PhD theses (TN-IKM / TN-IMBM): Recent submissions
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Wind-induced vibrations of a suspension bridge: A case study in full-scale
(PhD thesis UiS;326, Doctoral thesis, 2016-12-16)In 2013, the Norwegian government adopted an ambitious plan to cross the wide and deep-fjords of Western Norway and create a ferry-free coastal high- way route. This implies the construction of multiple long-span bridges ... -
Industrial Service Strategy : Development, Implementation and Execution
(PhD thesis UiS;19, Doctoral thesis, 2005)Increasingly, as markets become more competitive and globalized, industrial service providers are dependent on effective and efficient service strategies to achieve a certain level of customer satisfaction and ... -
Asset Integrity Management : Challenges, planning and implementations
(PhD thesis UiS;306, Doctoral thesis, 2016-08-23)The emergence of asset integrity management (ATM) in the petroleum industry has been encouraged by the demand for a safer and more sustainable workplace with respect to health, safety, environment, value generation and ... -
Analysis and Management of Bottlenecks in Supply Networks : Towards a Structured Approach to Stabilization of Inbound Material Flow
(PhD thesis UiS;256, Doctoral thesis, 2015-06-11)Any organization whose business model is based on production relies, and is dependent, on providers of raw material which it transforms into products. Customers’ demand for products, and thus the producing firm’s demand ... -
Aerodynamic loads on a wind turbine rotor in axial motion
(PhD thesis UiS;245, Doctoral thesis, 2015-03-13)This study investigates the unsteady aerodynamics of attached flow on a two-dimensional airfoil. The unsteady aerodynamics introduces aerodynamic damping of the offshore wind turbine structure and is thus important for ... -
On wave-wind interactions and implications for offshore wind turbines
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Dynamic behaviour of jackets exposed to wave-in-deck forces
(PhD thesis UiS;17, Doctoral thesis, 2005)During the last decade, wave-in-deck loading on fixed offshore structures has increasingly been acknowledged as an issue of concern to the offshore oil and gas industry. Being mainly an issue for existing structures, the ... -
Production Performance Analysis : Reliability, Maintainability and Operational Conditions
(PhD thesis UiS;144, Doctoral thesis, 2011-11-28)With the increasing demand for energy over recent decades, the Arctic region has become an interesting area for future exploration and development for the oil and gas industry. The Arctic region is known to have a harsh ... -
Activity-based life-cycle cost analysis : design, operation and maintenance in Arctic environment
(PhD thesis UiS;134, Doctoral thesis, 2011-08-25)Currently the oil and gas exploration and production is moving north towards the Barents Sea on the northern coast of Norway, north of the Arctic Circle. This unfamiliar operational environment of the Arctic poses new ...