long-span bridges. The state-of-the-art theory concerning the determination of the flutter stability limit is presented. Since flutter is a coupling of aerodynamic forcing with a structural dynamics problem, different types and classes of structural and aerodynamic models can be combined to study the interaction. Here, both numerical approaches and analytical models are utilised and coupled in different ways to assess the prediction quality of the coupled model.}, subject = {Br{\"u}cke}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Abeltshauser, author = {Abeltshauser, Rainer}, title = {Identification and separation of physical effects of coupled systems by using defined model abstractions}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.2860}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170314-28600}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, abstract = {The thesis investigates at the computer aided simulation process for operational vibration analysis of complex coupled systems. As part of the internal methods project "Absolute Values" of the BMW Group, the thesis deals with the analysis of the structural dynamic interactions and excitation interactions. The overarching aim of the methods project is to predict the operational vibrations of engines. Simulations are usually used to analyze technical aspects (e. g. operational vibrations, strength, ...) of single components in the industrial development. The boundary conditions of submodels are mostly based on experiences. So the interactions with neighboring components and systems are neglected. To get physically more realistic results but still efficient simulations, this work wants to support the engineer during the preprocessing phase by useful criteria. At first suitable abstraction levels based on the existing literature are defined to identify structural dynamic interactions and excitation interactions of coupled systems. So it is possible to separate different effects of the coupled subsystems. On this basis, criteria are derived to assess the influence of interactions between the considered systems. These criteria can be used during the preprocessing phase and help the engineer to build up efficient models with respect to the interactions with neighboring systems. The method was developed by using several models with different complexity levels. Furthermore, the method is proved for the application in the industrial environment by using the example of a current combustion engine.}, subject = {Strukturdynamik}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{AbuBakar, author = {Abu Bakar, Ilyani Akmar}, title = {Computational Analysis of Woven Fabric Composites: Single- and Multi-Objective Optimizations and Sensitivity Analysis in Meso-scale Structures}, issn = {1610-7381}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4176}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200605-41762}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {151}, abstract = {This study permits a reliability analysis to solve the mechanical behaviour issues existing in the current structural design of fabric structures. Purely predictive material models are highly desirable to facilitate an optimized design scheme and to significantly reduce time and cost at the design stage, such as experimental characterization. The present study examined the role of three major tasks; a) single-objective optimization, b) sensitivity analyses and c) multi-objective optimization on proposed weave structures for woven fabric composites. For single-objective optimization task, the first goal is to optimize the elastic properties of proposed complex weave structure under unit cells basis based on periodic boundary conditions. We predict the geometric characteristics towards skewness of woven fabric composites via Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) and a parametric study. We also demonstrate the effect of complex weave structures on the fray tendency in woven fabric composites via tightness evaluation. We utilize a procedure which does not require a numerical averaging process for evaluating the elastic properties of woven fabric composites. The fray tendency and skewness of woven fabrics depends upon the behaviour of the floats which is related to the factor of weave. Results of this study may suggest a broader view for further research into the effects of complex weave structures or may provide an alternative to the fray and skewness problems of current weave structure in woven fabric composites. A comprehensive study is developed on the complex weave structure model which adopts the dry woven fabric of the most potential pattern in singleobjective optimization