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6 SAMC
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EIAC members are key representatives within SAMCoT
Industry Partners. The EIAC acts as an advisory body
to the SAMCoT Board, proposing further development
in separate spin-off innovation projects, EU-projects or
pre-competitive projects. These decisions and recom
mendations influence the research strategy of the
Centre, keeping innovation as the ultimate goal to the
overall activities at SAMCoT.
A second workshop for everyone involved in SAMCoT
was arranged on the 4th and 5th of September. The main
purpose of this PhD workshop was to provide exposure
for the PhD candidates among the SAMCoT partners and
to discuss their work and progress. At the same time,
the workshop turned out to be a very useful communica
tions arena between SAMCoT’s 19 PhD candidates and
Post Docs, who otherwise work in different locations in
Europe and Russia.
SAMC
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EIAC
Members
• Annie Audibert-Hayet (TOTAL)
• Arne Gürtner (Statoil)
• Arnstein Watn (SINTEF)
• Basile Bonnemaire (Multiconsult)
• Bård E. Bjørnsen (SMSC)
• Erik Schiager (GDF Suez E&P)
• Guido Kuiper (Shell) - Chairperson
• Hilde Benedikte Østlund (Kvaerner)
• Nils Albert Jenssen (Kongsberg
Maritime)
• Per Kristian Bruun (Aker Solutions)
• Rolf Lande (DNV)
• Sveinung Løset (NTNU)
The workshop was followed by the annual site visit (7th
of September) from the Research Council of Norway
(RCN). The representatives from RCN concluded that
“SAMCoT is well set and has a good progress with
all PhD candidates in place according to plan. There
is enthusiasm at the Centre and it has a high prior
ity within the research strategy of NTNU. We do also
observe that excellence attracts excellence”.
The following sections briefly summarise SAMCoT’s
activities during 2012, with emphasis on our scientific
accomplishments.
Quantifying the Physical Environment
Safe and secure structures and infrastructure designed
to operate in the Arctic requires substantial knowledge
about the physical environment in which the structures
will operate. The interactions between various ice features
and the structure are termed ice actions. The shape and
size of the structure, the ice conditions and the environ
mental actions driving the ice can influence a number of
different interaction scenarios and failure modes that
result from ice actions. Factors that can influence these
diverse scenarios are illustrated in Fig. 1.
Most of the work in SAMCoT relating to Quantifying the
Physical Environment is summarised in the grey-shaded
areas in Fig. 1. To collect and later analyse such data,
a number of expeditions were conducted by SAMCoT in
the fjords of Spitsbergen, the Barents Sea, the Fram
Strait and the ocean area northeast of Greenland.
More detailed investigations were conducted in several
laboratories at NTNU, HSVA, UNIS and Aalto.
This approach using both full-scale and laboratory
research was also applied to our investigations of
coastal permafrost, e.g., understanding effects of small
changes in temperature as global warming may bring.
Site Visit from the Research Council of Norway to the SFI
SAMCoT, September 2012. Front row: RCN representatives,
SAMCoT Board representatives and furthest right a repre-
sentative from the Rector´s office (NTNU)
Middle row: SAMCoT SAC, EIAC and CMG representatives.
Back row: SAMCoT PhD Candidates.
Photo: Ole Morten Melgård