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Better Tools to Predict Ductile Failure in Aluminium Alloys

  • 24. November 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    What happens inside a material before it breaks and fails? How do deformations and cracks occur, and how do they propagate?

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    The Hunt for the Accurate Point of Fracture

  • 15. October 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Sondre Bergo loves equations. That passion helps him closer to the goal of predicting the exact moment when fractures occur in ductile metals.

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    Emil Christiansen has Received Early Career Researcher Award 

  • 3. September 2020
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    «To receive an ECR means a lot to me. It tells me that my work is recognised for its quality and importance», says Postdoc researcher at CASA, Emil Christiansen. 

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    A CASA-moment For CEO Hilde Aasheim of Hydro

  • 6. November 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    CEO of Hydro ASA, Hilde Merete Aasheim, recently got a quick course in how the close collaboration with CASA leads to competitive advantages for the aluminium company. 

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    Spitting Gold to Strengthen Steels

  • 18. October 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Christian Oen Paulsen went by way of gold to bring our understanding of steel one step further.

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    Connection with Japan

  • 2. May 2019
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Professors Knut Marthinsen and Randi Holmestad strengthen the NTNU-Japan connection.

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    Trends That Lead to Closer Collaboration

  • 17. December 2018
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Significant industrial trends can pave the way for closer collaboration between SFI CASA and the world’s largest producer of aluminium profiles.

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    From Pioneer in SIMLab to Vice President in Equinor

  • 29. November 2018
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Birgit Søvik Opheim never considered a PhD until a couple of people gave her a personal, gentle push.

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    Mikhail Khadyko heads north to UiT in Narvik

  • 29. November 2018
  • Sølvi Waterloo Normannsen
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Mikhail Khadyko heads north again. This time as an associate professor.

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    From Cannonballs to Battery Trays

  • 11. June 2018
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    In 1580, the Swedes produced cannons and cannonballs in Finspång. Today, they friction stir weld battery trays for electric vehicles: welcome to the innovation & technology hub of Hydro Extruded Solutions.

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    Parliament asks SIMLab about Wood

  • 21. March 2018
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Can wood be used as a major component in the new government buildings in Oslo? This was the topic of a Parliament hearing on 16 March. SFI CASA Director Magnus Langseth was summoned.

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    Pioneer Pylon Alma is Christened

  • 31. October 2017
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Electricity pylon Alma has half the weight of her steel competitors. She just might signal the start of another victory for aluminium structures. Alma is made from fifteen different profiles. Eight of them are brand new. NTNU helped find the best.

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    Baking Aluminium, Spitting Gold

  • 31. October 2017
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Associate Professor Ida Westermann has a bun in the oven. Don’t worry. She knows how to bake. Even aluminium.

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    SFI CASA Aluminium Mission to Chicago

  • 31. May 2017
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    SFI CASA Professor Knut Marthinsen just visited the Center for Hierarchical Materials Design at Northwestern University in Chicago. He lectured on advanced characterization and modelling for aluminium process and alloy design.

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    With the Minister of Trade and Industry in Japan

  • 3. February 2017
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    Professors Randi Holmestad (Dept of Physics) and Knut Marthinsen (Dept of Materials) from the CASA core team were in Japan last week, meeting the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Monica Mæland.

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    My Stay with Honda R&D Americas

  • 31. October 2016
  • Johan Kolstø Sønstabø
  • The following is an excerpt.

    PhD candidate Johan Kolstø Sønstabø has spent ten weeks with Honda R&D Americas as part of his work on flow-drill screw connections to join aluminium sheets. Here is his report from the stay:

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    Advisors Saw Jaw-dropping Presentations

  • 31. October 2016
  • Albert H. Collett
  • The following is an excerpt.

    “Some of the presentations we have seen are jaw-dropping.” “There are big challenges ahead.” These potentially contradictory quotes encapsulate the impressions of SFI CASA’s Scientific Advisory Group meeting last week.

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