TY - JOUR A1 - Meel, Inder P. A1 - Satirasetthavee, Dussadee A1 - Kanitpong, Kunnawee A1 - Taneerananon, Pichai T1 - Using Czech TCT to Assess Safety Impact of Deceleration Lane at Thai U-turns JF - ENGINEERING JOURNAL-THAILAND N2 - Purpose of this study is to evaluate safety impact of the deceleration lane at the Upstream Zone of at-grade U-turns on 4-lane divided Thai highways. A substantial speed reduction is required by vehicles for diverging and making U-turn, and the deceleration lanes are provided for this purpose. These lanes are also providing a storage space for the U-turning vehicles to avoid unnecessary blockage of through lanes and reduce the potential of rear-end collisions. The safety at the U-turn is greatly influenced by the proper or improper use of the deceleration lanes. Subject to their length, full or partial speed adjustment can occur within the deceleration lane also the road users’ behavior is influenced. To assess the safety impact, the four groups of U-turns with the varying length of deceleration lanes were identified. Owing to limitation of availability and reliability of road crash data in Thailand, widely accepted Traffic Conflict Technique (TCT) was used as an alternative and proactive methodology. The U-turns’ geometric data, traffic conflicts and volume data were recorded in the field at 8 locations, 8 hours per location. Severity Conflict Rate (SCR) was assessed by applying a weighing factor (based on the severity grades according to the Czech TCT) to the observed conflicts related to the conflicting traffic volumes. A comparative higher value of SCR represents a lower level of safety. According to the results, increase in the functional length of the deceleration lane yields a lower value of SCR and a higher level of the road safety. KW - Verkehrssicherheit KW - Highway Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170406-31097 SP - 121 EP - 135 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bourikas, Leonidas A1 - James, Patrick A. B. A1 - Bahaj, AbuBakr S. A1 - Jentsch, Mark F. A1 - Shen, Tianfeng A1 - Chow, David H. C. A1 - Darkwa, Jo T1 - Transforming typical hourly simulation weather data files to represent urban locations by using a 3D urban unit representation with micro-climate simulations JF - Future Cities and Environment N2 - Urban and building energy simulation models are usually driven by typical meteorological year (TMY) weather data often in a TMY2 or EPW format. However, the locations where these historical datasets were collected (usually airports) generally do not represent the local, site specific micro-climates that cities develop. In this paper, a humid sub-tropical climate context has been considered. An idealised “urban unit model” of 250 m radius is being presented as a method of adapting commonly available weather data files to the local micro-climate. This idealised “urban unit model” is based on the main thermal and morphological characteristics of nine sites with residential/institutional (university) use in Hangzhou, China. The area of the urban unit was determined by the region of influence on the air temperature signal at the centre of the unit. Air temperature and relative humidity were monitored and the characteristics of the surroundings assessed (eg green-space, blue-space, built form). The “urban unit model” was then implemented into micro-climatic simulations using a Computational Fluid Dynamics – Surface Energy Balance analysis tool (ENVI-met, Version 4). The “urban unit model” approach used here in the simulations delivered results with performance evaluation indices comparable to previously published work (for air temperature; RMSE <1, index of agreement d > 0.9). The micro-climatic simulation results were then used to adapt the air temperature and relative humidity of the TMY file for Hangzhou to represent the local, site specific morphology under three different weather forcing cases, (ie cloudy/rainy weather (Group 1), clear sky, average weather conditions (Group 2) and clear sky, hot weather (Group 3)). Following model validation, two scenarios (domestic and non-domestic building use) were developed to assess building heating and cooling loads against the business as usual case of using typical meteorological year data files. The final “urban weather projections” obtained from the simulations with the “urban unit model” were used to compare the degree days amongst the reference TMY file, the TMY file with a bulk UHI offset and the TMY file adapted for the site-specific micro-climate (TMY-UWP). The comparison shows that Heating Degree Days (HDD) of the TMY file (1598 days) decreased by 6 % in the “TMY + UHI” case and 13 % in the “TMY-UWP” case showing that the local specific micro-climate is attributed with an additional 7 % (ie from 6 to 13 %) reduction in relation to the bulk UHI effect in the city. The Cooling