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Creation of hierarchical sequence of the plastic and viscoplastic models according to different levels of structure approximations is considered. Developed strategy of multimodel analysis, which consists of creation of the inelastic models library, determination of selection criteria system and caring out of multivariant sequential clarifying computations, is described. Application of the multimodel approach in numerical computations has demonstrated possibility of reliable prediction of stress-strain response under wide variety of combined nonproportional loading.
The goal of the research is the development of a computer system to plan, simulate and visualize erection processes in construction. In the research construction cranes are treated as robots with predefined degrees of freedom and crane-specific motion planning techniques are developed to generate time-optimized and collision-free paths for each piece to be erected in the project. Using inverse kinematics and structural dynamics simulation, the computer system then computes the crane motions and velocities necessary to achieve the previously calculated paths. The main benefits of the research are the accurate planning and scheduling of crane operations leading to optimization of crane usage and project schedules, as well as improving overall crane safety in the project. This research is aimed at the development of systems that will allow computer-assisted erection of civil infrastructure and ultimately to achieve fully-automated erection processes using robotic cranes...
A wide variety of behavioural models exist in microscopic traffic simulation. Commercial programms often use closed-source policies and are confined to their respective simulation platforms. Open-source approaches mainly focus on distinctive, highly specialized traffic situations. In the scope of this paper, an open-source framework for developing modular, objectoriented simulation systems is presented, capable of simultaneously accommodating different driving models and enabling the user to modify and extend the catalogue of driving behaviours. The existing driving behaviours and the computational implementation of the simulation are being described.
Neben der reinen Bauausführung und den damit verbundenen Roh- und Ausbaukosten stellt insbesondere die Bewirtschaftung von Gebäuden einen wesentlichen Kostenfaktor dar, den zu minimieren Ziel der Bestrebungen auf dem Gebiet des Facilities Management ist. Insbesondere die Integration der verteilt vorliegenden Informationen muß hierbei das Ziel sein, um durch effiziente Informationsverarbeitung eine Einsparung von Unterhaltskosten zu erreichen. Bereits in der Planungsphase lassen sich die späteren Kosten für die Bewirtschaftung modellieren. Dies gilt auch für die Modellierung des Energiehaushaltes von Gebäuden. Für die Modellierung des Wärmeschutzes und der damit verbundenen Ermittlung des Heizenergiebedarfs werden z.Zt. starke Vereinfachungen getroffen, die durch die aktuelle Wärmeschutzverordnung vorgegeben sind, so daß die errechneten Werte meist sehr ungenau sind. Für eine DV-gerechte Modellierung eines Gebäudes während seiner Bewirtschaftung reichen herkömmliche CAD-Systeme nicht aus, da das Modell verschiedene Sichten zulassen muß: Neben einer bauteilorientierten Sicht muß auch eine raumorientierte Sicht vorgehalten werden, damit eine Modellierung von flächenbezogenen Parametern wie z.B. Kosten möglich wird. Dieser Beitrag zeigt einen Ansatz, der eine intensive Nutzung heterogener Ressourcen und Informationen auf der Grundlage eines dreidimensionalen Gebäudemodells ermöglicht. Exemplarisch für die Bereiche Raummanagement (im Sinne von kosten- und nutzungsorientierter Bestandsverwaltung) und Bauphysik wird dieser Ansatz erläutert und die Eingliederung dieser Teilgebiete der Bestandsverwaltung und -bewirtschaftung in ein Gesamtsystem aufgezeigt.
Bauwerke sind in ihrer Betriebszeit vielen nutzungseinschränkenden Einflüssen ausgesetzt. Die dadurch erforderliche Instandhaltung dient zur Gewährleistung und zur Erhöhung der geplanten Nutzungsfähigkeit sowie Dauerhaftigkeit von Bauwerken. Sie spielt eine immer größere Rolle im Bauwesen. Die Kosten der Bauwerksinstandhaltung betragen je nach Art des Bauwerkes in Deutschland pro Jahr ca. 1-6% des Wiederbeschaffungswertes. Die Reduzierung des Instandhaltungsaufwandes durch Technik- und Management-Maßnahmen ist daher wirtschaftlich sinnvoll. Der Einsatz moderner Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie auf dem Gebiet der Bestandsaufnahme und -analyse ist erforderlich, um einerseits die Bearbeitung von multimedialen Informationen über Ist- und Soll-Zustände von Bauwerken effektiver durchzuführen und um andererseits die Analyse von Schäden im Sinne einer Entscheidungshilfe zu unterstützen. Durch den Einsatz der WWW-Technologie kann die Bearbeitung auch verteilt im Datennetz über ferne Rechner hinweg erfolgen. Im Beitrag werden die Konzeptionierung und Implementierung des WWW-fähigen DV-Systems BINAS zur Unterstützung der Bestandsaufnahme und -analyse sowie die dafür erforderlichen Methoden und Werkzeuge vorgestellt.
There exists a big gap between the capabilities of current 3D-CAD applications and their actual usage in practice. Many architects and planners still prefer to draft in 2D because the benefits of 3D modeling are difficult to explain. This presentation offers a basis to view the 3D building model not merely as the source for 2D plan generation. By adding extra dimensions like Time and Cost to the 3D building model it becomes possible to generate dynamic information on building construction progress with regards to used material, resources and cost. These additional benefits are key elements to many planners and contractors and may therefore widen the acceptance of 3D building modeling in general.
