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Spatial data acquisition, integration, and modeling for real-time project life-cycle applications
(2004)
Current methods for site modeling employs expensive laser range scanners that produce dense point clouds which require hours or days of post-processing to arrive at a finished model. While these methods produce very detailed models of the scanned scene, useful for obtaining as-built drawings of existing structures, the associated computational time burden precludes the methods from being used onsite for real-time decision-making. Moreover, in many project life-cycle applications, detailed models of objects are not needed. Results of earlier research conducted by the authors demonstrated novel, highly economical methods that reduce data acquisition time and the need for computationally intensive processing. These methods enable complete local area modeling in the order of a minute, and with sufficient accuracy for applications such as advanced equipment control, simple as-built site modeling, and real-time safety monitoring for construction equipment. This paper describes a research project that is investigating novel ways of acquiring, integrating, modeling, and analyzing project site spatial data that do not rely on dense, expensive laser scanning technology and that enable scalability and robustness for real-time, field deployment. Algorithms and methods for modeling objects of simple geometric shape (geometric primitives from a limited number of range points, as well as methods provide a foundation for further development required to address more complex site situations, especially if dynamic site information (motion of personnel and equipment). Field experiments are being conducted to establish performance parameters and validation for the proposed methods and models. Initial experimental work has demonstrated the feasibility of this approach.
The cost of keeping large area urban computer aided architectural design (CAAD) models up to date justifies wider use and access. This paper reviews the potential for collaborative groupwork creation and maintenance of such models and suggests an approach to data entry, data management and generation of appropriate levels of detail models from a Geographic Information System (GIS). Staff at the University of the West of England (UWE) modelled a large area of Bristol to demonstrate millennium landmark proposals. It became swiftly apparent that continued amendment of the model to keep it an accurate reflection of changes on the ground was a major data management problem. Piecing in new CAAD models received from Architectural Practices to visualise them in context as part of the planning negotiation process has often taken staff several days of work for each instance. The model is so complex and proprietary that Bristol City operates a specialist visualisation bureau service. UWE later modelled the environs of the Tower of London to support bids for funding and to provide the context for judging the visual impact of iterative design development. Further research continued to develop more effective approaches to. Data conversion and amalgamation from all the diverse sources was the major impediment to effective group working to create the models. It became apparent that a GIS would assist retrieving all the appropriate data that described the part of the model under creation. It was possible to predict that management of many historic part models stepping back through time, allowing for different expert interpretations to co-exist would be in itself a major task requiring a spatial database/GIS. UWE started afresh from the original source data, to explore the collaborative use of GIS and Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML) to integrate models and interventions from various sources and to generate an overall navigable interactive whole. Current exploration of the combination of event driven behaviours and Structured Query Language is seeking to define how appropriately to modify objects in the VRML model on demand. This is beginning to realise the potential for use of this process for: asynchronous group modelling on the lines of a collaborative virtual design studio; historic building maintenance management; visitor management; interpretation of historic sites to visitors and public planning information.
Hydro- und morphodynamischen Prozesse in Binnengewässern und im Küstennahbereich erzeugen hochkomplexe Phänomene. Zur Beurteilung der Entwicklung von Küstenzohnen, von Flussbetten sowie von Eingriffen des Menschen in Form von Schutzbauwerken sind geeignete numerische Modellwerkzeuge notwendig. Es wird ein holistischer Modellansatz zur Approximation gekoppelter Seegangs-, Strömungs- und Morphodynamischer Prozesse auf der Basis stabilisierter Finiter Elemente vorgestellt. Der Großteil der Modellgleichungen der Hydro- und Morphodynamik sind Transportgleichungen. Dem Transportcharakter dieser Gleichungen entsprechend wird ein stabilisiertes Finites Element Verfahren auf Dreiecken vorgestellt. Die vorgestellte Approximation entspricht einem streamline upwinding Petrov-Galerkin-Verfahrens für vektorwertige mehrdimensionale Probleme, bei dem der Fehler eines Standard-Galerkin-Verfahrens mit Hilfe eines Upwinding-Koeffizienten minimiert wird. Die Wahl des Upwinding-Koeffizienten ist übertragbar auf andere Problemklassen und basiert ausschließlich auf dem Charakter der zugrundeliegene Das Modell wurde für Seegangs- und Strömungs-Untersuchungen im Jade-Weser-Ästuar an der deutschen Nordseeküste eingesetzt.
The problem F|n=2|F is to minimize the given objective function F(C1,m, C2,m) of completion times Ci,m of two jobs i Î J={1, 2} processed on m machines M={1, 2, …, m}. Both jobs have the same technological route through m machines. Processing time ti,k of job iÎ J on machine kÎ M is known. Operation preemptions are not allowed. Let R2m be space of non-negative 2m-dimensional real vectors t=(t1,1,…, t1,m, t2,1,…, t2,m) with Chebyshev’s distance d(t, t*). To solve problem F|n=2|F, we can use the geometric algorithm, which includes the following steps: 1) construct digraph (V, A) for problem F|n=2|F and find so-called border vertices in (V, A); 2) construct the set of trajectories corresponding to the shortest paths Rt in digraph (V, A) from the origin vertex to each of the border vertices; 3) find an optimal path in the set Rt that represents a schedule with minimal value of the objective function F. Let path tu Î Rt be optimal for the problem F|n=2|F with operation processing times defined by vector t. If for any small positive real number e > 0 there exists vector t*Î R2m such that d(t, t*) = e and path tu is not optimal for the problem F|n=2|F with operation processing times defined by vector t*, then optimality of path tu is not stable. The main result of the paper is the proof of necessary and sufficient conditions for optimality stability of path tu. If objective function F is continuous non-decreasing (e.g., makespan, total completion time, maximal lateness or total tardiness), then to test whether optimality of the path tu Î Rt is stable takes O(m log m) time.