incorporating the uncertainties parameters of woven fabric composites. The comprehensive study covers the regression-based and variance-based sensitivity analyses. The second task goal is to introduce the fabric uncertainties parameters and elaborate how they can be incorporated into finite element models on macroscopic material parameters such as elastic modulus and shear modulus of dry woven fabric subjected to uni-axial and biaxial deformations. Significant correlations in the study, would indicate the need for a thorough investigation of woven fabric composites under uncertainties parameters. The study describes here could serve as an alternative to identify effective material properties without prolonged time consumption and expensive experimental tests. The last part focuses on a hierarchical stochastic multi-scale optimization approach (fine-scale and coarse-scale optimizations) under geometrical uncertainties parameters for hybrid composites considering complex weave structure. The fine-scale optimization is to determine the best lamina pattern that maximizes its macroscopic elastic properties, conducted by EA under the following uncertain mesoscopic parameters: yarn spacing, yarn height, yarn width and misalignment of yarn angle. The coarse-scale optimization has been carried out to optimize the stacking sequences of symmetric hybrid laminated composite plate with uncertain mesoscopic parameters by employing the Ant Colony Algorithm (ACO). The objective functions of the coarse-scale optimization are to minimize the cost (C) and weight (W) of the hybrid laminated composite plate considering the fundamental frequency and the buckling load factor as the design constraints. Based on the uncertainty criteria of the design parameters, the appropriate variation required for the structural design standards can be evaluated using the reliability tool, and then an optimized design decision in consideration of cost can be subsequently determined.}, subject = {Verbundwerkstoff}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Achenbach, author = {Achenbach, Marcus}, title = {Weiterentwicklung der Zonenmethode f{\"u}r den Nachweis der Feuerwiderstandsdauer von rechteckigen Stahlbetondruckgliedern}, publisher = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}tsverlag}, address = {Weimar}, isbn = {978-3-95773-264-4}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.3848}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20190119-38484}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {174}, abstract = {Die Zonenmethode nach Hertz ist ein vereinfachtes Verfahren zur Heißbemessung von Stahlbetonbauteilen. Um eine h{\"a}ndische Bemessung zu erm{\"o}glichen, werden daher verschiedene Annahmen und Vereinfachungen getroffen. Insbesondere werden die thermischen Dehnungen vernachl{\"a}ssigt und das mechanische Verhalten durch einen verkleinerten Querschnitt mit konstanten Stoffeigenschaften beschrieben. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist, dieses vereinfachte Verfahren in ein nichtlineares Verfahren zur Heißbemessung von Stahlbetondruckgliedern bei Brandbeanspruchung durch die Einheits-Temperaturzeitkurve zu {\"u}berf{\"u}hren. Dazu werden die wesentlichen Annahmen der Zonenmethode {\"u}berpr{\"u}ft und ein Vorschlag zur Weiterentwicklung vorgestellt. Dieser beruht im Wesentlichen auf der Modellierung der druckbeanspruchten Bewehrung. Diese weiterentwickelte Zonenmethode wird durch die Nachrechnung von Laborversuchen validiert und das Sicherheitsniveau durch eine vollprobabilistische Analyse und den Vergleich mit dem allgemeinen Verfahren bestimmt.}, subject = {Bautechnik}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Adami2004, author = {Adami, Kay}, title = {Beitrag zur physikalisch nichtlinearen Analyse von Aussteifungssystemen mit Methoden der mathematischen Optimierung}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.78}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20040329-812}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, year = {2004}, abstract = {Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit besteht in der Entwicklung einer Strategie zur physikalisch nichtlinearen Analyse von Aussteifungssystemen. Der Anwendungsschwerpunkt umfasst neben dem traditionellen Aufgabenumfang zur Analyse neu zu errichtender Tragwerke gleichzeitig auch Planungsaufgaben, die mit Umbau- und Sanierungsmaßnahmen verbunden sind. Ver{\"a}nderungen, die sich w{\"a}hrend der Nutzungsgeschichte oder im Revitalisierungsprozess ergeben, werden in den Berechnungsmodellen ber{\"u}cksichtigt. In vielen F{\"a}llen ist es aus planerischer Sicht zweckm{\"a}ßig, die Nichtlinearit{\"a}t des Materialverhaltens