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In this paper a MoM (method of moment) Solver with a graphical user interface for phased patch ar... more In this paper a MoM (method of moment) Solver with a graphical user interface for phased patch arrays will be presented, in which suitable analysis for the design can be produced. A patch antenna array was designed with this solver. The results are shown here.

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In this contribution we present a complete direct power injection setup suitable for the suscepti... more In this contribution we present a complete direct power injection setup suitable for the susceptibility measurement of battery management systems. To provide a defined state, we propose the use of a battery stack emulator circuit, which applies adjustable and reproducible inputs to the battery monitoring system. I. EXTENDED ABSTRACT The mileage of Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Fully Electric Vehicles (FEV) is highly dependent on the efficiency of their energy storage systems. In order to increase the battery lifetime a battery management system (BMS) is used, which controls the charge and discharge of each battery cells in accordance with voltage and temperature measurements carried out by the BMS. In order to ensure a save operating of the battery pack even in the harsh electromagnetic environment of HEVs and FEVs the susceptibility of the battery monitoring system to electromagnetic disturbances has to be ensured. Susceptibility measurements are most widely done either by the ...

A series of feedforward coupled hopf-type amplifiers and LTI filter sections are suitable in the ... more A series of feedforward coupled hopf-type amplifiers and LTI filter sections are suitable in the cochlea modeling. From a more general point of view, we compare the usage of different canonical dissipative systems with Hopf-type bifurcations and analyze their nonlinear amplification characteristics.

Advances in Radio Science, 2008

Zusammenfassung. Es wird ein alternativer Ansatz zum Entwurf von vollintegrierten LC Oszillatoren... more Zusammenfassung. Es wird ein alternativer Ansatz zum Entwurf von vollintegrierten LC Oszillatoren mit Hilfe der Andronov-Hopf Bifurkationsanalyse unter Einbeziehung eines nichtlinearen Overall-Modells für MOS-Transistoren (EKV-Modell) vorgestellt. Das in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte Verfahren beschreibt die MOS-Kapazität des VCOs über geometrische Gundgrößen, die damit nur als Längen-und Weitenverhältnisse in die Bifurkationsanalyse eingehen. Zur Beschreibung der MOS-Kapazität wurde ein Basic-Charge-Modell, wie es in den Arbeiten von Enz und Vittoz vorgestellt wurde, in Verbindung einer expliziten analytischen Näherung des Oberflächenpotenzials verwendet. Das Verfahren ermöglicht es, als zusätzlichen Freiheitsgrad für den Designer auch die Amplitude zur Optimierung der Bauteilparameter heranzuziehen und vorab eine genauere Abschätzung der Parameter des Varaktors zu erhalten. Zusammengefasst in einer Toolbox führt die Anwendung des Verfahrens auf einen grafischen Optimierungsprozess, mit dessen Hilfe die Parameter analytisch bestimmt werden können. Die verwendete Methode erweitert den von Hajimiri und Ham vorgestellten Entwurfsprozess von LC-Tank VCOs um eine Stabilitätsanalyse, die Berücksichtigung harmonischer höherer Ordnung und die physikalisch exakte Modellierung der Varaktorkapazitäten. 1 Einleitung Die Oszillatorschaltung bzw. die spannungsgesteuerte Oszillatorschaltung ist heute eine der wichtigsten integrierten Schaltungen. Sie findet in fast allen Anwendungsbereichen der mobilen Kommunikationstechnik, wie Bluetooth, WI-MAX, WLAN, UMTS und GSM Anwendung und ist zentrales Thema vieler aktueller Forschungsarbeiten. Die da

