Research projects

1D system transients coupled with 3D local flow details

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A continuum model for Brownian motion in rarefied gas-solid flows

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A Novel Technique for Reducing Transom Stern Hull Resistance

For boats and ships running at speeds in the semiplaning and planing speed ranges transom sterns are the only viable option. Cruiser type sterns cannot be used since the hull lines...
A scrubber module for studies of seawater scrubbing – an abatement method for ship exhausts

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ACCSEAS-Accessibility for Shipping, Efficiency Advantages and Sustainability

The ACCSEAS project addresses improved maritime access to the NSR by developing & implementing e-Navigation with a transnational frame work. A North Sea e-Navigation test-bed will...
Active child models for traffic safety research

The project Active Child Models for Traffic Safety Research is funded by Folksams Forskningsstiftelse. The overall project aim is to increase the safety of child car occupants and...
Active Converter Dolly testing

Syfte och mål: Verified improvements of vehicle combination performance in low and high speed. Verification of the active dolly itself, as a platform for further research and...
Active Dolly Build‐Up

Research Motivating Problem: Chalmers have no full‐scale experiment platform for long truck combinations with distributed actuation Envisioned product/solution: Actuated dolly as...
Active flow control for reduced resistance of trains, trucks, and ships

Active flow control techniques have received great attention in recent years from vehicle manufacturers as it has the potential to improve aerodynamic drag further after shape...
Active human body models for virtual occupant response (A-HBM), step 4

The FFI project A-HBM step 4 (Active human body models for virtual occupant response, step 4) follows the recently completed project A-HBM Step 3, in which muscle activation...
Active human body models for virtual occupant response, step 3

Human Body Models (HBMs) are valuable tools to simulate the pre-crash and in-crash occupant response in order to develop advanced restraint systems and reconstructions of real world...
Active Steering Force Feedback for Commercial Heavy Vehicles

Research Motivating Problem: To meet the traffic safety goals for 2020 with safe commercial heavy vehicles, future active steering systems introduced in such vehicles must provide an...
Addressing thermal and air quality comfort in future urban design using novel digital tools.

Current urban design fairly addresses noise and wind comfort but do not consider thermal comfort and impact of green areas to reduce local temperatures and improve air quality. This...
Advanced green roofs with optimal microstructural design: a breakthrough in the management of water...

Global climate trends indicate an increase of total annual and extreme precipitations at Northern latitudes which will greatly impact the livability in urban densely populated areas...
Advanced Optical Methods

The goal of this project is to develop and test advanced optical and laser-based methods for spray and combustion diagnostics, which will be applied to spray and engine measurements...
Advanced Spray Research

The process of fuel/air mixture preparation via an atomizing spray controls combustion efficiency (hence CO2 reduction) and emissions formation in direct injected engines...
Advancement of Chalmers Research in Offshore Renewable Energy

The energy potential in offshore renewable energy (ORE) resources, including offshore wind, tidal, and wave resources, is sufficient to support the electricity demand world-wide. For...
Advancement of Chalmers Research in Offshore Renewable Energy

The energy potential in offshore renewable energy (ORE) resources, including offshore wind, tidal, and wave resources, is sufficient to support the electricity demand world-wide. For...
Aerodynamic and Flexible Trucks for Next Generation of Long Distance Road Transport (AEROFLEX)

The transport sector contributes to about 25% of total CO2 emissions in the EU and is the only sector where the trend is still increasing. Taking into account the growing demand on...
Aerodynamics and Heat Transfer Validation of LPT-OGVs, Turbopower phase 2

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) Siemens industrial...
Aerodynamics in Robust and Optimized Structures

Objective and Goal: The project will increase our knowledge about aerodynamic performance and stability of turbine outlet structures. Engine representative geometries will be tested...
Aerodynamics of platoons with multiple vehicle types: an optimisation for future transportation...

To meet future demands on energy efficient transports there is a need to reduce the fuel consumption and emission of road-going vehicles. Platooning can significantly reduce the fuel...
Aerodynamik hos tunga fordon (KNEG)

Syftet med projektet/förstudien är att beskriva nuläget för de existerande aerodynamikförbättringar som finns inom området lastbilar inkl påbyggnad och släp för att kunna presentera...
AEROFLEX - Aerodynamic and Flexible Trucks for Next Generation of Long Distance Road Transport

The transport sector contributes to about 25% of total CO2 emissions in the EU and is the only sector where the trend is still increasing. Taking into account the growing demand on...
Air drag reduction on trucks by the use of active flow control

The proposed project is laid out as a PhD-project with collaboration between the industry, Volvo, and the department of Applied Mechanics at Chalmes University. The PhD-student will...
Airframe noise

Aero-acoustic analysis conceptual low-noise designs for reducing airframe noise induced by high-lift facilities of aircraft wing, wing tips, and landing gears. An observable...
Aktiv human modell för prediktering av mänsklig rörelse, steg 2

Projektmålen har uppnåtts väl och resulterat i ny unik data och kunskap, metodik för att applicera detta i ett verktyg för forskning och industriell utveckling samt utveckling och...
An engine-bay test bed for understanding and modeling of unsteady heat-transfer

The application aims at providing tools to enable significant reduction in vehicle cooling drag, up to 50-100% depending on driving conditions and propulsion system. Current practices...
Analys av flytande vindkraftverk

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Analysis and optimisation of marine propulsion systems

In the design of a marine propulsion system there are a number of interactions to consider. They result in both losses and gains and to achieve optimal efficiency these must be...
Analysis and optimisation of marine propulsion systems - part 2

In the design of a marine propulsion system there are a number of interactions to consider. They result in both losses and gains and to achieve optimal efficiency these must be...
Analysis of SHRP2 Data to Understand Normal and Abnormal Driving Behavior in Work Zones: Phase I

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) (Research Institute, USA)
Analysis of SHRP2 Data to Understand Normal and Abnormal Driving Behavior in Work Zones: Phase II

The goal of this research is to use statistical descriptions of normal driving behavior to identify abnormal behavior (i.e., deviations from normal) as the basis for...
Analysis of Slamming using Fluid-Structure-Interaction

The project concerns benchmark studies of the slamming event thru Fluid-Structure-Interaction analysis. The modelling and results are compared for the commercial softwares 1...
Anpassning av icke-reflekterande randvillkor för flödessimuleringar baserade på tids-spektral metoder

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Artificial intelligence and flow control: toward the automation of adaptive vehicle aerodynamics

Motivation and scientific contribution The power consumption of road vehicles is largely determined by aerodynamics. Thus, a better aero-package can significantly extend the mileage...
Assessment of noise pollution from tidal turbines

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) (Research Institute, Netherlands)
Assessment of Passenger Safety in Future Cars

Car passenger safety is of increased importance and complexity, moving tow ards higher degree of automated vehicles, car sharing and taxis. Assessment methods for passenger restraint...
Assessment of professional performance: Maritime technologies, knowledge and educational practices...

Maritime education serves as an illustrative example of a domain that during recent decades have gone through significant transformations: from a system of apprenticeship to an...
Återvinning av värmeförluster från förbränningsmotorer

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) CERC (Centre, Sweden) Lund University (Academic, Sweden) Volvo...
Åtgärder mot minskad miljöbelastning från Sjöfart i Östersjön genom ny kunskap om läckage av gift...

Östersjön är ett av världens mest trafikerade havsområden där omkring 2000 fartyg konstant är i rörelse. Sjöfarten påverkar Östersjöns miljö och ett stort bidrag av kemiska...
Augmenting grid stability through Low-head Pumped Hydro Energy Utilization & Storage

With a growing share of intermittent renewable energy sources grid stability can be maintained, and flexibility enhanced, by applying pumped hydropower energy storage. ALPHEUS will...
Autofreight

Research Motivating Problem: Driving automation features have the potential to improve both traffic safety and transport productivity for road freight transports. How should such safe...
Autonomous monitoring system for marine invasive species

The challenge driving this project is the development of a sustainable strategy to significantly limit the spread of marine invasive species. Today invasive specie s are the main...
Ballast Water 2nd study (BW2) - Investigation and Analysis of Exemption-Applications from Ships...

