TY - THES A1 - Wolff, Sebastian T1 - Implementation und Test eines Optimierungsverfahrens zur Loesung nichtlinearer Gleichungen der Strukturmechanik T1 - Implementation and Test of an Optimization Method Solving Nonlinear Equations of Structural Mechanics N2 - In displacement oriented methods of structural mechanics may static and dynamic equilibrium conditions lead to large coupled nonlinear systems of equations. In many cases they are solved iteratively utilizing derivatives of Newton's method. Alternatively, the equations may be expressed in terms of the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker conditions of an optimization problem and, therefore, may be solved using methods of mathematical programming. To begin with, the work deals with the fundamentals of the formulation as optimization problem. In particular, the requirements of material nonlinearity and contact situations are analyzed. Proximately, an algorithm is implemented which utilizes the usually sparse structure of the Hessian matrix, whereby particularly the convergence behaviour is analyzed and adjusted. The implementation was tested using examples from statics and dynamics of large systems. The results are verified considering the accuracy comparing alternative solutions (e.g. explicit methods). The potential areas of application is shown and the efficiency of the method is evaluated. N2 - In weggroeßenorientierten Verfahren der Strukturmechanik fuehren die statischen oder dynamischen Gleichgewichtsbedingungen auf große gekoppelte nichtlineare Gleichungssysteme. In vielen Faellen werden diese Gleichungssysteme iterativ auf der Grundlage des Newton'schen Naeherungsverfahrens gelost. Die Gleichungen koennen alternativ als Karush-Kuhn-Tucker-Bedingungen eines Optimierungsproblems aufgefasst, und daher mit Verfahren der mathematischen Optimierung geloest werden. Die Arbeit beschaeftigt sich zunaechst mit den Grundlagen der Problemformulierung als Optimierungsaufgabe, um dabei speziell die Anforderungen aus Werkstoffnichtlinearitaet und Kontakt untersuchen. In weiterer Folge ist ein Optimierungsalgorithmus innerhalb der Softwareumgebung SLang zu implementieren, der die in der Strukturmechanik typische schwach besetzte Struktur der Hessematrix ausnutzt. Dabei ist insbesondere das Konvergenzverhalten des Algorithmus zu untersuchen und moeglichst gut einzustellen. Die Implementation soll anhand von Beispielen aus der Statik und Dynamik großer Systeme getestet und die Resultate hinsichtlich ihrer Genauigkeit anhand von Alternativloesungen (z.B. aus expliziten Verfahren) verifiziert werden. Die potenziellen Anwendungsgebiete des entwickelten Algorithmus sind aufzuzeigen, und die Effizienz des Verfahrens ist zu bewerten. KW - Nichtlineare Optimierung KW - Nichtlineare Finite-Elemente-Methode KW - Kontaktmechanik KW - Kontaktkraft KW - Dynamik Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-7271 N1 - Der Volltext-Zugang wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Klärung urheberrechtlicher Fragen mit sofortiger Wirkung gesperrt. ER - TY - THES A1 - Vu, Manh Quynh T1 - Möglichkeiten zur Bewertung des Zustandes von Straßenbauten (Bau und Rekonstruktion) unter Einbeziehung seismischer Messungen . T1 - Possibilities for the evaluation of the condition of road (Construction and reconstruction) including seismic measurements N2 - Central point of this study is to evaluate stiffness properties of pavement, specifically the E or G- modulus determined by different testing methods. Stiffness of soil is both stress and strain dependent property and otherwise different methods usually affect the material in different ways. The Young’s modulus E0 and shear modulus G0 correspond to the very small strain level are regarded as the initial or maximal stiffness of the relevant stress-strain curves of a given material. The modulus decay curve is called the degradation curve, which also reviewed in this study. With the results of different measurement methods applied for a reclaimed mining site in Klettwitz for determining of stiffness parameter of subsoil, author have tried to find a unification between the results considering the relationship between stiffness parameter and the range of strain levels. The testing methods executed at plant S9 in Klettwitz-Südfeld are: laboratory oedometer test, static plate load test, dynamic plate load test, and seismic testing methods (spectral analysis of surface wave, SASW). Some results getting from this study are: one receives different absolute values of stiffness parameter from different testing methods. The reason is different testing methods produce different range of strain levels in soil during their execution. Conventional and non-destructive testing methods should be combined together for investigating of subsoil characteristics. This means, the soil parameters must be adjusted to the current range of strain level. Especially for settlement calculation it is recommended that different values of stiffness modulus, Es, resulted by different testing methods should be simultaneously utilized along the depth beneath loading surface. Accuracy for determining of stiffness degradation curves depends a lot on the determination of maximal stiffness parameters (E0, G0) at the range of very small strain level, and it still requires much further studies. KW - Straßenbau KW - Seismik KW - Sraßeninstandhaltung KW - Straßenplanung KW - seismische Messungen KW - Zustand von Strassenbau KW - seimic measurements KW - evaluation KW - road Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-6498 N1 - Der Volltext-Zugang wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Klärung urheberrechtlicher Fragen mit sofortiger Wirkung gesperrt. ER - TY - THES A1 - Petzold, Frank T1 - The EU Water Framework Directive and its Implementation in Norway N2 - Aufgabe der Masterarbeit war es, eine Eibnführung in die WRRL und deren Implementierung zu geben sowie das Darstellen erster Umsetzungsschritte in Norwegen. KW - water framework directive Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-5589 N1 - Der Volltext-Zugang wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Klärung urheberrechtlicher Fragen mit sofortiger Wirkung gesperrt. ER - TY - THES A1 - Khan, Muhammad Ibrar T1 - HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF POLYMER-ENHANCED BENTONITE-SAND MIXTURE N2 - The hydraulic properties of the polymer-enhanced bentonite-sand mixtures (PEBSMs) investigated in this study consisted of the water retention behaviour (or the soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC)) and the saturated and unsaturated coefficients of permeability. The SWCCs of the compacted polymer-enhanced bentonite-sand mixtures were measured using two techniques; namely, axis-translation technique and vapour equilibrium technique. The results obtained from both methods were combined to establish a single SWCC for each specimen. The saturated coefficient of permeability of the material was measured using the constant-head flexible wall permeameter method. The unsaturated coefficient of permeability was computed from the SWCCs and the saturated permeability values using the statistical model. The study revealed that the wetting curves for the PEBSM and clay are above the drying curves. The fact is thought be due to the specimens being not saturated before starting the drying tests. Since the specimens are expensive soil such a trend can be expected. The permeability deduced from the oedometer test data over-estimates the actual water flow rate resulting in a higher computed saturated coefficient of permeability compared to the measured values. The nets of polymer and bentonite clusters are thought to retard the flow of water during the direct measurement. However, the net of polymer and bentonite clusters are compressed during loading and rebound during unloading. Hysteresis effect was found for the PEBSMs in the permeability versus degree of saturation curve. This is due to possible difference in the spatial distribution of water in the specimens depending whether the specimens were on drying or wetting path. KW - Baustoff KW - Hydraulic properties KW - polymer-enhanced KW - bentonite-sand mixture KW - soil mechanics Y1 - 2005 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-6803 N1 - Der Volltext-Zugang wurde im Zusammenhang mit der Klärung urheberrechtlicher Fragen mit sofortiger Wirkung gesperrt. ER - TY - THES A1 - Freire, Kamai T1 - Panafricanism and African Revolution in Brazilian Music N2 - This research departs from the teachings of Kwame Ture on the difference between mobilization and organization in the panafricanist struggle to analyze then the use of Music within the anti-racist and anti-colonialist struggle in Brazil. KW - Saz KW - Pan-Africanism KW - Musik KW - Antikolonialismus KW - Antirassismus KW - African Revolution KW - Music KW - Brazilian Music KW - Musicology KW - Post-colonial studies KW - anti-racist KW - anti-colonialist Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210216-43536 ER - TY - THES A1 - Damanik, Batta Septo Van Bahtiar T1 - Aerodynamic Analysis of Slender Vertical Structure and Response Control with Tuned Mass Damper N2 - Analysis of vortex induced vibration has gained more interest in practical held of civil engineering. The phenomenon often occurs in long and slender vertical structure like high rise building, tower, chimney or bridge pylon, which resulting in unfavorable responses and might lead to the collapse of the structures. The phenomenon appears when frequency of vortex shedding produced in the wake area of body meet the natural frequency of the structure. Even though this phenomenon does not necessarily generate a divergent amplitude response, the structure still may fail due to fatigue damage. To reduce the effect of vortex induced vibration, engineers widely use passive vibration response control system. In this case, the thesis studies the effect of tuned mass damper. The objective of this thesis is to simulate the effect of tuned mass damper in reducing unfavorable responses due to vortex induced vibration and initiated by numerical model validation with respect to wind tunnel test report. The reference structure that being used inside the thesis is Stonecutter Bridge, Hongkong. A numerical solver for computational uid dynamics named VX ow which developed by Morgenthal [6] is utilized for wind and structure simulation. The comparison between numerical model and wind tunnel result shows 10% maximum tip displacement diference in the model of full erection freestanding tower. The tuned mass damper (TMD) model itself built separately in finite element software SOFiSTiK, and the efective damping obtained from this model then applied inside input modal data of VX ow simulation. A single TMD with mass ratio of TMD 0.5% to the mass of first bending frequency, the maximum tip displacement is measured to be average 67% reduced. Considering construction limitation and robustness of TMD, the effects of multiple TMD inside a structure are also studied. An uncoupled procedure of applying aeroelastic loads obtained from VX ow inside finite element software SOFiSTiK is also done to observe the optimum distribution and optimum mass ratio of multiple tuned mass damper. The rest of the properties of TMD are calculated with Den Hartog's formula. The results are as follows: peak displacement in the case of multiple TMD that distributed with polynomial spacing achieve 7.8% more reduction performance than the one that distributed with equal spacing. Optimum mass of tuned mass damper achieved with ratio 1.25% mass of first bending frequency corresponds to across wind direction. KW - aerodynamic KW - wind KW - tuned mass damper KW - bridge KW - structure KW - Aerodynamic Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20151030-24714 ER - TY - THES A1 - Asslan, Milad T1 - An Experimental Study on the Initial Shear Stiffness in Granular Material under Controlled Multi-Phase Laboratory Conditions N2 - The initial shear modulus, Gmax, of soil is an important parameter for a variety of geotechnical design applications. This modulus is typically