Advances in Radio Science, 2018

The simulation of large scale nonlinear dynamical interconnected systems, as they arise in all mo... more The simulation of large scale nonlinear dynamical interconnected systems, as they arise in all modern engineering disciplines, is a usual task. Due to the high complexity of the considered systems, the principle of thinking in hierarchical structures is essential and common among engineers. Therefore, this contribution proposes an approach for the numerical simulation of large systems, which keeps the hierarchical system structure alive during the entire simulation process while simultaneously exploiting it for order reduction purposes. This is accomplished by embedding the trajectory piecewise linear order reduction scheme in a modified variant of the component connection modeling for building interconnected system structures. The application of this concept is demonstrated by means of a widely used benchmark example and a modified variant of it.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018

Intersatellite laser interferometers feature quadrant photoreceivers to produce electrical signal... more Intersatellite laser interferometers feature quadrant photoreceivers to produce electrical signals from the interfered optical beams. In the particular case of Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, the expected optical ac beat note has an amplitude of the order of nanowatts. This requires photoreceivers with an input current noise density of a few pA•Hz −1/2 in each channel up to 25 MHz. In addition, the significant number of photoreceivers in a single spacecraft imposes tight constraints on the power consumption per device. We present the experimental characterization of a quadrant photoreceiver based on discrete heterojunction bipolar transistors and an off-the-shelf 0.5-mmdiameter InGaAs quadrant photodiode, showing an input current noise density of 1.9 pA•Hz −1/2 at 25 MHz, a 3-dB bandwidth of 37 MHz, and a total power consumption of 178 mW.

Advances in Radio Science, 2013

In this contribution, a system identification procedure of a two-input Wiener model suitable for ... more In this contribution, a system identification procedure of a two-input Wiener model suitable for the analysis of the disturbance behavior of integrated nonlinear circuits is presented. The identified block model is comprised of two linear dynamic and one static nonlinear block, which are determined using an parameterized approach. In order to characterize the linear blocks, an correlation analysis using a white noise input in combination with a model reduction scheme is adopted. After having characterized the linear blocks, from the output spectrum under single tone excitation at each input a linear set of equations will be set up, whose solution gives the coefficients of the nonlinear block. By this data based black box approach, the distortion behavior of a nonlinear circuit under the influence of an interfering signal at an arbitrary input port can be determined. Such an interfering signal can be, for example, an electromagnetic interference signal which conductively couples into the port of consideration.

Advances in Radio Science, 2014

In this paper, we present a method to increase the time resolution of a pulse width modulator by ... more In this paper, we present a method to increase the time resolution of a pulse width modulator by using delay lines. The modulator is part of an open loop class D power amplifier, which uses the ZePoC algorithm to code the audio signal which is amplified in the class D power stage. If the time resolution of the pulse width modulator is high enough, ZePoC could also be used to build an high accuracy AC power standard, because of its open loop property. With the presented method the time resolution theoretically could be increased by a factor of 16, which means here the time resolution will be enhanced from 5 ns to 312.5 ps.

Advances in Radio Science, 2014

In this paper a new filter design concept is proposed and implemented which takes into account th... more In this paper a new filter design concept is proposed and implemented which takes into account the complex loudspeaker impedance. By means of techniques of broadband matching, that has been successfully applied in radio technology, we are able to optimize the reconstruction filter to achieve an overall linear frequency response. Here, a passive filter network is inserted between source and load that matches the complex load impedance to the complex source impedance within a desired frequency range. The design and calculation of the filter is usually done using numerical approximation methods which are known as Real Frequency Techniques (RFT). A first approach to systematic design of reconstruction filters for class-D amplifiers is proposed, using the Simplified Real Frequency Technique (SRFT). Some fundamental considerations are introduced as well as the benefits and challenges of impedance matching between class-D amplifiers and loudspeakers. Current simulation data using MATLAB is...

Advances in Radio Science, 2015

In this paper we present an analytical formulation of a Zero Position Coding (ZePoC) encoder for ... more In this paper we present an analytical formulation of a Zero Position Coding (ZePoC) encoder for an AC power standard based on class-D topologies. For controlling a class-D power stage a binary signal with special spectral characteristics will be generated by this ZePoC encoder for sinusoidal signals. These spectral characteristics have a predictable accuracy within a separated baseband to keep the noise floor below a specified level. Simulation results will validate the accuracy of this novel ZePoC encoder. For a real-time implementation of the encoder on a DSP/FPGA hardware architecture a trade-off between accuracy and speed of the ZePoC algorithm has to be made. Therefore the numerical effects of different floating point formats will be analyzed.