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Banöverbyggnad - en holistisk optimering av design och underhåll för ökad prestanda

I syfte att stödja EUs ambition om omfördelning av transporter från väg till järnväg är projektets mål att minska järnvägens livscykelkostnader och miljöpåverkan genom holistisk...
BatMan - förberedelse för förbättrad återanvändning av batterisystem

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden) Qrtech AB (Unknown, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Behavioural based safety services and accident causation analysis

Behavioural-based safety (BBS) generally refers to methods and techniques for obtaining sustained changes in behaviour, with the purpose to increase work safety and reduce...
Besst -Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies

The large scaled integrating project BESST (Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies) aims to achieve a breakthrough in competitiveness, environmentally...
Big data based autonomous navigation system for safe and efficient shipping

Most of the maritime accidents are caused by human-related operational mistakes. Harsh sailing environments at sea also challenge the capability of crewmembers to operate a ship in an...
BioFoulControl - Development of innovative and sustainable technology for control of marine...

The word anti-fouling is probably most commonly associated with anti-fouling paints on ship hulls. Fouling occurs however also inside the cooling systems (exchangers) of ships and may...
Biofuel combustion in fixed beds

The project deals with mathematical modelling of the thermochemical conversion of various biofuels in fixed beds. The aim is to advance the state-of-the-art by addressing the two...
Biofuel combustion in fixed beds

The project deals with mathematical modelling of the thermochemical conversion of various biofuels in fixed beds. The aim is to advance the state-of-the-art by addressing the two most...
Blended braking

The project aims to analyze the recovery of braking energy for cars with electrified powertrains. The analysis covers multiple e-motor configurations and friction braking concepts...
Brake cooling performance simulations

The brake system is a critical component for any passenger vehicle as its task is to convert the kinetic and potential energy of the vehicle into heat, allowing the vehicle to stop...
Bröstskadeprediktion vid krockprov med tunga fordon

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
Buckling resistance of structures exposed to rapid and extreme LNG cooling

Structures such as bridges, ships and offshore installations are designed to operate in temperatures from -50 to +60 degrees Celcius. These structures are often made of metalic...
Butanol as a fuel for Diesel engines

Which is the best Diesel fuel when the proportion of renewable fuel must increase? The fuel must be easy to implement, the fuel must be possible to blend with fossil Diesel fuel...
C2VC - Complete combination vehicle control with automated reconfiguration when connecting vehicle...

Research Motivating Problem: Long combination vehicles are efficient on the large roads, but limited on bridges, tight curves and terminals. Also, the vehicle control is not optimized...
CALC++ programming

Software development of the incompressible flow solver CALC++ The simulation of incompressible flow is a large subject in the computational fluid dynamics (CFD). An efficient solver...
Cargo Operations Studio

Ship operations and cargo handling is considered being “the reason for shipping”, i.e. they must be carried out safely and efficiently in many perspectives. Various types of ships...
Catalytic aftertreatment of particulate matter

The project aims at increased understanding of catalytic oxidation of PM. To obtain this objective the catalytic oxidation will be studied in a PM filter at different reaction...
CFD modeling of flexible GT combustor, Turbopower phase 2

The main source of energy in the nearest future will come from fossil fuels. Increasing demands on environmentally friendly energy conversion implies that pollutants, such as CO and...
Chalmers Area of Advance - funding 2016

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Rolls-Royce (Swe) (Private, Sweden) City University (Academic, United Kingdom) L'Orange (Private, Germany)
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2010

Study the effects from simulator training of cargo operations, load handling and port logistics – can a higher efficiency be reached which has a positive effect on logistics flow in...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2011

Intermodality linked to conceptual development of the future cargo carriers at sea Consequences of ship transport in the Arctic environment - logistics, structure, safety Route...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2012

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2012 Effectiveness in short sea shipping - The impact of cargo space design Consequences from shipping in the Arctic – logistics, marine structures...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2013

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2013 Short sea shipping – efficiency, safety and environmental impact Lightweight structure design – a possibility to utilise ships more effectively...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2014

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2014 Short sea shipping – efficiency, safety and environmental impact (Sjöfartsskyttel 2.0). Safe and efficient Shipping in Arctic waters – a new 2...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2015

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2015 Project application to H2020 call together with DTU in Denmark: ship transport efficiency, logistics aspects, ship design, ship routeing and...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2016

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2016 Project application to Horizon 2020-project EDGE. Continuation of the project “Route planning with respect to structural response – consequences...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport - funding 2017

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) (Public, Sweden) Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) (Research...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2017

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2017 Project application Horizon 2020-project SEDNA. Route planning with respect to structural response – consequences on ETA and environmental...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport - funding 2018

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH) (Academic, Germany) University of Michigan (Academic, USA) Swedish Defence...
Chalmers Area of Advance Transport – funding 2018

RESEARCH TOPICS AND CONTRIBUTIONS 2018 Support to the Horizon 2020-project SEDNA. Route planning with respect to structural response – consequences on ETA and environmental impact...
Chalmers Ship emission measurements. Properties of particles related to fuel type and quality

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Changing antifouling practices for leisure boats in the Baltic Sea (CHANGE)

The coastal environment of the Baltic Sea receives a substantial supply of toxic compounds e.g., copper, zinc and tributyltin (TBT) from new and old paints used to deter fouling of...
Characterisation of aerosol emissions from alternative marine fuel by on-board and engine lab...

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Characterisation of exhaust gas emissions from a pilot vessel using renewable methanol for propulsion

The objective of the GreenPilot project is to demonstrate that the use of methanol as a fuel can reduce the environmental impact. This will be done by converting a pilot boat to...
Characterize and understand the chemical and fluid dynamic: experimental marine exhaust gas scrubber

The aim of this project is to characterize and understand the chemical and fluid dynamic parameters in an experimental marine exhaust gas scrubber.
Characterizing and classifying new e-vehicles for personal mobility

The purpose of this project is to add to the understanding of how digitalization can impact the traffic system and how it can contribute to a sustainable society. The project will...
City bus automation - bus trains, bus stop docking and depot processes

The objective is to develop automated driving of electrified buses with high traffic safety and capacity, low overall cost of society and energy consumption. By bus train operation...
Clean and flexible use of new difficult biomass fuels in small to medium-scale combustion (BIOFLEX!)

An expansion of the fuel range in the small to medium scale combustion sector to include also residues from forest and agriculture industries could on long term contribute with up to...
Cloud-based Modelling and Optimization of the PHEV Controller Using Artificial Intelligence

This proposal formulates a real time implementable energy management strategy (EMS) for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The artificial intelligence (AI) techniques employ for...
Cluster analysis of the maritime cluster in Sweden

Objective and Goal - Fulfillment The goal of this study was to increase the knowledge of the maritime industry. This goal has been achieved to a large extent. Result and Expected...
CO2 REduction for long distance transport (CORE)

The project proposal CORE (CO2 REduction for long distance transport) is a collaborative large-scale integrating project for a call within FP7-SUSTAINABLE SURFACE TRANSPORT...
Coated heat exchangers as self-cleaning producer gas condensers

Controlled cooling of the producer gas from a steam-blown gasifier is challenging because of the impending risk of tar fouling on the heat exchanger surfaces. A scrubber is typically...
Commercial shipping as a source of acidification in the Baltic Sea (SHipH)

Sulphur and nitrogen oxides (SOX and NOX) from ship exhausts are a potentially significant contributor to Ocean Acidification in heavily trafficked areas. The maximum sulphur content...
Complete Combination Vehicle Control, C2VC

Research Motivating Problem: Long combination vehicles are efficient on the large roads, but limited on bridges, tight curves and terminals. Also, the vehicle control is not optimized...
Complete Vehicle Airflow / New Vehicle Architecture

Syftet med projektet är att förbättra energi-effektiviteten genom ökad kunskap om aerodynamik och termisk optimering av ett komplett fordon. Särskilt fokus ligger på optimering av...
Completing management options in the Baltic Sea Region to reduce risk of invasive species...