Civil engineering decision support systems (construction, building life cycle, refurbishment, total quality management, innovation, etc.) created in Lithuania are described in this paper. The above decision support systems comprise of the following constituent parts: data (database and its management system), models (model base and its management system) and a user interface. Presentation of information in databases may be in conceptual (digital, textual, graphical, photographic, video) and quantitative forms. Quantitative information presented involves criteria systems and subsystems, units of measurement, values and initial weight fully defining the variants provided. The databases were developed providing a multiple criteria analysis of alternatives from economical, infrastructure, technical, technological, qualitative, legislative, social and other perspectives. This information is provided in a user-oriented way. Since the analysis of alternatives is usually performed by taking into account economical, infrastructure, technical, technological, qualitative and other factors, a model-base include models which enable a decision maker to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the variants available and make a proper choice. These systems, related questions and practical case study were analysed the paper.
The problem of the computation of stresses and settlements in the half-space under various types of loads is often presented in geotechnical engineering. In 1885 Boussinesq advanced theoretical expressions to determine stresses at a point within an ideal mass. His equation considers a point load on the surface of a semi-infinite, homogeneous, isotropic, weightless, elastic half-space. Newmark in 1942 performed the integration of Boussinesq's equations for the vertical stress under a corner of a rectangular area loaded with a uniform load. The problem of the determination of vertical stresses under a rectangular shaped footing has been satisfactorily solved with renewal integration of the Boussinesq's equation over the arbitrary rectangle on surface of the half-space, with a non-uniform load represented with piecewise linear interpolation functions. The problem of the determination of stresses in the case when the footing shape is an arbitrary quadrilateral however remains unsolved. The paper discusses an approach to the computation of vertical stresses and settlements in an arbitrary point of the half-space, loaded with a uniform load, which shape in the ground plan can be a general four noded form with straight edges. Since the form is transformed into a biunit square and all integrations are performed over this area, all solutions are valid also for an arbitrary triangle by the implementation of the degeneration rule.
The phenomenological and computational aspects of the various damage models applications for the low and multi cyclic fatigue processes are investigated. Damage is considered as internal state variable, describing macroscopic effects of the progressive material degradation, within the framework of continuum damage mechanics. Present analysis is restricted to the case of isotropic damage, which can be modeled by a scalar variable. The strain, force and power types of kinetic equations for the damage evolution description are considered. The original mixed strain-power type damage model is developed for taking into account the different physical fracture mechanism in monotone and cyclic loading. The constitutive equations of plastic flow theory coupled and uncoupled to damage has been considered. The rational algorithm of implementation into finite element code is considered for developed damage models. Set of the computational experiments has been carried out for the various structures (huge aerials, pipelines, fastening units, vessel of nuclear reactor) and cases of loading. The comparison of the predictions of the developed model with experimental data is performed for 1X18H10T steel tubular specimens for complex paths of loading and for complex profiles beams under cyclic loading. Damage field distribution is the basic information for the prediction of crack initiation in structures. The developed method of structural parameter for stress concentration zones is discussed for correcting of crack location. It allows to describe the crack initiation near surface domain as observe in numerous experiments.
Die Gesamtheit der Produktinformationen im Bauwesen stellt sich als sehr inkonsistente und redundante Informationsmenge dar. Die Hersteller stehen vor der Aufgabe, diese Produktinformationen nicht nur in der üblichen Katalogform sondern auch in neuen Medien wie CD-ROM und WWW zu publizieren. Einmal betriebener Erfassungsaufwand muß sich dabei durch eine einfache Mehrfachverwendung der Daten rentieren. Wegen seiner technologischen Eigenschaften eignet sich das WWW sehr gut als primäre Quelle für Produktinformationen. Vor allem wegen der möglichen Aktualität sollte es Grundlage für Publikationen in den anderen Medien sein. Mit verhältnismäßig geringem Aufwand lassen sich die WWW-Präsentation von Produktdaten so strukturieren, daß eine automatisierte Erfassung und Verarbeitung dieser Daten vereinfacht wird. So kann die Datenkonsistenz von der visuellen Präsentation in herkömmlichen Katalogen bis zur automatisch erstellten Produktdatenbank durchgängig gesichert werden. Vor dem Hintergrund der von Schnittstellenproblemen, heterogener Softwarestruktur und unzureichender Ausnutzung der Möglichkeiten der Informatik gekennzeichneten Situation im Bauwesen wird in generalisierter Ansatz mittels SGML vorgestellt. Mit einem derartigen Datenangebot werden neue, verteilte und vernetzte Anwendungen auf Grundlage derselben Produktdaten ermöglicht.
Many construction and facilities management Web sites can be found on the Internet. The interested parties on construction and facilities management Web sites can find databases of best practices, calculators, analyzers, software, expert and decision support systems, neural networks, etc. Technological innovation mainly through changes in the availability of information and communication technology inclusive databases of best practices, calculators, analyzers, software, neural networks, decision support and expert systems that have been provided by a variety of new services developed by the construction and facilities management sectors. Most of all calculators, analyzers, software, decision support and expert systems, neural networks and on-line systems seek to find out how to make the most economic decisions and most of all these decisions are intended only for economic objectives. Alternatives under evaluation have to be evaluated not only from the economic position, but take into consideration qualitative, technical, technological and other characteristics as well. Based on the analysis of the existing calculators, analyzers, information, expert and decision support systems, neural networks and in order to determine most efficient versions of best practices a Decision Support Web-Based System for Construction Innovation (IDSS) was developed by Vilnius Gediminas Technical University.
The paper investigates accuracy of deflection predictions made by the finite element package ATENA and design code methods ACI and EC2. Deflections have been calculated for a large number of experimental reinforced concrete beams reported by three investigators. Statistical parameters have been established for each of the technique at different load levels, separately for the beams with small and moderate reinforcement ratio.
For modeling of singular fields of stresses and deformations in elasters with a crack is offered to use of three-dimesional a special finite element. Weak compessible of elasters is taken into account on the basis of threefold approximation of fields of displacements, deformations and function of volume change. At intensive cyclic loading of the elastomer constructions with a crack it is necessary to take into account warming and large deformations at the crack top. The stress-deformed state elasters with a crack is determined from the decision of a nonlinear problem by a modified method Newton-Kantorovich. Account stress intensity factors for a rectangular plate with a various arrangement of a through crack is executed. Process of development of a surface crack and dissipative warming in prismatic a element of shift is investigated.
