Bjørn Helge Skallerud
Background and activities
Research
Biomechanics
Fracture mechanics
Fatigue
Methods for nonlinear finite element analysis
Plasticity theory
Teaching
Basic mecanics
The finite element method
Nonlinear finite element analysis
Fracture mechanics
Biomechanics
Courses
- KT8202 - Fatigue Analysis
- TKT4132 - Mechanics 3
- KT8215 - Nonlinear Static and Dynamic Analysis by the Finite Element Method
- KT8315 - PhD Seminar in Structural Engineering and Materials Science
- BYGT2318 - Structural Engineering
- TKT4150 - Biomechanics
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) Finite element analysis of mitral valve annuloplasty in Barlow’s disease. Journal of Biomechanics. vol. 142.
- (2022) Microstructure and mechanics of the bovine trachea: Layer specific investigations through SHG imaging and biaxial testing. Journal of The Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials. vol. 134.
- (2022) Assembly graphene platelets for bioinspired, stimuli-responsive, low ice adhesion surfaces. ACS Omega. vol. 7.
- (2022) Effect of long periods of corrosion on the fatigue lifetime of offshore mooring chain steel. Marine Structures. vol. 85.
- (2022) Effect of cyclic softening and mean stress relaxation on fatigue crack initiation in a hemispherical notch. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS).
- (2022) Biomechanics of mitral valve leaflets: Second harmonic generation microscopy, biaxial mechanical tests and tissue modeling. Acta Biomaterialia. vol. 141.
- (2021) Influence of Annular Dynamics and Material Behavior in Finite Element Analysis of Barlow’s Mitral Valve Disease. Journal of elasticity. vol. 145.
- (2021) Mode I stress intensity factors for semi-elliptical fatigue cracks in curved round bars. Theoretical and applied fracture mechanics (Print). vol. 112.
- (2021) A Perturbation Analysis Approach for Studying the Effect of Swelling Kinetics on Instabilities in Hydrogel Plates. Journal of applied mechanics. vol. 88 (5).
- (2021) Digital image correlation for continuous mapping of fatigue crack initiation sites on corroded surface from offshore mooring chain. International Journal of Fatigue. vol. 151.
- (2021) On the determination of mechanical properties of aqueous microgels-towards high-throughput characterization. Gels. vol. 7 (2).
- (2020) Data on residual stresses of mooring chains measured by neutron diffraction and hole drilling techniques. Data in Brief. vol. 30.
- (2020) Cyclic behavior and strain energy-based fatigue damage analysis of mooring chains high strength steel. Marine Structures. vol. 70.
- (2020) Experimental and numerical study of mooring chain residual stresses and implications for fatigue life. International Journal of Fatigue. vol. 135.
- (2020) Vitamin K2 modulates vitamin D induced mechanical properties of human 3D bone spheroids in vitro. JBMR Plus. vol. 4 (9).
- (2020) Donnan Contribution and Specific Ion Effects in Swelling of Cationic Hydrogels are Additive: Combined High-Resolution Experiments and Finite Element Modeling. Gels. vol. 6 (3).
- (2019) Buckling initiation in layered hydrogels during transient swelling. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. vol. 128.
- (2019) Anisotropic finite strain viscoelasticity: constitutive modeling and finite element implementation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. vol. 124.
- (2019) Soft palate muscle activation: a modeling approach for improved understanding of obstructive sleep apnea. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. vol. 18 (3).
- (2019) Enabling Sequential Rupture for Lowering Atomistic Ice Adhesion. Nanoscale. vol. 11.