Aim of the COMPLETE project is to minimize the introduction and spread of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens by shipping through the development of consistent and adaptive...
Computation of aeroacoustic sources and sound propagation for urban challenges

The overreaching goal of the proposed project is to advance the use of aeroacoustics simulations of vehicles and develop suitable sound propagation methods for application to...
Computation of aeroacoustic sources and sound propagation for urban challenges, part 2

Moving into 2020, the overreaching goal of the proposed project is to advance the use of aeroacoustics simulations of vehicles and develop suitable sound propagation methods for...
Computation of ship waves

A numerical method is developed for computing the waves generated by a ship. The method is an extension of a previously developed numerical method for ship flows, where the free...
Computational Aero-acoustic Analysis of Low-noise Airframe Devices with the Aid of Stochastic Method...

The CALAS project addresses, by means of computational aero-acoustic (CAA) analysis, low-noise airframe concepts (CfP topic No: JTI-CS-2011-3-GRA-02-018), including a wing-section...
Concept validation study for fuselage wake-fillIng propulsion integration (CENTRELINE)

The CENTRELINE project aims at maximising the benefits of aft-fuselage wake-filling under realistic systems design and operating conditions. The concept realises fuselage wake-filling...
Conceptual gas turbine modeling for oxy-fuel cycles. Turbokraft phase 2

The electricity consumption in the world is growing at an ever increasing rate. Today's electricity generation is highly dependent on combustion of fossil fuel. This leads to...
Constrained Propeller Optimisation

A marine propeller blade is a complex hydrofoil design operating in various inflow situations. Each propeller design depends on the ship it propels and the specific conditions in...
Conversational agents in vehicles – a brief pre-study

The aims of this brief pre-study are to (1) investigate issues related to cognition and decision-making in intelligent agents aimed for transport applications and to (2) give...
Cost-efficient scalable and modular electric drive system for next generation propulsion and lateral...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) China-Euro Vehicle Technology (CEVT) AB (Private, Sweden) E-AAM...
COVER - Real world CO2 assessment and Vehicle EneRgy efficiency

When the vehicle specification is set, 60-65% of the CO2 emissions are not possible to influence anymore. Getting the specification right is the most important factor to achieve...
COVER – Real world CO2 assessment and Vehicle enERgy efficiency

Research Motivating Problem: Real vehicle usage rarely corresponds to what was anticipated in development and sales stages. Hence, vehicles are not optimal for their actual...
Crash causation and road user behaviour modelling based on naturalistic data with video

Recent advances in technology have facilitated collection of continuous naturalistic data from road users while attending their daily routines. These data can be used for several...
Creating a core-enabler for evaluating scenarios of mixed vehicular traffic

In the coming 30-50 years, we will see a mixed vehicular traffic with variable composition of e.g., human-driven vehicles, self-driving vehicles, electric vehicles, etc. at different...
Critical values and correlation inequalities in dependent percolation models

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Cyklistkomfortgränser: forskningsöversikt och experimentell ram

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Decision Aid for Marine Munitions (DAIMON)

Chemical and conventional ammunition dumped in the Baltic Sea and in the Skagerrak contains a wide range of hazardous substances. Considering the growing use of the seabed for...
DEMOPS - Machine learning based speed-power performance modelling to reduce fuel cost and emissions...

A ship’s fuel consumption can be significantly increased when sailing in harsh sea conditions. Any measures to increase ship energy efficiency must rely on accurate description of the...
Design and implementation of Energy Management for HEV/PHEV and optimization of a Range Extender...

The strict requirements to reduce CO2 and emissions have been driving the OEM's to focus on electrification of vehicles as a possible solution. Powertrain configurations which...
Design and modelling of innovative machinery systems for large ships

The PhD project aims at designing and optimizing the combined ship power plant consisting of the main diesel engine and WHR system in order to understand which cycle design and which...
Design criteria for slab track structures (CHARMEC TS19)

According to technical specifications issued by Trafikverket, the construction of future high-speed lines in Sweden will be based on slab track design. Project TS19 aims at providing...
Design for performance – advanced powerplant architecture and integration

The next generation of aircraft engines will meet an increasingly complex set of requirements including higher goals on energy efficiency and environmental friendliness, as well as...
Desso - Design for survival onboard

The objective with the project was to design a ship which can stay afloat long enough after an accident so that passengers and crew onboard can be rescued by means of commonly used...
Detaljerad analys av strömning i rymdmunstycken under uppstartsförlopp

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Development and experimental validation of computational models for cavitating flows, surface...

Cavitation, described as the formation of vapour/gas bubbles of a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the liquid falls below its vapour pressure, often leads to vibration...
Development of a framework for model predictions with error control with application to human...

Syftet med projektet är att skapa ett ramverk för matematisk modellering med felkontroll, och applicera detta på situationen att utveckla modeller för hur mänsklig fettvävnad reagerar...
Development of a protocol for risk assessment of potentially polluting shipwrecks in Scandinavian...

The purpose of the project is to develop a model for prioritisation of shipwrecks based on risk due to the possibility that wrecks may contain toxic substances and is a potential...
Development of an analytical tool to assess the impact of tributyltin (TBT) in Swedish water bodies

The organotin compound tributyltin (TBT) is one of the most toxic substances that humans have ever released to the aquatic environment and was banned for use in recreational...
Development of fully autonomous marine vessels – a step towards an autonomous Marine ElectriCity

The vehicle industry is advancing successfully in its strive towards fully electric and autonomous cars, trucks and busses. The ElectriCity initiative in Gothenburg has been an...
Development of innovative small (micro)-scale biomass-based CHP technologies

The project is a cooperation between 12 partners in four European countries (Sweden, Austria, Germany & Poland) within the ERA-NET Bioenergy framework. The aim of the joint...
Development of innovative small (micro)-scale biomass-based CHP technologies (MiniBioCHP)

The project is a cooperation between 12 partners in four European countries (Sweden, Austria, Germany & Poland) within the ERA-NET Bioenergy framework. The aim of the joint...
Development of innovative small(micro)-scale biomass-based CHP technologies

In a future where excess generation and curtailment of renewable energy sources is a significant challenge, district heating could play a key role by using excess consumption for...
Development of Predictive Models for Spray Breakup

Summary: This grant is aimed at more predictive models for primary breakup of sprays. It combines model development with detailed experiments. Experiments will use transparent...
Development of Revolutionary and Accurate Methods for Safety Analyses of Future and Existing Reactors

Illustration of the multi-physics nature of nuclear reactor cores, where neutron transport, fluid dynamics, and heat transfer need to be simultaneously modelled. The design...
Development of Revolutionary and Accurate Methods for Safety Analyses of Future and Existing...

Current practices for assessing the safety of nuclear reactor systems rely on a “divide-and-conquer” strategy, where the different physical phenomena and scales are solved by...
Development of steam expander

There are several indications that the use of steam expanders could be a competitive method for the production of energy in the low power range and for different working media, that...
Development of the PANS model

Flow over a hump: Embedded LES using PANSIn the partially averaged Navier-Stokes (PANS) model and the Partially Integrated Transport Model (PITM), the turbulent viscosity is reduced...
Development of the Volvo Cars Full-Scale Wind Tunnel and Corresponding Virtual Model for Future...