Development and Analysis of Sparse Matrix Concepts for Finite Element Approximation on general Cells
(2004)
In engineering and computing, the finite element approximation is one of the most well-known computational solution techniques. It is a great tool to find solutions for mechanic, fluid mechanic and ecological problems. Whoever works with the finite element method will need to solve a large system of linear equations. There are different ways to find a solution. One way is to use a matrix decomposition technique such as LU or QR. The other possibility is to use an iterative solution algorithm like Conjugate Gradients, Gauß-Seidel, Multigrid Methods, etc. This paper will focus on iterative solvers and the needed storage techniques...
Change management has been the focus of different IT systems. These IT systems were developed to represent design information, record design rationale, facilitate design coordination and changes. They are largely based on managing reactive changes, particularly design changes, in which changes are recorded and then propagated to the relevant project members. However, proactive changes are hardly dealt with in IT systems. Proactive changes require estimating the likelihood of occurrence of a change event as well as estimating the degree of change impacts on project parameters. Changes in construction projects often result from the uncertainty associated with the imprecise and vague knowledge of much project information at the early stages of projects. This is a major outcome of the case studies carried out as part of this research. Therefore, the proposed model considers that incomplete knowledge and certain project characteristics are always behind change causes. For proactive changes, predicting a change event is the main task for modelling. The prediction model should strive to integrate these main elements: 1) project characteristics that lead to change 2) causes of change, 3) the likelihood of change occurrence, and 4) the change consequences. It should also define the dependency relationships between these elements. However, limited data (documented) are only available from previous projects for change cases and many of the above elements can only be expressed in linguistic terms. This means that the model will simulate the uncertainty and subjectivity associated with these sets of elements. Therefore, a fuzzy model is proposed in this research to capture these elements. The model analyses the impact of each set of elements on the other by assigning fuzzy values for these elements that express the uncertainty and subjectivity of their impact. The main aim is to predict change events and evaluate change effects on project parameters. The fuzzy model described above was developed in an IT system for operational purposes and was designed as a Java package of components with their supporting classes, beans, and files. This paper describes the development and the architecture of the proposed IT system to achieve these requirements. The system is intended to help project teams in dealing with change causes and then the change consequences in construction projects.
Digital maps are very easily applied as route guide maps. Route guide maps are provided through Web or a mobile phone services, and demand for such services is increasing. However, the production of a route guide map requires a great deal of time. Therefore, it is difficult for general users to make route guide maps. The purpose of the present research is the development of a system that can generate a route guide map using the Digital Map 2500 (Spatial Data Framework) published by the Geographical Survey Institute. This system will not require advanced equipment or expert knowledge. Therefore, anyone can produce route guide maps easily and quickly. By using the Digital Map 2500, the time and cost required in order to generate a map are reduced. Moreover, a useful route guide map can be created by simplifying the map form based on the human cognitive map.
Development of Urban Land Use Model to Compare Transit-Oriented and Automobile-Oriented Cities
(2004)
This study is an attempt to develop a simple simulation model that can compare the differences between automobile-oriented and transit-oriented cities, and clarify the difference between city forms by transportation modes. Following a theoretical model development, a series of simulation runs are tried. The model allocates people who commute to CBD from residential zones along a transportation corridor. As a result of many simulation analyses, it is shown that automobiles need much more traffic space in comparison with the transit as is shown by the proposed traffic space ratio both in CBD and along the corridor.
Die Entwicklung Berlins zur neuen Hauptstadt des vereinigten Deutschlands erfordert den umfangreichen Ausbau der innerstädtischen Verkehrswege und eine umfassende Einbindung in das bundesweite Verkehrsnetz. Der Ausbau der Inter-City-Express-Strecke zwischen Hannover und Berlin bedingte eine Umplanung großer Streckenabschnitte der Deutschen Bahn AG. Im Zeitalter der computergestützten Informationsverarbeitung sind gerade auf dem Gebiet der Tragwerksplanung konstruktiver Ingenieurbauten vielfältige Möglichkeiten gegeben. So ist bei der Planung von Brückenneubauten eine durchgehende computergestützte Konstruktion und Tragwerksplanung vom Vorentwurf bis hin zur Fertigung möglich. Weiterhin gestatten besondere Berechnungsmethoden bei speziellen Belastungsarten eine exaktere Schnittkraft- und Spannungsermittlung und dadurch eine dem wirklichen Tragverhalten entsprechende genauere Nachweisführung. An Beispielen aus dem konstruktiven Ingenieurbau im Zuge der Sanierung der Berliner Stadtbahn wird die Anwendung moderner Rechentechnik und computergestützter Konstruktionsmethoden und Berechnungsverfahren diskutiert. Die Berliner Stadtbahn wird in weiten Abschnitten über gemauerte Ziegelsteinviadukte geführt. Das Konzept der Sanierungsmaßnahmen sah neben der Anordnung einer lastverteilenden Platte einen Gleisaufbau als Feste Fahrbahn vor. Zusätzlich wurden die Gleisabstände den heutigen Bundesbahnvorschriften angepaßt. Aus diesem Grund wurde eine genaue Nachrechnung der Stadbahnviadukte unter Berücksichtigung der verschiedensten Parameter (z.B. Fugen in der lastverteilenden Platte, Rißbildung im Mauerwerk, Schubverformungen in Fugen zwischen Beton und Mauerwerk bei Überschreitung von Grenzwerten) erforderlich. Die zwischen dem Berliner Hauptbahnhof und dem Bahnhof Jannowitzbrücke befindliche Eisenbahnüberführung über die Holzmarktstraße wurden abgebrochen. Das neue Bauwerk besteht aus einer zweifeldrigen, schiefwinkligen Deckbrücke für 4 Gleise. Auf Grund der komplizierten geometrischen Randbedingungen erfolgte eine durchgängige computergestützte Erstellung der Ausführungsunterlagen. Die Hauptabmessungen der Konstruktion wurden mit Hilfe von Vermessungsdaten bestimmt, die im CAD-Programm verarbeitet wurden. Die CAD-Daten bildeten die geometrischen Eingangsgrößen für das Berechnungsprogramm. Die Querschnittsdimensionierung der Berechnung ging dann in die CAD-Bearbeitung ein. Die Koordinaten für die Werkstattfertigung sowie für die Montage auf der Baustelle ergaben sich ebenfalls aus den Berechnungsergebnissen.
