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The logarithmic finite element method
(International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2018)
The Logarithmic finite element (LogFE) method extends the Ritz-Galerkin method to approximations on a non-linear finite-dimensional manifold in the infinitedimensional solution space. Formulating the interpolant on the logarithmic space allows for a novel treatment of the rotational component of the deformation, and induces a strong coupling between rotations and translations. The Logarithmic finite element method provides
a transformation of the initial configuration that is not restricted to an isoparametric formulation.
Dissertation
Analysis and Projection of spatio-temporal Drought and Climate Change Impacts on Groundwater Resources and Surface-Groundwater Interactions for three Iranian Case Studies
(2018-08)
Der Klimawandel und deren Variabilität, wie z.B. die Dürre, wirken sich auf die Wasserressourcen und insbesondere auf die wertvolle Grundwasserressource aus, die im Iran mehr als 80% des Wasserbedarfs aller Bereiche (Landwirtschaft, Haushalt und Industrie) ausmacht. Es ist von größter Bedeutung, Anpassungsstrategien zur Bewältigung dieser Probleme zu finden, um ein nachhaltiges Wasserressourcenmanagement sicherzustellen. In dieser Hinsicht sind physikalisch basierte hydrologische Modelle gekoppelt mit Grundwassermodellen ...
Dissertation
Zum Einfluss der Wechselwirkung zwischen Schalmaterial, Trennmittel und Beton auf die Eigenschaften von Sichtbetonflächen
(2018)
Sichtbetonflächen unterliegen hohen Anforderungen an das Erscheinungsbild. So soll die Farbgebung gleichmäßig und die Oberfläche porenarm sein - dabei variieren die Anfor-derungen mit der geforderten Sichtbetonklasse. Dies erfordert ein hohes Maß an Können bei der Herstellung sowie dezidierte Kenntnisse über Leistungsfähigkeit und Wechselwirkungen der eingesetzten Materialien. Die Erfahrungen aus der Praxis zeigen jedoch, dass die gezielte und gleichmäßige Herstellung von Sichtbetonflächen schwierig ist. Ziel dieser ...
Dissertation
Virtual portfolios for earthquake insurance related risk simulations
(2018-04-05)
Seismic Risk, a combination of Hazard, Vulnerability and Loss, is becoming a mainstream topic due to an increase in the losses and damage caused by earthquake related effects worldwide.
Therefore, it has become an important aspect for insurer and reinsurers since it is extremely difficult to assess due to the lack of the necessary data compared, for example, to car insurance (chapter 1). As described in chapter 2, where the state of the art of seismic risk assessment and simulation is described alongside a more ...
Dissertation
Design procedure for shear panels and their connections in Hysteretic Device Systems
(2018-07)
Every year, earthquakes kill thousends of people and destroy or damage many buildings and structures worldwide. It was observed that the damages induced by earthquakes in developed countries (e.g., Japan and the USA) are less when compared to less developed countries such as Iran, Turkey or Pakistan. Comparing the earthquake damages indicated that even in new and modern buildings, some problems can be seen facing large earthquakes.
Every earthquake has proved the vulnerability of many structures to damages. A lot ...
Dissertation
Hydro-economic Modeling for Optimization of Sustainable Water Management of a River Basin in the Wake of Climate Change: Case Study of the Zarrine River Basin (ZRB), Iran
(2018-11)
Food and water security will be a great future challenge due to the growth of population and unsustainable water usage. The renewable water resources in the MENA region including Iran, are expected to decline. This situation is exacerbated by the increasing demands and the rising climate variability in the wake of global climate change affecting adversely the available water resources. This thesis research attempts to evaluate the impacts of climate change and water demands on the hydrological and environmental ...
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Evaluation of Statistical-Downscaling/Bias-Correction Methods to Predict Hydrologic Responses to Climate Change in the Zarrine River Basin, Iran
(2018-04-20)
Modeling the hydrologic responses to future changes of climate is important for improving adaptive water management. In the present application to the Zarrine River Basin (ZRB), with the major reach being the main inflow source of Lake Urmia (LU), firstly future daily temperatures and precipitation are predicted using two statistical downscaling methods: the classical statistical downscaling model (SDSM), augmented by a trend-preserving bias correction, and a two-step updated quantile mapping (QM) method. The general ...
Dissertation
Estimating the Effects of Climate Change on the Water Resources in the Upper Indus Basin (UIB)
(2018)
Water balance calculations and spatially distributed rainfall-runoff models require high-resolution climatic datasets as the primary input, however, in the Upper Indus basin (UIB), it is rare to find in-situ observational climate data which have spatial, altitudinal and temporal coverage, suitable enough for distributed hydrological investigations and so for the assessment of climate-change’s hydrological impacts. The average precipitation amounts over the UIB are unrealistically low to sustain the observed discharge ...
Aufsatz
Rainfall Prediction with AMSR–E Soil Moisture Products Using SM2RAIN and Nonlinear Autoregressive Networks with Exogenous Input (NARX) for Poorly Gauged Basins: Application to the Karkheh River Basin, Iran
(2018-07-23)
Accurate estimates of daily rainfall are essential for understanding and modeling the physical processes involved in the interaction between the land surface and the atmosphere. In this study, daily satellite soil moisture observations from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer–Earth Observing System (AMSR–E) generated by implementing the standard National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) algorithm are employed for estimating rainfall, firstly, through the use of recently developed approach, SM2RAIN ...