Eine der wichtigsten Aufgaben und Herausforderungen der Bauinformatik ist gegenwärtig die Realisierung des durchgängigen, fachübergreifenden Datenflusses im Planungsprozeß eines Bauvorhabens. Im Hinblick auf die internationale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Bauwirtschaft ist es unumgänglich, vorhandene Effizienzpotentiale in der Bauplanung auszuschöpfen, welche durch eine qualitative Verbesserung der Planung sowie durch eine Verringerung der Bearbeitungszeit aller beteiligten Fachplanern erreicht werden können. Nach dem gegenwärtigen Stand der Technik werden die Informationsobjekte standardisiert, damit sie durchgängig nutzbar sind. Diese werden in einem allgemeingültigen Format den speziellen Programmen der Fachplaner zur Verfügung gestellt. In dieser Arbeit wird der Ansatz verfolgt, eine Integration durch die Standardisierung der Kommunikation zwischen den Informationsobjekten und ihren Anwendungsprogrammen zu erreichen. Dabei kann auf die Standardisierung der zu übertragenden Objekte verzichtet werden. Ziel der Ausarbeitung ist die Definition von implementationstechnischen Regeln, die alle auszutauschenden Objekte sowie die Anwendungen, die solche Objekte aufnehmen wollen, erfüllen müssen. Die Bearbeitung der Objekte soll in den gewohnten Anwendungen in unveränderter Weise erfolgen.
In dieser Arbeit wird eine neue Methode für die Integration von Informationen in digitalen Planungsunterlagen erarbeitet. Die Grundidee des Integrationsansatzes stützt sich auf die aktive Einbeziehung der Anwender während der Realisierung der Übernahme von Informationen und bei der Aktualisierung von Planungsunterlagen, die inkonsistent zu anderen Planungsunterlagen sind. Diese Grundidee kombiniert mit den Möglichkeiten neuer Kommunikationstechnologien war für die Spezifikation von neuen Methoden für die Übernahme von Informationen und für die Überwachung von Veränderungen ausschlaggebend. Die neuen Methoden werden in dieser Ausarbeitung erarbeitet und vorgestellt. Ziel der Ausarbeitung ist die Definition von implementationstechnischen Regeln, die alle auszutauschenden Objekte erfüllen müssen. Die Realisierung der Integrationsaufgaben durch den Anwender basiert dabei auf den Möglichkeiten der traditionellen Integration analoger Dokumente.
We consider the standardization problem (SP) which can be formulated as follows. It is known demand bi in each type i in {1, 2, ..., n} of items. Production of yi items of the ith type brings a profit fi (yi), where fi is a nondecreasing concave function for each i in {1, 2, ..., n}.It is necessary to satisfy the demand and to maximize the total profit provided that there exist >standardization possibilities< . These possibilities means that some types of items can be replaced by some another types. We introduce generalized standardization problem (GSP) in which titems demand is given as the set of admissible demand vectors. We show that GSP and SP are special cases of the resource allocation problem over a network polymatroid. Ibasing on this observation we propose a polynomial time solution algorithm for GSP and SP.
In this paper we present a computer aided method supporting co-operation between different project partners, such as architects and engineers, on the basis of strictly three-dimensional models. The center of our software architecture is a product model, described by the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) of the International Alliance for Interoperability (IAI). From this a geometrical model is extracted and automatically transferred to a computational model serving as a basis for various simulation tasks. In this paper the focus is set on the advantage of the fully three-dimensional structural analysis performed by p-version of the finite element analysis. Other simulation methods are discussed in a separate contribution of this Volume (Treeck 2004). The validity of this approach will be shown in a complex example.
Let the information of a civil engineering application be decomposed into objects of a given set of classes. Then the set of objects forms the data base of the application. The objects contain attributes and methods. Properties of the objects are stored in the attributes. Algorithms which the objects perform are implemented in the methods of the objects. If objects are modified by a user, the consistency of data in the base is destroyed. The data base must be modified in an update to restore its consistency. The sequence of the update operations is not arbitrary, but is governed by dependence between the objects. The situation can be described mathematically with graph theory. The available algorithms for the determination of the update sequence are not suitable when the data base is large. A new update algorithm for large data bases has been developed and is presented in this paper.
The planning of projects in building engineering is a complex process which is characterized by a dynamical composition and many modifications during the definition and execution time of processes. For a computer-aided and network-based cooperation a formal description of the planning process is necessary. In the research project “Relational Process Modelling in Cooperative Building Planning” a process model is described by three parts: an organizational structure with participants, a building structure with states and a process structure with activities. This research project is part of the priority program 1103 “Network-Based Cooperative Planning Processes in Structural Engineering” promoted by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Planning processes in civil engineering can be described by workflow graphs. The process structure describes the logical planning process and can be formally defined by a bipartite graph. This structure consists of activities, transitions and relationships between activities and transitions. In order to minimize errors at execution time of a planning process a consistent and structurally correct process model must be guaranteed. This contribution considers the concept and the algorithms for checking the consistency and the correctness of the process structure.
Information science researchers and developers have spent many years addressing the problem of retrieving the exact information needed and using it for analysis purposes. In informationseeking dialogues, the user, i.e. construction project manager or supplier, often asks questions about specific aspects of the tasks they want to perform. But most of the time it is difficult for the software systems to unambiguously understand their overall intentions. The existence of information tunnels (Tannenbaum 2002) aggravates this phenomenon. This study includes a detailed case study of the material management process in the construction industry. Based on this case study, the structure of a formal user model for information retrieval in construction management is proposed. This prototype user model will be incorporated into the system design for construction information management and retrieval. This information retrieval system is a user-centered product based on the development of a user configurable visitor mechanism for managing and retrieving project information without worrying too much about the underlying data structure of the database system. An executable UML model combined with OODB is used to reduce the ambiguity in the user's intentions and to achieve user satisfaction.
Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war es, durch Verwendung geeigneter vorhandener CAD-Pläne die Bearbeitung neuer CAD-Pläne zu unterstützen. Entstanden ist ein generischer Ansatz zum fallbasierten Schließens. Da in CAD-Plänen die räumliche Struktur eine wichtige Rolle spielt, ist das Konzept auf strukturorientierte Anwendungen ausgerichtet. Deshalb bezeichne ich es als ein Konzept zum " strukturorientierten fallbasierten Schließen". Die Arbeit spezifiziert das Minimum an Wissen, welches zur Suche und Wiederverwendung von Fällen benötigt wird, wie das darüber hinausgehende Wissen verarbeitet wird, welche Zusammenhänge es zum Beispiel zwischen Vergleichs- und Anpassungswissen gibt und wie man das Wissen modellieren kann. Zur Erläuterung wird das benötigte Wissen anhand verschiedener Anwendungen dargestellt. Das in der Arbeit vorgestellte Konzept erlaubt die Ergänzung, Detaillierung und Korrektur einer Anfrage. Die beiden entscheidenden Algorithmen dienen dem Vergleich von Anfrage und Fall und der Anpassung der Information des Falles zur Modifikation der Anfrage.
Analysis System for Bridge Test (Chinese name abbr.: QLJC) is an application software specially designed for bridge test to analyze the static and dynamic character of bridge structures, calculate efficiency ratio of load test, pick up the results of observation points and so on. In this paper, research content, system design, calculation theory, characteristics and practical application of QLJC is introduced in detail.
In the superelliptic shell joined to a circular cylinder bending stresses are absent when it is subjected to uniform pressure.Some geometrical characteristics have been found. Expressions for determining stresses in the shell crest(in the singular point of plane type) are suggested. The problem of a theoretical critical buckling load of an elongated shell supported by frames is studied. A critical buckling load for two shells with different specifications was found experimentally.
Structural engineering projects are increasingly organized in networked cooperations due to a permanently enlarged competition pressure and a high degree of complexity while performing the concurrent design activities. Software that intends to support such collaborative structural design processes implicates enormous requirements. In the course of our common research work, we analyzed the pros and cons of the application of both the peer-to-peer (University of Bonn) and multiagent architecture style (University of Bochum) within the field of collaborative structural design. In this paper, we join the benefits of both architecture styles in an integrated conceptual approach. We demonstrate the surplus value of the integrated multiagent–peer-to-peer approach by means of an example scenario in which several structural engineers are co-operatively designing the basic structural elements of an arched bridge, applying heterogeneous CAD systems.
The design of mobile IT systems, especially the design of wearable computer systems, is a complex task that requires computer science knowledge, such as that related to hardware configuration and software development, in addition to knowledge of the domain in which the system is intended to be used. Particularly in the AEC sector, it is necessary that the support from mobile information technology fit the work situation at hand. Ideally, the domain expert alone can adjust the wearable computer system to achieve this fit without having to consult IT experts. In this paper, we describe a model that helps in transferring existing design knowledge from non-AEC domains to new projects in the construction area. The base for this is a model and a methodology that describes the usage scenarios of said computer systems in an application-neutral and domain-independent way. Thus, the actual design information and experience will be transferable between different applications and domains.
The subject of this talk is the problem of surface design based upon a mesh that may contain both triangular and quadrangular domains. We investigate the cases when such a combined mesh occurs more preferable for bivariate data interpolation than a pure triangulation. First we describe a modification of the well-known flipping algorithm that constructs a locally optimal combined mesh with a predefined quality criterion. Then we introduce two quality measures for triangular and quadrangular domains and present the results of a computational experiment that compares integral interpolation errors and errors in gradients caused by the piecewise surface models produced by the flipping algorithm with the introduced quality measures. The experiment shows that triangular meshes with the Delaunay quality measure provide better interpolation accuracy only if the interpolated function is strictly convex, as well as a saddle-shaped function is better interpolated by bilinear patches within a combined mesh. For a randomly shaped function combined meshes demonstrate smaller error values and better stability in compare with pure triangulations. At the end we consider other resources for mesh improvement, such as excluding >bad< points from the input set for the mesh generating procedure. Because the function values at these points should not be lost, some linear or bilinear patches are replaced by nonlinear patches that pass through the excluded points.
SYSBAT - An Application to the Building ProductionBased on Computer Supported Cooperative Work
(2003)
Our proposed solution is to enable partners of a construction project to share all the technical data produced and handled during the building production process by building a system through the use of internet technology. The system links distributed databases and allows building partners to access remotely and manipulate specific information. It provides an updated building representation that is being enriched and refined all along the building production process. A recent collaboration with Nemetschek France (subsidiary company of Nemetschek AG, AEC CAD software leader) focus on a building product repository available in a web context. The aim is to help building project actors to choose a technical solution that fits its professional needs, and maintain our information system with up to date information. It starts with the possibility to build on line building product catalogs, in order to link Allplan CAD entities with building technical features. This paper presents the conceptual approaches on which our information system is built. Starting from a general organization diagram organization, we focus on the product and the description branches of construction works (including last IFC model specifications). Our aim is to add decisional support to the construction works selection process. To do so, we consider the actor's role upon the system and the pieces of information each one needs to achieve a given task.
Der Planungsprozess im Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau ist gekennzeichnet durch drei sich zyklisch wiederholende Phasen: die Phase der Aufgabenverteilung, die Phase der parallelen Bearbeitung mit entsprechenden Abstimmungen und die Phase der Zusammenführung der Ergebnisse. Die verfügbare Planungssoftware unterstützt überwiegend nur die Bearbeitung in der zweiten Phase und den Austausch der Datenbestände durch Dokumente. Gegenstand der Arbeit ist die Entwicklung einer Systemarchitektur, die in ihrem Grundsatz alle Phasen der verteilten Bearbeitung und unterschiedliche Arten der Kooperation (asynchron, parallel, wechselseitig) berücksichtigt und bestehende Anwendungen integriert. Das gemeinsame Arbeitsmaterial der Beteiligten wird nicht als Dokumentmenge, sondern als Menge von Objekt- und Elementversionen und deren Beziehungen abstrahiert. Elemente erweitern Objekte um applikationsunabhängige Eigenschaften (Features). Für die Bearbeitung einer Aufgabe werden Teilmengen auf Basis der Features gebildet, für deren Elemente neue Versionen abgeleitet und in einen privaten Arbeitsbereich geladen werden. Die Bearbeitung wird auf Operationen zurückgeführt, mit denen das gemeinsame Arbeitsmaterial konsistent zu halten ist. Die Systemarchitektur wird formal mit Mitteln der Mathematik beschrieben, verfügbare Technologie beschrieben und deren Einsatz in einem Umsetzungskonzept dargestellt. Das Umsetzungskonzept wird pilothaft implementiert. Dies erfolgt in der Umgebung des Internet in der Sprache Java unter Verwendung eines Versionsverwaltungswerkzeuges und relationalen Datenbanken.
