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    • Multiphysics Study of Forced Convection Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) Problem 

      Leyli, Amir Nadem; Moatamedi, Mojtaba; Alzahabi, Basem (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper presents a problem undergoing conjugate heat transfer (CHT). Conjugate heat transfer problems are common is domestic heating/cooling, industrial heat exchangers, cooling of electronics (e.g. PC fans). It is to be noted that in conjugate heat transfer problems, the convection part of the heat transfer is dominated.<p> In the given study, a hypothetical case is built where a heat source (a ...
    • Multiphysicsbased Condition Monitoring of Composite Materials 

      Xue, Hui; Sharma, Puneet; Khawaja, Hassan Abbas (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2015-12-10)
      Composites are increasingly being used in products such as: automobiles, bridges, boats, drillships, offshore platforms, aircrafts and satellites. The increased usage of these composite materials and the fact that the conditions pertaining to their failure are not fully understood makes it imperative to develop condition monitoring systems for composite structures. <br>In this work, we present a ...
    • Multiple Model Adaptive Estimation Coupled With Nonlinear Function Approximation and Gaussian Mixture Models for Predicting Fuel Consumption in Marine Engines 

      Taghavi, Mahmood; Perera, Lokukaluge Prasad Channa (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2023)
      Digital twin type models can be developed for physical systems that are complex nonlinear a system of systems (SoS). However, such models are usually difficult to represent by linear equations. Therefore, an adequate linearization technique should be introduced. Therefore, linear models as digital twins can be interpreted easily and need much less computational power when applied to various industrial ...
    • Multivariate analysis of Co, Fe and Ni leaching from tailings following simulated temperature change 

      Fu, Shuai; Lu, Jinmei; Yuan, Fuqing (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A series of column leaching experiments were performed to understand the leaching behavior of Co, Fe and Ni in Ballangen mine tailings. Multivariate statistical approaches to evaluate potential risk variations in leachate quality and identifies temperature effects on their leaching behavior. Results from column leaching test indicated that the mobility of showed higher temperature may encourage ...
    • Nettverksorganisasjoners betydning for kunnskapstilgang og innovasjon 

      Underthun, Anders; Svare, Helge; Gausdal, Anne Haugen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-04)
      I denne artikkelen undersøker vi om regionale innovasjonsnettverksorganisasjoner (RINOer) bidrar til bedre kunnskapstilgang og innovasjon. Hvilke organiserte aktiviteter eller funksjoner i RINOen er i så fall relevante? Og i hvilken grad påvirker andre kjennetegn ved RINOene eller bedriftene som deltar, et slikt utfall? Bedriftene i studien rapporterer at RINO-deltakelsen har bidratt positivt både ...
    • New insight into air/spray boundary interaction for diesel and biodiesel fuels under different fuel temperatures 

      Jabbarzadeh Ghandilou, Ali; Taghavifar, Hadi (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-08-09)
      The liquid fuel breakup mechanism in spray injection with ambient air for diesel and biodiesel at different fuel temperatures is studied numerically. We find that biodiesel fuel type injection with low fuel temperature induces more air entrainment volume to the boundary of the spray than diesel fuel injection and higher fuel temperature. Meanwhile, the normalized parcel density for biodiesel is 12% ...
    • A New Introductory Course in the Engineering Education at the University of Tromsø 

      Gjengedal, Arne Ketil; Schive, Tor (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      In 2011 a new national curriculum for the education of engineers was established in Norway. The objective of the curriculum is to ascertain that engineering education is professionally oriented, integrated, research-based and has a high academic standard. Institutions are instructed to facilitate a holistic approach to the engineering profession, which integrates social science, technology, science ...
    • Noise-intensification data augmented machine learning for day-ahead wind power forecast 

      Chen, Hao; Birkelund, Yngve; Batalden, Bjørn-Morten; Barabadi, Abbas (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-10)
      The day-ahead wind power forecast is essential for the designation of dispatch schedules for the grid and rational arrangement for production planning by power generation companies. This paper specifically investigates the effect of adding noise to the original wind data for forecasting models. Linear regression, artificial neural networks, and adaptive boosting predictive models based on ...
    • Non-contact sensing and modelling on the voltage and electric field for powered transmission line 

      Yuan, Fuqing; Lu, Jinmei (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      From environmental, ecological or technical perspectives, the measurement of the potential voltage, electric field near the power transmission line is essential to ensure the exposure level does not exceed the limits of the government specified. This paper develops a potential voltage model, designs experiments to verify the developed model and to evaluate the parameters in the model. An electric ...
    • Non-Preemptive Open Shop Scheduling Considering Machine Availability 

      Shojaeibarjouei, Abolfazl; Barabadi, Abbas; Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Reza (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper considers a non-preemptive open shop scheduling problem (OSSP), in which machines are not available to process jobs on known periodic interval times resulted from periodic service repair, rest period, and so on. Asymmetric transportation time between machines is considered, which can be different from one job to another. The objective is to minimize the weighted mean completion time (WMCT). ...
    • Norway-Russia disaster diplomacy for Svalbard 

