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Adaptive Control of Subsea Processes
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Adaptive Sampling for Marine Robotics
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:196, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Maintaining a healthy ocean is of the utmost importance. Having only a limited set of resources available to study this vast domain requires research and science to focus on more efficient data collection. Determining when ... -
Additive Manufacturing for High Value Metal Production in an Optimized Hybrid Manufacturing Cell
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:29, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The in-between processes have also been investigated. In the hybrid cell, the surface roughing is done by a surface milling operation in the milling machine, contrary to the traditional sand blasting operation. And, there ... -
Adhesion of Bacillus Cereus Spores to Surface
(Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2003:93, Doctoral thesis, 2003)This thesis deals with the adhesion and removal of the spore forming pathogenic bacterium Bacillus cereus. The spores of Bacillus cereus are known for being hydrophobic and adhere well to other hydrophobic surfaces. The ... -
Adhesion, Friction and Leakage in Contacts with Elastomers
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:277, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Adhesion, friction and leakage in contacts with elastomers is central to many technologically demanding applications such as tires, seals, wiper blades and syringes to just name a few. These tribological systems are very ... -
Adhesive bonding of aluminium
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:43, Doctoral thesis, 2004)In order to get approval of adhesive bonding as a reliable joining method in the automotive industry, a better understanding of the interfacial interactions between aluminium surfaces and adhesives is important. It is also ... -
Advanced Control Algorithms to Support Automated Offshore Wind Turbine Installation
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:231, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The thesis presents the research on automated offshore wind turbine (OWT)installation. The aim of the project is to find innovative and cost-effective methods for installing and maintaining OWTs. Utilization of wind ... -
Advanced Food Processing Equipment Design for a Sustainable Salmonid Fish Industry in Norway
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:218, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Food production is one of today’s largest contributors to resource consumption, transformation of landscape and land use as well as greenhouse gas emissions. As the world’s population grows, the food consumption grows with ... -
Advanced RF/microwave Systems for Sensing and Communication Applications
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:191, Doctoral thesis, 2023)As the fifth generation (5G) and beyond networks as well as the Internet-of-things (IoT) continue to expand and become more prevalent in various industries, we will encounter connected devices almost everywhere. Consequently, ... -
Advancements in Automated Methods for Fluid-Dynamic Turbomachinery Design
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:180, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Automated design methods are emerging as a powerful tool for the fluid-dynamic design of turbomachinery components. Such automated methods integrate mathematical models of different level of sophistication with numerical ... -
Advancements in environmentally extended multiregional input-output analysis: modeling drivers, pressures, and impacts
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:210, Doctoral thesis, 2021)We increasingly need to rely on demand side changes to complement technological improvements to mitigate environmental impacts such as global warming and loss of biodiversity. To do so we must better understand how different ... -
Advances in semi-empirical time domain modelling of vortex-induced vibrations
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:135, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Most of today’s prediction tools for vortex-induced vibrations (VIV) operate in the frequency domain, where analysis is restricted to linear systems and steady flows. These modelling limitations provide an unsatisfactory ... -
Advancing sustainable land and water management strategies for deployment of bioenergy production systems
(Doctoral theses at NTNU, 2022:115, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Bioenergy is a necessity in most climate change mitigation scenario limiting global warming to below 2°C at the end of century relative to pre-industrial times. The large landrequirements associated with large-scale ... -
Aerodynamic Modelling of Floating Wind Turbines
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:150, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Engineering methods that are commonly used to estimate aerodynamic loads on the rotors of floating wind turbines were originally developed for the analysis of land based, or bottom fixed, wind turbines. In an offshore ... -
Aerodynamic Optimisation of Airfoils and Winglets for Wind Turbine Application
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:263, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The presented thesis summarises work on applying evolutionary optimisation algorithms for the design of airfoils and winglets for wind turbine application. This approach is more computationally expensive than using traditional ... -
Aerodynamics and its Relationship with Kinematics and Performance in Ski Jumping
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Ageing management and life extension of technical systems : concepts and methods applied to oil and gas facilities
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2013:178, Doctoral thesis, 2013)The oil and gas (O&G) industry is becoming increasingly interested in prolonging the operation of some facilities beyond their original design lifetime. The main challenge when extending the life of an ageing facility is ... -
Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Clean Heating System Adoption in Norway
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2011:31, Doctoral thesis, 2011)A sound climate policy encouraging clean energy investment is important to mitigate global warming. Previous research has demonstrated that consumer choice indeed plays an important role in adoption of sustainable technologies. ... -
Aided Inertial Navigation of Underwater Vehicles
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:96, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis is motivated by cost reduction in subsea inspection, maintenance, and repair operations, which requires autonomy and automatic functionality in order to save time and money. Autonomy and automatic functions ... -
Airflow distribution for minimizing human exposure to airborne contaminants in healthcare facilities
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:41, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) have been a persistent problem in hospitals for over a century and are associated with significant mortality, morbidities and increasing healthcare cost. There is strong evidence that ...