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Ein Großteil der Brückenbauwerke in Deutschland hat in Anbetracht der üblichen Nutzungsdauer von 100 Jahren über die Hälfte dieser Zeitspanne überschritten. Zur Wahrung der Sicherheit müssen sämtliche Brückenbauwerke in festgelegten Intervallen geprüft werden. Hierbei wird der IST-Zustand ausgewertet und entsprechend RI-EBW-PRÜF beurteilt, um eine optimale Instandhaltungsstrategie ausarbeiten zu können. Ziel des Forschungsvorhabens ist es, Modelle der Schadensumfangsentwicklung von häufigen Schäden an Brücken zu erarbeiten und ein Prognoseverfahren für die Zustandsentwicklung von Brückenbauwerken zu konzipieren und damit die statische Bewertung nach RI-EBW-PRÜF um die dynamischen Schädigungsmodelle zu erweitern. Dafür ist es notwendig, die Änderung der Daten aus den Bauwerksprüfungen, die dem Algorithmus zur Berechnung der Zustandsbewertung zu Grunde gelegt werden, mit den Modellen der Schadensumfangsentwicklung für künftige Zeitpunkte vorher zu bestimmen. Hierfür werden Ingenieurmodelle und probabilistische Modelle gewählt: Die S-Shape-Funktionen und Markov-Ketten bzw. -Prozesse, welche anhand von Realdaten und durch Berechnung mit Schädigungsmodellen validiert werden, erweisen sich hierfür als äußerst produktiv. Für beide Modelle werden grundlegende Untersuchungen durchgeführt und gezeigt, dass ein Zusammenhang zwischen den Modellen besteht. Es offenbart sich, dass S-Shape-Funktionen das Potential haben als erste Einschätzung für die Zustandsentwicklung einer Brücke herangezogen zu werden. Zur Anwendung der Markov-Ketten werden Daten aus SIB-Bauwerke aus Nordrhein-Westfalen und Thüringen ausgewertet. Da das zur Verfügung gestellte Datenfeld zu gering ist, werden Optimierungsverfahren und Möglichkeiten geprüft, den Bestand künstlich zu erweitern. Darauf aufbauend kann gezeigt werden, dass eine Optimierung des Verfahrens unter Berücksichtigung kürzerer Prüfintervalle möglich ist. Das Konzept für ein Modell der Schadensumfangentwicklung ist damit komplett.
Although the bus belongs to the safest traffic means, single accidents can be particularly severe and concern many passengers. Especially in case of fires a high number of injured and killed persons can be the outcome. Fire safety of buses therefore is of high importance. With the increase of plastic materials as a material for the interior equipment of buses and coaches due to their good mechanical properties combined with low weight, the question arises whether the safety level has decreased in case of a fire during the last years " also compared to other means of transport. Because of the combustible plastics and their ability to release a high amount of heat the main fire load in buses is no longer the fuel but the plastic materials which are also often easy to ignite. Besides the flammability of the equipments, also the production of smoke, the smoke development and propagation as well as its toxicity are of interest. That counts for the passengers as well as for the test methods and its limit values. The severe fire in Germany near Hanover in 2008 with 20 fatalities showed how disastrous such fires can be. For those reasons several research projects were initiated on behalf of the German Federal Highway Research Institute. At the one hand the fire behaviour of coach interiors was examined in general focusing on fire propagation as well as fire detection and signalling. As result, recommendations with regard to early fire detection systems for the engine compartments and onboard extinguishing equipment were elaborated. On the other hand research was carried out to examine heat release, smoke, smoke propagation and its toxicity due to burning bus interior materials. In this project small and real scale experiments on material specimens, interior parts and vehicles were performed. Trains and buses often have very similar operation conditions. Consequently, bus interior material was tested according to the regulations for rail vehicles, i.e. DIN EN 45545 as well as DIN 5510. None of the tested bus interior materials would have been allowed to use in a train. The fire safety regulations for bus materials are on a low level compared to other transport sectors, i.e. railway, ship and aircraft. Also numerical investigations with the Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) were performed. The very rapid fire development during the severe bus fire from 2008 could be predicted with the numerical model. The model was then used to investigate the influence of different materials, ventilation conditions and ignition sources. The bus materials contribute significantly to a very rapid fire development in bus fires. Especially, the flammable ceiling and the passenger seats were identified to be key issues of the fire propagation in a bus and can be explained by the rapid fire spread along the ceiling and the high fire load of passenger seats. As conclusion of the project effective and economically reasonable fire safety requirements for interiors of buses are recommended which would improve the current situation. Proposals for amendments of current requirements are recommended including the specification of appropriate limit values. In particular, it is taken into consideration which reasonable fire safety standards from other transport sectors, especially the rail sector, should be transferred to buses