zur Erschließung von Tragreserven in den normativen Nachweiskonzepten mit einzubeziehen. Der damit verbundene numerische Aufwand wird durch die Verwendung separater Modelle zur Erfassung des Querschnitts- und des Systemtragverhaltens begrenzt, ohne die Komplexit{\"a}t der Aufgabenstellung zu reduzieren. Aus detaillierten Querschnittsuntersuchungen der Tragw{\"a}nde werden integrale Materialbeziehungen abgeleitet, welche die Grundlage f{\"u}r die nichtlineare Tragwerksanalyse darstellen. Die Modellbildung gegliederter Aussteifungsw{\"a}nde basiert auf deren Zerlegung in ebene finite Stabsegmente, die sich durch die Diskretisierung in L{\"a}ngs- und in Querrichtung ergeben. Zus{\"a}tzlich zu den an den Stabenden angreifenden Normalkr{\"a}ften, Querkr{\"a}ften und Biegemomenten werden an den Elementl{\"a}ngsr{\"a}ndern Schubbeanspruchungen erfasst. Die physikalische Nichtlinearit{\"a}t wird durch die Einbeziehung integraler Materialbeziehungen an den Segmentr{\"a}ndern ber{\"u}cksichtigt. Die numerische Umsetzung erfolgt mit Methoden der mathematischen Optimierung. Die Leistungsf{\"a}higkeit der Berechnungsstrategie wird exemplarisch anhand von Untersuchungen an Aussteifungssystemen in Großtafelbauweise nachgewiesen.}, subject = {Stahlbeton}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Ahmad, author = {Ahmad, Sofyan}, title = {Reference Surface-Based System Identification}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.2113}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20140205-21132}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {153}, abstract = {Environmental and operational variables and their impact on structural responses have been acknowledged as one of the most important challenges for the application of the ambient vibration-based damage identification in structures. The damage detection procedures may yield poor results, if the impacts of loading and environmental conditions of the structures are not considered. The reference-surface-based method, which is proposed in this thesis, is addressed to overcome this problem. In the proposed method, meta-models are used to take into account significant effects of the environmental and operational variables. The usage of the approximation models, allows the proposed method to simply handle multiple non-damaged variable effects simultaneously, which for other methods seems to be very complex. The input of the meta-model are the multiple non-damaged variables while the output is a damage indicator. The reference-surface-based method diminishes the effect of the non-damaged variables to the vibration based damage detection results. Hence, the structure condition that is assessed by using ambient vibration data at any time would be more reliable. Immediate reliable information regarding the structure condition is required to quickly respond to the event, by means to take necessary actions concerning the future use or further investigation of the structures, for instance shortly after extreme events such as earthquakes. The critical part of the proposed damage detection method is the learning phase, where the meta-models are trained by using input-output relation of observation data. Significant problems that may encounter during the learning phase are outlined and some remedies to overcome the problems are suggested. The proposed damage identification method is applied to numerical and experimental models. In addition to the natural frequencies, wavelet energy and stochastic subspace damage indicators are used.}, subject = {System Identification}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{AhmedElSayed2003, author = {Ahmed El-Sayed, Ahmed Mohammed}, title = {One some classes and spaces of holomorphic and hyperholomorphic functions}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.25}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20040216-271}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, year = {2003}, abstract = {In this Thesis we study some complex and hypercomplex function spaces and classes such as hypercomplex Besov spaces, Bloch space and Op spaces as well as the class of basic sets of polynomials in several complex variables. It is shown that hyperholomorphic Besov spaces can be applied to characterize the hyperholomorphic Bloch space. Moreover, we consider BMOM and VMOM spaces.