Modellverwaltungssysteme sind eine geeignete technologische Basis zum Management digitaler Bauwerksmodelle bei Planungstätigkeiten für den Neubau als auch für die Revitalisierung von Bauwerken. Die Unterstützung von Revitalisierungsprozessen impliziert für den Entwurf integrierter Planungsumgebungen spezifische Anforderungen wie die Repräsentation von Informationen, die mit verschiedenen Typen von Vagheit behaftet sind, die Notwendigkeit, den Soll- sowie den Ist- Zustand des Bauwerks abzubilden und die Fähigkeit des Umgangs mit temporal inkonsistenten Modellzuständen. Die erforderliche Dynamik der Domänenmodelle und die erforderliche Nutzbarkeit in Virtual Enterprises stellen weitere Ansprüche an die Realisierungsbasis der Modellverwaltungssysteme. Zur Implementierung derartiger Systeme erweist es sich als vorteilhaft, Eigenschaften objektorientierter Programmiersprachen mit nichtstatischen Typsystemen auszunutzen, da diese durch die vorhandene Metaebene sowie Introspektions- und Reflektionsmechanismen eine effiziente Realisierungsbasis bereitstellen. Zur effektiven Unterstützung synchroner kooperativer Planungstätigkeiten innerhalb einzelner Fachdisziplinen wurde ein Benachrichtigungsmechanismus realisiert, der an das Modellverwaltungssystem angekoppelte Fachapplikationen über nebenläufig vorgenommene Modifikationen am zugehörigen Domänenmodell oder an Projektinformationen informiert. Weiterhin existiert ein Mechanismus zur vereinfachten Anbindung von existierenden Applikationen, die auf statischen Partialmodellen beruhen oder standardisierte, modellbasierte Austauschformate unterstützen. Abschließend wird eine aus einem zentralen Projektserver, Domänenservern und Domänenclients bestehende hybride Systemarchitektur vorgestellt, die geeignet ist, unter den Randbedingungen kooperativer und geographisch verteilter Arbeit bei Revitalisierungsvorhaben in Virtual Enterprises eingesetzt zu werden.
The goal of the collaborative research center (SFB 532) >Textile reinforced concrete (TRC): the basis for the development of a new material technology< installed in 1998 at the Aachen University is a complex assessment of mechanical, chemical, economical and productional aspects in an interdisciplinary environment. The research project involves 10 institutes performing parallel research in 17 projects. The coordination of such a research process requires effective software support for information sharing in form of data exchange, data analysis and data archival. Furthermore, the processes of experiment planning and design, modification of material compositions and design parameters and development of new material models in such an environment call for systematic coordination applying the concepts of operational research. Flexible organization of the data coming from several sources is a crucial premise for a transparent accumulation of knowledge and, thus, for a successful research in a long run. The technical information system (TRC-TIS) developed in the SFB 532 has been implemented as a database-powered web server with a transparent definition of the product and process model. It serves as an intranet server with access domains devoted to the involved research groups. At the same time, it allows the presentation of selected results just by granting a data object an access from the public area of the server via internet.
The development of a consistent material model for textile reinforced concrete requires the formulation and calibration of several sub-models on different resolution scales. Each of these models represents the material structure at the corresponding scale. While the models at the micro-level are able to capture the fundamental failure and damage mechanisms of the material components (e.g. filament rupture and debonding from the matrix) their computational costs limit their application to the small size representative unit cells of the material structure. On the other hand, the macro-level models provide a sufficient performance at the expense of limited range of applicability. Due to the complex structuring of the textile reinforced concrete at several levels (filament - yarn - textile - matrix) it is a non-trivial task to develop a multiscale model from scratch. It is rather more effective to develop a set of conceptually related sub-models for each structural level covering the selected phenomena of the material behavior. The homogenized effective material properties obtained at the lower level may be verified and validated using experiments and models at the higher level(s). In this paper the development of a consistent material model for textile reinforced concrete is presented. Load carrying and failure mechanisms at the micro, meso and macro scales are described and models with the focus on the specified scales are introduced. The models currently being developed in the framework of the collaborative research center are classified and evaluated with respect to the failure mechanisms being captured. The micromechanical modeling of the yarn and bonding behavior is discussed in detail and the correspondence with the experiments focused on the selected failure and interaction mechanisms is shown. The example of modeling the bond layer demonstrates the application of the presented strategy.
Pre-stressed structural elements are widely used in large-span structures. As a rule, they have higher stiffness characteristics. Pre-stressed rods can be applied as girders of different purpose, and as their separate parts, e.g. rods of trusses and frames. Among numerous ways of prestressing the compression of girders, trusses, and frames by tightenings from high-strength materials is under common application.
For planning in existing built contexts, the building survey is the starting point for initial planning proposals, for the diagnosis and documentation of building damages, for the creation of objectives catalogues, for the detailed design of renovation and conversion measures and for ensuring fulfilment of building legislation, particularly by change of use and refitting. An examination of currently available IT-tools shows insufficient support for planning within existing contexts, most notably a deficit with regard to information capture and administration. This paper discusses the concept for a modular surveying system (basic concept, separation of geometry from semantic data, and separation into sub-systems) and the prototypical realisation of a system for the complete support of the entire building surveying process for existing buildings. The project aims to contribute to the development of a planning system for existing buildings. ...
