• Current Trajectories and New Challenges for Visual Comfort Assessment in Building Design and Operation: A Critical Review 

      Cadena, Juan Diego Blanco; Poli, Tiziana; Košir, Mitja; Lobaccaro, Gabriele; Mainini, Andrea Giovanni; Speroni, Alberto (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Visual comfort can affect building occupants’ behaviour, productivity and health. It is highly dependent on the occupant and how they perform a task indoors. In that regard, an occupant centred approach is more suitable ...
    • Decision Support Models for Operations and Maintenance for Offshore Wind Farms: A Review 

      Seyr, Helene; Muskulus, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper reviews the state of the art in offshore wind farm operations and maintenance with a focus on decision support models for the scheduling of maintenance. Factors influential to maintenance planning are collected ...
    • Deformation Law and Control Limit of CRTSIII Slab Track under Subgrade Frost Heave 

      Cai, Xiaopei; Zhang, Qian; Zhang, Yanrong; Wang, Qihao; Luo, Bicheng; Yang, Guotao; Lau, Albert (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In order to find out the influence of subgrade frost heave on the deformation of track structure and track irregularity of high-speed railways, a nonlinear damage finite element model for China Railway Track System III ...
    • Evaluation and Monitoring of Slope Stability in Cold Region: Case Study of Man-Made Slope at Øysand, Norway 

      Shin, Yunsup; Choi, Jung Chan; Quinteros, Santiago; Svendsen, Ida; L Heureux, Jean-Sebastien; Seong, Joohyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Recently, the road and railways infrastructure developments in Norway have led to renewed interests on the geotechnical challenges associated with slope stability under freezing-thawing cycles. Despite the amount of research ...
    • Mixed Method for Isogeometric Analysis of Coupled Flow and Deformation in Poroelastic Media 

      Bekele, Yared Worku; Fonn, Eivind; Kvamsdal, Trond; Kvarving, Arne Morten; Nordal, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Pressure oscillations at small time steps have been known to be an issue in poroelasticity simulations. A review of proposed approaches to overcome this problem is presented. Critical time steps are specified to alleviate ...
    • Photovoltaics on Landmark Buildings with Distinctive Geometries 

      Lobaccaro, Gabriele; Mirjana, Devetaković; Djordje, Djordjević; Milan, Radojević; Aleksandra, Krstić-Furundžić; Bogdan-Gabriel, Burduhos; Georgios, Martinopoulos; Mircea, Neagoe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This review study, framed in the Work group 4 “Photovoltaic in built environment” within the COST Action PEARL PV, CA16235, aims to examine applications of integrated and applied photovoltaic technologies on ten landmark ...
    • Solar Energy in Urban Planning: Lesson Learned and Recommendations from Six Italian Case Studies 

      Formolli, Matteo; Croce, Silvia; Vettorato, Daniele; Paparella, Rossana; Scognamiglio, Alessandra; Mainini, Andrea Giovanni; Lobaccaro, Gabriele (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This paper presents the results of the analysis conducted on six case studies related to solar energy integration in urban and rural environments located on the Italian territory. The analysis has been carried out within ...
    • Stabilisation of Soft Clay, Quick Clay and Peat by Industrial By-Products and Biochars 

      Hov, Sølve; Paniagua Lopez, Ana Priscilla; Sætre, Christian; Long, Michael; Cornelissen, Gerard; Ritter, Stefan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      The stabilisation of soft soils using the traditional binders cement and quicklime are known to emit large amounts of carbon dioxide. To reduce this carbon footprint, substitutes such as industrial by-products have been ...
    • Strength Development of Metakaolin-Based Alkali-Activated Cement 

      Lou, Baowen; Vrålstad, Torbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Alkali-activated materials, sometimes called geopolymers, can be used as alternative cementitious materials to conventional Portland cement. Currently, there is a significant interest in these materials due to their low ...
    • The Study of Facial Muscle Movements for Non-Invasive Thermal Discomfort Detection via Bio-Sensing Technology. Part I: Development of the Experimental Design and Description of the Collected Data 

      Marchenko, Alla; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Rizzardi, Victor; Oksavik, Odne Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In the time of climate change, as heat waves become a more regular occurrence, indoor thermal comfort is an important factor in day to day life. Due to such circumstances, many researchers have focused their studies on ...
    • A Systematic Literature Review of Non-Invasive Indoor Thermal Discomfort Detection 

      Marchenko, Alla; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Since 1997, scientists have been trying to utilize new non-invasive approaches for thermal discomfort detection, which promise to be more effective for comparing frameworks that need direct responses from users. Due to ...
    • Thermal Layer Design in Fused Filament Fabrication 

      Bjørken, Olav Urvold; Andresen, Benjamin; Eikevåg, Sindre Wold; Steinert, Martin; Elverum, Christer Westum (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The current limitations of design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) are the state of knowledge on materials and the effects of production parameters. As more engineering-grade polymers become available for fused filament ...
    • Urban heritage facility management: A scoping review 

      Prabowo, Bintang Noor; Temeljotov Salaj, Alenka; Lohne, Jardar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This review examines current discussions from the cross-section study between urban heritage conservation and urban facility management fields in the academic literature from 2011–2020. The purpose is to identify the gaps ...