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Auf der Grundlage vorhandener Sturmflut-Messdaten aus dem Bereich der Uferlinie vor Westerland werden Gegebenheiten der Sturmbrandung am Modell resonanter Beckenschwingungen bezüglich der Ausprägung von Reflexion, Resonanz und anomaler Dispersion untersucht. Das Auftreten partiell stehender Wellen bedeutenden Ausmaßes unterstützt die These des Autors von der „Sturmwellenresonanz“. Durchschnittliche Abbruchraten von der Randdüne Westerland werden für extreme Sturmflutwasserstände zu 1,5m/h abgeschätzt. Based on existing storm surge data from the inshore and foreshore zone of Sylt island/North Sea, the circumstances of storm surf are analyzed with respect to the model of resonant basin oscillations, marked by reflection, resonance and anomalous dispersion. Partial standing waves of impressive extent support the author's finding of a „storm wave resonance“. Average sand removal rates can be estimated as 1.5m/h at heavy storm surge action.

The design of support structures of offshore wind turbines contains high number of design variables that influence load characteristics and structural responses. These variables are stochastic and cause many uncertainties. Some of them are examined in this study. It is investigated how scattering of site conditions and load parameters affect the structural response. It is exemplified in terms of stresses that contribute to the accumulated fatigue damage within a monopile substructure. Random sampling of combinations of site conditions and load parameters is performed in order to classify the effects of parameter scattering on the stress variability by means of Sobol’ indices. Analysis shows that the highest influence on stress outputs have the variations in the load parameters. The reason is the sensitivity of the structural dynamical response to the wave height increase and decrease of distance between the wave peak frequency and the structural eigenfrequencies. © 2017 ISOPE

With the co-operation of a further 13 institutes and as a continuation of our own epidemiological-statistical survey, we recorded the total and relative distribution (frequency profile) of the blood alcohol concentration of car drivers for the 3rd quarter 1990 and the 1st quarter 1991. The participating institutes recorded almost 27,000 blood samples and compared them with results of the first part of the study (1989). The survey dealt separately with sex-, age- and time of day-distribution of drivers involved and not involved in road accidents. One of our repeatedly presented field research into the problem of "alcohol and road safety", once again, provided to be a useful method in the run-up to the unprejudiced alcohol test which we are striving for. We noticed characteristic changes in the frequency profiles of the old and the new counties (Bundesländer) in Germany in the 1st (1989) and the 2nd (1990/91) report of the study. The results of Police supervisory operations in the administrative district of Cologne have basically given useful indications as to their epidemiological-statistical value as evidence.

Dies ist das dritte Webinar in der „CLARITY für die Klimaresilienz“ (Clarity4CR) Webinarreihe und das erste in deutscher Sprache. Es präsentiert die CLARITY-Methodik zur Klimawandel-Risikobewertung, Impakt-Analyse, und Anpassungsplanung, stellt den "Advanced Urban Screening" Service vor und erläutert die Ergebnisse der CLARITY-Expertenstudie in Linz. This webinar is part of the CLARITY4ClimateResilience series. Other webinars from this series are available at https://www.gotostage.com/channel/climate-adaptation

Während in Asien und den USA der asiatische und insbesondere der chinesische Energiehunger bereits Mitte der 1990er Jahre auf der politischen Tagesordnung der Regierungen sowie vieler Diskussionen und Konferenzen war, blieb die Problematik in Europa fast unbeachtet. Im Glauben an die Allheilkräfte eines sich selbst regulierenden globalen Marktes von Angebot und Nachfrage galt die Analyse der asiatischen Energiemärkte und der chinesischen Energiepolitik als weitgehend entbehrlich. Darüber hinaus wurden mögliche Auswirkungen auf die Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, das regionale Krisen- und Konfliktmanagement oder die globale Ordnungspolitik fast völlig ignoriert. So ist die Tatsache der rapide steigenden Energienachfrage aus China, Indien und anderen asiatischen Staaten sowie ihre globalen Auswirkungen in Deutschland bis Mitte 2004 kaum zur Kenntnis genommen worden. China aktuell, China aktuell - 1/2007

A retrospective study was undertaken to determine whether the degree of alcohol intoxication has an effect on the driving performance with regards to both the quantity and quality. A total of 625 accidents caused by drivers who were under the influence of alcohol were reviewed. They were divided into three groups according to the blood alcohol concentration (BAC):0.30 - 1.09 g/kg, 1.10 - 1.99 g/kg and > 2.00 g/kg. In order to exclude the influence of factors unrelated to alcohol, the groups were matched for age, sex, location of accident and the light and road conditions. This resulted in a total of 85 accidents in each group. The accidents were classified with reference to the "Register of causes of accidents" used in road accident statistics. The three groups differed significantly in their causes of accidents (p < 0.025), although those due to speeding dominated in each group. In the group with low BAC, the next most common accidents were the ones caused by failure to give way. In the group with medium BAC, rear-end collisions and accidents occurring during low speed manoeuvres were the second most common. In the group with highest BAC, the next most common causes of accidents were the leaving of the correct traffic lane unassociated with speeding.