In the given paper the generalized formulation of the problem of computer modelling of the complex-composite structure interaction with different types of dynamic loads and effects is discussed. Here the analysis is given as for the usage of some universal computing systems for the solution of such problems. Also if is shown that the quantification of the dynamic models of the complex-composite systems with the variable structure, depending on the character and intensivity of the effects, is necessary. The different variants of the joint and the space structure element modelling are gested. It allows to consider the complex modes of the joint bending-torsional oscillations of such structures as bridges, towers, high-rise buildings. The peculiarities of the modelling and testing of some problems of the objects aerodynamics and the interaction of the frameworks constructions with shock and movable loads are considered. In this paper the examples of the complex-composite structure dynamic analysis are shown. It is achieved by means of some special methods of the input of the real inducements and loads of the exploitated analog-object into the computing model. The suggested models found a wide use both at the design of new structures and the dynamic monitoring of the exploitated structures.
In the design of a structure, the implementation of reliable soil-foundation-structure interaction into the analysis process plays a very important role. The paper presents a determination of parameters of a suitably chosen soil-foundation model and their influence on the structure response. Since the mechanical data for the structure can be determined with satisfactory accuracy, the properties of the soil-foundation model were identified using measured dynamic response of the real structure. A simple model describing soil-foundation structure was incorporated into the classical 3-D finite element analysis of the structure with commercial software. Results obtained from the measured data on the pier were afterwards compared with those obtained with the finite model of the pier-foundation-soil structure. On the basis of this comparison the coefficients describing the properties in the soil-foundation model were adjusted until the calculated dynamic response coincided with the measured ones. In this way, the difference between both results was reduced to 1%. Full-scale tests measuring eigenmotion of the bridge were performed through all erection stages of the new bridge in Maribor. In this way an effective and experimentally verified 3-D model for a complex dynamic analysis of the bridge under the earthquake loading was obtained. The significant advantage of the obtained model is that it was updated on the basis of the dynamic measurements thus improving the model on the basis of in-situ geomechanical measurements. The model is very accurate in describing the upper structure and economical in describing the soil mass thus representing an optimal solution regarding computational efforts.
In this paper the results of the investigations of the free oscillations of the pre-stressed flexible structure elements are presented . Two cases of the central preliminary stress are investigated : without intermediate fastening of the tie to the flexible element and with the intermediate fastening in the middle of the element length. The given physical model can be applied to the flexible sloping shells and arches, membranes, large space antenna fields (besides flexible elements). The peculiarity of these systems is the possibility of the non-adjacent equilibrium form existence at the definite relations of the physical parameters . The transition from one stable equilibrium form to another, non-adjacent form, may be treated as jump. In this case they are called systems with buckling or the systems with two potential «gaps». These systems commenced the new section of the mathematical physics - the theory of chaos and strange attractors. The analysis of the solutions confirms the received for the first time by the author and given in effect of the oscillation period doubling of the system during the transition from the «small» oscillations relatively center to the >large< relatively all three equilibrium conditions. The character of the frequency (period) dependence on the free oscillation amplitudes of the non-linear system also confirms the received earlier result of the duality of the system behaviour : >small< oscillations possess the qualities of soft system; >large< oscillations possess the qualities of rigid system. The >small< oscillation natural frequency changing, depending on the oscillation amplitudes, is in the internal . Here the frequency takes zero value at the amplitude values Aa and Ad (or Aa and Ae ); the frequency takes maximum value at the amplitude value near point b .The >large< oscillation natural frequency changes in the interval . Here is also observed . The influence of the tie intermediate fastening doesn't introduce qualitative changes in the behaviour of the investigated system. It only increases ( four times ) the critical value of the preliminary tension force
The conventional way of describing an image is in terms of its canonical pixel-based representation. Other image description techniques are based on image transformations. Such an image transformation converts a canonical image representation into a representation in which specific properties of an image are described more explicitly. In most transformations, images are locally approximated within a window by a linear combination of a number of a priori selected patterns. The coefficients of such a decomposition then provide the desired image representation. The Hermite transform is an image transformation technique introduced by Martens. It uses overlapping Gaussian windows and projects images locally onto a basis of orthogonal polynomials. As the analysis filters needed for the Hermite transform are derivatives of Gaussians, Hermite analysis is in close agreement with the information analysis carried out by the human visual system. In this paper we construct a new higher dimensional Hermite transform within the framework of Quaternionic Analysis. The building blocks for this construction are the Clifford-Hermite polynomials rewritten in terms of Quaternionic analysis. Furthermore, we compare this newly introduced Hermite transform with the Quaternionic-Hermite Continuous Wavelet transform. The Continuous Wavelet transform is a signal analysis technique suitable for non-stationary, inhomogeneous signals for which Fourier analysis is inadequate. Finally the developed three dimensional filter functions of the Quaternionic-Hermite transform are tested with traditional scalar benchmark signals upon their selectivity at detecting pointwise singularities.
In the abstract proposed is the Instrumental System of mechanics problems analysis of the deformed solid body. It supplies the researcher with the possibility to describe the input data on the object under analyses and the problem scheme based upon the variational principles within one task. The particular feature of System is possibility to describe the information concerning the object of any geometrical shape and the computation sheme according to the program defined for purpose. The Methods allow to compute the tasks with indefinite functional and indefinite geometry of the object (or the set of objects). The System provides the possibility to compute the tasks with indefinite sheme based upon the Finite Element Method (FEM). The restrictions of the System usage are therefore determined by the restrictions of the FEM itself. It contrast to other known programms using FEM (ANSYS, LS-DYNA and etc) described system possesses more universality in defining input data and choosing computational scheme. Builtin is an original Subsytem of Numerical Result Analuses. It possesses the possibility to visualise all numerical results, build the epures of the unknown variables, etc. The Subsystem is approved while solving two- and three-dimensional problems of Elasticiti and Plasticity, under the conditions of Geometrical Unlinearity. Discused are Contact Problems of Statics and Dynamics.