Advances in Radio Science, 2017

Torque load measurements play an important part in various engineering applications, as for autom... more Torque load measurements play an important part in various engineering applications, as for automotive industry, in which the drive torque of a motor has to be determined. A widely used measuring method are strain gauges. A thin flexible foil, which supports a metallic pattern, is glued to the surface of the object the torque is being applied to. In case of a deformation due to the torque load, the change in the electrical resistance is measured. With the combination of constitutive equations the applied torque load is determined by the change of electrical resistance. The creep of the glue and the foil material, together with the temperature and humidity dependence, may become an obstacle for some applications Kapralov and Fesenko (1984). Thus, there have been optical and magnetical, as well as capacitive sensors introduced). This paper discusses the general idea behind an electrostatic capacitive sensor based on a simple draft of an exemplary measurement setup. For better understa...

Advances in Radio Science, 2017

In this contribution, different approaches based on the <i>X</i>-parameters<sup&gt... more In this contribution, different approaches based on the <i>X</i>-parameters^TM to model the behavior of mismatched nonlinear transfer systems are examined. The <i>X</i>-parameters based on the PHD¹-principle introduced by Verspecht and Root (2006) as an extension of the well-known <i>S</i>-parameters describe nonlinear microwave 2-port-networks under large signal conditions. Using load-pull measurement techniques they can be used for arbitrary load situations. Beside this load-pull approach, in the work of Cai et al. (2015), it is stated that it is sufficient to use one optimized <i>X</i>-parameter set for each value of the load reflection coefficient without introducing a large error. In another contribution of Cai and Yu (2015), this approach is extended to cover the whole smith chart with one optimized <i>X</i>-parameter set instead. In this work, these different approaches ar...

Archives of Electrical Engineering, 2016

In the field of power and drive systems, electrical AC machines are mostly modeled using a set of... more In the field of power and drive systems, electrical AC machines are mostly modeled using a set of explicit ordinary differential equations in a state space representation. It is shown, that by using other equation types for simulation, algebraic constraints arising from aggregating several machines to a more complex system can directly be considered. The effects of different model variants on numerical ODE/DAE solvers are investigated in the focus of this work in order perform efficient simulations of larger systems possessing electrical AC machines.

Advances in Radio Science, 2010

In this contribution, an atomic force microscope is modelled and in this context, a non-linear co... more In this contribution, an atomic force microscope is modelled and in this context, a non-linear coupled 3-Dboundary value problem is solved numerically using the finite element method. The coupling of this system is done by using the Maxwell stress tensor. In general, an iterative weak coupling is used, where the two physical problems are solved separately. However, this method does not necessarily guarantee convergence of the nonlinear computation. Hence, this contribution shows the possibility of solving the multiphysical problem by a strong coupling, which is also referred to as monolithic approach. The electrostatic field and the mechanical displacements are calculated simultaneously by solving only one system of equation. Since the Maxwell stress tensor depends nonlinearly on the potential, the solution is solved iteratively by the Newton method.