Volvo Cars has used measurement data from its own full-scale wind tunnel for vehicle development and verification of production cars since 1986. Virtual models (CFD) are used in...
Development of Virtual Steering Control and Steering Feel Model Reference

This project aims to develop a concept of closed loop steering feel control such that from artificial to realistic steering feedback can be provided to the driver depending on the...
Digital twin of the new multi-burner test facility at Chalmers power central

The proposed project will create a framework for a digital-twin to the new 6 MW multi-burner test facility at Chalmers power central. The new boiler, known as KC 4.0, will be...
Directinjection Biogas engine

The use of gaseous fuels in internal combustion engines will almost certainly increase in the future. The goal of this project is to evaluate different concepts with direct-injected...
DME technology for Euro VI/US10

It is becoming more evident that alternative and renewable energy carriers must be used to a larger extent in future energy scenarios, in order to limit the adverse effects of the...
Drag Reduction in Turbulent Boundary Layer via Flow Control (DRAGY)

The proposed project “Drag Reduction via Turbulent Boundary Layer Flow Control” (DRAGY) will approach the problem of turbulent drag reduction through the investigation of...
Drag Reduction on Pasenger Cars through Wake Control and Optimization

To meet future demands on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions it is necessary that the aerodynamic drag of passenger cars be dramatically reduced. To reach long term goals it is...
Drag Reduction on Passenger Vehicles

Research Motivating Problem: Aerodynamics plays an essential role in the total driving resistance and hence fuel consumption of vehicles. New upcoming legislations on permissible CO2...
D-Rail: Scientific & Technical coordination

The aim of the D-RAIL project is to decrease the number of derailments and consequences of remaining derailments. The current project concerns the role of scientific and technical...
Drakens väg - Optimering av strömkraftverk i havet

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden) Minesto (Private, Sweden)
Driver modelling and cross-cultural analysis of driving styles based on large-scale driving data

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Nagoya University (Academic, Japan)
Driver models for automated driving

Today, automated driving (AD) is one of the most challenging issue in transportation. AD promises to increase safety and mobility while presenting serious new challenges in...
Driver response to transient disturbances on vehicles in safety critical situations

Research Motivating Problem:Transient disturbance may cause safety critical situations. Two problems for passenger vehicles are studied: Aerodynamic disturbance while overtaking a...
Driving Comfort and Tracking Ability of Vehicles on Floating Bridges Moving due to Wind and Water...

Research Motivating Problem: Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) is projecting a number of bridges along the Norwegian east coast. The roadway will sway, heave and roll due...
Driving styles of autonomous vehicles in mixed traffic (DS-Auto)

It has been argued that autonomous vehicles could have negative impacts on safety and efficiency in a mixed traffic system with both autonomous and human-driven vehicles (e.g., due to...
Durability analysis of cables and mooring used in systems for harvesting of renewable ocean energy

Ocean energy is an area of renewable energy that is gaining increasing attention. Historically, this renewable energy source has not been commercially viable. Technology leaps in...
Dynamic design of ships

In order to develop ships for more efficient transport at sea, with reduced specific fuel consumption and emissions, the tendency is to design larger ships (IMO 2015). There is a big...
Dyndeck - Dynamics of Vehicle-Deck Interactions

The work presented in this project concerns the modelling and analysis of vehicle-ship deck interactions. The physical modelling of vehicles is discussed together with the modelling...
ECMWF: Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) for Ship Navigation

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Laurin Maritime AB (Private, Sweden) B-open Solutions S.l.r. (Private, Italy) G.M.S. Global Maritime Services Ltd...
EcoSail - Eco-friendly and customer-driven Sail plan optimisation service

The overall vision is to bring our patented EcoSail technology to full market maturation, to pilot the system and to arrive at its commercialisation as a new energy efficiency and...
Ecotoxicological effects of seawater scrubbing and its relation to ocean acidification

The emissions to air of particulate matter and SO2 from shipping constitute an increasing part of the total emissions to air. The societal cost of the emissions in terms of people´s...
Effective parameter estimation for catalyst models – method validation for multiple-layer catalysts

The project is a cooperation between Scania CV AB , Johnson Matthey AB and Chalmers University of Technology, Chemical Reaction Engineering . The research is done in the form of a...
Effects of ship emissions on plankton communities

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of California at Irvine (UCI) (Academic, United States)
Effects of ship induced vertical mixing in ship lanes

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SMHI (Public, Sweden)
Effects on the marine environment when increasing the share of maritime transport compared to road...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Havsmiljöinstitutet (Unknown, Sweden) Linnaeus University: Kalmar (Academic, Sweden)
Effektiva kylare

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Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea (EfficienSea) 2

The trend in navigational accidents no longer appears to decrease. In a Formal Safety Assessment (IMO NAV59-6, Annex 1) 5.544 navigational and 7.275 other accidents resulted in the...
Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Traffic at Sea (EfficienSea) 2

The trend in navigational accidents no longer appears to decrease. In a Formal Safety Assessment (IMO NAV59-6, Annex 1) 5.544 navigational and 7.275 other accidents resulted in the...
ELASTMOOR - Elastic mooring systems for wave energy converters

The project aims to improve the knowledge of using elastic mooring lines for wave energy applications. It will be achieved by collecting data from (i) laboratory testing of rubber...
Electrical and thermal modelling of battery pack

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Electrical Vehicle Battery Cooling System

Increased daily use of fully electrical vehicles (EV) makes high demands on the lithium-ion battery, and used fast charging processes. Consequently, efficient charging requires...
Electrical Vehicle Battery Cooling System

Explore possibilities of extending and modifying developed CFD procedures for applications on transient one- and two-phase cooling refrigerant flows occurring in cooling system of...
Electricity or electrofuels for a future short sea shipping without harmful emissions

The shipping sector is facing a period of large investments to reduce environmental impact and reach carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction targets. In this project the life cycle...
Electrification of marine urban transport systems - Pre-study charging

Cities around the world are facing the challenge of satisfying the need of transports of goods and humans without harmful emissions. Electrification has lately positioned itself as...
Electrochemically assisted syngas fermentation

Extensive energy system changes will be necessary to replace fossil fuels. It is expected that the demand for food, bio-energy and other bio-based products will increase dramatically...
ELSAA - Effektiv storskalig aerodynamisk analys

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Emission Aftertreatment

Summary: Emissions from ICE are important because they have a significant effect on human health and the environment. Emission levels have always been a key performance indicator...
Emission control by validated catalytic reactor modelling

This project aims at enabling validated models for automotive emission control. This will be addressed by developing improved models for mass and heat transfer which are de-coupled...
En lastad ledskenas värmeöverföring

Syftet med projektet har varit att studera värmeöverföringen för en lågt omlänkande strukturell ledskena, genom mätningar i turbinriggar på Oxford University och Chalmers Tekniska...
En lastad ledskenas värmeöverföring 2

Projektet syftar till att studera en lastad ledskenas värmeöverföring, med mål att ta fram validerade analysmetoder (CFD) och korrelationer, som behövs i kommande utvecklingsprojekt...
Enabling cryogenic hydrogen-based CO2-free air transport (ENABLEH2)

Flightpath 2050 very ambitiously targets 75% CO2 and 90% NOx emissions reductions, relative to year 2000. It is highly unlikely that these targets will be met with carbon containing...
E-Nav - Efficient Electronic Navigation at Sea

E-NAV will develop a sail plan service and online training platform for the shipping industry. From real time data feeds received from meteorological, coastal, sea state, vessel and...
Encapsulation of the engine bay for active temperature control and lower sound emissions

The purpose of this project is to use the technology of encapsulation to simultaneously improve energy efficiency and reduce the noise levels. As well as controlling hot-spots. A...
Energy Efficient Air Cavity Ships

The application of air lubrication has been used in high-speed planning boats by continuously releasing a layer of air under the hull, which is not economically viable in big ships...
Energy efficient Air Cavity Ships

This research project aims at investigating the hydrodynamic effects that influence the design of an air Cavity Ship (ACS) for a displacement ship and to give guidance, through...
Energy efficient and low environmental impact marine traffic modelling

The objective with the project is to develop a marine traffic model for devising and evaluating interventions that improve marine traffic performance–its energy efficiency...
Energy efficient emissions reduction II

The project is based on well established methods , co-operations and results in the on-going project Energy Efficient Emissions Reduction where Volvo Technology and Volvo Cars Corp...
Energy efficient falling-film evaporation through modified heating surfaces

The project aims to develop new, cost-effective evaporation technology through more efficient heating surfaces, for both the pulp and paper industry (evaporation of black liquor) and...
Energy efficient marine transport through energy systems analysis of ships

Shipping today accounts for 90% of all freight transport. Forecasts of the world’s transportation needs in 2050 show that it will double the current level. At the same time, shipping...
Energy Efficient Maritime Transport through Autonomous Observations of Ocean and Ice - EMTOI

Any marine energy and transport related activity benefit greatly from correct description of the Meteorological and Oceanographic (MetOcean) conditions that a marine structure will...
Energy efficient transmissions