Degree Days (CDD) from the “TMY + UHI” file are 17 % more than the reference TMY (207 days) and the use of the “TMY-UWP” file results to an additional 14 % increase in comparison with the “TMY + UHI” file (ie from 17 to 31 %). This difference between the TMY-UWP and the TMY + UHI files is a reflection of the thermal characteristics of the specific urban morphology of the studied sites compared to the wider city. A dynamic thermal simulation tool (TRNSYS) was used to calculate the heating and cooling load demand change in a domestic and a non-domestic building scenario. The heating and cooling loads calculated with the adapted TMY-UWP file show that in both scenarios there is an increase by approximately 20 % of the cooling load and a 20 % decrease of the heating load. If typical COP values for a reversible air-conditioning system are 2.0 for heating and 3.5 for cooling then the total electricity consumption estimated with the use of the “urbanised” TMY-UWP file will be decreased by 11 % in comparison with the “business as usual” (ie reference TMY) case. Overall, it was found that the proposed method is appropriate for urban and building energy performance simulations in humid sub-tropical climate cities such as Hangzhou, addressing some of the shortfalls of current simulation weather data sets such as the TMY. KW - Mikroklima KW - Simulation KW - Stadt KW - Wetter KW - Idealised urban unit model, Micro-climate simulations, Urban weather projections, Cities Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170418-31348 UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40984-016-0020-4 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nanthakumar, S.S. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Park, Harold S. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Topology optimization of piezoelectric nanostructures JF - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids N2 - Topology optimization of piezoelectric nanostructures KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 316 EP - 335 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Nguyen-Tuan, Long A1 - Könke, Carsten A1 - Bettzieche, Volker T1 - Thermo-hydro-mechanische 3-D-Simulation von Staumauern‐Modellierung und Validierung JF - WASSERWIRTSCHAFT N2 - Thermo-hydro-mechanische 3-D-Simulation von Staumauern‐Modellierung und Validierung KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 27 EP - 30 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schuch, Kai T1 - Theoretische Grundlagen zum Aggregationsprozess von Wassergläsern im Hinblick auf silikatische Beschichtungen JF - Steuerung des Aggregationsprozesses in wässrigen Alkalisilikatsolen durch spezielle Gelinitiatoren und moderate Wärmebehandlung zum Aufbau einer stabilen Silikatbeschichtung N2 - Der Artikel beinhaltet den theoretischen Teil und die Ergebnisse der Dissertation von Kai Schuch, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Nov. 2014 KW - Alkalisilikatsol KW - Wasserglas KW - Silicate KW - Gel KW - Aggregationsprozess KW - Wasserglas KW - Gelbildung KW - Alkalisilikat KW - Silikat Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160113-24971 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kaps, Christian A1 - Schuch, Kai A1 - Stäblein, Stefan T1 - Silicate coatings for concrete components with waterglass systems by means of neutral salt initiation N2 - The objective of the investigations was the proof of the use of the neutral salt initiation as a construction material in the protecting silicate coating of concrete components, e.g. factory finished parts or reinforced concrete construction parts, by means of waterglass fused silica suspensions KW - Silicate KW - Coating KW - Wasserglas KW - Aggregation KW - Bindemittel KW - Waterglass KW - Alkalisilicate KW - Coating KW - Wasserglas KW - Sol-Gel Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160601-25888 SP - 1 EP - 14 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meel, Inder P. A1 - Brannolte, Ulrich A1 - Satirasetthavee, Dussadee A1 - Kanitpong, Kunnawee T1 - Safety impact of application of auxiliary lanes at downstream locations of Thai U-turns JF - IATSS Research N2 - To assess the safety impact of auxiliary lanes at downstream locations of U-turns, the Traffic Conflict Technique was used. On the basis of the installed components at those locations, four types of U-turns were identified: those without any auxiliary lane, those with an acceleration lane, those with outer widening, and those with both an acceleration lane and outer widening. The available crash data is unreliable, therefore to assess the level of road safety, Conflict Indexes were formulated to put more emphasis on severe crashes than on slight ones by using two types of weighting coefficients. The first coefficient was based on the subjective assessment of the seriousness of the conflict