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 - Meyer-Kohlstock, Daniel A1 - Haupt, Thomas A1 - Heldt, Erik A1 - Heldt, Nils A1 - Kraft, Eckhard T1 - Biochar as Additive in Biogas-Production from Bio-Waste JF - ENERGIES N2 - Previous publications about biochar in anaerobic digestion show encouraging results with regard to increased biogas yields. This work investigates such effects in a solid-state fermentation of bio-waste. Unlike in previous trials, the influence of biochar is tested with a setup that simulates an industrial-scale biogas plant. Both the biogas and the methane yield increased around 5% with a biochar addition of 5%-based on organic dry matter biochar to bio-waste. An addition of 10% increased the yield by around 3%. While scaling effects prohibit a simple transfer of the results to industrial-scale plants, and although the certainty of the results is reduced by the heterogeneity of the bio-waste, further research in this direction seems promising. KW - Festphasen-Fermentation KW - Biogasanlage KW - Organischer Abfall Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170406-31119 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Bremer, K. A1 - Wollweber, M. A1 - Weigand, F. A1 - Rahlves, M. A1 - Kuhne, Michael A1 - Helbig, R. A1 - Roth, B. T1 - Fibre Optic Sensors for the Structural Health Monitoring of Building Structures JF - Procedia Technology 26 N2 - In this work different fibre optic sensors for the structural health monitoring of civil engineering structures are reported. A fibre optic crack sensor and two different fibre optic moisture sensors have been designed to detect the moisture ingress in concrete based building structures. Moreover, the degeneration of the mechanical properties of optical glass fibre sensors and hence their long-term stability and reliability due to the mechanical and chemical impact of the concrete environment is discussed as well as the advantage of applying a fibre optic sensor system for the structural health monitoring of sewerage tunnels is demonstrated. KW - Structural Health Monitoring KW - crack sensor; fibre optic sensor; humidity sensor; SHM Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170331-30912 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212017316304121 SP - 524 EP - 529 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Meunier, David A1 - Walther, Christoph A1 - Worsley, Tom A1 - Dahl, Alexander A1 - Le Maître, Hélène T1 - Evolutions of the Reference Values Used in Transport CBA National Guidelines of 3 Countries and What they Reveal JF - Transportation Research Procedia 13 N2 - The paper presents, analyses and compares the evolution of reference values used in national guidelines issued for cost-benefit analysis of transport infrastructure projects, over the last fifty years, in France, UK and Germany. KW - Verkehrsinfrastruktur KW - Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse KW - Richtlinien Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170406-31106 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352146516300114 SP - 100 EP - 113 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thirioux, Berangere A1 - Wehrmann, Moritz A1 - Langbour, Nicolas A1 - Jaafari, Nematollah A1 - Berthoz, Alain T1 - Identifying One self with the Face of Someone Else Impairs the Egocentered Visuo-spatial Mechanisms: A New Double Mirror Paradigm to Study Self-Other Distinction and Interaction JF - FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY N2 - Looking at our face in a mirror is one of the strongest phenomenological experiences of the Self in which we need to identify the face as reflected in the mirror as belonging to us. Recent behavioral and neuroimaging studies reported that self-face identification not only relies upon visual-mnemonic representation of ones own face but also upon continuous updating and integration of visuo-tactile signals. Therefore, bodily self-consciousness plays a major role in self-face identification, with respect to interplay between unisensory and multisensory processing. However, if previous studies demonstrated that the integration of multisensory body-related signals contributes to the visual processing of ones own face, there is so far no data regarding how self-face identification, inversely, contributes to bodily self-consciousness. In the present study, we tested whether selfother face identification impacts either the egocentered or heterocentered visuo-spatial mechanisms that are core processes of bodily self-consciousness and sustain selfother distinction. For that, we developed a new paradigm, named Double Mirror. This paradigm, consisting of a semi-transparent double mirror and computer-controlled Light Emitting Diodes, elicits selfother face merging illusory effect in ecologically more valid conditions, i.e., when participants are physically facing each other and interacting. Self-face identification was manipulated by exposing pairs of participants to an Interpersonal Visual Stimulation in which the reflection of their faces merged in the mirror. Participants simultaneously performed visuo-spatial and mental own-body transformation tasks centered on their own face (egocentered) or the face of their partner (heterocentered) in the pre- and post-stimulation phase. We show that selfother face identification altered the egocentered visuo-spatial mechanisms. Heterocentered coding was preserved. Our data suggest that changes in self-face identification induced a bottom-up conflict between the current visual representation and the stored mnemonic representation of ones own face which, in turn, top-down impacted bodily self-consciousness. KW - Gesicht KW - Identifikation KW - bodily self-consciousness; self-face identification; self–other distinction; visuo-spatial mechanisms Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170411-31150 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Elrasoul, Riham T1 - City Architectural Heritage Revival: The Need of a New Applied Approach JF - Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 225 N2 - Egypt is a nation of 4000 years of civilization, which was known