Universitätsbibliothek
Weimar Open Access

Interactive visualization based on 3D computer graphics nowadays is an indispensable part of any simulation software used in engineering. Nevertheless, the implementation of such visualization software components is often avoided in research projects because it is a challenging and potentially time consuming task. In this contribution, a novel Java framework for the interactive visualization of engineering models is introduced. It supports the task of implementing engineering visualization software by providing adequate program logic as well as high level classes for the visual representation of entities typical for engineering models. The presented framework is built on top of the open source visualization toolkit VTK. In VTK, a visualization model is established by connecting several filter objects in a so called visualization pipeline. Although designing and implementing a good pipeline layout is demanding, VTK does not support the reuse of pipeline layouts directly. Our framework tailors VTK to engineering applications on two levels. On the first level it adds new – engineering model specific – filter classes to VTK. On the second level, ready made pipeline layouts for certain aspects of engineering models are provided. For instance there is a pipeline class for one-dimensional elements like trusses and beams that is capable of showing the elements along with deformations and member forces. In order to facilitate the implementation of a graphical user interface (GUI) for each pipeline class, there exists a reusable Java Swing GUI component that allows the user to configure the appearance of the visualization model. Because of the flexible structure, the framework can be easily adapted and extended to new problem domains. Currently it is used in (i) an object-oriented p-version finite element code for design optimization, (ii) an agent based monitoring system for dam structures and (iii) the simulation of destruction processes by controlled explosives based on multibody dynamics. Application examples from all three domains illustrates that the approach presented is powerful as well as versatile.

Die Instandhaltung der städtischen Trinkwassernetze ist Aufgabenschwerpunkt der Wasserversorgungsunternehmen bzw. Netzbetreiber. Dazu notwendige Rehabilitationsplanungen stützen sich zurzeit weitgehend auf die Trendprognose von Schadensraten und die Erfahrungen der Mitarbeiter. Der Einfluss wesentlicher Kenngrößen wie Werkstoffeigenschaften oder die Resttragfähigkeit des Rohres bleiben hierbei größtenteils unberücksichtigt. Über materialtechnische Untersuchungen werden die notwendigen Kenngrößen ermittelt, die eine zuverlässige Bewertung des technischen Zustands des Rohrstrangs ermöglichen. So lassen sich die Prognose der technischen Nutzungsdauer und Rehabilitationsplanungen auf eine solide Basis stellen. In dieser Dissertationsschrift wird hierzu ein Untersuchungs- und Bewertungsalgorithmus mit integrierten Prognoseverfahren erarbeitet.

Die Diplomarbeit leistet einen Betrag zur numerischen Untersuchung des Verzuges eines Feinkornbaustahles beim MAG-Schweißen. Ziel dabei war es, Informationen zu dem schweißbedingten Verzug beeinflussenden Größen zusammenzustellen, Angaben zu möglichen Berechnungsformeln des an einer T-Stoßverbindung durch das Schweißen entstehenden Winkelverzuges des Gurtes zu recherchieren und die Grundlagen für eine Verzugsberechnung mit Hilfe der Finite-Element-Methode darzustellen. Das Hauptinteresse lag dabei jedoch auf den durch das Schweißen von Kehlnähten entstehenden Winkelverzuges des Gurtes an T-Stoßverbindungen. Dieser wurde mit Hilfe numerischer Berechnungen untersucht. Dabei wurden die Einflüsse, welche geometrischen, werkstofflichen oder verfahrensbedingten Ursprungs seien können, betrachtet.

In this paper we evaluate 2D models for soil-water characteristic curve (SWCC), that incorporate the hysteretic nature of the relationship between volumetric water content θ and suction ψ. The models are based on nonlinear least squares estimation of the experimental data for sand. To estimate the dependent variable θ the proposed models include two independent variables, suction and sensors reading position (depth d in the column test). The variable d represents not only the position where suction and water content are measured but also the initial suction distribution before each of the hydraulic loading test phases. Due to this the proposed 2D regression models acquire the advantage that they: (a) can be applied for prediction of θ for any position along the column and (b) give the functional form for the scanning curves.

The Navier-Stokes equations and related ones can be treated very elegantly with the quaternionic operator calculus developed in a series of works by K. Guerlebeck, W. Sproeossig and others. This study will be extended in this paper. In order to apply the quaternionic operator calculus to solve these types of boundary value problems fully explicitly, one basically needs to evaluate two types of integral operators: the Teodorescu operator and the quaternionic Bergman projector. While the integral kernel of the Teodorescu transform is universal for all domains, the kernel function of the Bergman projector, called the Bergman kernel, depends on the geometry of the domain. With special variants of quaternionic holomorphic multiperiodic functions we obtain explicit formulas for three dimensional parallel plate channels, rectangular block domains and regular triangular channels. The explicit knowledge of the integral kernels makes it then possible to evaluate the operator equations in order to determine the solutions of the boundary value problem explicitly.