Torodd Skjerve Nord

About

Associate professor at NTNU, Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, Ålesund

Deputy Head of Research at the Department of Oceans Operations and Civil Engineering

Researcher in SAMCoT and FATICE from 2018 to 2019.

Adjunct Associate Professor at University Centre in Svalbard 2015-2018.

Postdoctoral Fellow at the Sustainable Arctic Marine and Coastal Technology (SAMCoT) centre at the Department of Civil and Transport Engineering since November 2015.

Masters degree from the department of Structural Engineering and SIMLab at NTNU (Fragmentation of metallic materials during impact).

PhD from the department of Civil and Transport Engineering and SAMCoT (Force and response estimation of bottomfounded structures prone to ice-induced vibrations)

Main fields of research

Structural dynamics
Force and response identification
Structural health monitoring
Ice-induced vibrations
Ice-structure interaction

Publications

2026

Sibille, Luigi; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Siedziako, Bartosz; Fenerci, Aksel; Frøseth, Gunnstein Thomas. (2026) Structural Health Monitoring and Digital Twin Approaches for the Dynamic Assessment of Ferry Quays. NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation
Garreau, Arthur Oliver Charles; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Shestov, Aleksey; Aghaei, Mohammadreza; Sjöblom, Anna. (2026) Surface irradiance variability in the Arctic: in-situ measurements and analysis from 2013 to 2022 in Svalbard. Atmospheric research
Academic article

2025

Banday, Zubair Zahoor; Fenerci, Aksel; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole Andre. (2025) Fragility analysis of long-span bridges under wind hazard. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Academic article

2024

Siedziako, Bartosz; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Sibille, Luigi. (2024) Finite element model updating of a ferry dock bridge. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
Sibille, Luigi; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Siedziako, Bartosz; Fenerci, Aksel. (2024) Impact force identification on a ferry dock bridge. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
Hong, Sunghun; Halse, Karl Henning; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2024) Offshore Installation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation

2023

Hornnes, Vegard; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; John, Janik. (2023) The development of layers in an ice cover in a sub-Arctic Norwegian fjord. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Wang, Chunlin; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Ziemer, Gesa; Li, Guoyuan. (2023) Towards uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for modal parameters identification during ice–structure interaction. Ocean Engineering
Academic article
Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Hendrikse, Hayo; Tuhkuri, Jukka; Polojärvi, Arttu; Polach, Franz von Bock und. (2023) Challenges with sea ice action on structures for Offshore wind. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Siedziako, Bartosz; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Fenerci, Aksel. (2023) Effects of structural rehabilitation on modal parameters of the Marlo Bridge. CRC Press CRC Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Siedziako, Bartosz; Fenerci, Aksel; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2023) Experimental Vibration Analysis on the Rykkjem Ferry Dock During Ferry Berthing. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

2022

Hansen, Irina-Emily; Johansen, Torjus Levinsen; Nydegger, Elise; Vedeld, Katrine Lødemel; Tunli, Emil André Huseklepp; Røstad, Erlen Sigurdsen. (2022) Prosjekt Grønn Kai -rapport sommerjobb 2022. NTNU NTNU
Report
Wang, Chunlin; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Li, Guoyuan. (2022) Automated Modal Parameters Identification During Ice-Structure Interactions.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Wang, Chunlin; Wang, Tongtong; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Zhang, Houxiang; Li, Guoyuan; Osen, Ottar. (2022) Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the performance evaluation of ship dynamical model.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hong, Sunghun; Zhang, Houxiang; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Halse, Karl Henning. (2022) Effect of fender system on the dynamic response of onsite installation of floating offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering
Academic article

2021

Hong, Sunghun; Vågnes, David; Halse, Karl Henning; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2021) Mechanical Coupling Effect on the Horizontal Response of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Using a Catamaran with a Low Height Lifting System.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Turner, Joshua Dennis; Hornnes, Vegard; Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz; Bjerkås, Morten. (2021) Fatigue damage from dynamic ice action – The FATICE project. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article

