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Three types of carbon nanotubes(CNT) have been investigated regarding their suitability as spectrally selective solar thermal absorbers.The CNT coatings were electrophoretically deposited on aluminum substrates using kinetically stable CNT aqueous suspensions, of which two CNT aqueous suspensions (N...

Ice loads are core design criteria for hydropower dams in northern regions. They are responsible for a significant proportion of the design load of small dams that are typically used in Norway. In spite of their importance, the magnitude and regional variability of ice loads are still poorly...

In the homogenization theory, there are many examples where the effective conductivities of composite structures are power means of the local conductivities. The main aim of this paper is to initiate research concerning geometric construction of some power means of three or more variables. We...

The main aim of this paper is to contribute to the recently initiated research concerning geometric constructions of means, where the variables are appearing as line segments. The present study shows that all Lehmer means of two variables for integer power k and for k = m 2 , where m is an integer...

In the Arctic, presence of sea ice presents a challenge to safe and sustainable operations. To optimize planning and minimize impact of inadvertent oil spills, oil-in-ice experiments were performed at the HSVA Arctic Environmental Test Basin (AETB) from 14 March to 4 April 2017. Following an under...

In order to improve the knowledge of the real behaviour of existing structures,structural health monitoring (SHM) is usually carried out. Initial calculations of a buttress dam located in Norway has been carried out to evaluate dam safety against the design loads. From this analysis, it was...

Regionally, an ice cover in fjords of mainland Norway may form and break up repeatedly during winter. Due to relatively high water temperatures, the freeze-up process is expected to be related to freshwater-induced stratification in the fjords in conjunction with low air temperatues. In an attempt...

An attempt has been made to predict the ice rubble field load on Norströmsgrund lighthouse by using Cohesive Element (CE) formulation. Two sub-load events were selected to validate the numerical and material model used in simulation of interaction of the ice rubble field and lighthouse. A literature...

Since 2017, observations of ice conditions have been made in the northern Norwegian fjord, Beisfjord, to better understand the mechanisms of ice formation and variability in ice thickness, crystallography, and properties including salinity and δ 18 O. Data from Fall 2017 to Spring 202 0 have...

The construction industry has a significant impact in terms of financial and environmental resources but is vastly behind other sectors in terms of digitalization. The potential of this industry to be improved by new technology has been reflected in huge trends in research for terms such as...

The snow galleries along the Iron Ore railway line in Northern Sweden have faced problems in recent years due to increasingly large snow loads, and several galleries have been damaged. These incidents motivated an evaluation of the maximum load supported by the galleries before collapse, which is...