}, subject = {Funktionenraum}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{Ailland, author = {Ailland, Karin}, title = {Ereignisbasierte Abbildung von Bau-Ist-Zust{\"a}nden}, publisher = {Verlag der Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, address = {Weimar}, isbn = {978-3-86068-508-2}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.2065}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20131029-20651}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {220}, abstract = {Der Komplexit{\"a}t einer großen Baumaßnahme steht meist ein relativ unpr{\"a}zises Termincontrolling gegen{\"u}ber. Die Gr{\"u}nde daf{\"u}r liegen in unzureichenden Baufortschrittsinformationen und der Schwierigkeit, eine geeignete Steuerungsmaßnahme auszuw{\"a}hlen. In der Folge kommt es h{\"a}ufig zu Terminverz{\"u}gen und Mehrkosten. Ziel der Arbeit war es, die realen Bau-Ist-Zust{\"a}nde eines Bauprojektes so genau zu erfassen, dass es m{\"o}glich wird, t{\"a}glich ein zutreffendes Abbild des Baufortschrittes und der Randbedingungen des Bauablaufes zu schaffen und mit Hilfe eines Simulationswerkzeuges nachzubilden. Zu diesem Zweck sollte ein Erfassungskonzept ausgearbeitet werden, mit dessen Hilfe unter Verwendung von Erfassungstechniken aussagekr{\"a}ftige sowie belastbare Daten zu einer auf die Anforderungen der Simulation abgestimmten Datenbasis zusammengef{\"u}hrt werden. Um der Zielstellung gerecht zu werden, wurde anhand eines Beispiels ein Prozessmodell aufgebaut und definiert, welche Informationen zum Aufbau eines Simulationsmodells, das die reaktive Ablaufplanung unterst{\"u}tzt, erfasst werden m{\"u}ssen. Die einzelnen Prozessgr{\"o}ßen wurden detailliert beschrieben und die Erfassungsgr{\"o}ßen daraus abgeleitet. Weiterhin wurden Aussagen zur Prozessstrukturierung erarbeitet. Somit wurden Informationsst{\"u}tzstellen definiert. Es wurden Methoden zur Erfassung des Bau-Ist-Zustandes hinsichtlich ihrer Eignung sowie Anwendungsm{\"o}glichkeiten analysiert und ausgew{\"a}hlte Anwendungsbeispiele f{\"u}r RFID, Barcodes und Bautageb{\"u}cher dargestellt. Außerdem wurde betrachtet, welche Daten der baustelleneigenen Bauablaufdokumentation zur Belegung der Informationsst{\"u}tzstellen genutzt werden k{\"o}nnen. Diese Betrachtung stellte Dokumente in den Fokus, welche aufgrund von Vorschriften oder Vertragsbedingungen ohnehin auf Baustellen erfasst werden m{\"u}ssen. Schließlich wurden die vorangegangenen Betrachtungen hinsichtlich der Erfassungsgr{\"o}ßen und der Erfassungsmethoden in einem Erfassungskonzept zusammengef{\"u}hrt und eine geeignete Kombination von Erfassungsmethoden entwickelt. Der Baufortschritt soll anhand der Beschreibung, welchen Status die einzelnen Vorg{\"a}nge angenommen haben, mit Hilfe eines digitalen Bautagebuchs erfasst werden. Die Randbedingungen, wie die Verf{\"u}gbarkeit von Personal-, Material- und Ger{\"a}teressourcen, werden mit Hilfe von RFID-Tags identifiziert, auf denen alle weiteren ben{\"o}tigten Informationen hinterlegt sind. Informationen {\"u}ber Ressourcen, welche geplante Termine wiedergeben, m{\"u}ssen ebenfalls im digitalen Bautagebuch hinterlegt und aktuell gehalten werden. Traditionelle Lieferscheine in Papierform m{\"u}ssen durch digitale Lieferscheine ersetzt werden. Abgeschlossen wurde die Ausarbeitung des Erfassungskonzeptes durch Ans{\"a}tze, mit deren Hilfe der Erfassungsaufwand reduziert werden kann. Zu diesem Zweck wurde eine hierarchische Ordnung des Erfassungskonzeptes eingef{\"u}hrt. Im Ergebnis ist somit ein Erfassungskonzept entstanden, mit dessen Hilfe die realen Bau-Ist-Zust{\"a}nde einer Baumaßnahme so genau erfasst werden k{\"o}nnen, dass t{\"a}glich ein zutreffendes Abbild des Baufortschrittes und der Randbedingungen des Bauablaufes in einer Simulations¬umgebung generiert werden kann. Die Erfassungskonzeption liefert eine Datenbasis, die auf die Anforderungen der Simulation abgestimmt ist.}, subject = {Simulation}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Ajjour, author = {Ajjour, Yamen}, title = {Addressing Controversial Topics in Search Engines}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.6403}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230626-64037}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {133}, abstract = {Search engines are very good at answering queries that look for facts. Still, information needs that concern forming opinions on a controversial topic or making a decision remain a challenge for search engines. Since they are optimized to retrieve satisfying answers, search engines might emphasize a specific stance on a controversial topic in their ranking, amplifying bias in society in an undesired way. Argument retrieval systems support users in forming opinions about controversial topics by retrieving arguments for a given query. In this thesis, we address challenges in argument retrieval systems that concern integrating them in search engines, developing generalizable argument mining approaches, and enabling frame-guided delivery of arguments. Adapting argument retrieval systems