      Kelman, Ilan; Sydnes, Are K.; Duda, Patrizia Isabelle; Nikitina, Elena; Webersik, Christian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-03)
      The Arctic is frequently framed as a region of disaster and conflict, as well as of opportunity and cooperation. Disaster diplomacy is one approach for examining how dealing with disasters might or might not affect conflict and cooperation, yet little work on Arctic disaster diplomacy has been completed, especially regarding specific bilateral relations. This paper contributes to filling in this gap ...
    • Numerical investigation on the cage-to-cage wake effect: A case study of a 4 × 2 cage array 

      Sim, Jaesub; Cheng, Hui; Aarsæther, Karl Gunnar; Li, Lin; Ong, Muk Chen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-02-12)
      Aquaculture has been the world’s fastest-growing food producing method and grown to become the second-largest export industry in Norway during the past 40 years. Usually, the high-value fish such as Atlantic Salmon (<i>Salmo salar</i>) is raised in a multi-cage fish farm, where the flow interactions between fish cages exist. In this study, the interactions between fish cages are implemented into the ...
    • Observed and unobserved heterogeneity in failure data analysis 

      Zaki, Rezgar; Barabadi, Abbas; Barabady, Javad; Qarahasanlou, Ali Nouri (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-08)
      In reality, failure data are often collected under diffract operational conditions (covariates), leading to heterogeneity among the data. Heterogeneity can be classified as observed and unobserved heterogeneity. Un-observed heterogeneity is the effect of unknown, unrecorded, or missing covariates. In most reliability studies, the effect of unobserved covariates is neglected. This may lead to inaccurate ...
    • Oil spill emergency preparedness in the Russian Arctic : a study of the Murmansk region. 

      Ivanova, Maria (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      The issue of oil spill emergency response in north-west Russia has become increasingly important following a substantial increase in maritime transport and major offshore developments in Russian waters. This study is an initial effort to outline the public and private agencies and organizations involved in handling oil spills in the Murmansk region and the structure of the oil spill emergency response ...
    • On RAM performance of production facilities operating under the Barents Sea harsh environmental conditions 

      Naseri, Masoud; Barabady, Javad (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016-05-19)
      Oil and gas (O&G) industry is expanding its activities into Arctic offshore, where is characterised with severe operating conditions and less-developed infrastructure. Such conditions affect the reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) of offshore O&G plants, operations, and activities through different scenarios. Plant RAM analysis provides key information for decision-making on, for ...
    • Optimization of Pure-Component LNG Cascade Processes with Heat Integration 

      Eiksund, Oddmar; Brodal, Eivind; Jackson, Steven (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2018-01-15)
      Liquefaction of natural gas is an energy-intensive process in which the energy efficiency depends on the number of compressors stages and the heat integration scheme. The aim of the study is to systematically evaluate process performance of pure component cascade processes, present optimized designs for all relevant numbers of compression stages and compare energy consumption between processes with ...
    • Origin and Development of Seamanship Competence 

      Johansen, Kåre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06)
      Seafaring is one of the oldest documented human activities, with a rich heritage created by generations of seamen. The first boats were developed several thousand years ago, based on primitive principles, and they were probably not suitable for other than simple purposes. Analyzing the history of boat building shows a gradual change in designs. These design changes were most likely due to improvements, ...
    • An overall performance index for wind farms: a case study in Norway Arctic region 

      Mustafa, Albara; Barabadi, Abbas; Markeset, Tore; Naseri, Masoud (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-12)
      Wind farms (WFs) experience various challenges that affect their performance. Mostly, designers focus on the technical side of WFs performance, mainly increasing the power production of WFs, through improving their manufacturing and design quality, wind turbines capacity, their availability, reliability, maintainability, and supportability. On the other hand, WFs induce impacts on their surroundings, ...
    • Overcoming Barriers to Proactive Response in Slow-onset Disasters 

      Staupe-Delgado, Reidar (Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2019)
      Disasters differ markedly in their speed of manifestation, which in turn greatly affects how researchers as well as authorities interpret and respond to them. In theory, disasters with a gradual and creeping onset are easier to manage than sudden and unexpected ones. However, the unfortunate reality is that hazards with a slow-onset are often ignored, left smouldering in the background, while their ...
    • Oxidative stress in two tropical species after exposure to diesel oil 

      Sardi Sulvarán, Adriana Eva; Sandrini-Neto, Leonardo; da S. Pereira, Leticia; Silva de Assis, Helena; Martins, Cesar C.; Lana, Paulo Da Cunha; Camus, Lionel (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016-08-03)
      Recent offshore petroleum exploration has increased the risks of oil spills worldwide. We investigated biomarker responses to diesel oil exposure in two tropical and subtropical species, the clam Anomalocardia flexuosa and the polychaete Laeonereis culveri. Animals were exposed to oil-spiked sediment at two different concentrations (0.5 L and 1.0 L m−2). Activities of antioxidant enzymes catalase ...