Paul Qvale
Research Scientist
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- Unit:
- SINTEF Industry
- Department:
- Materials and Nanotechnology
- Office:
- Trondheim
Education
Ph.D. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU): Fatigue crack initiation in corroded offshore mooring chains
Competence and research areas
Modelling of welding and additive manufacturing, fatigue, thermomechanics, finite element analysis, fracture mechanics.
Highlighted publications
- Effect of cyclic softening and mean stress relaxation on fatigue crack initiation in a hemispherical notch Read publication
- Effect of long periods of corrosion on the fatigue lifetime of offshore mooring chain steel Read publication
- Digital image correlation for continuous mapping of fatigue crack initiation sites on corroded surface from offshore mooring chain Read publication
- A simplified method for weakest-link fatigue assessment based on finite element analysis
Contact info
Visiting address:
Richard Birkelands vei 2 B
Trondheim