Springer-Lehrbuch, 2013

In der Physik gibt es zahlreiche Systeme, deren Verhalten im Ortsraum bzw. Konfigurationsraum als... more In der Physik gibt es zahlreiche Systeme, deren Verhalten im Ortsraum bzw. Konfigurationsraum als " lokalisiert" angesehen werden kann, wobei sich der Ortsraum eines solchen Systems nur in einfachen Fällen durch einen dreidimensionalen Punktraum 1 repräsentieren lässt; vgl. auch Anhang A.1. Das Verhalten solcher Systeme lässt sich dann für jeden Zeitpunkt in sehr guter Näherung durch einen Punkt im zugehörigen Orts-und Konfigurationsraum darstellen. Das wichtigste Beispiel ist die Newtonsche Punktmechanik, im Rahmen derer man die Bewegung von Punktmassen unter dem Einfluss von Kräften diskutieren kann. Dabei wird die Dynamik im Raum durch Ortsund Geschwindigkeitsgrößen charakterisiert; zusammengenommen handelt es sich um die Zustandsgrößen der Newtonschen Mechanik-auch klassische Mechanik genannt. Solche Punktmassensysteme sind offensichtlich im obengenannten Sinne lokalisiert. Sie dienten als Vorbild für viele andere physikalische Systeme. Die Dynamik elektrischer Netzwerke, die durch Ströme und Spannungen beschrieben werden, ist ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, dass der Konfigurationsraum i. a. eine Dimension höher als drei besitzt. Daneben gibt es in der Physik auch solche Systeme, deren Eigenschaften räumlich nicht lokalisiert sind, d. h. man muss die beschreibenden Zustandsgrößen in einem ganzen Gebiet des Ortsraumes kennen, um das zukünftige Systemverhalten zu bestimmen. Beispielhaft sei die Kontinuumsmechanik und die Hydrodynamik genannt, wo erst die Kenntnis der mechanischen Spannungen bzw. der Geschwindigkeiten in einem Raumgebiet 2 das Systemverhalten charakterisiert. Wir sprechen von einem (räumlich) verteilten oder nichtlo-1 Eigentlich sollte für den Orts-oder Konfigurationsraum ein affiner Raum (siehe z. B. Jänich [126]) zugrunde gelegt werden, aberüblicherweise wird ein geeigneter R n verwendet. 2 In diesen Theorien wie bei elektromagnetischen Feldern genügt ein 3dimensionaler Ortsraum, so dass wir einfach von " Raum" sprechen können.

In this paper a MoM (method of moment) Solver with a graphical user interface for phased patch ar... more In this paper a MoM (method of moment) Solver with a graphical user interface for phased patch arrays will be presented, in which suitable analysis for the design can be produced. A patch antenna array was designed with this solver. The results are shown here.

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IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Dec 31, 2022

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IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine

In this contribution we present a complete direct power injection setup suitable for the suscepti... more In this contribution we present a complete direct power injection setup suitable for the susceptibility measurement of battery management systems. To provide a defined state, we propose the use of a battery stack emulator circuit, which applies adjustable and reproducible inputs to the battery monitoring system. I. EXTENDED ABSTRACT The mileage of Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) and Fully Electric Vehicles (FEV) is highly dependent on the efficiency of their energy storage systems. In order to increase the battery lifetime a battery management system (BMS) is used, which controls the charge and discharge of each battery cells in accordance with voltage and temperature measurements carried out by the BMS. In order to ensure a save operating of the battery pack even in the harsh electromagnetic environment of HEVs and FEVs the susceptibility of the battery monitoring system to electromagnetic disturbances has to be ensured. Susceptibility measurements are most widely done either by the ...

A series of feedforward coupled hopf-type amplifiers and LTI filter sections are suitable in the ... more A series of feedforward coupled hopf-type amplifiers and LTI filter sections are suitable in the cochlea modeling. From a more general point of view, we compare the usage of different canonical dissipative systems with Hopf-type bifurcations and analyze their nonlinear amplification characteristics.