This application is part of a transmission cluster formed by Volvo AB, Scania, Chalmers and KTH. The application is for two PhD students (one at KTH and one at Chalmers). Gear...
Energy management systems in shipping

The shipping sector uses almost exclusively fossil fuels to meet its energy needs. However, access to fossil-free fuels for shipping is limited and other transportation sectors are...
Energy Systems Modeling in Shipping

Today’s situation is a new challenge for the shipping industry. The raising concern about the environment, especially regarding the emission of GHG gases, led to an increased...
Energy-efficient LOw-emission Vehicle laboratory (ELOV)

Utmaningarna att utveckla energieffektiva och lågemitterande vägfordon ökar och ytterligare forskning behövs. Emissionslagstiftningen ställer nya krav på lägre utsläppsnivåer. Krav på...
Engine Breakthrough Components and Subsystems (E-BREAK)

Future aero engines will need to be more efficient and contribute to the reduction on environmental impact of air transportation. They must reach some standards of performance by...
Engine Combustion Network

The goal of this project is to apply ballistic imaging to the Engine Combustion Network Spray A, a representative fuel spray for low-temperature Diesel internal combustion engines...
Engine Module Validators (ENOVAL)

The ENOVAL project will provide the next step of engine technologies to achieve and surpass the ACARE 2020 goals on the way towards Flightpath 2050. ENOVAL completes the European 7th...
Enhanced safety of ice-strengthened ship hulls in the Baltic Sea (pre-study ICEULTIMATE)

The main project objective is to analyse the accidental limit state of ship hull structures at ice-covered sea areas designed according to the Finnish-Swedish Ice class rule and IACS...
Environmental impact from sea transport from a life cycle perspective

The doctorate project aims at developing the methodology and tools for environmental assessment of fuel/energy supply within shipping. The initial phase has focused on a case study on...
Environmental risks posed by sunken wrecks

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) (Public, Sweden) The Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management (Non Profit...
Environmental risks posed by sunken wrecks II

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations The Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums (Public, Sweden) Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) (Public...
Estimering av fordonshastighet och väglutning i hybridfordon

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations E-AAM Driveline Systems (Private, Sweden)
Evaluation of marine gas propulsion alternatives for pilot vessels

See Swedish site for more information.
Evaluation of the "Nyström" engine

The project aims to experimentally evaluate the "Nystrom engine" (an engine with offset between piston pin and crankshaft). The concept have been developed by Rune Nystrom...
Experimental Aero- and Thermal investigation for a next generation Engine Exit Module (EATEEM)

Chalmers and GKN Aerospace Engine Systems are collaborating in this Clean Sky 2 project, won by Chalmers in the open call for partners, with GKN as the so called topic manager. A...
Experimental and numerical investigations of cooling air flow in hydro power electric generators

See Swedish site for more information.
Experimental and numerical study of a rough wall boundary layer

In order to reduce fuel consumption, loss of velocity and emissions in vessels, there is an increased need of knowing how much drag is caused by fouling on hulls. Fouling is the...
Experimental testing of the ultimate strength capacity and failure of a sandwich beam structure

The aim of the project was to carry out an experimental testing programme on full-scale composite beam structures that can be used in large-scale merchant vessels. The main objective...
Experimental validation of heat exchanger concept for increased turbomachinery process efficiency...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) Siemens industrial turbomachinery (Private, Sweden)
Explore innovative solutions for arctic shipping

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Wuhan University of Technology (Academic, China)
Falstruct - Fatigue and ageing of lightweight structures

The aim of the research is to assess the suitability of using composites (fiber reinforced plastics) for the construction of large structural components of commercial vessels. The...
Field Data Analysis Platform

The purpose of this project is to increase the competence for road safety analyses at Chalmers that will support all SAFER partners. The project aims to co-finance the employment of...
Flow in turbines during new operating procedures

Due to the new intermittent electric energy sources, hydropower is forced to run more and more at off-design conditions and to regulate the operating conditions. This causes flow...
Flow-induced vibrations and failure of axial fan blades in electric generators

Axial ventilation by use of axial fans was the most common cooling concept for hydropower generators inSweden during the 50-70’s when the main part of the Swedish hydropower plants...
Fluid Structure Interaction

Noise and vibration are natural components within the area of Shipping and Marine Technology. Moreover, both noise and vibration generally have a negative impact on the environment...
Forankringslösninger for store bölgekraftanlaeg

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Wave Dragon APS (Private, Denmark) Floating Power Plant (Private, Denmark) Aalborg University (Academic, Denmark) Tension...
Förbättrade prognosmetoder för sjöfarten

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SSPA Sweden AB (Private, Sweden)
Forskning och utvecklingstjänst gällande D-Rail, tillägg.

See Swedish site for more information.
Förstudie 1412 Metodutveckling för beräkning av laster och rörelser hos flytande konstruktioner

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB (Research Institute, Sweden)
Fr8Rail-2 Digitalization and Automation of Freight Rail (CHARMEC EU20)

The Fr8Rail-2 project (S2R-CFM-IP5-01-2018) is a project within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under the Shift2Rail Joint Technology Initiative. The ten work packages (WP) in...
Framhjulsinducerad självnedsmutsning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Scania CV AB (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) Linköping University (Academic, Sweden) RISE Research...
Front- och sneda kollisioner: Utvärdering av skaderisk och skyddssystem för uppgraderade THOR dockan

Syftet är att få en djupare förståelse av bröstbelastning av den uppgraderade Thor-dockan i frontal och vinklad belastning av avancerade skyddssystem,. Projektet syftar också till att...
Fuel Flexible Engine Platform (FLEX I)

The utilisation of alternative fuels is made possible by providing a truck engine with new components. Injector adapted for fuels with low viscosity and with high volatility...
Fundamental research on the ultimate compressive strength of ship stiffened plate structures at...

The behavior of stiffened plate structures until and after the ultimate strength is reached is highly nonlinear involving geometric and material nonlinearities. Various types of...
Fundamental studies of transient sprays

See Swedish site for more information.
Future alternative fuels for transport

Present base engine layout has a number of built iin limitations that one try to mitigate to increase efficiency. The biggest problem is that the gas is not expanded efficiently. The...
Future alternative transport fuels (Future Fuels)

The growing demand for transportation and the finite resources of fossil fuels along with the expected climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions are perhaps the greatest...
Future Occupant Safety for Crashes in Cars (OSCCAR)

OSCCAR uses a comprehensive integrated approach for the development of future advanced occupant protection systems. It will provide a unique human body model (HBM)-based development...
Generic combustion research: GEN-CECOST

The present application describes a proposal for a national research programme, GEN-CECOST, with participation from Lund University, Chalmers and the Royal Institute of Technology...
GOTRIS

GOTRIS aims to develop a platform to let Rail, Maritime and Road share information and services in a RIS (River Information Services) for the Göta River.Read more
Graphene on ship hulls for reduced corrosion and fouling

he purpose and target is to examine the possibility of developing environmentally friendly coatings to improve the protection against corrosion and fouling on marine structures. The...
Grön Flygteknisk Motdemonstration

Målet är att demonstrera flygmotorkomponenter med motorsystem-integratörerna både i Europa och USA. GFM-Demo möjliggör ett större deltagande för Volvo Aero i Clean Sky. Syftet är att...
Growth of rolling contact fatigue cracks (CHARMEC MU38)

Fatigue crack growth, and especially rolling contact fatigue (RCF) crack growth, is the major deterioration factor and one of the foremost cost drivers in railway operations...
Grundläggande förståelse och beräkningsmetoder för Stirlingmotorer

Det övergripande syftet var att skapa förutsättningar för att konstruera en Stirlingmotor med state-of-the-art egenskaper. Delmål var karaktärerisera nuvarande motor med provning...
HASARD - Holistic Assessment of Ship Survivability and Risk after Damage

The aim of the project is to develop a comprehensive computational model that can be used qualitatively to study and evaluate the condition of a ship with a hull damaged by, eg...
HELCOM ALIENS 3

