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Guest lectures at SFI CASA
Professor Ahmed Benallal from LMT Cachan, France, stayed at
CASA from 12 to 21 April. On 20 April he gave a lecture with
the title
On the structure of constitutive equations for ductile
porous solids with complex matrix behavior
.
Professor Marysilvia Costa from the Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, visited CASA in the period 9-13 May. She
presented her hometown, university and research on 12 May
with a lecture titled
Brazil, Olympics and Polymers
.
Associate Professor Peter Pavlov from the University of
Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) in Sofia,
Bulgaria visited SFI CASA from 9 to 13 May. He gave a guest
lecture on 12 May entitled
From the Real Construction to the
Experimental Set
.
Department director Christian Fredrik Horst at the Ministry
of Local Government and Modernisation gave a talk on 23
June with the title
The New Government Headquarters (SOS
(Sikkerhet Og samarbeid) – Nytt regjeringskvartal
.
Professor Fabrice Pierron from University of Southampton, UK
held a guest lecture with the title
The Virtual Fields Method
and applications to high strain rate identification
on 28 June.
Professor Wayne Chen from Purdue University, USA held a
guest lecture on 5 September. His lecture had the title
In Situ
Visualization of Dynamic Damage Evolution in Materials under
Impact Loading
.
On 9 November Professor Leon Govaert from TU Eindhoven,
The Netherlands gave a talk with the topic
Current options for
fast evaluation of the long-term performance of load-bearing
thermoplastics
.
Research visits abroad by CASA staff
PhD candidate Johan Kolstø Sønstabø stayed at CASA partner
Honda R&D Americas from April to June 2016.
Research visits at CASA
Professor Ahmed Benallal from LMT-Cachan, France, stayed at
CASA from 12 to 21 April.
Professor Marysilvia Costa from the Federal University of Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, visited CASA from 9 to 13 May.
MSc student Victor Lauvaux from ENSA ParisTech, France,
visited CASA from May to June 2016.
MSc student Roy Snellen from TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands,
stayed at CASA in the period August-November 2016.
Concurrent projects
Fundamental studies of materials’ behaviour in future cold
climate applications (SMACC)
(2013-2018): NTNU and SINTEF
are involved in this joint industry project. SINTEF is the project
host. SIMLab is involved in the project with a PhD candidate
working on the behaviour and modelling of thermoplastics at
low temperatures.
Joint research project with Honda R&D Americas
(2013-2017):
The objective of the project is to model the behaviour and
failure of flow drilling screws submitted to crash loadings.
One PhD candidate is working on the project supervised by
personnel from the Centre.
Alumast
(2015-2017): NTNU is one of several partners in a
consortium working on aluminium power pylons. A post doc at
SIMLab is working on the project.
Microstructure based modelling of ductile
fracture
in
aluminium alloys, FractAl
(2015-2050): This FRIPRO Toppforsk
project is run by Professors Odd Sture Hopperstad, Tore Børvik
and Ole Runar Myhr from NTNU’s Structural Impact Laboratory
along with partners Ahmed Benallal from LMT Cachan France
and Jonas Faleskog from the Royal Institute of Technology in
Sweden.
Behaviour and modelling of elastomers subjected to a wide
range of pressures and temperatures
(2013-2016): Aker
Solutions funded this project under the industrial PhD scheme
supported by the Research Council of Norway. One PhD
candidate has worked on this project supervised by personnel
from NTNU’s Department of Structural Engineering. The PhD
candidate defended the thesis on 8 November 2016
Ferry-free coastal route E39
(2015-2017): The Norwegian
Public Roads Administration heads an investigation of the
possibilities for a ferry-free coastal route along the western
coastline of Norway. The project funds a post doctoral research
fellow who is working with submerged floating tunnels
subjected to internal blast loading.
Fundamentals of intergranular corrosion in aluminium alloys
(FICAL)
(2015-2020): FICAL is a five-year competence-building
project with funding from The Research Council of Norway
and industrial partners. This project aims at establishing
a new fundamental understanding of the mechanisms of
intergranular corrosion (IGC) susceptibility. Partners in this
project include NTNU, SINTEF, Hydro, Sapa and Benteler.
Aluminium alloys with mechanical properties and electrical
conductivity at elevated temperatures (AMPERE)
(2015-
2020): AMPERE is a five-year competence-building project
with funding from The Research Council of Norway and
industrial partners. The objective for the project is to find an
optimal combination of mechanical properties and electrical
conductivity in aluminium alloys at elevated temperatures.
Partners in AMPERE are NTNU, Hydro and Sapa.
Some of the concurrent projects are further described in the
“Don’t Read This”-article in the “Stories & Profiles” part of
this report.