• Secrecy outage analysis of double shadowed Rician channels 

      Ai, Yun; Kong, Long; Cheffena, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The double shadowed Rician model was recently proposed to describe some realistic physical signal propagation phenomena, where a Rician faded signal is impacted by cascaded shadowing processes. In this letter, we study the ...
    • Secrecy Performance Analysis of Wireless Sensor Networks 

      Ai, Yun; Cheffena, Michael; Ohtsuki, Tomoaki; Zhuang, He (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Wireless sensor network (WSN) plays a fundamentally important role in the realization of Internet of Things and Industry 4.0. In this letter, we study the physical layer security performance of a large-scale ad hoc and ...
    • Secrecy Performance of Correlated α-μ Fading Channels 

      Mathur, Aashish; Ai, Yun; Cheffena, Michael; Kaddoum, Georges (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper investigates the secrecy performance of the classical Wyner’s wiretap model, where the main channel and eavesdropper channel experience correlated α-μ fading. Novel and exact expressions for the average secrecy ...
    • Secrecy performance of FSO communication systems with non-zero boresight pointing errors 

      Verma, Gyan Deep; Mathur, Aashish; Ai, Yun; Cheffena, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Free space optical (FSO) communication is a promising candidate for the next generation(5G and beyond) wireless communication systems, due to its merits (i.e. low latency, high data rate, and license-free band, among ...
    • Secure Outage Analysis of FSO Communications Over Arbitrarily Correlated Málaga Turbulence Channels 

      Ai, Yun; Mathur, Aashish; Kong, Long; Cheffena, Michael (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In this paper, we analyze the secrecy outage performance for more realistic eavesdropping scenario of free-space optical (FSO) communications, where the main and wiretap links are correlated. The FSO fading channels are ...
    • Secure Vehicular Communications through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces 

      Ai, Yun; Figueiredo, Felipe A. P. De; Kong, Long; Chatzinotas, Symeon; Ottersten, Björn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is considered as a revolutionary technique to improve the wireless system performance by reconfiguring the radio wave propagation environment artificially. Motivated by the potential ...
    • Security and Privacy issues in IoT based Smart Grids: A case study in a digital substation 

      Abraham, Doney; Yildirim Yayilgan, Sule; Abomhara, Mohamed; Gebremedhin, Alemayehu; Dalipi, Fisnik (Chapter, 2022)
      Smart Grid is one of the increasingly used critical infrastructures that is essential for the functioning of a country. This coupled with Internet of Things (IoT) has huge potentials in several areas such as remote monitoring ...
    • Seismic Analysis of Baffle-Reinforced Elevated Storage Tank Using Finite Element Method 

      Hajmohammadian Baghban, Mohammad; Tosee, Seyed Vahid Razavi; Valerievich, Kiyanets A.; Najafi, Leila; Faridmehr, Iman (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The sloshing phenomenon is an important field of fluid dynamics in liquid storage tanks under earthquake excitation. When the sloshing frequency gets close to the liquid tank’s natural frequency, the resulting resonance ...
    • Seismic Analysis of Concrete Arch Dam Considering Material Failure Criterion 

      Hajmohammadian Baghban, Mohammad; Faridmehr, Iman; Goldaran, Reza; Safaeian Amoly, Roozbeh (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Since large dams collapse can lead to catastrophic consequences on human's lives and properties, the reliable performance of such structures during a strong earthquake is extremely important. Therefore, applying reliable ...
    • Seismic performance of reinforced concrete frame for the risk assessment process 

      Hajmohammadian Baghban, Mohammad; Ghazaei, Mohammadreza (Chapter, 2017)
      Risk assessment is a suitable method for general decision making in the field of seismic safety. The aim of seismic risk assessment is to calculate the probability of detrimental economic and social effects in a particular ...
    • Self-Reinforced Polypropylene Composites based on Discontinuous Tapes - An Experimental and Numerical Study of the Influence of Tape Length 