to search engines should start by identifying and analyzing information needs that look for arguments. To identify questions that look for arguments we develop a two-step annotation scheme that first identifies whether the context of a question is controversial, and if so, assigns it one of several question types: factual, method, and argumentative. Using this annotation scheme, we create a question dataset from the logs of a major search engine and use it to analyze the characteristics of argumentative questions. The analysis shows that the proportion of argumentative questions on controversial topics is substantial and that they mainly ask for reasons and predictions. The dataset is further used to develop a classifier to uniquely map questions to the question types, reaching a convincing F1-score of 0.78. While the web offers an invaluable source of argumentative content to respond to argumentative questions, it is characterized by multiple genres (e.g., news articles and social fora). Exploiting the web as a source of arguments relies on developing argument mining approaches that generalize over genre. To this end, we approach the problem of how to extract argument units in a genre-robust way. Our experiments on argument unit segmentation show that transfer across genres is rather hard to achieve using existing sequence-to-sequence models. Another property of text which argument mining approaches should generalize over is topic. Since new topics appear daily on which argument mining approaches are not trained, argument mining approaches should be developed in a topic-generalizable way. Towards this goal, we analyze the coverage of 31 argument corpora across topics using three topic ontologies. The analysis shows that the topics covered by existing argument corpora are biased toward a small subset of easily accessible controversial topics, hinting at the inability of existing approaches to generalize across topics. In addition to corpus construction standards, fostering topic generalizability requires a careful formulation of argument mining tasks. Same side stance classification is a reformulation of stance classification that makes it less dependent on the topic. First experiments on this task show promising results in generalizing across topics. To be effective at persuading their audience, users of an argument retrieval system should select arguments from the retrieved results based on what frame they emphasize of a controversial topic. An open challenge is to develop an approach to identify the frames of an argument. To this end, we define a frame as a subset of arguments that share an aspect. We operationalize this model via an approach that identifies and removes the topic of arguments before clustering them into frames. We evaluate the approach on a dataset that covers 12,326 frames and show that identifying the topic of an argument and removing it helps to identify its frames.}, subject = {Informatik}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{AlKhatib2021, author = {Al Khatib, Khalid}, title = {Computational Analysis of Argumentation Strategies}, doi = {10.25643/bauhaus-universitaet.4461}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210719-44612}, school = {Bauhaus-Universit{\"a}t Weimar}, pages = {134}, year = {2021}, abstract = {The computational analysis of argumentation strategies is substantial for many downstream applications. It is required for nearly all kinds of text synthesis, writing assistance, and dialogue-management tools. While various tasks have been tackled in the area of computational argumentation, such as argumentation mining and quality assessment, the task of the computational analysis of argumentation strategies in texts has so far been overlooked. This thesis principally approaches the analysis of the strategies manifested in the persuasive argumentative discourses that aim for persuasion as well as in the deliberative argumentative discourses that aim for consensus. To this end, the thesis presents a novel view of argumentation strategies for the above two goals. Based on this view, new models for pragmatic and stylistic argument attributes are proposed, new methods for the identification of the modelled attributes have been developed, and a new set of strategy principles in texts according to the identified attributes is presented and explored. Overall, the thesis contributes to the theory, data, method, and evaluation aspects of the analysis of argumentation strategies. The models, methods, and principles developed and explored in this thesis can be regarded as essential for promoting the applications mentioned above, among others.}, subject = {Argumentation}, language = {en} }