Das Eintreffen der Passagiere einer Haltestelle eines öffentlichen Nahverkehrsmittel wird als stochastischer Prozeß beschrieben . Die Ankünfte der Nahverkehrsmittel stellen einen Erneuerungsprozeß dar , wohingegen die Ankünfte der Personen innerhalb einer Erneuerungsperiode als instationärer Poissonprozeß aufgefaßt wird. Über die Intensitätsfunktion liegen Messungen vor. Betrachtet wird die Gesamt- wartezeit der Personen an einer Haltestelle .
Der Funktionsumfang von 3D-Modellierern und die Leistung allgemein zur Verfügung stehender Rechnersysteme gestatten die Modellierung beliebiger Objekte in jeder nur denkbaren Fachdisziplin. Das potentielle Leistungsvermögen von 3D-Modellierern sollte Anreiz sein, sie so alltäglich einzusetzen, wie die etablierten Standardapplikationen. Die im Vortrag gezeigten Modelle umfassen ein kleines Spektrum der möglichen Anwendungsgebiete. Weder vom (Daten)Umfang noch von ihrem Kompliziertheitsgrad stellen sie etwas Besonderes dar. Sie sollen nur das Interesse für einen alltäglichen Einsatz von 3D-Modellierern wecken und eventuell vorhandenen Einsatzschwellen abbauen helfen. Die im Vortrag gezeigten Bildfolgen sind unter http://www.uni-weimar.de/animationen zu finden.
For many purposes geometric information about existing buildings is necessary, e.g. planing of conservation or reconstruction. Architectural photogrammetry is a technique to acquire 3D geometric data of buildings for a CAD model from images. In this paper the state of the art in architectural photogrammetry and some developments towards automation are described. The photogrammetric process consists of image acquisition, orientation and restitution. Special attention is put on digital methods, from digital image acquisition to restitution methods, supported by digital image processing. There are a few field of development towards automation, e.g. feature extraction, extraction of edges and lines and the detection of corresponding points. The acquired data may be used in a CAD environment or for visualization in Virtual Reality Models, using digital orthoimages for texture mapping.
This paper presents results of a study on distributed, or parallel, evolutionary computation in the topological design of steel structural systems in tall buildings. It describes results of extensive experimental research on various parallel evolutionary architectures applied to a complex structural design problem. The experiments were conducted using Inventor 2003, a networkbased evolutionary design support tool developed at George Mason University. First, a general introduction to evolutionary computation is provided with an emphasis on recent developments in parallel evolutionary architectures. Next, a discussion of conceptual design of steel structural systems in tall buildings is presented. Further, Inventor 2003 is briefly introduced as well as its design representation and evolutionary computation characteristics. Next, the results obtained from systematic design experiments conducted with Inventor 2003 are discussed. The objective of these experiments was to qualitatively and quantitatively investigate evolution of steel structural systems in tall buildings during a distributed evolutionary design process as well as to compare efficiency and effectiveness of various parallel evolutionary architectures with the traditional evolutionary design approaches. Two connectivity topologies (ring topology and fully-connected topology) have been investigated for four populations of structural designs evolving in parallel and using various migration strategies. Also, results of the initial sensitivity studies are reported in which two ways of initializing distributed evolutionary design processes were investigated, using either arbitrarily selected designs as initial parents or randomly generated ones. Finally, initial research conclusions are presented.
This paper presents an innovative software platform OpenSTEP intended to build advanced distributed integrated systems and to conduct multidisciplinary collaborative projects in both academy and industry. The paper discusses an open system architecture, methodology, component library and CASE toolkit enabling the developers to build a wide range of interoperable applications and systems compliant with STEP and, particularly, with IFC becoming the increasingly important standard for information integration in architecture, engineering and construction.
Analytical models, describing oscillations of systems of interconnected solid and deformable bodies,making a complex movement in fields of inertia forces and gravitation forces, are resulted. Method of numerical investigation of dynamics of the specified systems, based on sharing of parameter prolongation method, Newton-Kantorovich algorithm, Flocke and Liapunov hteories, is developed. On the basis of constructed analytical models and numerical techniques a new, practically important problems of dynamics of systems, consisting of solid bodies, flexible rods, membranes and soft shells, which make a complex movement in fields of forces of inertia and gravity are solved. The received results are used during designing of responsible elements of structures, making a complex movement, which find application in construction and mechanical engineering.
In this paper, systematic analyses for the shoring systems installed to support the applied loads during construction are performed on the basis of the numerical approach. On the basis of a rigorous time-dependent analysis, structural behaviors of reinforced concrete (RC) frame structures according to the changes in design variables such as the types of shoring systems, shore stiffness and shore spacing are analyzed and discussed. The time-dependent deformations of concrete such as creep and shrinkage and construction sequences of frame structures are also taken into account to minimize the structural instability and to reach to an improved design of shoring system because these effects may increase the axial forces delivered to the shores. In advance, the influence of the column shortening effect, generally mentioned in a tall building structure, is analyzed. From many parametric studies, it has been finally concluded that the most effective shoring system in RC frame structures is 2S1R (two shores and one reshore) regardless of the changes in design variables.