2020

Li, Hongtao; Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz; Lubbad, Raed; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2020) Laboratory study of wave-induced ice-ice collisions using robust principal component analysis and sensor fusion. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Hendrikse, Hayo; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2020) Corrigendum to “Dynamic response of an offshore structure interacting with an ice floe failing in crushing” [Mar. Struct. 65 (2019) 271–290](S0951833918303496)(10.1016/j.marstruc.2019.01.012). Marine Structures
Errata

2019

Tu, Ying; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig. (2019) Statistical analysis of ice-induced loads on the Norströmsgrund lighthouse. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Hendrikse, Hayo. (2019) Stochastic subspace identification of modal parameters during ice–structure interaction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Academic article
Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Hendrikse, Hayo; Ziemer, Gesa. (2019) On pressure modes in ice-induced vibrations using multivariate analysis. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole Andre; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2019) Inverse identification of buffeting and self-excited wind loads on the Hardanger bridge from acceleration data.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hendrikse, Hayo; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2019) Dynamic response of an offshore structure interacting with an ice floe failing in crushing. Marine Structures
Academic article
Kallelid, Maren Salte; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lidström, Sven. (2019) The strength and the physical properties of glacier-ice runways. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Ervik, Åse; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Samardzija, Ilija; Li, Hongtao. (2019) Ice-ridge interactions with the Norströmsgrund lighthouse: Global forces and interaction modes. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article

2018

Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Samardzija, Ilija; Hendrikse, Hayo; Bjerkås, Morten; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Li, Hongtao. (2018) Ice-induced vibrations of the Norströmsgrund lighthouse. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Ervik, Åse; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Shestov, Aleksey; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2018) On the decay of first-year ice ridges: Measurements and evolution of rubble macroporosity, ridge drilling resistance and consolidated layer strength. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2018) Estimation of the full-field dynamic response of a floating bridge using Kalman-type filtering algorithms. Mechanical systems and signal processing
Academic article
Heijkoop, Anne-Niekolai; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm. (2018) Strain-controlled cyclic compression of sea ice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2017

Ervik, Åse; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Grimstad, Gustav; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2017) A continuum model of large deformation continuous ductile ice crushing. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Kvåle, Knut Andreas; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Bjerkås, Morten; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2017) Operational modal analysis on a lighthouse structure subjected to ice actions. Procedia Engineering
Academic article

2016

Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2016) Model-based estimation of hydrodynamic forces on the Bergsoysund bridge. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Academic article
Li, Hongtao; Bjerkås, Morten; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2016) Panel loads and weather conditions at Norströmsgrund lighthouse 2000-2003. Proceedings of the IAHR International Symposium on Ice
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2016) Ice force identification on the Nordströmsgrund lighthouse. Computers & structures
Academic article
Bjerkås, Morten; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2016) Ice action on Swedish lighthouses revisited. Proceedings of the IAHR International Symposium on Ice
Academic article

2015

Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2015) Sensor network for dynamic ice-force identification: the Hanko-1 channel marker case study. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2015) Force and response estimation on bottom-founded structures prone to ice-induced vibrations. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation
Storheim, Martin; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Kim, Ekaterina; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Langseth, Magnus; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2015) Pilot study of ice-structure interaction in a pendulum accelerator. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2015) Model-based joint input-state estimation on a thin-walled cantilever beam.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari; Maattanen, Mauri Pellervo; Øiseth, Ole; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm. (2015) Laboratory experiments to study ice-induced vibrations of scaled model structures during their interaction with level ice at different ice velocities. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari; Øiseth, Ole; Metrikine, Andrei. (2015) Model-based force and state estimation in experimental ice-induced vibrations by means of Kalman filtering. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article