The overall aim of HELCOM ALIENS 3 project ("Test, further development and operationalization of the HELCOM biological survey protocols and A-4 risk assessments in the Baltic...
Heterogeneous Traffic Groups Cooperative Driving Behaviours Research under Mixed Traffic Condition

Purpose and goalThe project will develop new methods for evaluating the safety and traffic flow impact when autonomous vehicles mix with manually driven vehicle. Expected results and...
High efficiency Otto combustion engine with diluted combustion

For a combustion engine, the main losses are heat losses. It can be said that at least 50% of the supplied energy is converted into heat losses. By using dilution (air or EGR) it is...
High efficient hybrid powertrain

In order to realize the vision of a future sustainable mobility in Europe must according to the EC passenger car transportation to be 80% more efficient in 2030, and long-distance...
High efficient Otto engine with diluted combustion II

Lean combustion in an Otto engine is an important technique to reduce CO2 emissions and manage future stringent emission legislation. The purpose of the project is to continue...
High efficient Particulate free Gasoline Engines (UPGRADE)

The UPGRADE project aims to support the transition to a high efficient, cleaner and affordable powertrain technology systems, based on Spark Ignited GDI (Gasoline Direct Injection)...
High EGR Combustion System

See Swedish site for more information.
High Speed Control of Long Combination Heavy Commercial Vehicles within Safe Corridors

Research Motivating Problem: Road transports to increase energy‐ and transport‐efficiency. Combinations longer than 18m/25m is not allowed today in EU/Sweden. Envisioned...
Higher Efficiency, Reduced Emissions, Increased Reliability and Lifetime, Engines for Ships...

This EU project is conducted in a work-package collaboration with MAN Turbo and Diesel in Copenhagen, Denmark. To support their model developments, we have developed an optically...
Highly Automated Freight Transports EUTS (AutoFreight)

Projektet Highly Automated Freight Transports ämnar forska kring den grundfunktionalitet på tunga fordon som krävs för att realisera automatiserade godstransporter (SAE nivå 4) på...
Highly Automated Freight Transports TSAF (AutoFreight)

Projektet Highly Automated Freight Transports ämnar forska kring den grundfunktionalitet på tunga fordon som krävs för att realisera automatiserade godstransporter (SAE nivå 4) på...
Hull optimisation for propulsion system performance

The project aims to develop hull shape optimisation procedures with the objective to reduce the required Power. This in turn relies on three sub-objectives: Improved understanding of...
Hur beställer man ett energieffektivt fartyg? En studie av fartygsupphandling hos innovativa rederier

See Swedish site for more information.
Hybrid LES/RANS for improved heat transfer predictions in combustion engines

Large Eddy Simulation (LES) is very expensive in wall-bounded flow. To be able to extend LES to high Reynolds number many proposals have been made in the literature to combine LES...
Hydrogen addition to flames at gas-turbine-relevant conditions

Future variations in gas mixture composition in European gas grid requires end users, such as gas turbines, to be more fuel flexible. Mixtures of methane gas with heaver hydrocarbons...
HyMethShip

The HyMethShip project reduces drastically emissions and improves the efficiency of waterborne transport at the same time. This system will be developed, validated, and demonstrated...
HYPOSTRUCT: A key breakthrough in hydrogen fuel cells: enhancing macroscopic mass transport...

Given their high conversion efficiency and zero-emission characteristics, hydrogen fuel cells are extremely attractive for replacing current energy conversion and power generation...
ICAD: Intention Communication in Automated Driving: What Language Will Automated Vehicles Speak to...

Background: Non-verbal human communication (NHC) contributes to transport safety by helping road users understand each other’s intentions. As an example, pedestrians may make...
Ice detection for smart de-icing of wind turbines

The project will develop a new technique, based on acoustic waves and laser (AWL), for detection of icing on wind turbine blades. The technique combines two different methods of ice...
IEA OES Task 10 - Wave Energy Modeling Verifications and Validation

The proposed project is about Swedish participation in the IAE OES annex on benchmarking of hydrodynamic models for wave energy. In Sweden the research in hydrodynamics for wave...
IEA OES TAsk 10 Wave energy modeling Verifications and Validation

The proposed project is about Swedish participation in the IAE OES annex on benchmarking of hydrodynamic models for wave energy. In Sweden the research in hydrodynamics for wave...
IGLAD – Initiative for the global harmonisation of accident data

IGLAD was started in 2010 by European car manufacturers and is an initiative for harmonisation of global in-depth traffic accident data to improve road and vehicle safety. A database...
IMOTHEP - Investigation and Maturation of Technologies for Hybrid Electric Propulsion

To meet the goal of a carbon neutral growth of commercial aviation, the top level objective of IMOTHEP is to achieve a key step in assessing the potential offered by hybrid electric...
IMPACT

Evaluation of the consequences of change is difficult and seldom done in a structured fashion. There is reason to believe that when a new technology, regulation or teaching method is...
Impact of surface roughness on propeller design and ship maintenance (RÅHET)

Fartygens ytskick påverkas under normal drift av beväxning, underhållsarbete och skador. Detta påverkar motståndet genomvattnet och därigenom bränsleförbrukningen. I en nyligen utförd...
Implementing Energy Management Systems

The potential for increased energy efficiency in shipping is evident. Still, actors in shipping appear reluctant to act on these seemingly cost-efficient measures. This situation is...
Impoving risk assessment of invasive alien species and cost-efficiency analysis of ballast water...

The aim of the main project is to build a risk assessment tool by combining the information about the planned route, the key environmental factors in ports, ship type, and ballast...
Improved Availability and Reduced Life Cycle Cost of Track Switches

The aim of this project is to develop methods that will reduce the need for maintenance of switches and crossings(s&c), thereby bringing down traffic disturbances and life cycle...
Improved Criterion for Surface Initiated RCF

In a previous project, an engineering model to predict rolling contact fatigue (RCF) was developed. The modelwas named FIERCE (Fatigue Index Evaluator for Rolling Contact...
Improved injury prediction using HBM, step 2

Thoracic injuries are one of the main causes of fatalities and severe injuries in car crashes. This calls for improved restraints which, to date, are developed using virtual crash...
Improved performance of brake discs: Stage 2

Projektet syftar till att öka fordonens nyttjandegrad genom att förlänga bromsskivornas livslängd och öka deras totalprestanda. Projektmål: * Utveckla beräkningsmetoder för...
Improved prediction methods for ships –Energy Saving Devices

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SSPA Sweden AB (Private, Sweden)
Improved Prediction of Flow Separation for Road vehicles

Background: To meet future demands on fuel consumption and CO2 emissions it is necessary that the aerodynamic drag of all types of vehicles be dramatically reduced. In order to...
Improved reliability and survivability of mechanical wave energy subsystems

The gathered experience of several decades of wave energy research and development indicates that the largest challenge is how to guarantee the survivability of the wave energy...
Improved risk assessment of antifouling paints

The project is a collaboration between researchers at Chalmers and Stockholm University. The overall aim of the project is to reduce the emission of copper from antifouling paints and...
Improved SCR systems for marine applications

The overall goal is to aid in the development of more effective and robust SCR systems for marine applications. This would have a large impact on NOX emissions from shipping and on...
Improved Stability and Manoeuvrability using Electric Propulsion - phase 2

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations E-AAM Driveline Systems (Private, Sweden) Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden) ÅF Industry (Private, Sweden)
Improved Stability and Manoeuvrability using Electric Propulsion (ImprStabMan)

Electrified drivetrains offer new opportunities. Improvements in safety to come from active safety, since energy saving drives weight reduction, which limits use of passive safety...
Improvement in ship propulsive performance by energy system analysis

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) (Research Institute, Netherlands)
Improvement of freight and regional trains for better energy efficiency

The picture shows the time-averaged flow structures in the wake of a simplified ICE2 train. To understand the flow around a vehicle in fundamental terms is the key to reduce the...
In Vitro Model of Whiplash Trauma in Dorsal Root Ganglia – A Pilot Study

Background, aim and goalWhiplash Associated Disorder (WAD) that mostly occurs in low speed vehicle collisions is the most common and costly traffic injury, with a much higher injury...
IN2SMART2 - Robotic Platform

The project IN2SMART-2 ROBOTIC PLATFORM is designed to develop a motor-driven vehicle for autonomous driving on the railway, in order to inspect and collect data in connection with...
Including Nonlinear and Viscous Effects when Modelling the Performance of Wave Energy Converters

The power production from floating wave energy converters (WECs) is today computed with linear models. Although fast, the accuracy of these methods close to resonance and in large...
Increased energy efficiency in ships through reduced hull fouling

The energy and bunker consumption in a ship is dependent on several factors. Condition of the ship hull and degree of marine growth (biofouling) on the hull is an important factor. A...
Increased Energy Efficiency on Passenger Cars through Optimized Cooling Flow

Research Motivating Problem:Aerodynamics plays an important role in road vehicle design since it offers a possibility of getting a reduction in fuel consumption and emission levels...
Increasing Capacity 4 Rail networks through enhanced infrastructure and optimised operations...