The aim of this talk is to show that the methods used by Métivier and Lapidus to study the eigenvalue distribution of elliptic operators (e.g., of the Dirichlet Laplacian) can be adapted to the study of the similar problem for the Stokes operator. In this way we get asymptotic formulae for the eigenvalues of the latter operator even in the case when the underlying domain has an extremely irregular (fractal) boundary. In the case the boundary is not that irregular (e.g., when it is Lipschitz) the estimates we obtain are much better than the ones we can find in the current literature.
Die geometrische Modellierung hat in den Ingenieurwissenschaften eine große Bedeutung erlangt. Die Visualisierung von zwei- oder dreidimensionalen Problemstellungen ist aus heutigen Anwendungen nicht mehr wegzudenken. Zunehmend rücken Aufgabenstellungen aus dem Bereich der geometrischen Modellierung in den Vordergrund, die über die etablierten Dimensionen 1-3 hinausgehen und die nicht mehr rein geometrischer Natur sind. Hierzu zählen Aufgabenstellungen aus den Bereichen numerische Simulation, Parameteridentifikation und Strukturanalyse. Auf diese nicht-geometrischen Aufgabenstellungen sollen geometrische Verfahren, wie z.B. Triangulation, konvexe Hülle, geometrischer Schnitt und Interpolation angewendet werden. Hierzu werden diese Algorithmen, die alle auf der klassischen Geometrie des euklidischen Raumes beruhen, auf ihre Übertragbarkeit hin analysiert und überarbeitet. Am Beispiel einer Parameteridentifikation wird eine systematische Vorgehensweise vorgestellt, die es ermöglicht, trotz weniger Versuchsrechnungen den Bereich der in Frage kommenden Parameter umfassend zu beschreiben. Dies ermöglicht ein besseres Verständnis der Zusammenhänge der Parameter untereinander. Häufig existieren mehr als eine Parameterkombination, so daß diese eine Isolinie formen, die ihrerseits unendlich viele Lösungen des gestellten Problemes im Untersuchungsgebiet beschreibt.
There is an increasing need for 3D building extraction from aerial images for various applications such astown planning, environmental- and property-related studies. Aerial images usually reveal on one hand a certain amount of information not relevant for the given task of building extraction like vegetation, cars etc. On the other hand there is a loss of relevant information due to occlusions, low contrasts or disadvantageous perspectives. Therefore a promising concept for automated building reconstruction must incorporate a suffciantly complete model of the objects of interest. We propose a model-based approach to 3D building extraction from aerial images which reveals a tight coupling between a generic 3D object model and an explicit 2D image model. The generic object model employes domain specific volumetric primitives (i. e. building part models) and combination schemes. To cover the gap between 3D object models and 2D image data the image model is employed to predict the projective building appearences in aerial images. We present a strategy for a model-based building extraction based on the recognition-by-components principle and show first experimental results derived from international test sets
Bei der Betrachtung von Stapelproblemen ergibt sich unter anderem folgendes Problem: Ein gegebener Stapel - bestehend aus den Elementen v i der Menge V - soll an anderer Stelle in einer vorgeschriebenen, veränderten Struktur wieder aufgebaut werden. Dazu stehen Hilfsstapelplätze zur Verfügung. Die Optimierung dieses Problems hinsichtlich der Anzahl der benötigten Hilfsstapelplätze ist NP-vollständig. Es werden Erfahrungen mit einem Branch-and-Bound Algorithmus zur Lösung des Problems vorgestellt sowie ein heuristischer Algorithmus diskutiert
Integrated structural engineering system usually consists of large number of design objects that may be distributed across different platforms. These design objects need to communicate data and information among each other. For efficient communication among design objects a common communication protocol need to be defined. This paper presents the elements of a communication protocol that uses a mediator agent to facilitate communication among design objects. This protocol is termed the Mediative Communication Protocol (MCP). The protocol uses certain design communication performatives and the semantics of an Agent Communication language (ACL) mainly the Knowledge and Query Manipulation Language (KQML) to implement its steps. Details of a Mediator Agent, that will facilitate the communication among design objects, is presented. The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used to present the Meditative protocol and show how the mediator agent can be use to execute the steps of the meditative communication protocol. An example from structural engineering application is presented to demonstrate and validate the protocol. It is concluded that the meditative protocol is a viable protocol to facilitate object-to-object communication and also has potential to facilitate communication among the different project participants at the higher level of integrated structural engineering systems.
Current building product models explicitly represent components, attributes of components, and relationships between components. These designer-focused product models, however, do not represent many of the design conditions that are important for construction, such as component similarity, uniformity, and penetrations. Current design and construction tools offer limited support for detecting these construction-specific design conditions. This paper describes the ontology we developed using the manufacturing concept of features to represent the design conditions that are important for construction. The feature ontology provides the blueprint for the additions and changes needed to transform a standard product model into a constructionspecific product model. The ontology formalizes three classes of features, defines the attributes and functions of each feature type, and represents the relationships between features explicitly. The descriptive semantics of the ontology allows practitioners to represent their varied preferences for naming features, specifying features that result from component intersections and the similarity of components, and grouping features that affect a specific construction domain. A software prototype that implements the ontology enables practitioners to transform designer-focused product models into feature-based product models that represent the construction perspective.
The method of the finite elements is an adaptable numerical procedure for interpolation as well as for the numerical approximation of solutions of partial differential equations. The basis of these procedure is the formulation of suitable finite elements and element decompositions of the solution space. Classical finite elements are based on triangles or quadrangles in the two-dimensional space and tetrahedron or hexahedron in the threedimensional space. The use of arbitrary-dimensional convex and non-convex polyhedrons as the geometrical basis of finite elements increases the flexibility of generating finite element decompositions substantially and is sometimes the only way to get a clear decomposition...
