WP5 Monitoring Techniques

Work-package leader: Dr. Rune Schlanbusch, NORCE.
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The following work-packages are currently running:

WP5.4 Condition-based lifetime prediction as result of calculated component loads. Activity started at RWTH Aachen, Q4-2015. PhD candidate Yousri Mohamed.
WP5.6 Acoustic emission testing of hydraulic cylinders. Activity started at NORCE, Q4-2019, Post.Doc. Dr. Vignesh Vishnudas Shanbhag.

Completed:
WP5.1 Tapered big bearings. PhD candidate Martin Hemmer started on April 4, 2016. PhD thesis submitted on November 1, 2019. Title of Thesis: Condition Monitoring Methods for Large, Low-speed Bearings.

WP5.2 Large diameter steel ropes. Activity started at Teknova, Q3-2015. Researcher Rune Schlanbusch.

WP5.3 Fiber ropes. Activity starting at Teknova/UiA, Q2-2016. PhD candidate Shaun Falconer (UiA, started Q4-2016) and Researcher Ellen Nordgård-Hansen (NORCE).

WP5.5 Modeling the fatigue damage mechanism in welded joints. PhD-candidate Zbigniew Mikulski. Supervisors: Tom Lassen and Katalin Vertes. Started January 2016.