2014

Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole; Metrikine, Andrei; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2014) Model-based force identification in experimental ice-structure interaction by means of Kalman filtering.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2013

Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Maattanen, Mauri Pellervo; Øiseth, Ole. (2013) Frequency domain force identification in ice-structure interaction.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Journal publications

Garreau, Arthur Oliver Charles; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Shestov, Aleksey; Aghaei, Mohammadreza; Sjöblom, Anna. (2026) Surface irradiance variability in the Arctic: in-situ measurements and analysis from 2013 to 2022 in Svalbard. Atmospheric research
Academic article
Banday, Zubair Zahoor; Fenerci, Aksel; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole Andre. (2025) Fragility analysis of long-span bridges under wind hazard. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
Academic article
Siedziako, Bartosz; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Sibille, Luigi. (2024) Finite element model updating of a ferry dock bridge. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
Sibille, Luigi; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Siedziako, Bartosz; Fenerci, Aksel. (2024) Impact force identification on a ferry dock bridge. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)
Academic article
Hornnes, Vegard; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; John, Janik. (2023) The development of layers in an ice cover in a sub-Arctic Norwegian fjord. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Wang, Chunlin; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Ziemer, Gesa; Li, Guoyuan. (2023) Towards uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for modal parameters identification during ice–structure interaction. Ocean Engineering
Academic article
Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Hendrikse, Hayo; Tuhkuri, Jukka; Polojärvi, Arttu; Polach, Franz von Bock und. (2023) Challenges with sea ice action on structures for Offshore wind. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Hong, Sunghun; Zhang, Houxiang; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Halse, Karl Henning. (2022) Effect of fender system on the dynamic response of onsite installation of floating offshore wind turbines. Ocean Engineering
Academic article
Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Turner, Joshua Dennis; Hornnes, Vegard; Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz; Bjerkås, Morten. (2021) Fatigue damage from dynamic ice action – The FATICE project. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Li, Hongtao; Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz; Lubbad, Raed; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2020) Laboratory study of wave-induced ice-ice collisions using robust principal component analysis and sensor fusion. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Hendrikse, Hayo; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2020) Corrigendum to “Dynamic response of an offshore structure interacting with an ice floe failing in crushing” [Mar. Struct. 65 (2019) 271–290](S0951833918303496)(10.1016/j.marstruc.2019.01.012). Marine Structures
Errata
Tu, Ying; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig. (2019) Statistical analysis of ice-induced loads on the Norströmsgrund lighthouse. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Hendrikse, Hayo. (2019) Stochastic subspace identification of modal parameters during ice–structure interaction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Academic article
Gedikli, Ersegun Deniz; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Hendrikse, Hayo; Ziemer, Gesa. (2019) On pressure modes in ice-induced vibrations using multivariate analysis. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Hendrikse, Hayo; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2019) Dynamic response of an offshore structure interacting with an ice floe failing in crushing. Marine Structures
Academic article
Kallelid, Maren Salte; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lidström, Sven. (2019) The strength and the physical properties of glacier-ice runways. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Ervik, Åse; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Samardzija, Ilija; Li, Hongtao. (2019) Ice-ridge interactions with the Norströmsgrund lighthouse: Global forces and interaction modes. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Samardzija, Ilija; Hendrikse, Hayo; Bjerkås, Morten; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Li, Hongtao. (2018) Ice-induced vibrations of the Norströmsgrund lighthouse. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Ervik, Åse; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Shestov, Aleksey; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2018) On the decay of first-year ice ridges: Measurements and evolution of rubble macroporosity, ridge drilling resistance and consolidated layer strength. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2018) Estimation of the full-field dynamic response of a floating bridge using Kalman-type filtering algorithms. Mechanical systems and signal processing
Academic article
Ervik, Åse; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Grimstad, Gustav; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2017) A continuum model of large deformation continuous ductile ice crushing. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Kvåle, Knut Andreas; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Bjerkås, Morten; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2017) Operational modal analysis on a lighthouse structure subjected to ice actions. Procedia Engineering
Academic article
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2016) Model-based estimation of hydrodynamic forces on the Bergsoysund bridge. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series
Academic article
Li, Hongtao; Bjerkås, Morten; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2016) Panel loads and weather conditions at Norströmsgrund lighthouse 2000-2003. Proceedings of the IAHR International Symposium on Ice
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2016) Ice force identification on the Nordströmsgrund lighthouse. Computers & structures
Academic article
Bjerkås, Morten; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2016) Ice action on Swedish lighthouses revisited. Proceedings of the IAHR International Symposium on Ice
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole; Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2015) Sensor network for dynamic ice-force identification: the Hanko-1 channel marker case study. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Storheim, Martin; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Kim, Ekaterina; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm; Langseth, Magnus; Amdahl, Jørgen. (2015) Pilot study of ice-structure interaction in a pendulum accelerator. Proceedings - International Conference on Port and Ocean Engineering under Arctic Conditions
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari; Maattanen, Mauri Pellervo; Øiseth, Ole; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm. (2015) Laboratory experiments to study ice-induced vibrations of scaled model structures during their interaction with level ice at different ice velocities. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari; Øiseth, Ole; Metrikine, Andrei. (2015) Model-based force and state estimation in experimental ice-induced vibrations by means of Kalman filtering. Cold Regions Science and Technology
Academic article

