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    • Torque and Axial Loading Physics for Measuring Atmospheric Icing Load and Icing Rate 

      Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2015-01-31)
      Measuring icing load and icing rate are important parameters for an atmospheric icing sensor. A new icing sensor has recently been designed and developed at Narvik University College for measuring atmospheric icing rate, icing load and icing type. Unlike the existing atmospheric icing sensors commercially available in market, which uses the axial loading for measuring icing load and icing rate, this ...
    • Atmospheric ice accretion on non rotating vertical circular cyliner 

      Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Polanco, Geanette (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-10-22)
      Study of atmospheric ice accretion on a non-rotating vertical circular cylindrical object was carried out at dry and wet ice conditions. Both numerical and experimental techniques were used during this study. 3D numerical study was carried out using computational fluid dynamics based approach, whereas experimental study was carried out at Cryospheric Environmental Simulator ‘CES’ in Shinjo, Japan. ...
    • To Measure Relative Permittivity of Atmospheric Ice Using Frequency Sweep 

      Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Shu, Beibei (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-10-31)
      The use of AD59333 IC for detecting atmospheric ice and atmospheric ice type was evaluated in this article. A prototype circuit was developed and was tested using a frequency sweep from 40 Hz to 20 kHz. The IC was calibrated using 100 kΩ resistor. The real and imaginary components of discrete Fourier transform were recorded at each frequency increment in order calculate the gain factor at each ...
    • Welding Certification for Autonomous Robotized Welding 

      Sziebig, Gabor; Maske, Thomas (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2016-10-23)
      The increased production of more and more complex products challenges the accuracy of manual welding, and increase the time it takes to program automatic welding systems. The main objective for the article is to explore if current regulations and standards are able to accommodate the shift from automatic welding to autonomous welding systems. To do this, the most current and applicable standards ...
    • SMEs challenges and needs in relation to innovation agendas and strategies 

      Ericson, Åsa; Holmqvist, Johan; Wenngren, Johan; Kaartinen, Heidi; Solvang, Wei Deng (Conference object; Konferansebidrag, 2016-06-21)
      Regional research project are, as is also regional industry, highly need-based. That is, understanding the stakeholders’ (or customers’) real challenges and related needs is important. This study is based on interviews with SMEs in the Northern parts of Finland, Norway and Sweden, but also on available innovation agendas and strategies for each country. The differences among the companies in those ...
    • Multiphysics based Numerical Study of Atmospheric Ice Accretion on a Full Scale Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade 

      Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Hu, Q; Jiang, X (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-08)
      Atmospheric icing on wind turbines have been recognized as a hindrance to the development of the wind power in cold regions, where uncertainty surrounding the effects of icing on energy production may prevent otherwise good wind resources from being utilized. This research paper is focused on to numerically simulate the rate and shape of atmospheric ice accretion on a full-scale horizontal axis ...
    • Experimental validation of icing rate using rotational load 

      Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Kosugi, Kenji; Mochizuki, Shigeto (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016-04-16)
      Icing load and icing rate are necessary feedback variables for an intelligent anti/de-icing systemtowork effectively in harsh cold environment of high north. These parametersmay be measured by axial loadings or by rotational loadings, as a function of current demand. However the former may not necessarily be dynamic, whereas the later necessarily be rotational. Sufficiently at a fixed rpm, a ...
    • Multiphysics Based Design Study of an Atmospheric Icing Sensor 

      Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Mustafa, Mohamad (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016)
      A design study of an atmospheric icing sensor is presented in this article. The proposed design of the sensor is aimed to detect an atmospheric icing event, to determine ice type as well as to measure icing load, icing rate and melting rate. This sensor is constantly slowly rotating cylinder with four fins which measure atmospheric icing load and icing rate using rotational load measurement technique. ...
    • A Goal Programming Approach for Green Supply Chain Network Optimization 

