Timely delivery of the required goods plays an important role in meeting the availability and reducing the downtime of Markets. Salmon transport logistics is affected in complex ways while operating in the Arctic, since the area is sparsely populated and has insufficient infrastructure. It is also greatly affected by the distinctive operational environment of the region, such as cold temperature, ...

This thesis evaluates the risk of ship collisions in the Barents Sea in 2030 between three future scenarios; Minimum, Basis and Maximum Scenario. IWRAP Mk2 program is utilized to make the calculations. Automatic Identification System (AIS) data of 2013 is used to parameterize current traffic density, while the increased traffic in the different scenarios is derived from an analysis of multiple ...

Roll motion is one of the six degrees of freedom and is the most difficult to predict, as roll motion is extremely sensitive to the viscous effect and induced flow separation. The smaller fishing vessel fleet commonly operates in almost all weather conditions, and sometimes in remote areas with cold arctic water where rescue can be far away and difficult. The safety of fishers depends on the vessel's ...

Polar Mesospheric Summer Echoes (PMSE) are strong coherent radar echoes that occur in the 80 to 90 km altitude range of the mesosphere during the Arctic summer months. These echoes are of significant interest to the space physics community as they provide insight into changes that occur in the atmosphere. To better understand these changes, large datasets of PMSE echoes need to be analysed. In ...

Veitunneler er statistisk sett en av de sikreste delene av veinettet, med svært få hendelser sammenlignet med det øvrige nettet. Det er derimot spesielle forhold som i vesentlig grad avviker fra veinettet for øvrig med tanke på brann og rømning. De ulike sikkerhetssystemene i tunnelen er med på å hindre at hendelser oppstår, og redusere konsekvensene hvis ulykken først er ute. Gjennom oppgaven ...

Sea spray icing is considered as a major environmental challenge in the Arctic Ocean, which poses a critical risk not only to the vessels and industrial operations but also to human safety. Although some studies have been carried out to estimate spray icing rate (e.g., RIGICE04 and ICEMOD models), such models suffer from some unrealistic modeling assumptions and limited verification. Moreover, limited ...

Bridge safety is an indispensable part of transportation safety. However, each bridge is unique with respect to its material, design and the environment which it is located in, and other relevant factors. This makes defining a unified framework for studying and categorizing failures in the bridges a difficult task. The current report aims at taking the first step to reach such a goal. This report ...

Polymers have an extreme wide range of potential applications. From artificial heart valves, computer hardware, coating materials, noise damping materials and so on. Polyurethane is one of the such materials with a broad range of applications. A few such applications and properties are, but not limited to, treatment of leakage of an expansion joint, abrasion resistance, anti-freezing performance and ...

The thesis presents analysis of material properties and internal effects in steel samples, with varying temperatures. Uniaxial tensile tests were conducted in both room temperature and low temperatures, to generate graphical measures of the mechanical properties. The steel samples were monitored with thermography throughout the course of the tensile tests, to investigate the heat generation associated ...

The aim of this thesis is to identify the competence gaps for seafarers who sail in polar waters have after completing the existing training courses based on the Polar Code. The best way to protect the environment and people in the Polar regions is by increasing the knowledge and competence of the people working in the vulnerable regions to ensure they make the best possible decisions and avoid ...