Books

Siedziako, Bartosz; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Fenerci, Aksel. (2023) Effects of structural rehabilitation on modal parameters of the Marlo Bridge. CRC Press CRC Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Siedziako, Bartosz; Fenerci, Aksel; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2023) Experimental Vibration Analysis on the Rykkjem Ferry Dock During Ferry Berthing. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Wang, Chunlin; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Li, Guoyuan. (2022) Automated Modal Parameters Identification During Ice-Structure Interactions.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Wang, Chunlin; Wang, Tongtong; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Zhang, Houxiang; Li, Guoyuan; Osen, Ottar. (2022) Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis for the performance evaluation of ship dynamical model.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Hong, Sunghun; Vågnes, David; Halse, Karl Henning; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2021) Mechanical Coupling Effect on the Horizontal Response of Floating Offshore Wind Turbine Installation Using a Catamaran with a Low Height Lifting System.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole Andre; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2019) Inverse identification of buffeting and self-excited wind loads on the Hardanger bridge from acceleration data.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Heijkoop, Anne-Niekolai; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Høyland, Knut Vilhelm. (2018) Strain-controlled cyclic compression of sea ice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Petersen, Øyvind Wiig; Øiseth, Ole; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2015) Model-based joint input-state estimation on a thin-walled cantilever beam.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Øiseth, Ole; Metrikine, Andrei; Lourens, Eliz-Mari. (2014) Model-based force identification in experimental ice-structure interaction by means of Kalman filtering.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Maattanen, Mauri Pellervo; Øiseth, Ole. (2013) Frequency domain force identification in ice-structure interaction.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Sibille, Luigi; Nord, Torodd Skjerve; Siedziako, Bartosz; Fenerci, Aksel; Frøseth, Gunnstein Thomas. (2026) Structural Health Monitoring and Digital Twin Approaches for the Dynamic Assessment of Ferry Quays. NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet NTNU Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation
Hong, Sunghun; Halse, Karl Henning; Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2024) Offshore Installation of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation
Hansen, Irina-Emily; Johansen, Torjus Levinsen; Nydegger, Elise; Vedeld, Katrine Lødemel; Tunli, Emil André Huseklepp; Røstad, Erlen Sigurdsen. (2022) Prosjekt Grønn Kai -rapport sommerjobb 2022. NTNU NTNU
Report
Nord, Torodd Skjerve. (2015) Force and response estimation on bottom-founded structures prone to ice-induced vibrations. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation

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