Objektorientierte Modellierungstechniken werden gegenwärtig vor allem Entwicklern von CAD-Systemen angeboten. Sie erzeugen über die Schritte OO-Modellanalyse und OO-Softwaredesign OO-Programme, die mit ihrer Compilation das durch den Softwareingenieur gefundene Modell festschreiben. Generell, aber insbesondere im Bauwerksdesign, ist dieses Vorgehen unbefriedigend, da hier eine Normung von Modellen nicht gelingt, der Entwurfsprozeß vergleichsweise lang ist und eine Kooperation von Ingenieurgewerken mit verschiedenen Modelldomänen die Regel sind. Darüber hinaus weisen die Modelle in frühen Phasen ein hohes Maß an Unschärfe und Abstraktion auf. CAD-Tools, die diese Phasen unterstützen, benötigen deshalb: statt eines genormten Produktmodells ein einheitliches, kognitiv begründetes Modellstrukturierungsparadigma, für das mit der Objektorientierung eine mögliche Ausprägung gegeben ist, ein explizites, verfügbares Domänenmodell zur fortwährenden Interpretation von Bauwerksmodellen, deskriptive Elemente, die die Interpretation von Objekten und Attributen erleichtern, ein Konzept zur Behandlung von Unschärfe und Abstraktion. Hieraus ergeben sich für die Entwicklung von CAD-Systemen folgende Forderungen : Explizite Verfügbarkeit von Klassenobjekten und deren Erzeugung und Veränderung zur Laufzeit, Vererbung auf Klassen- und Instanzniveau, Erweiterte Attributkonzepte (Facetten), Unterstützung der Aggregation als einer wesentlichen Modellstrukturierungsrelation, Verfügbarkeit von OO-Schnittstellen zum Aufbau von CAD-Systemen aus Tools einerseits, sowie zur Trennung von Modellverwaltung und Modellrepräsentation andererseits. Als ein herausragendes Merkmal des Objektorientierten Paradigmas wird die Anwendungsnähe genannt, da Erscheinungen der behandelten Domäne sich analog in Modellen und Programmen wiederfinden (sollen). Unter der Grundannahme, daß dieses Paradigma auch durch den Anwender zur Erstellung seiner Modellwelten verwendet wird, will FLEXOB eine homogene Umgebung schaffen, die die Modellwelt des Softwareingenieurs zu Analysezwecken dem Anwender zur Verfügung stellt und die die Erweiterung dieser Modellwelt auf deskriptivem Niveau ermöglicht. Das Tool FLEXOB und einige wesentliche Implementationsdetails werden im Beitrag vorgestellt. Es handelt sich bei diesem Tools um eine C++ Klassenbibliothek, die entweder als Objektmodul oder als Windows-DLL verwendet werden kann. Aspekte des Nutzungsregimes solch flexibler Modellverwaltungen werden im Beitrag ebenfalls angespochen.
The idea of representing urban structure and various communication systems (water and energy supply, telephone and cable TV networks) as fractal objects is not absolutely new. However, known works, devoted to this problem use models and approaches from fractal physics. For example, to simulate urban growth Diffusion Limited Aggregation (DLA) model and Dielectric Breakdown (DB) model are used. This study introduces a different approach. Net structure of communication system is described by a graph of special type called regular G(l,r,n)-graph. Authors provide description of such graph, develop iterative process for its generation and prove its self-similarity, i.e. that every regular graph is a pre-fractal. After the infinite number of steps this process generates a fractal. The devised algorithm for generation and grathical representation of regular G(l,r,n)-graphs with different values of l,r and n has been programmed to receive computer simulations. For optimal graphic presentation of pre-fractals the Optimal Space Ordering method was suggested. It is based on the minimization of the >graph energy< value about vertices' coordinates. The effective procedure for optimization was developed that takes into account specific properties of graph energy as objective function For the fractal graph introduced the Hausdorff-Besikovich and similarity dimensions were calculated. It has been shown that >graph energy< is directly related to the graph's fractal properties. For G(3,3,n) and G(4,4,n) graphs fractal dimensions calculated by different methods are the same (D=1,5 and D=2 respectively), while topological dimension of both graphs is 1.
Many problems related to data integration in AEC can be better tackled by an approach that takes into account the heterogeneity of tasks, models and applications but does not require continuous consistency of the evolving design data, at each data management operation. Such an approach must incorporate adequate services that can facilitate reintegration of concurrently modified data at reasonably selected coordination points. In this paper we present a set of methods which, used in combination, can achieve that goal. After a description of the principal envisaged cooperative work scenario each of these methods is discussed in detail and current observations drawn from their software realisation are given. Whilst the suggested approach is valid for any EXPRESS-based data model, the practical focus of work has been on facilitating IFC-driven integration.
Der Effekt des praktischen Einsatzes von CAD-Systemen im Stahlbau erschöpft sich heute weitgehend in einer Verbesserung der Qualität der Planungsunterlagen und in der Verkürzung der Bearbeitungszeiten. Dabei ist bei schwierigen individuellen Konstruktionen die Einsparung an Arbeitszeit oft nicht sehr markant gegenüber einer traditionellen Arbeitsweise. Die dreidimensionale Erfassung, Speicherung und Verarbeitung von Konstruktionsdaten im Rechner verlangt neben größeren Rechenleistungen neue Verfahren für die Behandlung dieser Daten. Die Möglichkeiten der Automatisierung stahlbautypischer Produktionsvorgänge und einer variablen, computergestützten Planung erfordern wissenschaftlich-technische Betrachtungen des Gesamtproblems. Ausgehend von den Anforderungen des Stahlbaus wird ein neues dreidimensionales Volumenmodell für den rechnergestützten Entwurf und die Konstruktion erarbeitet. Es werden grundlegende Methoden zur Problembehandlung aufgezeigt. Die Methodik basiert im wesentlichen auf der Methode der Inzidenz-Matrizen, um die Beziehungen zwischen topologischen und geometrischen Informationen eines Körpers darzustellen. Die Ermittlung der lokalen Mannigfaltigkeiten wird mit dem Euler-Polyedersatz verglichen und an Beispielen demonstriert. Eine neue Methode zur Ermittlung der lokalen Mannigfaltigkeiten wird dargestellt. Stahlbauspezifische Konstruktionen werden erzeugt und ihre Gestalt nach Anforderungen verändert. Im besonderen werden stahlbauspezifische Ausklinkungen und Verschneidungen erarbeitet und an Beispielen präsentiert.
