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NTNU has invested in three new Transmission
Electron Microscopes (TEM) in the recent years. The
new TEMs at NTNU are part of a newly established
research infrastructure named NORTEM (Norwegian
Transmission Electron Microscopy) where Professor
Randi Holmestad at NTNU and CASA is a key
researcher. The establishment of NORTEM was
covered by the weekly technical journal Teknisk
Ukeblad and the local newspaper Adresseavisen
and on 11 and 12 September 2015.
Guest lectures at SFI CASA
• Professor Em. David Embury from McMaster University in
Hamilton, Canada, stayed at SFI CASA 9-13 November 2015. He
gave two guest lectures at SFI CASA on 11 November 2015. The
lecture titles were
Do we need homogeneous or heterogeneous
microstructures?
and
Controlling the competition between
plasticity and fracture.
• Representatives from Dynamore Nordic, a vendor of the
software LS-DYNA gave three guest lectures for SFI CASA
personnel on 14 and 15 December 2015. The title of the lectures
were 1)
Recommended control card and other settings in LS-
DYNA for vehicle crash analysis
, 2)
Information on implicit
capabilities for struct. analysis in LS-DYNA and example(s) on
how to convert an explicit analysis to an implicit analysis
, and
3)
LS-OPT material parameter identification - introduction and
demo.
Research visits abroad by CASA staff
• PhD candidate Lars Edvard Dæhli stayed at the Royal
Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, 11
October - 28 November 2015.
• Professor Odd Sture Hopperstad visited LMT-Cachan,
France, 19-26 April 2015.
Prize
Former SFI SIMLab PhD and now SINTEF researcher involved in
SFI CASA Marion Fourmeau received the James Clerk Maxwell
Young Writers Prize 2015 for her paper
A study on the influence
of precipitate free zones on the strain localization and failure of
the aluminium alloy AA7075-651.
The article is co-authored by
Calin D. Marioara (SINTEF), Tore Børvik (NTNU), Ahmed Benallal
(LMT-Cachan) and Odd Sture Hopperstad (NTNU). Peter S.
Riseborough, Professor of Physics at Temple University,
Philadelphia, USA and editor of Philosophical Magazine, gave
the prize to Marion Fourmeau at the annual APS (American
Physical Society) March meeting held in Baltimore.
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 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 works 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 works on the project.
•
Closing the gaps in multiscale materials modelling of
precipitation free zones in aluminium
(2014-2017): NTNU and
SINTEF are involved in this project on modelling of aluminium.
A post doc at SIMLab works on the project.
•
Behaviour and modelling of elastomers subjected to a
wide range of pressures and temperatures
(2013-2016): Aker
Solutions is funding this project under the industrial PhD
scheme supported by the Research Council of Norway. One PhD
candidate is working on this project supervised by personnel
from Aker Solutions and NTNU’s Department of Structural
Engineering.
•
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 postdoctoral research
fellow who is working with submerged floating tunnels
subjected to internal blast loading.