Advances in Radio Science, 2008

Zusammenfassung. Es wird ein alternativer Ansatz zum Entwurf von vollintegrierten LC Oszillatoren... more Zusammenfassung. Es wird ein alternativer Ansatz zum Entwurf von vollintegrierten LC Oszillatoren mit Hilfe der Andronov-Hopf Bifurkationsanalyse unter Einbeziehung eines nichtlinearen Overall-Modells für MOS-Transistoren (EKV-Modell) vorgestellt. Das in dieser Arbeit vorgestellte Verfahren beschreibt die MOS-Kapazität des VCOs über geometrische Gundgrößen, die damit nur als Längen-und Weitenverhältnisse in die Bifurkationsanalyse eingehen. Zur Beschreibung der MOS-Kapazität wurde ein Basic-Charge-Modell, wie es in den Arbeiten von Enz und Vittoz vorgestellt wurde, in Verbindung einer expliziten analytischen Näherung des Oberflächenpotenzials verwendet. Das Verfahren ermöglicht es, als zusätzlichen Freiheitsgrad für den Designer auch die Amplitude zur Optimierung der Bauteilparameter heranzuziehen und vorab eine genauere Abschätzung der Parameter des Varaktors zu erhalten. Zusammengefasst in einer Toolbox führt die Anwendung des Verfahrens auf einen grafischen Optimierungsprozess, mit dessen Hilfe die Parameter analytisch bestimmt werden können. Die verwendete Methode erweitert den von Hajimiri und Ham vorgestellten Entwurfsprozess von LC-Tank VCOs um eine Stabilitätsanalyse, die Berücksichtigung harmonischer höherer Ordnung und die physikalisch exakte Modellierung der Varaktorkapazitäten. 1 Einleitung Die Oszillatorschaltung bzw. die spannungsgesteuerte Oszillatorschaltung ist heute eine der wichtigsten integrierten Schaltungen. Sie findet in fast allen Anwendungsbereichen der mobilen Kommunikationstechnik, wie Bluetooth, WI-MAX, WLAN, UMTS und GSM Anwendung und ist zentrales Thema vieler aktueller Forschungsarbeiten. Die da

Advances in Radio Science, 2018

The simulation of large scale nonlinear dynamical interconnected systems, as they arise in all mo... more The simulation of large scale nonlinear dynamical interconnected systems, as they arise in all modern engineering disciplines, is a usual task. Due to the high complexity of the considered systems, the principle of thinking in hierarchical structures is essential and common among engineers. Therefore, this contribution proposes an approach for the numerical simulation of large systems, which keeps the hierarchical system structure alive during the entire simulation process while simultaneously exploiting it for order reduction purposes. This is accomplished by embedding the trajectory piecewise linear order reduction scheme in a modified variant of the component connection modeling for building interconnected system structures. The application of this concept is demonstrated by means of a widely used benchmark example and a modified variant of it.

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2018

Intersatellite laser interferometers feature quadrant photoreceivers to produce electrical signal... more Intersatellite laser interferometers feature quadrant photoreceivers to produce electrical signals from the interfered optical beams. In the particular case of Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, the expected optical ac beat note has an amplitude of the order of nanowatts. This requires photoreceivers with an input current noise density of a few pA•Hz −1/2 in each channel up to 25 MHz. In addition, the significant number of photoreceivers in a single spacecraft imposes tight constraints on the power consumption per device. We present the experimental characterization of a quadrant photoreceiver based on discrete heterojunction bipolar transistors and an off-the-shelf 0.5-mmdiameter InGaAs quadrant photodiode, showing an input current noise density of 1.9 pA•Hz −1/2 at 25 MHz, a 3-dB bandwidth of 37 MHz, and a total power consumption of 178 mW.

Advances in Radio Science, 2013

In this contribution, a system identification procedure of a two-input Wiener model suitable for ... more In this contribution, a system identification procedure of a two-input Wiener model suitable for the analysis of the disturbance behavior of integrated nonlinear circuits is presented. The identified block model is comprised of two linear dynamic and one static nonlinear block, which are determined using an parameterized approach. In order to characterize the linear blocks, an correlation analysis using a white noise input in combination with a model reduction scheme is adopted. After having characterized the linear blocks, from the output spectrum under single tone excitation at each input a linear set of equations will be set up, whose solution gives the coefficients of the nonlinear block. By this data based black box approach, the distortion behavior of a nonlinear circuit under the influence of an interfering signal at an arbitrary input port can be determined. Such an interfering signal can be, for example, an electromagnetic interference signal which conductively couples into the port of consideration.