Priority-rule methods for approximately minimizing the duration of a project subject to minimal and maximal time lags between the activities of the project and limited availability of renewable resources are considered. Such a project can be modelled by a cyclic activity-on-node network. Two generation schemes for constructing feasible schedules are discussed: the serial and parallel schemes. Two different kinds of heuristic procedures are proposed. The sequential or direct method processes the activities or respectively nodes of the project network one after another without considering the strong components separately. The contraction method uses a bottom-up technique. First, a feasible subschedule is determined for each strong component. Second, each strong component is replaced by a single node and the resulting acyclic network is treated by the direct method. In conclusion, some results from an experimental performance analysis of the heuristics are given using a new network generator.
The highway product model based on the length information of the centerline, and the application system is developed. This paper shows the schema and the modeling process of the product model, which includes geometric elements such as an alignment, lanes, sidewalks, shoulders and sprits, and accessories such as guard fences, plantings and signs. Furthermore, The Highway Sequence Editor (HSE) is developed as an application system to verify the model.
In this research project we intend to transfer the whole AEC-Bidding process to an agent-based virtual marketplace. Hereby, the existing legal regulations have to be considered. Important aspects in developing the virtual marketplace are to provide the possibility to realize an agentbased bidding consortium as well as to integrate subcontractors.
We provide a critical overview of the current status of computational support for construction the management and building performance evaluation in North-America. This overview is based on the research conducted in relation to the design and construction of the Intelligent Workplace (IW), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. With regard to the commercial software products in the field of construction management the following limitations can be identified: Although project planning, cost estimating and construction simulation are supported, tasks like bidding as well as site and material management have not received the same level of attention. Few project management software packages are integrated in a total design support software system. Little analysis or evaluation options are provided to support managerial decision making. Various research groups address the construction planning and scheduling, construction contracting, site layout generation as well as the integration of these three topics. Currently problems such as efficient material management and calculation of environmental and energy responsive site management are insufficiently addressed within the ongoing research projects. In the domain of building performance simulation and decision support one can notice that, the development and application of computational tools is industry driven. As a result the concerns addressed by the tools are mainly issues pertaining to the selection and sizing of systems and components rather than an integrated performance evaluation. Consequently, these programs are rarely used by building designers, especially in the early design stages, where the predictive capabilities of simulation tools could be of significant value. Although many research institutions address the necessity for the integration of performance simulation within the overall design support environments most of the practically available performance simulation tools still remain mono-dimensional and isolated.
Informationstechnische Integration im Bauwesen durch Nutzung fachspezifischen Anwenderwissens
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Im vorliegenden Beitrag wird ein Integrationskonzept vorgestellt, bei dem das fachspezifische Wissen des Anwenders integraler Bestandteil des Konzeptes ist. Grundgedanke des Konzeptes ist es, die Informationen vorerst im Kontext der Anwendung, mit der sie erstellt wurden, zu belassen. Die Interpretation der Informationen erfolgt durch den Anwender, der diese Informationen zur Integration nutzen möchte. Er weiß, welche Daten er für seine Arbeiten benötigt, und er verfügt über das erforderliche fachspezifische Wissen, um die Informationen anderer Bearbeiter verstehen zu können. Damit ist es nicht erforderlich, die internen Datenstrukturen einer Software zu verstehen und in einem neutralen Format zu beschreiben. Die Integration erfolgt interaktiv am Bildschirm durch den Anwender. Das vorgestellt Konzept wird in den Kontext der in der Literatur beschriebenen Integrationskonzepte eingegliedert. Hierzu werden die Integrationskonzepte klassifiziert. Die Klassifikation erfolgt auf der Grundlage der Software-Architekturen. Das vorgestellte Integrationskonzept wird am Beispiel der Angebotsbearbeitung im Bauwesen konkretisiert.
Buildings require both for construction and, due to their comparatively long life cycle for maintenance, significant raw material and energy resources. So far available knowledge about resource consumption during an entire life cycle of a building is still quite rare, because various criteria affect each other and/or overlay mutually. In this contribution a model based software concept is presented using an integrated approach for life cycle simulation and assessment of buildings. The essential point of the development consists of connecting an IFC compliant product model of a building via the Internet with data bases for the resource and energy requirement of building materials. Furthermore, numerical simulations allow calculating and minimizing the energy consumption, the resource requirement, the waste streams and also the noxious emissions. In the context of this paper we present the first release of software programs for architects and engineers, which help them to evaluate their design decisions objectively in early planning steps. Additionally the usage of the software is demonstrated by a test case study for a real world building. By applying this software in practice a substantial contribution for saving energy and natural resources can be provided in the sense of sustainable and ecological building design.