for its ancient architecture that occupied the highest rank of importance, but how long will our neglected heritage sites survive in our recent era? This is a rising debate. This paper is based on a hypothesis whether the conservation of the neglected or isolated heritage sites, particularly in the inhabited areas, can bind the citizens to their past. For this reason, the research provides scenes of many applied conservation practices in other countries. The study calls for developing a new applied approach of conservation that takes the interaction between citizens and the city heritage zones into consideration. KW - Sozialisation KW - Renovierung KW - Commercialization; Comprehencive; Memorlization; Renovation; Socialization Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170401-30977 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042816307066 SP - 216 EP - 225 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, Chao A1 - Wang, Cuixia A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - He, Pengfei A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A dynamic XFEM formulation for crack identification JF - International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design N2 - A dynamic XFEM formulation for crack identification KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 427 EP - 448 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nguyen-Tuan, Long A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Datcheva, Maria A1 - Stoimenova, Eugenia A1 - Schanz, Tom T1 - A novel parameter identification approach for buffer elements involving complex coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analyses JF - Computers and Geotechnics N2 - A novel parameter identification approach for buffer elements involving complex coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical analyses KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 23 EP - 32 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vu-Bac, N. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Nguyen-Thoi, T. A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A software framework for probabilistic sensitivity analysis for computationally expensive models JF - Advances in Engineering Software N2 - A software framework for probabilistic sensitivity analysis for computationally expensive models KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 19 EP - 31 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 - Ghorashi, Seyed Shahram A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Bagherzadeh, Amir Saboor A1 - Zi, Goangseup A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - A stochastic computational method based on goal-oriented error estimation for heterogeneous geological materials JF - Engineering Geology N2 - A stochastic computational method based on goal-oriented error estimation for heterogeneous geological materials KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Nanthakumar, S.S. A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Zi, Goangseup A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Detection of material interfaces using a regularized level set method in piezoelectric structures JF - Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering N2 - Detection of material interfaces using a regularized level set method in piezoelectric structures KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 153 EP - 176 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Bock, Sebastian A1 - Hildebrand, Jörg A1 - Gürlebeck, Klaus T1 - Non-destructive identification of residual stresses in steel under thermal loadings JF - Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering N2 - Non-destructive identification of residual stresses in steel under thermal loadings KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 17 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Faridmehr, Iman A1 - Tahir, Mamood Md. A1 - Lahmer, Tom T1 - Classification System for Semi-Rigid Beam-to-Column Connections JF - LATIN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES 11 N2 - The current study attempts to recognise an adequate classification for a semi-rigid beam-to-column connection by investigating strength, stiffness and ductility. For this purpose, an experimental test was carried out to investigate the moment-rotation (M-theta) features of flush end-plate (FEP) connections including variable parameters like size and number of bolts, thickness of end-plate, and finally, size of beams and columns. The initial elastic stiffness and ultimate moment capacity of connections were determined by an extensive analytical procedure from the proposed method prescribed by ANSI/AISC 360-10, and Eurocode 3 Part 1-8 specifications. The behaviour of beams with partially restrained or semi-rigid connections were also studied by incorporating classical analysis methods. The results confirmed that thickness of the column flange and end-plate substantially govern over the initial rotational stiffness of of flush end-plate connections. The results also clearly showed that EC3 provided a more reliable classification index for flush end-plate (FEP) connections. The findings from this study make significant contributions to the current literature as the actual response characteristics of such connections are non-linear. Therefore, such semirigid behaviour should be used to for an analysis and design method. KW - Tragfähigkeit KW - Stütze KW - Träger KW - Beam-to-column connection; semi-rigid; flush end-plate connection; moment-rotation curve Y1 - 2016 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20170401-30988 SP - 2152 EP - 2175 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 - Nguyen-Tuan, Long A1 - Lahmer, Tom A1 - Datcheva, Maria A1 - Schanz, Tom T1 - Global and local sensitivity analyses for coupled thermo‐hydro‐mechanical problems JF - International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics N2 - Global and local sensitivity analyses for coupled thermo‐hydro‐mechanical problems KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Stochastik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2016 ER -