Advances in Radio Science, 2014

In this paper, we present a method to increase the time resolution of a pulse width modulator by ... more In this paper, we present a method to increase the time resolution of a pulse width modulator by using delay lines. The modulator is part of an open loop class D power amplifier, which uses the ZePoC algorithm to code the audio signal which is amplified in the class D power stage. If the time resolution of the pulse width modulator is high enough, ZePoC could also be used to build an high accuracy AC power standard, because of its open loop property. With the presented method the time resolution theoretically could be increased by a factor of 16, which means here the time resolution will be enhanced from 5 ns to 312.5 ps.

Advances in Radio Science, 2014

In this paper a new filter design concept is proposed and implemented which takes into account th... more In this paper a new filter design concept is proposed and implemented which takes into account the complex loudspeaker impedance. By means of techniques of broadband matching, that has been successfully applied in radio technology, we are able to optimize the reconstruction filter to achieve an overall linear frequency response. Here, a passive filter network is inserted between source and load that matches the complex load impedance to the complex source impedance within a desired frequency range. The design and calculation of the filter is usually done using numerical approximation methods which are known as Real Frequency Techniques (RFT). A first approach to systematic design of reconstruction filters for class-D amplifiers is proposed, using the Simplified Real Frequency Technique (SRFT). Some fundamental considerations are introduced as well as the benefits and challenges of impedance matching between class-D amplifiers and loudspeakers. Current simulation data using MATLAB is...

Advances in Radio Science, 2015

In this paper we present an analytical formulation of a Zero Position Coding (ZePoC) encoder for ... more In this paper we present an analytical formulation of a Zero Position Coding (ZePoC) encoder for an AC power standard based on class-D topologies. For controlling a class-D power stage a binary signal with special spectral characteristics will be generated by this ZePoC encoder for sinusoidal signals. These spectral characteristics have a predictable accuracy within a separated baseband to keep the noise floor below a specified level. Simulation results will validate the accuracy of this novel ZePoC encoder. For a real-time implementation of the encoder on a DSP/FPGA hardware architecture a trade-off between accuracy and speed of the ZePoC algorithm has to be made. Therefore the numerical effects of different floating point formats will be analyzed.

Advances in Radio Science, 2017

Torque load measurements play an important part in various engineering applications, as for autom... more Torque load measurements play an important part in various engineering applications, as for automotive industry, in which the drive torque of a motor has to be determined. A widely used measuring method are strain gauges. A thin flexible foil, which supports a metallic pattern, is glued to the surface of the object the torque is being applied to. In case of a deformation due to the torque load, the change in the electrical resistance is measured. With the combination of constitutive equations the applied torque load is determined by the change of electrical resistance. The creep of the glue and the foil material, together with the temperature and humidity dependence, may become an obstacle for some applications Kapralov and Fesenko (1984). Thus, there have been optical and magnetical, as well as capacitive sensors introduced). This paper discusses the general idea behind an electrostatic capacitive sensor based on a simple draft of an exemplary measurement setup. For better understa...

Advances in Radio Science, 2017

In this contribution, different approaches based on the <i>X</i>-parameters<sup&gt... more In this contribution, different approaches based on the <i>X</i>-parameters^TM to model the behavior of mismatched nonlinear transfer systems are examined. The <i>X</i>-parameters based on the PHD¹-principle introduced by Verspecht and Root (2006) as an extension of the well-known <i>S</i>-parameters describe nonlinear microwave 2-port-networks under large signal conditions. Using load-pull measurement techniques they can be used for arbitrary load situations. Beside this load-pull approach, in the work of Cai et al. (2015), it is stated that it is sufficient to use one optimized <i>X</i>-parameter set for each value of the load reflection coefficient without introducing a large error. In another contribution of Cai and Yu (2015), this approach is extended to cover the whole smith chart with one optimized <i>X</i>-parameter set instead. In this work, these different approaches ar...