      Goutianos, Stergios; Cabrera, Norbert; Alcock, Benjamin; Reynolds, Neil; Peijs, Ton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      The creation of highly oriented, coextruded polypropylene (PP) tapes allows the production of recyclable self-reinforced polypropylene (SRPP) or all-PP composites, with a large temperature processing window and high volume ...
    • A Semantic Approach for Automated Rule Compliance Checking in Construction Industry 

      Guo, Dongming; Onstein, Erling; La Rosa, Angela Daniela (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Automated Compliance Checking (ACC) of building/construction projects is one of the important applications in Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry, because it provides the checking processes and results ...
    • A sensitivity quantification approach to significance analysis of thrusters in dynamic positioning operations. 

      Wang, Chunlin; Li, Guoyuan; Skulstad, Robert; Cheng, Xu; Osen, Ottar Laurits; Zhang, Houxiang (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The safety of offshore operations is highly dependent on the dynamic positioning (DP) capability of a vessel. Meanwhile, DP capability comes down to the ability of the thrust generated by thrusters to counteract environmental ...
    • Should Colour Vision Deficiency Be a Recognized Special Education Need (SEN)? 

      Kvitle, Anne Kristin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A colour vision deficiency (CVD) is a condition that affects about one in 12 of the male population, and one in 200 of the females. On average, there is at least one student in every classroom affected by a reduced colour ...
    • Signal element 

      Askilsrud, Tore; Beitdokken, Jørgen; Lindberg, Lars Erik; Sagstuen, Ståle (Bachelor thesis, 2003)
      Vi har programmert, prosjektert og satt opp et Signal Element på Skibladnerbryga i Gjøvik. Signal Elementet symboliserer et skovelhjul. Det er seks skovelblad i hjulet, et for hvert av Skibladners anløpssteder rundt ...
    • Silicon Carbide Nanoparticles as a Mechanical Boosting Agent in Material Extrusion 3D-Printed Polycarbonate 

      Petousis, Markos; Vidakis, Nectarios; Mountakis, Nikolaos; Grammatikos, Sotirios; Papadakis, Vassilis; David, Constantine N.; Moutsopoulou, Amalia; Das, Subrata Chandra (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In this work, the effect of silicon carbide (carborundum, SiC), as a boosting agent of the mechanical response of the polycarbonate (PC) polymer, was investigated. The work aimed to fabricate nanocomposites with an improved ...
    • Simplification of mathematical models of objects with distributed parameters by the method of splitting 

      Verlan, Andriy; Ivanyuk, Volodymyr (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The article considers the methods of constructing simplified models of multidimensional heat conduction problems in the form of one-dimensional problems' solutions' products. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is ...
    • Sjøledning vs. Vannbehandlingsanlegg 

      Eikeland, Lars Anders; Bader, Vebjørn Ernst (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Denne oppgaven har som mål å utforske på hvilken måte en kan etablere en trygg og sikker drikkevannsforsyning på Espa i Stange kommune. Kommunen har foreslått to alternativer, som er følgende: Alternativ 1. sjøledning fra ...
    • Skanning og 3D-modellering av eldre trebygg 

      Tonsiri, Martine Draugedal; Strand, Martin (Bachelor thesis, 2021)
      Denne bacheloroppgaven handler om hvordan man kan 3D-modellere et eldre trebygg, for å hente ut informasjon om materialmengder. Denne informasjonen kan da knyttes opp mot tanken om å kunne gjenbruke materialene ...
    • Skårsetlia bo‐og servicesenter 

      Løype, Petter; Osufsen, Stian; Slåtten, Jostein; Tøsti, Iver (Bachelor thesis, 2008)
      Skårsetlia bo og servicesenter er et omsorgssenter lokalisert i Lillerhammer. Behovet for økt kapasitet har ført til at et nybygg og et tilbygg er under oppføring. Byggene vil bestå av leiligheter. Vårt hovedprosjekt ...