Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science (TN-IMBM): Nye registreringer
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Aerodynamic influence of an alpine skier’s arms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Understanding how postural changes in alpine skiing affect the overall aerodynamic drag is highly important for enhancing performance. Although the arm configuration of the athlete can have a significant impact on the ... -
Numerical Investigation of Flow around Two Tandem Cylinders in the Upper Transition Reynolds Number Regime Using Modal Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Flow around two tandem cylinders at Re = 3.6 × 106 for different center-to-center spacing ratio (L/D) is investigated numerically using two-dimensional (2D) Unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes (URANS) equations combined ... -
Experimental Investigation and Numerical Modeling of Two-Phase Flow Development and Flow-Induced Vibration of a Multi-Plane Subsea Jumper
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)As an essential component in the offshore oil and gas industry, subsea jumpers are likely to encounter the cyclic-induced stresses caused by the alternating movement of gas plugs and liquid slugs while transporting a ... -
Modeling a predictive maintenance management architectureto meet industry 4.0 requirements: A case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Industry 4.0 is the latest paradigm of industrial production enabling a new level of organizing and controlling the entire value chain within a product life cycle by creating a dynamic and real-time understanding of ... -
Feasibility Study of a Novel Open Ocean Aquaculture Ship Integrating with a Wind Turbine and an Internal Turret Mooring System
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Marine aquaculture has been expanded into more remote areas due to the increasing demand for high value-added fish products, bringing more challenges in fuel supply and mooring safety to open ocean aquaculture farms. ... -
Disc golf trajectory modelling combining computational fluid dynamics and rigid body dynamics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In the sport of disc golf, athletes utilize discs with various shapes to achieve their desired throws. Computational methods have the potential to give further insight into how the disc shape and throw parameters influence ... -
Influence of material factors on the determination of dynamic moduli and associated prediction models for different types of asphalt mixtures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In a Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) pavement design system, the dynamic modulus is used to characterise asphalt mixtures, which are affected by many factors including environmental conditions and material properties. This study ... -
Water Quality Predictions Based on Grey Relation Analysis Enhanced LSTM Algorithms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)With the growth of industrialization in recent years, the quality of drinking water has been a great concern due to increasing water pollution from industries and industrial farming. Many monitoring stations are constructed ... -
Numerical analysis of a vessel-shaped offshore fish farm
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The aquaculture industry is aiming to move fish farms from nearshore areas to open seas because of many attractive advantages in the open water. However, one major challenge is to design the structure to withstand the ... -
On Competition-driven Teaching of Multidisciplinary Engineering Education: Implementation cases at University of Stavanger
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)This article will reflect the experience gained on problem-based learning (PBL) projects implemented in the last six years at University of Stavanger (UiS). The PBL projects were implemented by establishing two ”student-driven” ... -
Methods for analysing wave slamming loads on truss structures used in offshore wind applications based on experimental data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Offshore wind turbines installed in shallow water regions are subjected to highly varying hydrodynamic loads, also from plunging breaking waves. Many investigations have been made regarding the wave slamming forces acting ... -
A Novel Model for Risk Regulations in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Increasing interest from stakeholders has brought about a new emphasis on risk regulation in the oil and gas industry. Our basis for this work is the offshore oil and gas industry, which is composed of major operators, ... -
On-Bottom Stability of Umbilicals and Power Cables for Offshore Wind Applications
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)With the increase in offshore wind farms, the demands for umbilicals and power cables have increased. The on-bottom stability of umbilicals and power cables under the combined wave and current loading is the most challenging ... -
Large Eddy simulations of flow around tandem circular cylinders in the vicinity of a plane wall
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)In order to investigate the three-dimensional flow around free-spanning, tandem marine pipelines, Large Eddy Simulations (LES) with Smagorinsky subgrid scale model are performed using the open-source code OpenFOAM. Two ... -
Residual stress estimation in defect assessment procedures at weld toe and away locations on girth welds: Review of key parameters
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The distribution of residual stresses in welded joints plays an important role within the fracture evaluation guidelines recommended in structural integrity assessment codes such as BS7910, API 579 RP-1/ASME FFS-1 and R6. ... -
Metoder brukt for å forhindre svart økonomi og arbeidslivskriminalitet i offentlige anskaffelser innen bygg og anlegg i Finland, Sverige og Norge
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)Finland Sweden and Norway lose out on a lot of potential tax money due to the shadow economy in the construction industry. Workers employed within companies such as these work with bad working conditions and lose the right ... -
Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis of a Conceptual Subsea Freight Glider for CO2 Transportation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-08)This study analyses the technical and economic aspects of a novel subsea freight glider (SFG). The SFG is an excellent replacement for tanker ships and submarine pipelines transporting liquefied CO2. The main aim of the ... -
Technical and economic challenges for Arctic Coastal settlements due to melting of ice and permafrost in the Arctic
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The safety of Arctic coastal villages/settlements is of concern due to melting of the ice cover and the permafrost in the Arctic. The immediate concerns for Arctic coastal settlements are due to a number of causes. These ... -
Joint description of waves and currents applied in a simplified load case
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-03)In order to perform a more accurate analysis of marine structures, joint probability distributions of different metocean parameters have received an increasing interest during the last decade, facilitated by improved ... -
Spar-type vertical-axis wind turbines in moderate water depth: A feasibility study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The applications of floating vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) in deep water have been proposed and studied by several researchers recently. However, the feasibility of deploying a floating VAWT at a moderate water depth ...