The purpose of this paper is to review model for finite element techniques for non-linear crack analysis of reinforced concrete beams and slabs. The non-linear behaviour of concrete and steel were described. Some calculations of >self-stress< for concrete and reinforced concrete beam was made. Current computational aspects are discussed. Several remarks for future studies are also given. The numerical model of the concrete and reinforced concrete was described. The paper shows the results of calculations on a reinforced concrete plane stress panel with cracks. The non-linear, numerical model of calculations of reinforced concrete was assumed. Using finite elements method some calculations were made. The results of calculations like displacements, stresses and cracking are shown on diagrams. They were compared with experimental results and other finding. Some conclusions about the described model and results of calculation are shown.
The preliminary design of a wearable computer for supporting Construction Progress Monitoring
(2000)
Progress monitoring has become more and more important as owners have increasingly demanded shorter times for the delivery of their projects. This trend is even more evident in high technology industries, such as the computer industry and the chemical industry. Fast changing markets, such as the computer industry, force companies to have to build new facilities quickly. To make a statement about construction progress, the status of a building has to be determined and monitored over a period of time. Depicting the construction progress in a diagram over time, statements can be made about the anticipated completion of the project and delays and problems in certain areas. Having this information, measures can be taken to efficiently >catch up< on the schedule of the project. New technologies, such as wearable computers, speech recognition, touch screens and wireless networks could help to move electronic data processing to the construction site. Progress monitoring could very much take advantage of this move, as several intermediate steps of processing progress data can be made unnecessary. The processing of progress data could be entirely done by computers, which means that data for supporting decisions can be made available at the moment the construction progress is measured. This paper describes a project, that investigates how these new technologies can be linked to create a system that enhances the efficiency of progress monitoring. During the project a first prototype of a progress monitoring system was developed that allows construction companies and site supervisors to measure construction progress on site using wearable computers that are speech controlled and connected to a central database via a wireless network.
The increased implementation of site data capture technologies invariably results in an increase in data warehousing and database technologies to store captured data. However, restricted use of data beyond the initial application could potentially result in a loss of understanding of site processes. This could in turn lead to poor decision making at production, tactical and strategic levels. Concrete usage data have been collected from two piling processes. These data have been analysed and the results highlighted potential improvements that could be made to existing site management and estimating processes. A cost benefit analysis has been used to support decision making at the strategic level where the identified improvements require capital expenditure.
The method of difference potentials can be used to solve discrete elliptic boundary value problems, where all derivatives are approximated by finite differences. Considering the classical potential theory, an integral equation on the boundary will be investigated, which is solved approximately by the help of a quadrature formula. The advantage of the discrete method consists in the establishment of a linear equation system on the boundary, which can be immediately solved on the computer. The described method of difference potentials is based on the discrete Laplace equation in the three-dimensional case. In the first step the integral representation of the discrete fundamental solution is presented and the convergence behaviour with respect to the continuous fundamental solution is discussed. Because the method can be used to solve boundary value problems in interior as well as in exterior domains, it is necessary to explain some geometrical aspects in relation with the discrete domain and the double-layer boundary. A discrete analogue of the integral representation for functions in will be presented. The main result consists in splitting the difference potential on the boundary into a discrete single- and double-layer potential, respectively. The discrete potentials are used to establish and solve a linear equation system on the boundary. The actual form of this equation systems and the conditions for solvability are presented for Dirichlet and Neumann problems in interior as well as in exterior domains
For analysis and planing of transport networks detailed information concerning travel sequences is required. The paper examines an activity chain model to determine stochastic travel demand which individual generates in order to participate in activity or sequence of activities over the day. The transition from one activity to another depends on the activity participation decision, which is made sequentially and is constrained in space and time. Activity chains derived from travel survey data are used as a base to develop a more realistic model than conventional discrete trip models. Probabilistic concepts and statistical procedures are used to estimate characteristics of travel demand such as the number of daily out-of-home activities and transition probability from one activity to another participated by homogeneous behavioural groups. In addition, the paper compares the model for two different sized towns.
A realistic and reliable model is an important precondition for the simulation of revitalization tasks and the estimation of system properties of existing buildings. Thereby, the main focus lies on the parameter identification, the optimization strategies and the preparation of experiments. As usual structures are modeled by the finite element method. This as well as other techniques are based on idealizations and empiric material properties. Within one theory the parameters of the model should be approximated by gradually performed experiments and their analysis. This approximation method is performed by solving an optimization problem, which is usually non-convex, of high dimension and possesses a non-differentiable objective function. Therefore we use an optimization procedure based on genetic algorithms which was implemented by using the program package SLang...
Toplogical Houses
(2003)
Many properties of houses are of topological nature. The problem of three-dimensional encoding is solved here by first giving an axiomatic description of a simplified concept of >house< as a certain generalisation of a cw-complex and, secondly, by generalising local observation structures of embedded unconnected planar graphs to the three-dimensional case and proving that they allow retrieving all topological properties of these simplified houses. In the more general case of an architectural complex (a certain generalisation of a >house<) still much topolgical information is kept in these structures still making them a useful approach to encoding topological spaces. Finally, a lossless representation of observation structures in a relational database scheme which we call PLAV (Points, Lines, Areas, Volumes) is given. We expect PLAV to be useful for encoding higher dimensional (architectural) space-time complexes.
Current disaster management procedures rely primarily on heuristics which result in their strategies being very cautious and sub-optimum in terms of saving life, minimising damage and returning the building to its normal function. Also effective disaster management demands decentralized, dynamic, flexible, short term and across domain resource sharing, which is not well supported by existing distributing computing infrastructres. The paper proposes a conceptual framework for emergency management in the built environment, using Semantic Grid as an integrating platform for different technologies. The framework supports a distributed network of specialists in built environment, including structural engineers, building technologists, decision analysts etc. It brings together the necessary technology threads, including the Semantic Web (to provide a framework for shared definitions of terms, resources and relationships), Web Services (to provide dynamic discovery and integration) and Grid Computing (for enhanced computational power, high speed access, collaboration and security control) to support rapid formation of virtual teams for disaster management. The proposed framework also make an extensive use of modelling and simulation (both numerical and using visualisations), data mining (to find resources in legacy data sets) and visualisation. It also include a variety of hardware instruments with access to real time data. Furthermore the whole framework is centred on collaborative working by the virtual team. Although focus of this paper is on disaster management, many aspects of the discussed Grid and Visualisation technologies will be useful for any other forms of collaboration. Conclusions are drawn about the possible future impact on the built environment.