situation and the second was based on the relative speed and angle between conflicting streams. A comparatively higher Conflict Index value represents a lower level of road safety. According to the results, a lower level of road safety occurs if two components apply or if a location is without any auxiliary lane. The highest level of road safety occurs if the layout includes only a single component, either an acceleration lane or outer widening. KW - Verkehrssicherheit KW - Beschleunigungsstreifen KW - Auxiliary lane; Conflict Indexes; Road safety; Traffic Conflict Technique; U-turn Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170401-31016 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0386111216300140 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Dressel, Dennys T1 - Reaktivität von Hüttensand : Thermodynamische Grundlagen und Anwendung N2 - Die thermodynamischen Grundlagen der Hydratation von Hüttensand als Hauptbestandteil von Zementen werden erforscht. Hierbei werden thermodynamische Bildungs- und Reaktionsdaten experimentell bestimmt und berechnet. Darüber hinaus wird der Prozess der Feststoffauflösung von Hüttensand in wässrigen Lösungen untersucht. Lösungs- und Fällungsprozesse werden unter verschiedenen Konditionen gemessen, ausgewertet und diskutiert. Die Ergebnisse werden im weiteren Verlauf zur Bestimmung der Hydratationsgrades in Pasten sowie zum besseren Verständnis in der Wechselwirkung zwischen Hüttensanden und Mahlhilfsstoffen genutzt und angewandt. KW - Hüttensand KW - Thermodynamik Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20160829-26778 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Metzner, Steffen A1 - Sawitzky, Mareen T1 - Priorisierung von Immobilienmärkten mittels ELECTRE: Nutzung eines Outranking-Modells im taktischen Portfoliomanagement JF - Zeitschrift für Immobilienökonomie N2 - In Zeiten volatiler Immobilienmärkte und einer hohen Wettbewerbsintensität sind leistungsfähige Systeme der Analyse und Entscheidungsunterstützung unverzichtbar. Entscheidungen zu Investitionsstrategien und Einzelinvestitionen basieren zumeist auf mehreren entscheidungsrelevanten Kriterien. Unterschiedliche immobilienwirtschaftliche Entscheidungsalternativen können dabei durchaus Kriterienausprägungen aufweisen, die eine bestimmte Alternative nicht als stets besser bzw. stets schlechter ausweisen. Klassische finanzwirtschaftliche Modelle oder verbreitete qualitative Verfahren wie das Scoring können die gegebene Komplexität meist nicht angemessen berücksichtigen. Eine Weiterentwicklung immobilienwirtschaftlicher Entscheidungsmodelle ist durch die Übertragung und Spezifizierung multikriterieller Verfahren der Entscheidungsunterstützung möglich. Speziell die Untergruppe des Outranking beschäftigt sich mit der schrittweisen Strukturierung, Ordnung und Priorisierung von komplexen Auswahlalternativen. Als spezifische immobilienwirtschaftliche Fragestellung dient hier die Auswahl und Priorisierung von Zielmärkten im taktischen Portfoliomanagement eines institutionellen Immobilienportfoliosmit internationaler Ausrichtung. Die Formalisierung des Entscheidungsproblems „Priorisierung von Zielmärkten“ erfolgt mit dem ELECTRE-Verfahren. KW - Portfoliomanagement KW - Entscheidungsunterstützung KW - Planung KW - Controlling KW - Immobilieninvestments, Portfoliomanagement, Entscheidungsunterstützung, Multikriterielle Analyse, Outranking, ELECTRE, Planung, Controlling Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170425-31516 SP - 121 EP - 144 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Daube, Dirk A1 - Metzner, Steffen T1 - Priorisierung von energetischen Maßnahmen in heterogenen Immobilienportfolios – Am Beispiel eines Bestandes der öffentlichen Hand JF - Zeitschrift für Immobilienökonomie N2 - In vielen öffentlichen Gebäuden besteht ein hohes wirtschaftliches Einsparpotenzial bei den relevanten Energieträgern Wärme und Strom. Projekte zur energetischen Optimierungen refinanzieren sich häufig nach wenigen Jahren. Die notwenigen Investitionsmittel stehen jedoch nur begrenzt zur Verfügung. Zielgerichtete Analysen und Potenzialschätzungen sind erforderlich, um eine Priorisierung optionaler Maßnahmen zu erreichen. Die Studie zeigt anhand eines öffentlichen Portfolios notwendige Untersuchungsschritte auf. Die Einzelpotenziale werden über geeignete Benchmarks ermittelt. Auf Portfolioebene werden u. a. spezifische Potenzial-Matrizen genutzt. Die kennzahlenbasierte Priorisierung von Maßnahmen ist umso wichtiger, je stärker das Potenzial auf wenige Objekte konzentriert ist. KW - Öffentlicher Sektor KW - Energieverbrauch KW - Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse KW - Controlling KW - Entscheidungsunterstützung Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170418-31332 UR - http://link.springer.com/article/10.1365/s41056-016-0011-4 SP - 53 EP - 79 ER -