Trond Kvamsdal
Background and activities
Vision: Mathematics for a better society!
My positions at NTNU are within Computational Mathematics, i.e. development of new theories/methods within Applied Mathematics and Numerical Analysis to make robust and efficient numerical software programs for challenging applications in Science and Technology.
Main area of application is Computational Mechanics, i.e. both Solid/Structural and Fluid Mechanics relevant for Civil, Mechanical, Marine, and Petroleum Engineering as well as Biomechanics, Geophysics and Renewable Energy.
Courses
- TMA4850 - Experts in Teamwork - Mathematics in Applications
- TMA4212 - Numerical Solution of Differential Equations by Difference Methods
- TMA4220 - Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations Using Element Methods
Scientific, academic and artistic work
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Journal publications
- (2017) Postprocessing of non-conservative flux for compatibility with transport in heterogeneous media. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 315.
- (2016) Superconvergent patch recovery and a posteriori error estimation technique in adaptive isogeometric analysis. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 316.
- (2016) Numerical benchmarking of fluid–structure interaction: An isogeometric finite element approach. Ocean Engineering. vol. 124.
- (2016) Impact of urban density and building height on energy use in cities. Energy Procedia. vol. 96.
- (2016) Numerical analysis of NREL 5MW wind turbine: a study towards a better understanding of wake characteristic and torque generation mechanism. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). vol. 753 (3).
- (2016) Post-processing and visualization techniques for isogeometric analysis results. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 316.
- (2016) Isogeometric divergence-conforming variational multiscale formulation of incompressible turbulent flows. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 316.
- (2015) Effect of turbulence intensity on the performance of an offshore vertical axis wind turbine. Energy Procedia. vol. 80.
- (2015) Adaptive isogeometric finite element analysis of steady-state groundwater flow. International journal for numerical and analytical methods in geomechanics (Print). vol. 40.
- (2015) Spline based Mesh Generator for high fidelity simulation of flow around turbine blades. Energy Procedia. vol. 80.
- (2015) Divergence-conforming discretization for Stokes problem on locally refined meshes using LR B-splines. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 293.
- (2015) On the similarities and differences between Classical Hierarchical, Truncated Hierarchical and LR B-splines. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 291.
- (2015) Simple a posteriori error estimators in adaptive isogeometric analysis. Computers and Mathematics with Applications. vol. 70 (7).
- (2015) Python Classes for Numerical Solution of PDE's. Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science. vol. 1.
- (2015) Simulation of airflow past a 2D NACA0015 airfoil using an isogeometric incompressible Navier-Stokes solver with the Spalart-Allmaras turbulence model. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 290.
- (2015) Implementation and comparison of three isogeometric Navier–Stokes solvers applied to simulation of flow past a fixed 2D NACA0012 airfoil at high Reynolds number. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 284.
- (2015) Mesoscale numerical modelling of met-ocean interactions. Energy Procedia. vol. 80.
- (2015) Investigation of the impact of wakes and stratification on the performance of an onshore wind farm. Energy Procedia. vol. 80.
- (2015) LES and RANS simulation of onshore Bessaker wind farm: analyzing terrain and wake effects on wind farm performance. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS). vol. 625:012032.
- (2015) Isogeometric methods for CFD and FSI-simulation of flow around turbine blades. Energy Procedia. vol. 80.
- (2014) Isogeometric analysis using LR B-splines. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 269.
- (2014) A Comprehensive Simulation Methodology for Fluid-Structure Interaction of Offshore Wind Turbines. Energy Procedia. vol. 53.
- (2014) A Multiscale Wind and Power Forecast System for Wind Farms. Energy Procedia. vol. 53.
- (2013) Isogeometric rotation-free bending-stabilized cables: Statics, dynamics, bending strips and coupling with shells. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. vol. 263.
- (2012) A Multiscale Approach to Micrositing of Wind Turbines. Energy Procedia. vol. 14.
- (2011) Isogeometric analysis of finite deformation nearly incompressible solids. Rakenteiden Mekaniikka. vol. 44 (3).
- (2010) Computational vascular fluid-structure interaction: methodology and application to cerebral aneurysms. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology. vol. 9 (4).
- (2010) A fully-coupled fluid-structure interaction simulation of cerebral aneurysms. Computational Mechanics. vol. 46 (1).
- (2009) Parallelization in time for thermo-viscoplastic problems in extrusion of aluminium. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. vol. 79 (5).
- (2009) High-Fidelity Tetrahedral Mesh Generation from Medical Imaging Data for Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Cerebral Aneurysms. CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences. vol. 42 (2).
- (2008) Determination of Wall Tension in Cerebral Artery Aneurysms by Numerical Simulation. Stroke. vol. 39 (12).
Books
- (2014) Parallel Computational Fluids Dynamics- PARALLEL CFD 2014, A book of extended abstracts of the 26th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics held in Trondheim, Norway, 20-22 May, 2014. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). 2014. ISBN 978-84-941686-6-6.
- (2011) Computational methods in Marine Engineering IV. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). 2011. ISBN 978-84-89925-31-1.
- (2009) Computational methods in marine engineering III. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). 2009. ISBN 9788496736665.
- (2009) Computational Methods in Marine Engineering III Marine 2009. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). 2009. ISBN 9788496736665.
- (2008) 21st Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics. 2008. ISBN 9788496736566.
- (2007) Computational Methods in Marine Engineering II. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). 2007. ISBN 978-84-96736-19-1.
- (2007) Computational Methods in Marine Engineering II. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE). 2007. ISBN 9788496736191.
- (2007) Multisale Computational Science and Engineering. 2007. ISBN 82-7482-095-9.
- (2005) Computational Methods in Marine Engineering. 2005. ISBN 84-95999-63-3.
- (2005) Computational methods in marine engineering. 2005. ISBN 8495999633.
- (2005) Computational methods in Marine Engineering MARINE 2005. 2005.
- (2004) Computational Mechanics - Theory and Practice A book dedicated to Professor Pål G. Bergan. 2004. ISBN 84-95999-59-5.
- (2001) Proceedings of the Parallel CFD conference, Trondheim 2000. Elsevier. 2001. ISBN 0-444-50673-X.
Competencies
- Applied mathematics
- Construction technology
- Mathematic modelling and numerical methods
- Medical technology
- Mechanical and flow technical subjects
- Environmental engineering
- Offshore technology
- Mechanics
- Fluid mechanics
- Solid state mechanics
- Numerical mathematics
- Computational mathematics
- Reservoir mechanics
- Applied mathematics
- Structural mechanics
- Computational mechanics
- Fluid flow mechanics
- Finite element methods
- Numerical analysis
- Mathematics
- Biomechanics
- CFD
- Aerodynamic