• Which practices co-deliver food security, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and combat land degradation and desertification? 

      Smith, Pete; Calvin, Katherine; Nkem, Johnson; Campbell, Donovan; Cherubini, Francesco; Grassi, Giacomo; Korotkov, Vladimir; Le Hoang, Anh; Lwasa, Shuaib; McElwee, Pamela; Nkonya, Ephraim; Saigusa, Nobuko; Soussana, Jean-Francois; Taboada, Miguel Angel; Manning, Frances C.; Nampanzira, Dorothy; Arias-Navarro, Cristina; Vizzarri, Matteo; House, Jo; Roe, Stephanie; Cowie, Annette; Rounsevell, Mark; Arneth, Almut (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      There is a clear need for transformative change in the land management and food production sectors to address the global land challenges of climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, combatting land degradation ...
    • Whole building life cycle Assessment(WBLCA) of an adaptive reuse of a heritage building: A case study of an Industrial building 

      Ali, Zohaib (Master thesis, 2023)
      Rehabilitering av bygninger og adaptiv gjenbruk er kjent for å ha mindre miljøpåvirkning sammenlignet med riving av eksisterende bygning og oppføring av et nytt bygg. Imidlertid kan renovering og adaptive gjenbruksprosesser ...
    • WHY CONFLICTS OCCUR IN ROADS AND TUNNELS PROJECTS IN NORWAY 

      Sabri, Omar; Bruland, Amund; Lædre, Ola (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Conflicts within the Norwegian construction industry have reached unacceptable levels. The grievance of these disputes, whether it is the number of conflicts or the expense involved in these conflicts, is under discussion. ...
    • Why don't cost-benefit results count for more? The case of Norwegian road investment priorities 

      Sager, Tore Øivin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The starting point is that the benefit/cost ratio is virtually uncorrelated to the likelihood of a Norwegian classified road project entering the list of investments selected for the National Transport Plan. The purpose ...
    • Why rogue waves occur atop abrupt depth transitions 

      Li, Yan; Draycott, Samuel; Zheng, Yaokun; Lin, Zhiliang; Adcock, Thomas A. A.; van den Bremer, Ton S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Abrupt depth transitions (ADTs) have recently been identified as potential causes of ‘rogue’ ocean waves. When stationary and (close-to-) normally distributed waves travel into shallower water over an ADT, distinct spatially ...
    • Why we will all be looking for a new job soon, true story based on study case of Orkdal footbridge 

      Luczkowski, Marcin; Dyvik, Steinar Hillersøy; Mork, John Haddal; Rønnquist, Anders (Chapter, 2017)
      The fourth industrial revolution, already present in the several industries, is now entering the field of civil engineering. Digital fabrication, mass customization, robot arms and drones are connected within the building ...
    • Wideband Channel Characterization for 6G Networks in Industrial Environments 

      Al-Samman, Ahmed; Mohamed, Marshed Kassim; Cheffena, Michael; Moldsvor, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • Wiener and Gamma Processes Overview for Degradation Modelling and Prognostic 

      Zhang, Yun (Master thesis, 2015)
      High reliability is an indispensable requirement for the operation of technical systems and infrastructure (like roads, railways, buildings, bridges and industrial plants). Failures in these areas can result in high costs ...
    • WiFi RTT for Indoor Localization using Google WiFi and Google Pixel 3a 

      Gjøvåg, Christopher Wennersteen (Master thesis, 2020)
      Som følge av introduksjonen av den såkalte Fine Timing Measurement (FTM) protokollen i IEEE 802.11 har WiFi nå en standardisert måte å estimere distansen mellom en trådløs basestasjon og en nettverksklient. Denne protokollen ...
    • Wind affecting berthing operations 

      Kløvning, Erik Mikal (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      ABSTRACT: Almost every voyage culminates in a manoeuvre to berth the ship safely along a quay or wharf. During this phase a ship is affected by a number of factors, one of them being wind. This paper seeks to understand ...
    • Wind and soil model influences on the uncertainty in fatigue of monopile supported wind turbines 

      Sørum, Stian Høegh; Bachynski-Polic, Erin Elizabeth; Amdahl, Jørgen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Several alternative engineering models are available for the use in analysis of offshore wind turbines. However, it is not always clear which of the models will yield the most accurate or sufficiently conservative results. ...
    • Wind and tidal turbine blade root connection 

      Eriksen, Bård Meling (Master thesis, 2011)
      Efficient bolted joint design is an essential part of designing structures from fiber reinforced polymer materials. This thesis was done to find a good approach to a three-dimensional finite element model of the root ...
    • Wind deflection analysis of railway catenary under crosswind based on nonlinear finite element model and wind tunnel test 

      Song, Yang; Zhang, Mingjie; Øiseth, Ole Andre; Rønnquist, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper evaluates the railway catenary's wind deflection under crosswind based on wind tunnel experiments and a nonlinear finite element model. A catenary model is constructed based on the absolute nodal coordinate ...
    • Wind Effects on a Sports Arena 

      Sundt, Sven-Håkon Wold (Master thesis, 2016)
      Wind effects on the Maier sports arena have been investigated with three different experiment types. The experiments were performed with open land and nearby structures , with south, southwest and west wind direction. ...
    • Wind Farm Control Methods - Yawing 

      Gitmark, John Magne (Master thesis, 2016)
      The wake effect of yawing an upstream turbines is of interest in order to increase power production. In this study, the case of yawing is considered as asymmetric do to the tower and rotor rotation, and measurements have ...
    • Wind farm performance 

      Marjan, Ali (Master thesis, 2016)
      Performance of the wind turbine in the wind farm has been analyzed using IEC61400-12-1 wind turbine power measurement standard. Ten minutes averaged wind data was acquired from Windcube v2 LIDAR over the period of twelve ...
    • Wind farm performance - Power Analysis of a wind turbine 

      Esquinas Herrera, Alejandro (Master thesis, 2016)
      Wind conditions from a wind farm situated in Ørland were analyzed based on a ten minute measurements in order to obtain the power and efficiency curves. The results from the analysis were compared with different curves ...
    • Wind field measurements in urban environments 

      Krohg, Petter Nicolai (Master thesis, 2021)
      Ettersom verden streber etter å senke klima utslipp og forurensing blir fokuset mer og mer rettet mot fornybar energiproduksjon. Kan vind produksjon i urbane miljøer bidra til å senke både lokale og globale utslipp. Et ...
    • Wind Field Variability in Complex Terrain: Lessons from the Hardanger Bridge 

      Fenerci, Aksel; Øiseth, Ole Andre (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Along the Coastal Highway E39 in the western coast of Norway, Norwegian Government is planning to build several extreme bridges spanning from 1.5 to 5 km. The region is typically mountainous with deep fjords seeping inland. ...
    • Wind flow studies for drifting snow on roads / 

      Thordarson, Skuli (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2002:82, Doctoral thesis, 2002)
      During strong winds, drifting snow causes problems on roads in many harsh winter climate countries. Increased snow-removal costs, reduced access and safety problems are typical results of excessive snowdrift sedimentation ...