      Yu, Hao; Solvang, Wei Deng; Solvang, Bjørn (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2016-10)
      Green supply chain management has been focused by both academicians and practitioners in recent years due to the increased public awareness on environmental problems and sustainable development. In this paper, a decision aided model for green supply chain network design and optimization is proposed to justify both economic and environmental performance in an optimal fashion. The model is formulated ...
    • A general reverse logistics network design model for product reuse and recycling with environmental considerations 

      Yu, Hao; Solvang, Wei Deng (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2016-04-02)
      Reverse logistics is believed to be one of the most promising solutions for capturing the remaining values from used products and has been extensively focused by both academics and practitioners during the past two decades. Conceptual framework, mathematical programming and computational algorithms have been developed for decision making at strategic, tactical and operational levels of a reverse ...
    • Optimization of long-term performance of municipal solid waste management system: A bi-objective mathematical model 

      Yu, Hao; Solvang, Wei Deng; Li, Shiyun (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2015)
      Management of municipal solid waste has becoming an extremely important topic for any urban authorities in recent years due to the rapidly increasing solid waste quantity and potential environmental pollution. In this paper, a bi-objective dynamic linear programming model is developed for decision making and supporting in the long-term operation of municipal solid waste management system. The proposed ...
    • A green supply chain network design model for enhancing competitiveness and sustainability of companies in high north arctic regions 

      Yu, Hao; Solvang, Wei Deng; Chen, Chen (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Tidsskriftsartikkel, 2014)
      To survive in today's competitive and ever-changing marketplace, companies need not only to engage in their products and/or services, but also to focus on the management of the whole supply chain. Effectively managing and balancing the profitability and interconnection of each player in the supply chain will improve the overall supply chain surplus as well as individual profit. However, it is extremely ...
    • An improved multi-objective programming with augmented ε-constraint method for hazardous waste location-routing problem 

      Yu, Hao; Solvang, Wei Deng (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-31)
      Hazardous waste location-routing problems are of importance due to the potential risk for nearby residents and the environment. In this paper, an improved mathematical formulation is developed based upon a multi-objective mixed integer programming approach. The model aims at assisting decision makers in selecting locations for different facilities including treatment plants, recycling plants and ...
    • A stochastic programming approach with improved multi-criteria scenario-based solution method for sustainable reverse logistics design of Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) 

      Yu, Hao; Solvang, Wei Deng (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-12-17)
      Today, the increased public concern for sustainable development and more stringent environmental regulations have become the most important driving forces for value recovery from end-of-life and end-of use products through reverse logistics. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) contains both valuable components that need to be recycled and hazardous substances that have to be properly ...
    • Numerical study of atmospheric ice accretion on rotating geometric cross sections with fins 

      Mughal, Umair Najeeb; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-05-12)
      This paper describes the numerical study of atmospheric ice accretion on rotating geometric cross sections, circular, hexagon and square , all having fins, to select an optimum geometric cross section for use as a rotating part of a newly- proposed designed icing sensor. Computational fluid dynamics-based numerical analyses were carried out in this research work to understand and analyse the ...
    • Immunterapi må tilbys til alle 

      Måløy, Marthe (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2016-09-20)
    • Samarbeid for selvbevisste 

      Måløy, Marthe (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2016-08-25)
    • Quantitative analysis of accuracy of voidage computations in CFD-DEM Simulations 

      Khawaja, Hassan Abbas; Scott, Stuart A.; Virk, Muhammad Shakeel; Moatamedi, Mojtaba (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
    • Numerical Study of Atmospheric Ice Accretion on Various Geometric Cross-sections 

      Virk, Muhammad Shakeel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
    • An Empirical Study on the Impact of Cultural Types on Resources Integration Model 

      Solvang, Wei Deng; Zhan, Yan; Lu, Jiansha (Journal article; Peer reviewed; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2012)
      From the perspective of Resource-based Theory (RBT), organizational culture can be a source of sustained competitive advantage. And resources integration models, divided by property rights of resource, not firm boundary, as internal and external resources integration models, are presented as being specific in different cultural contexts. However, the litera- ture review shows the absences of an ...