Archives of Electrical Engineering, 2016

In the field of power and drive systems, electrical AC machines are mostly modeled using a set of... more In the field of power and drive systems, electrical AC machines are mostly modeled using a set of explicit ordinary differential equations in a state space representation. It is shown, that by using other equation types for simulation, algebraic constraints arising from aggregating several machines to a more complex system can directly be considered. The effects of different model variants on numerical ODE/DAE solvers are investigated in the focus of this work in order perform efficient simulations of larger systems possessing electrical AC machines.

Advances in Radio Science, 2010

In this contribution, an atomic force microscope is modelled and in this context, a non-linear co... more In this contribution, an atomic force microscope is modelled and in this context, a non-linear coupled 3-Dboundary value problem is solved numerically using the finite element method. The coupling of this system is done by using the Maxwell stress tensor. In general, an iterative weak coupling is used, where the two physical problems are solved separately. However, this method does not necessarily guarantee convergence of the nonlinear computation. Hence, this contribution shows the possibility of solving the multiphysical problem by a strong coupling, which is also referred to as monolithic approach. The electrostatic field and the mechanical displacements are calculated simultaneously by solving only one system of equation. Since the Maxwell stress tensor depends nonlinearly on the potential, the solution is solved iteratively by the Newton method.

Springer-Lehrbuch, 2013

In der Physik gibt es zahlreiche Systeme, deren Verhalten im Ortsraum bzw. Konfigurationsraum als... more In der Physik gibt es zahlreiche Systeme, deren Verhalten im Ortsraum bzw. Konfigurationsraum als " lokalisiert" angesehen werden kann, wobei sich der Ortsraum eines solchen Systems nur in einfachen Fällen durch einen dreidimensionalen Punktraum 1 repräsentieren lässt; vgl. auch Anhang A.1. Das Verhalten solcher Systeme lässt sich dann für jeden Zeitpunkt in sehr guter Näherung durch einen Punkt im zugehörigen Orts-und Konfigurationsraum darstellen. Das wichtigste Beispiel ist die Newtonsche Punktmechanik, im Rahmen derer man die Bewegung von Punktmassen unter dem Einfluss von Kräften diskutieren kann. Dabei wird die Dynamik im Raum durch Ortsund Geschwindigkeitsgrößen charakterisiert; zusammengenommen handelt es sich um die Zustandsgrößen der Newtonschen Mechanik-auch klassische Mechanik genannt. Solche Punktmassensysteme sind offensichtlich im obengenannten Sinne lokalisiert. Sie dienten als Vorbild für viele andere physikalische Systeme. Die Dynamik elektrischer Netzwerke, die durch Ströme und Spannungen beschrieben werden, ist ein weiteres Beispiel dafür, dass der Konfigurationsraum i. a. eine Dimension höher als drei besitzt. Daneben gibt es in der Physik auch solche Systeme, deren Eigenschaften räumlich nicht lokalisiert sind, d. h. man muss die beschreibenden Zustandsgrößen in einem ganzen Gebiet des Ortsraumes kennen, um das zukünftige Systemverhalten zu bestimmen. Beispielhaft sei die Kontinuumsmechanik und die Hydrodynamik genannt, wo erst die Kenntnis der mechanischen Spannungen bzw. der Geschwindigkeiten in einem Raumgebiet 2 das Systemverhalten charakterisiert. Wir sprechen von einem (räumlich) verteilten oder nichtlo-1 Eigentlich sollte für den Orts-oder Konfigurationsraum ein affiner Raum (siehe z. B. Jänich [126]) zugrunde gelegt werden, aberüblicherweise wird ein geeigneter R n verwendet. 2 In diesen Theorien wie bei elektromagnetischen Feldern genügt ein 3dimensionaler Ortsraum, so dass wir einfach von " Raum" sprechen können.