In 2011, the White Paper on European Transport reasserted how fundamental transport was for society, for the mobility of European citizens and for the growth and vitality of the...
Industrialisering av CFD-metoder för förbättrad prediktering av komplexa flygtekniska strömningsfall...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) Saab Aeronautics (Private, Sweden) Swedish Defence Research Agency...
Industriell applicerbar simuleringsmodell för hybrid- och elbilar för analys av termodynamisk status...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Injury mechanisms in cycling accidents resulting in fractures

The main purpose of this project is to analyse data on bicycle accidents in a new way. The analysis will, among other things, form the basis for guidelines for designing personal...
Injury site and injury mechanism at whiplash trauma to the neck

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden) Karolinska Institutet (Academic...
Inledande studie för analys av kostnadseffektiva val av marina bränslen vid hårda...

See Swedish site for more information.
INNOTRACK - Innovative Track Systems

INNOTRACK was an EU-financed integrated project (IP) with a running time of three years from 2006-09-01. Chalmers/CHARMEC (formally, the Department of Applied Mechanics) was a partner...
Innovativ Framdrivning och Motorinstallation

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Innovative Engineering of Ground Vehicles with Integrated Active Chassis Systems

Innovation technologies in ground vehicle engineering require strong interdisciplinary and intersectoral investigations with an international dimension. In this context the project...
Innovative Intelligent Rail (IN2RAIL)

IN2RAIL is to set the foundations for a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity European network by delivering important building blocks that unlock the innovation...
Innovative Methodologies and technologies for reducing Aircraft noise Generation and Emission (IMAGE)

The proposed project, IMAGE, is relevant to Topic MG-1.10-2015, aiming to enhance the EU-China collaborative effort focusing on “Innovative methods and numerical technologies for...
Installed adVAnced Nacelle uHbr Optimisation and Evaluation (IVANHOE)

The introduction of UHBR engines poses new challenges on optimal nacelle design, both in geometry and in location. In response to the topic CfP09 CS2-LPA-01-67, the IVANHOE project...
Integrated Duct Aerodynamics

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Integrated Track Dynamics

In this work, available software from CHARMEC projects for the analysis of dynamic train–track interaction, of wear and rolling contact fatigue of wheel and rail, and of ground...
Intelligent, high-performance service brake module for heavy vehicles

Research Motivating Problem: •Brake performance of trucks are limited by today’s brake actuators •A novel brake actuator valve is promising in initial tests (fast and accurate torque...
INTERACT - The interaction of metals and biocides with the selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Multi-resistant bacteria cause tens of thousands of deaths every year in Europe, jeopardizing all kinds of medical procedures. According to the WHO, the rapid resistance development...
INTERACT - The interaction of metals and biocides with the selection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Multi-resistant bacteria cause tens of thousands of deaths every year in Europe, jeopardizing all kinds of medical procedures. According to the WHO, the rapid resistance development...
Interaction between micro and macro processes in battery-powered vehicles

An accelerated development of technologies for electromobility in Sweden is necessary to enable the transition to a sustainable transport sector. Battery performance and limitations...
Intermediate Compressor Case Duct Aerodynamics (IDA)

To reduce fuel-burn and CO2 emissions from aero gas turbines innovative, very-high bypass ratio and smaller ultra-high pressure ratio core engine technologies are required as this...
Intermodeship - The Intermodal Ship

The INTERMODESHIP ship proposal is an initiative by the Maritime Transport Chain, which aims to reduce significantly the problem of congestion on major European traffic arteries and...
Internal Combustion Engine for a Parallel Hybrid

Summary: Combustion engines used as range extenders for electric vehicles promise to optimize fuel consumption and emissions because it is possible to avoid operating the combustion...
Internal Combustion Engine for a parallell hybrid

Hybridization provides opportunities to significantly reduce fuel consumption and will therefore play a significant role in reducing carbondioxide emissions in the future. Within the...
Investigation of angled heat exchangers for heavy vehicles

Research Motivating Problem: The cooling demand for heavy vehicles has increased and the cooling package placed in the front can not deliver the required amount of cooling.Envisioned...
IRIS –Improving risk assessment of invasive species and cost-efficiency analysis of ballast water...

The aim of the project is to build a risk assessment tool by combining information about planned route and the key environmental factors in the port, ship type and ballast water...
Joint University Project ZERO.8

JUP ZERO.8 is assessing and verifying the benefits to the society and the sea of all the efforts the industry is conducting in different projects on the Zero Vision Tool platform.The...
Karaktärisering av av utsläpp til atmosfaären från en lotsbåt som använder förnyelsebar metanol som...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations ScandiNAOS AB (Private, Sweden)
Kartläggning av hästrelaterade skador samt deras orsaker och strategier för prevention

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SAFER, The Vehicle and Traffic Safety Centre (Centre, Sweden) Region Västra Götaland (Public, Sweden) Skara Municipality...
Kartläggning av hjärnskakningar inom svensk ishockey, videoanalys, blodprovsdata och konsekvenser

Syftet med projektstudien är att kartlägga när och hur hjärnskakningar uppstår i svenska ishockeyligan (SHL) och beskriva vilka av dessa som leder till en hjärnskakning med kortvariga...
KM Usability Evaluation

The main goal of this project is to provide an objective eye on usability of the multi-functional workstation developed by KM (Kongsberg Maritime AS) for use in ship control centres...
Knowledge and methodology development for the analysis of air cavity ships

The Air Cavity Ship (ACS) concept in a displacement ship reduces the frictional resistance of the hull by replacing a large portion of the flat bottom with a shallow pressurized air...
Knowledge and methodology development for the analysis of air cavity ships – part 2

The Air Cavity Ship concept reduces the frictional resistance of the hull by replacing a large portion of the flat bottom with a shallow pressurized air chamber. Previous...
Know-Me

The Know-ME project will establish a network of excellence in Europe, integrating experience from leading maritime research and education institutions. Maritime training and...
Konceptstudie av motorcykeldesign för ökad säkerhet och förbättrad energieffektivitet

Genom att introducera låsningsfria bromsar (ABS) på både lätta och tunga motorcyklar kan säkerheten förbättras för motorcyklister. Kollisionsförloppet förändras vilket gör det möjligt...
Konsekvenser av framväxande lätta stadsfordon på trafiksäkerheten, baserade på prognos av...

