Relevant info Dep. of Health Research The sport of cross-country skiing has always been preoccupied with its skis and waxing. Research now demonstrates that to shave off those extra hundredths of a second, competitive skiers should pay more attention to their clothing. Research at SINTEF shows that...
...digital interaction in the Norwegian building and construction sector is leading to higher than necessary levels of energy consumption. Stock photo: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock Viewpoints The recent and alarming UNEP emissions gap report states that rapid and effective measures in all industrial sectors...
SINTEF’s prize for outstanding research in 2016 has been jointly awarded to ultrasound researcher Tormod Selbekk at SINTEF and neurosurgeon Geirmund Unsgård at St. Olav's Hospital/NTNU. The pair have been awarded the prize for research results that will most likely enable more tumour tissue to be removed...
...the 1990s, has created a great deal of value for Statoil – and for the Norwegian people. “GassOpt” shows the best way of utilising the capacity of the pipeline network that carries natural gas from the North Sea fields to the coast of Norway and onwards to Europe. This photo is from Kalstø in the County...
China or in Eastern Europe for filleting and packaging. Meanwhile whitefish processing facilities in Norway are becoming fewer and fewer. In the last 40 years, the number of such plants has been reduced from 100 to just 10. Researchers at SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture aim to reverse this trend. Their...
...plastic, what in it is harmful and how does this affect living organisms? Tonnes of waste from standard plastic products have been uncontrollably released into the world’s oceans, where they gradually break down. But how harmful is this plastic to living organisms, and what is it in these plastics that...
...by Professor Tharwat Thadros who is a world leading expert in the field of rheology. This course will primarily be held for FACE PhD students and Post Doctors and is part of the education platform which ensures that all students in FACE receive some of the same background knowledge....
...foremost full service lightering companies, providing ship-to-ship transfers of crude oil, products, LPG and LNG mainly in the Gulf of Mexico. Operated as a 50/50 joint venture between I.M. Skaugen and Teekay Shipping Corporation, SPT handles approximately over one million barrels of oil per day – equating...
...stresses on the constraint level and crack driving force, a new three parameter (CTOD, Q, R) approach has been proposed to characterise the crack tip stress field in the presence of residual stresses when the crack angle is zero. While the well-established parameters CTOD and Q sets the size scale over which...
...shipwrecks, pollution and algal blooms. By Åse Dragland The current model shows how coastal flow conditions and shared water masses pay no heed to municipalities and administrative boundaries. But it also shows more detailed results regarding flow conditions, temperature, and the spread of infection...
...reducing environmental impact and improving safety and asset integrity. – Our technology can reduce the need for maintenance by up to 80 percent, while keeping assets safer than today, resulting in major savings for the industry. At the same time, it reduces environmental impact and lowers the number of on-site...
...(total velocity) and lambda is the mobility, which depends on the water saturation S. The saturation equation (conservation of the water phase) is given as: where phi is the rock porosity, f is the Buckley-Leverett fractional flow function, and q_w is the water source term. Contents Read and process the model...
Here you find instance definitions and the best known upper and lower bounds (to our knowledge) for the 23 instances of the CBMix benchmark created by Prins and Bouchenoua in 2004 [PB]. The values for the upper and lower bounds reported in the table only include traversal costs, i.e. service costs are...
In this article, Gerd Kjølle writes that a worldwide search is now underway to find smart solutions that will lead to a more digitalised and flexible electricity grid system. “SINTEF’s research centre has developed several such solutions, but we haven’t got to the finish line yet”, she says. Stock photo:...
...into osmotic power generation. New membrane technology and long-term trials will bring this renewable energy source one step closer to viability. Osmotic power generation is a renewable energy source which results in no pollution of the atmosphere and only moderate emissions to the sea. Globally, the energy...
...practice. By Åse Dragland Shipping is an industry which demands continuous training and re-certification of its captains, second and third officers and engineers. Officers should be skilled at navigating their vessels and must assume key roles. However, for many years now our experience of training at sea...
...operations are often carried out by large teams of professionals drawn from different organisations. These teams must maintain high levels of coordination and communication among themselves. Photo: SINTEF/Gry Karin Stimo. Communication is essential during the chaos generated by a fire, earthquake or similar...
...hits the top of the flagpole the flag dances to the wind's rhythms, often in complex ways. And as we all know: it takes two to tango. The air-flow is also influenced by the flag's movements; the direction and speed of air-flow changes along the flag's surface. This constitutes what is known as a two-way...
High-quality monitoring data and control actions altering blade position by roughly 20° could help prevent collisions between birds and wind turbines. The SKARV project held its second project meeting on 30 September to update partners on technical progress and to workshop next steps for the collision-avoidance...
Throughout last year, researcher Tor Sporsem shared his research on how digitization affects the way we work and what it takes to improve work methods. Now he has been awarded SINTEF Digital’s communication prize for 2021. Tor Sporsem (29) was driving home for Christmas when he was surprisingly called...