associated with shear strain levels about 5*10^-3% and below. The critical role of soil stiffness at small-strains in the design and analysis of geotechnical infrastructure is now widely accepted. Gmax is a key parameter in small-strain dynamic analyses such as those to predict soil behavior or soil-structure interaction during earthquake, explosions, machine or traffic vibration where it is necessary to know how the shear modulus degrades from its small-strain value as the level of shear strain increases. Gmax can be equally important for small-strain cyclic situations such as those caused by wind or wave loading and for small-strain static situations as well. Gmax may also be used as an indirect indication of various soil parameters, as it, in many cases, correlates well to other soil properties such as density and sample disturbance. In recent years, a technique using bender elements was developed to investigate the small-strain shear modulus Gmax. The objective of this thesis is to study the initial shear stiffness for various sands with different void ratios, densities, grain size distribution under dry and saturated conditions, then to compare empirical equations to predict Gmax and results from other testing devices with results of bender elements from this study. KW - Soil KW - Shear modulus KW - Shear wave KW - Soil dynamics KW - Bender elements Y1 - 2009 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20120402-15842 ER - TY - THES A1 - Almasi, Ashkan T1 - Stochastic Analysis of Interfacial Effects on the Polymeric Nanocomposites N2 - The polymeric clay nanocomposites are a new class of materials of which recently have become the centre of attention due to their superior mechanical and physical properties. Several studies have been performed on the mechanical characterisation of these nanocomposites; however most of those studies have neglected the effect of the interfacial region between the clays and the matrix despite of its significant influence on the mechanical performance of the nanocomposites. There are different analytical methods to calculate the overall elastic material properties of the composites. In this study we use the Mori-Tanaka method to determine the overall stiffness of the composites for simple inclusion geometries of cylinder and sphere. Furthermore, the effect of interphase layer on the overall properties of composites is calculated. Here, we intend to get ounds for the effective mechanical properties to compare with the analytical results. Hence, we use linear displacement boundary conditions (LD) and uniform traction boundary conditions (UT) accordingly. Finally, the analytical results are compared with numerical results and they are in a good agreement. The next focus of this dissertation is a computational approach with a hierarchical multiscale method on the mesoscopic level. In other words, in this study we use the stochastic analysis and computational homogenization method to analyse the effect of thickness and stiffness of the interfacial region on the overall elastic properties of the clay/epoxy nanocomposites. The results show that the increase in interphase thickness, reduces the stiffness of the clay/epoxy naocomposites and this decrease becomes significant in higher clay contents. The results of the sensitivity analysis prove that the stiffness of the interphase layer has more significant effect on the final stiffness of nanocomposites. We also validate the results with the available experimental results from the literature which show good agreement. KW - Homogenization KW - Multiscale modeling KW - Nanocomposite materials KW - Stochastic analysis Y1 - 2015 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20150709-24339 ER - TY - THES A1 - Abebe, Beka Hailu T1 - Fatigue Life Assessment of Diesel Engine Pump Part N2 - The intention of this thesis is first, to determine material constants of ductile cast irons (EN-GJS-400-15,EN-GJS-500-7, EN-GJS-600-3) for estimating fatigue damage. These constants are obtained from experimental results. These results are stress versus strain tests, strain versus crack initiation life tests,and consequently, Smith, Watson and Topper damage parameter, PSWT can be calculated. Using data fitting, the constants can be estimated, thus Uniform Material Law for ductile cast irons is fulfilled. Endurance limit stress is obtained based on research report termed Synthetic Wöhler Lines(SWL).It is found out that the endurance limit stress is a function of yield limit stress. Endurance life cycle is set as three millions for the three materials. Secondly, fatigue life assessment is done for diesel engine pump part made of the three ductile cast irons. Finite element calculation is done to get elastic stress concentration factor, Kt, and plastic notch factor Kp. Neuber ´s rule is used to determine local stress at notch subjected to constant amplitude load test and variable amplitude loading. The constant amplitude loading is conducted at a stress ratio of R=0 on the pump part. The test results show that fatigue life assessment based on the material constants is accurate. On the basis of the accuracy of constant amplitude test results, it is possible to determine for fatigue life for variable amplitude loading which is the real loading on the pump part. The variable amplitude loading is normally standardized for computational efficiency. This standardized loading is termed as CORAL (COmmon RAil Loading) sequence. CORAL is used to calculate fatigue life of pump part and is inputted to a Fatigue Life Evaluation computer program. This program uses rain flow cycle counting method. It can be concluded that the material constants for ductile cast irons fit well which is proved by experimental tests by constant amplitude loading on pump part. Then life prediction can be done for the typical pump loading, standardized variable amplitude loading known as CORAL KW - Materialermüdung KW - Fatigue KW - CORAL KW - ductile cast iron KW - diesel engine pump part Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20081027-14331 ER -