This paper describes an ongoing research on the representation and reasoning about construction specifications, which is part of a bigger research project that aims at developing a formalism for automating the identification of deviations and defects on construction sites. We specifically describe the requirements on product and process models and an approach for representing and reasoning about construction specifications to enable automated detection and assessment of construction deviations and defects. This research builds on the previous research on modeling design specifications and extends and elaborates concept of contexts developed in that domain. The paper provides an overview of how the construction specifications are being modele d in this research and points out future steps that need to be accomplished to develop the envisioned automated deviation and defect detection system.
The process of matching data represented in two different data models is a longstanding issue in the exchange of data between different software systems. While the traditional manual matching approach cannot meet today’s demands on data exchange, research shows that a fully automated generic approach for model matching is not likely, and generic semi-automated approaches are not easy to implement. In this paper, we present an approach that focuses on matching data models in a specific domain. The approach combines a basic model matching approach and a version matching approach to deduce new matching rules to enable data transfer between two evolving data models.
Thin elastic plates are the basic constructional elements and are very often subjected to dynamic effects especially in the machine-building structures. Their saving design of resonance conditions of operation is an extremely complicated task which cannot be solved analytically. In the present report an efficient and sufficiently general method for optimal design of thin plates is worked out on the basis of energy resonance method of Wilder, the method of the finite elements for dynamic research and the methods of parameter optimization. By means of these methods various limitations and requirements put by the designer to the plates can be taken into account. A programme module for numerical investigation of the weight variation of the plate depending on the taken variable of the designed thickness at different supporting conditions is developed. The reasons for the considerable quantity and quality difference between the obtained optimal designs are also analysed.
Die Lage oder der Standort eines Bauwerkes ist zweifellos charakteristisch mit diesem verbunden. Die räumliche Einordnung eines exponierten architektonischen Werkes, die Erschließung eines Gebäudes im innerstädtischen Umfeld oder die Verwaltung eines Bestands ist im Bauwesen oder der Architektur immer visuell. Die Interaktion mit Zeichnungen, die Orientierung anhand eines Lageplans oder die Dokumentation mit Fotos sind nur einige Beispiele. Die wirtschaftliche Optimierung unter Nutzung solcher Daten und deren nachfolgende Visualisierung soll hier mittels geeigneter Systeme gezeigt werden. Aber auch die Bewertung durch und Interaktion mit dem Benutzer unterstützt werden. So soll dieser Artikel beispielhaft den Transport und Verkehr fokussieren. Mathematik Graphen und Netze formen dabei Modelle zur Optimierung der zugrundeliegenden Logistikprozesse: Die Baustoffbedarfsplanung mit Bestellwesen, (Ab-)Transport und Lieferung von Material, Tourenzusammenstellung oder Standortauswahl. Informatik Weiterhin wird deren softwaretechnische Umsetzung und Einordung in begleitende Projekte der >Mathematischen Optimierung< vorgestellt.
Das studentische Projekt Umweltorientiertes Projektmanagement (UWoPM) eröffnet eine neue Generation von Arbeitsweisen im Projektmanagement. Umweltbelange wirken über Rechtsvorschriften immer stärker in das Projektgeschäft hinein. Durch Einbeziehung von rechtsrelevanten Daten in die Projektdatenbasis sowie von Rechtsbestimmungen in die Wissensbasis wird eine Softwareunterstützung für (wenn auch zunächst nur elementare) Rechtsfragen geboten. Eine spezielle Präsentation von Rechtswissen und eine komfortable Unterstützung der Antragstellung sollen dies in die Selbstverständlichkeiten des Projektmanagements einbringen. Gleichzeitig bietet der UWoPM-Prototyp zeitgemäße Systemlösungen für die Kommunikation Antragsteller - Behörde sowie für den Workflow innerhalb der Genehmigungsbehörde. Dieser Vortrag gibt Einführung und Übersicht zu insgesamt 18 Diplomarbeiten, in denen die Einzelkomponenten des UWoPM entwickelt wurden. Zentrales Problem war die Überführung gesetzlicher Vorschriften in Wissensbasen. Durch Beschränkung auf >Kernbestimmungen< und Ausweis von Interpretationsbedarf wurde ein prinzipieller Lösungsweg realisiert. Die technische Realisierung konnte zwar über einen Prototyp noch nicht hinausgehen, weist aber die Realisierbarkeit des Gesamtansatzes nach.
An einem Teil der Topologie architektonischer Räume, dem Volumenadjazenzgraphen (VAG), wird gezeigt wie topologisches Modellieren Anwendungen der Bauplanung integrieren kann. Dazu wird ein Prototyp vorgestellt, der im wesentlichen aus drei Komponenten besteht: Mit dem Anforderungsmanager werden Anforderungen eigegeben, die formal gut handhabbar sind. Mit dem Topologiemanager werden diese Anforderungen mit gezeichneten Räumen kombiniert. Die topologischen Relationen in den Zeichnungen werden mit den entsprechenden Mitteln des GIS berechnet und in eine Datenbank exportiert. Der Anforderungsprüfer vergleicht dann die Anforderungsdaten, die mit Hilfe des Anforderungsmanagers erzeugt wurden, mit den Topologiedaten. Dieser Ansatz soll zeigen, wie topologische Modelle eine Formalisierung semantisch hochstehender Informationen ermöglichen, indem sie als Eigenschaften von Graphen dargestellt werden
In der heutigen Informationsgesellschaft sind alle Geschäftsprozesse in einem Unternehmen geprägt durch die Verwendung der vorhandenen Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien. Diese haben zur Folge, dass Unternehmen mit einer wahren Flut an Informationen konfrontiert werden, die von extern und intern in das Unternehmen eingetragen wurden. Die erfolgreiche Beherrschung dieser Informationsflut bildet die Basis für das effektive Arbeiten im Unternehmen. Grundvoraussetzung hierfür ist vor allem ein harmonisches Zusammenspiel zwischen Mensch ↔ Organisation ↔ Technik. Dokumentenmanagementsysteme haben sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, den Anwender bei der technologischen Bewältigung dieser Aufgabenstellung zu unterstützen. Der hier vorgestellte Artikel zeigt die Probleme auf, die während der Umsetzung eines Dokumentenmanagementsystems auftreten können und konzentriert sich dabei besonders auf Kleinen und Mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) im Bauwesen. Charakteristisch für diese ist die Schwäche die eigenen Unternehmensstrukturen betriebswirtschaftlich aufzubereiten, woraus später bei einer technologischen Umsetzung schwerwiegende Probleme resultieren. Genau an diesem Punkt setzt der vorgestellte Artikel an und versucht den Zusammenhang zwischen Organisation und Technik herauszuarbeiten, um darauf aufsetzend einen allgemeingültigen Ansatz für die Umsetzung eines Dokumentenmanagementsystems zu liefern.