Unterschiedliche Sichten auf einen Anwendungsbereich drücken sich in unterschiedlich strukturierten Modellen aus. Diese Modelle enthalten im allgemeinen unterschiedliche Arten von Informationen über Objekte ihres Anwendungsbereiches. In diesem Beitrag soll ein Konzept zur Modellintegration beschrieben werden, das die Zusammenführung dieser Informationen gestattet. Im Gegensatz zu traditionellen Methoden des Datenaustauschs, bei dem Objekte des einen Modells in Objekte des anderen Modells konvertiert werden, beruht das Integrationskonzept auf dem Erkennen und dem Verbinden einander äquivalenter Objekte in den Modellen. Als Grundlage zur Beschreibung der Modellschemata wurde die in der ISO 10303-11 spezifizierte konzeptuelle Sprache EXPRESS benutzt. Der Objektzugriff wird durch ein Laufzeitsystem realisiert, das auf der Basis des Standard Data Acces Interface (SDAI ISO 10303-22) entwickelt wurde. Die Modellintegration umfaßt zwei Teilbereiche. Zum einen muß ein Abgleich der verschiedenen Schemata (Schema mapping) erfolgen. Zum anderen müssen Regeln zur Objektidentifikation (Object matching) beschrieben werden. Zur Angabe dieser Integrationsinformationen wurden Strukturen entwickelt. Die in diesen Strukturen abgelegten Beziehungen werden durch das Laufzeitsystem ausgewertet. Durch diese Vorgehensweise lassen sich zum einen alle verfügbaren Informationen über Objekte des Anwendungsbereiches zusammenführen, so daß sie im Gesamtkontext sichtbar werden und bearbeitet werden können. Zum anderen können Inkonsistenzen zwischen den Modellen erkannt und ausgewertet werden.
Bauwerke werden heute mit umfassender Systematik Bauwerke werden heute mit umfassender Systematik die Brauchbarkeit der Bauwerke werden durch Normung und Prüfung intensiv beeinflußt. Der Computereinsatz ist in diesem Bereich allgemein üblich. Im Gegensatz zu Planungs- und Ausführungsphase eines Bauwerks ist die Betriebsphase wenig systematisiert. Dies ist überraschend, da die Betriebsphase über die Lebensdauer eines Bauwerks hinweg wesentlich größere Kosten verursacht, als der Rohbau und da der Nutzen des Bauwerks ja nicht in seiner Errichtung sondern in seinem Betrieb liegt. Die mangelnde Systematik der Bewirtschaftung ist beispielsweise daran ersichtlich, daß es im allgemeinen noch keine brauchbare Dokumentation der Gebäudebewirtschaftung, wenige Normen und wenig Software für diesen Aufgabenbereich gibt.
The processes in the life cycle of buildings are characterised by highly distinct teamwork. The integration of all the distributed working participants, by providing an environment, which especially supports the communication and collaboration between the actors, is a fundamental step to improve the efficiency of the involved processes and to reduce the total costs. In this article, a link based modelling approach and its “intelligent” link management is introduced (1). This approach realises an integration environment based on a special building model that acts as a decision support system. The link-based modelling is characterised by the definition and specialisation of links between partial models. These intelligent managed links enable a very flexible and task specific data access and exchange between all the different views and partial models of the participants.
In our project, we develop new tools for the conceptual design phase. During conceptual design, the coarse functionality and organization of a building is more important than a detailed worked out construction. We identify two roles, first the knowledge engineer who is responsible for knowledge definition and maintenance; second the architect who elaborates the conceptual design. The tool for the knowledge engineer is based on graph technology, it is specified using PROGRES and the UPGRADE framework. The tools for the architect are integrated to the industrial CAD tool ArchiCAD. Consistency between knowledge and conceptual design is ensured by the constraint checker, another extension to ArchiCAD.
Essence of service unreliability on account of irregularity has been given. The reasons of occurance of overcrowded vehicles have been listed. The factor of service unreliability on account of irregularity has been determined. It is probability of the event, that the passenger finds departing vehicle fully filled, i.e. when all places seating and standing are occupied or condition of the travel, which would be not acceptable for passenger. Large dispersion of headways (i.e. irregularity) increases probability of such situations. To calculate the mentioned factor, the computer simulation was used. Both, passenger arrivals and vehicle operation have been modelled as stochastic interacted processes. Distributions of headways and passenger arrivals have been fixed by statistical methods. The >maximal capacity< of a vehicle has been determined. The set of parameters values for simulation runs has been given. The transformed results of computer simulation are series of nomographs for determination of a factor value. They were prepared for many types of trams and city buses, but only one nomograph has been presented. Difficulties in verification of model were discussed. Recommendations for rational utilisation level of public transport means capacity in the condition of randomness of passenger arrivals and disturbances in vehicle operation have been proposed. The other possibilities of service unreliability have been mentioned. General conclusions have been given
Today’s building industry not only demands more and more reduced construction time on building site, but also an advanced and mostly construction attendant design phase. Even though there is software available to support design processes in distributed environments, most applications only support simple document based exchange of information. In this paper a knowledge based system is presented to support cooperative, comprehensive design processes in distributed environments. The presented research project is financially supported by the German Research Community (DFG – Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft).
Effective knowledge management is increasingly considered as a cornerstone of sustainable business success. Knowledge management systems are strategically valuable for both ensuring consistency and continuous improvement of various aspects such as quality delivery, productivity and competitiveness. The small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the construction industry are mostly operating under tighter timeframes, narrower profit margins and more constrained resources. Hence the recently commenced SMILE-SMC (Strategic Management with Information Leveraged Excellece for Small and Medium Contractors) project aims to support the information and knowledge management needs of the small and medium contractors in Hong Kong. This paper presents some snapshots on the SMILE-SMC project, and its conceptualized deliverables with some highlights of recent developments.
A large-scale computer modeling and simulation method is presented for environmental flows in urban area. Several GIS and CAD data were used for the preparation of shape model and an automatic mesh generation method based on Delaunay method was developed. Parallel finite element method based on domain decomposition method was employed for the numerical simulation of natural phenomena. The present method was applied to the simulation of flood flow and wind flow in urban area. The present method is shown to be a useful planning and design tool for the natural disasters and the change of environments.