Im Stahlbeton- und Spannbetonbau kommen in zunehmendem Maße Verbundkonstruktionen aus Betonfertigteilen und Ortbetonergänzungen zum Einsatz. Die Fertigteile werden je nach Spannweite, Belastung und speziellen Anforderungen mit schlaffer oder vorgespannter Be-wehrung ausgeführt. Aufgrund der im Allgemeinen unterschiedlichen Betone der einzelnen Querschnittsanteile sowie bedingt durch den zeitlichen Versatz in der Herstellung der Fertig-teile und der Ortbetonergänzungen ergeben sich Unterschiede im Langzeitverhalten, die bei der Bemessung und Nachweisführung zu berücksichtigen sind. Das Kriechen und Schwinden der Betone als Folge des zeitabhängigen Materialverhaltens und die Spezifik des Verbund-querschnitts können für die Gebrauchstauglichkeit relevant sein, insbesondere wenn die Fer-tigteile vorgespannt sind. Eine hinreichend wirklichkeitsnahe Beschreibung des Langzeitverhaltens von Beton gestattet die Theorie des elastisch-kriechenden Körpers, wobei sich im Allgemeinen keine geschlosse-ne Lösung für bewehrte Betonverbundquerschnitte angeben lässt. Eine Alternative hierzu ergibt sich, wenn für die einzelnen Kriechintervalle ein vereinfachter Ansatz für den Verlauf der Kriechfunktion entsprechend der Theorie des Alterns getroffen wird. Dabei werden die im Zeitintervall (tj-1,tj) umgelagerten Schnittgrößen als neue Belastung der einzelnen Querschnittsanteile im Zeitintervall (tj,tj+1) mit der Kriech-funktion f(tj+1,tj) berücksichtigt. Bei hinreichend kleinen Zeitschritten können die Nachteile der getroffenen Vereinfachung vernachlässigt werden.
At present time neuronet's technologies have got a wide application in a different fields of technique. At the same time they give insufficient consideration to using neuron nets in the field of building. Use of approximating neuron nets will allow to definite the deflected mode of constructions elements using noticeably less computing facilities then by using universal methods, finite-element method for instance. Today neuron nets are used for calculation separate elements of building constructions. In this work use of neuron nets for calculation deflected mode of construction which consists of many elements is consider. The main idea of suggested analysis is using neuron nets for calculation internal intensities and transferences pieces of model which are selected by there functional destination. For example, a plate is destine for adoption intensity distributed among area, the purpose of core is taking up surface distributed intensity. Elements involved as intensity converter. Plate serve for intensities dispersion and their transfer. A template is associated with functional destination. A template regards as composition of model elements which has define functional destinations. A single template can incarnate several functional destinations. On receipt values of components transference the estimation of their permissibility is put into practice. In the case of detection a violation of permissible limit, in the component database is making a search for component with analogous functional destination, according to the type of violation. If such component is found than a change a previous component into new one is realized. Thus besides control a condition of construction by components there is a possibility to make a search for decisions of revealed problem....
Efforts to define standards for representing AEC/FM data have been fairly successful. However defining a standard reference process model has not met with the same success. Yet almost every conceptual modelling or software development project starts by defining the business processes to be supported and the related requirements to be satisfied. This paper describes a new process-centred methodology for user requirements capture developed in the ICCI project (IST-2001-33022). Its essence is in recognising user requirements and use cases in the context of the real construction process, identifying the actors and roles for each individual activity and associating these activities with information, communication and standardisation requirements on the basis of a formalised specification, named the Process Matrix. In the paper we outline the history of process matrix development, introduce the basic structure of the matrix and show how it can be further extended and refined. We present also a web-based software implementation of the developed approach, describe how it has been used in ICCI and outline further perspectives.
The paper describes further developments of the interactive evolutionary design concept relating to the emergence of mutually inclusive regions of high performance design solutions. These solutions are generated from cluster-oriented genetic algorithm (COGAs) output and relate to a number of objectives introduced during the preliminary design of military airframes. The data-mining of multi-objective COGA (moCOGA) output further defines these regions through the application of clustering algorithms, data reduction and variable attribute relevance analyses. A number of visual representations of the COGA output projected onto both variable and objective space are presented. The multi-objective output of the COGA is compared to output from a Strength Pareto Evolutionary Algorithm (SPEA-II) to illustrate the manner in which moCOGAs can generate good approximations to Pareto frontiers.
This paper presents a generic methodology for measurement system configuration when the goal is to identify behaviour models that reasonably explain observations. For such tasks, the best measurement system provides maximum separation between candidate models. In this work, the degree of separation between models is measured using Shannon’s Entropy Function. The location and type of measurement devices are chosen such that the entropy of candidate models is greatest. This methodology is tested on a laboratory structure and, to demonstrate generality, an existing fresh water supply network in a city in Switzerland. In both cases, the methodology suggests an appropriate set of sensors for identifying the state of the system.