See Swedish site for more information.
Kostnadseffektiva val av marina drivmedel givet hårda koldioxidminskningskrav

Koldioxid (CO2) från förbränning av fossila bränslen bidrar till att koncentrationen av CO2 i atmosfären fortsätter att öka och eftersom CO2 är en växthusgas påverkar den också...
L3Pilot - Piloting Automated Driving on European Roads

L3Pilot tests the viability of automated driving as a safe and efficient means of transportation. The project focuses on large-scale piloting of SAE Level 3 functions, with additional...
Lågvärdig gas

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Cleanenergy AB (Private, Sweden)
Large Area Propellers

One possible way to reduce the fuel consumption and environmental impact of a ship is to move the propeller to a position behind the hull. This allows the propeller diameter to...
Laserinducerad kristallisation. En ny generation av kontinuerliga kristallisatorer

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Perstorp AB (Private, Sweden) The JohSjö Group (Private, Sweden)
Lass - Lightweight Construction Application at Sea

The project LASS aims at improving the efficiency of marine transport and to increase the competitiveness of the Swedish shipbuilding industry. This will be accomplished through the...
Life cycle assessment of marine fuels

The doctorate project aims at developing the methodology and tools for environmental assessment of energy supply within shipping. In order to evaluate the environmental aspects of...
Lightcomps

The benefits, potentiasl and possibilities of using composite materials in ship design have led to new challenges and research areas in the shipping industry.The objective of the...
Lightweight electric ships

This project aims to identify the possibility of utilizing new technology to develop more energy and cost-efficient vessels. New alternative drive systems and other new technologies...
Low Emissions Core-Engine Technologies (LEMCOTEC)

The main objective of the LEMCOTEC project will be the improvement of core-engine thermal efficiency by increasing the overall pressure ratio (OPR) to up to 70 leading to a further...
Low Energy and Near to Zero Emissions Ships (LeanShips)

The specific challenge for waterborne transport call MG4.1 is, “To support developments that make new and existing vessels…more efficient and less polluting”. A sound way to support...
Low-toxic cost-efficient environment-friendly antifouling materials (BYEFOULING)

The BYEFOULING project will address high volume production of low toxic and environmentally friendly antifouling coatings for mobile and stationary maritime applications. The...
Marina droners with extreme persistence for more powerful monitoring of the marine environment

We demonstrate the use of autonomous platforms / drunks at sea to make measurements and observations in the marina environment. The vessels allow sustained efforts with little staff...
Marine Engine Fuel Injection

The goal of the project lies in the clarification of the influence of the in-nozzle flow – cavitation in particular – on primary breakup, spray morphology and combustion under...
Marine Traffic Model – tool for effective decision-making

Marine transportation has a large impact on the global economy and environment. Several legal entities have concluded that the current environmental damage caused by marine...
Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks (MUNIN)

MUNIN aims to develop an autonomous ship concept, which is described according to the Waterborne TP Agenda by combination of automated decision systems with remote control via a shore...
Marstruct - a Network of Excellence on Marine technology

MARSTRUCT is a “network of excellence” in marine structures. The project aims to improve the comfort, efficiency, safety, reliability and environmental effects of ship structures.Web...
Measures for behaving safely in traffic (MeBeSafe)

Traffic safety has traditionally been centred around diminishing the effects of accidents, or to help drivers prevent that a dangerous situation turns into an accident. Much less...
Melam - Methods for Large Amplitude Ship Motions in Waves

Large amplitude roll motions have been identified as a problem for modern container and RoRo ships. Large motions have been reported not only for head or following sea which may lead...
Methods and systems for evaluating emissions

The purpose of the project is to explore how future marine fuels and abatement technologies, and also different chemical components, such as aromatics and sulfur in marine fuels...
Methods for Improved Accuracy in Unsteady Aerodynamics (MIAU)

In the aeronautical/vehicle industry, simulation of flows is essential in order to predict the vehicle performance and behavior. In these simulations turbulence modeling is included...
MICA - Modelling Interaction between Cyclists and Automobiles

The MICA project will model the interaction between cyclists and vehicles to 1) inform the design of intelligent (cooperative) systems such as Frontal Collision Warning and Automated...
MicroPlastiX - Integrated approach on the fate of MicroPlastics (MPs) towards healthy marine...

En gång ett lovande material för framtiden, har plast exponentiellt blivit ett miljöhot överallt med en närvarande distribution. FN och G7 har erkänt marint avfall och mikroplastisk...
MIDWEST: Multi-fIdelity Decision making tools for Wave Energy SysTems

Wave energy converters (WECs) design currently relies on low-fidelity linear hydrodynamic models. While these models disregard fundamental nonlinear and viscous effects - which might...
Miljöanpassade flygmotordemonstratorer för ökad konkurrenskraft (SWE DEMO MOTOR)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Tooltec (Private, Sweden) Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden) Swerea SICOMP (Private, Sweden) GKN...
Mobility PLUS – Innovative Services for More than Urban Transport

Electrification and shared mobility services will be an important part of sustainable transport systems of the future. Against this background, Mobility Plus is addressing energy...
Modal Decomposition of Separated Nozzle Flow

The applicability of two different eigenvalue algorithms coupled with an axisymmetric RANS solver to predict the eigenmodes of separated supersonic flow inside an axisymmetric...
Model based condition monitoring of switches and crossings (CHARMEC TS21)

The objective of this project is to develop a model based numerical procedure that can identify the structural condition of switches and crossings (S&C) via embedded sensors. The...
Modeling environmental loads and structural responses

Any maritime activity is exposed to variable environment, waves, winds and, in larger scales, storms and consequences of climate change. Safety of sea transports, risk assessment in...
Modeling of DISI Engines

The goal of this project is to develop models, methods, and a numerical platform for simulations of stratified turbulent burning in direct injection (DI) spark ignition (SI) engines...
Modeling of Spray/Turbulence Interaction

The main focus of this project is to address a shortcoming of current spray models; that being the interaction between a fuel spray and the gas phase turbulence, in order to better...
Modeling of Spray/Turbulence Interaction

The main focus of this project is to address a shortcoming of current spray models; that being the interaction between a fuel spray and the gas phase turbulence, in order to better...
Modeling of the influence of chemical reactions and heat release on turbulence and turbulent scalar...

Within the framework of the ongoing project, a new promising approach to modeling premixed and stratified turbulent combustion was developed and validated from the basic viewpoint...
Modelling and optimization of energy management systems for plug-in hybrid vehicles

In electrified hybrid vehicles, the use of the internal combustion engine and the electric machine can be optimized together. However, for best optimization, one must have information...
Modelling Interaction between Cyclists and Automobiles 2

The aim of this project is to expand the work from MICA by improving safety for the whole overtaking manoeuvre and developing (and testing) novel active and passive safety systems. To...
Modelling of thermomechanically loaded rail and wheel steels

Rail and wheel materials are subjected to very high stresses and, in some cases, also to elevated temperatures. The rolling contact loading results in a multiaxial stress state with a...
Modern wood stoves with low heat release and low emissions

Small-scale wood combustion is an important part of the Swedish energy supply, and the number of fireplaces is steadily increasing. As modern houses become more energy efficient...
Modular Electric Drivetrains (ModulED)

Electrification of passenger cars and light-duty vehicles will have a knock-on effect on reducing the greenhouses gases emission from the transportation sector, as it is still the...
MONALISA

Maritime Transport is of great importance for the functioning of society. A large part of foreign trade goes by sea and the integration of maritime transport in the EU transport...
MONALISA 2.0 - Taking maritime transport into the digital age

The vision is to shake up and sharpen the whole transport chain by making real-time information available to all interested and authorised parties. It is called Sea Traffic Management...
MONALISA Ice - Ice Operations (MICE)

Maritime Transport is of great importance for the functioning of society. A large part of foreign trade goes by sea and the integration of maritime transport in the EU transport...
Mooring of Wave Power Devices

The mooring project focuses on the mooring of floating wave power devices. The research is conducted within the Hydrodynamics group at the Department of Mechanics and Maritime...
Motor vehicle noise

Computational aero-acoustics of motor-vehicle in-cab noise generation due to external turbulent flow. The quiet environment within a motor vehicle cab is important for the health of...
Motorer för Effektiv Framdrivning

Projektet startades utifrån ett behov av djupare förståelse av systemanalys för propellerfläktmotorer (´Open Rotor engines´) och alternativa radikala motortyper som inom 20 år...
MOTSTROM - Drag reduction on aerodynamic surfaces

Objective and Goal: In the project new ways of reducing the aerodynamic losses in compressors is sought. One way of achieving this is to reduce friction from the air flowing over the...
Multicriterion Optimization of Track Properties

This project focuses on the optimal properties of a railway track, with the design parameters for optimization beingrelated to the railway sleeper and those track components which...
MULTI-CUE: A comparative study of motion, verbal and visual cues in automated driving systems (ADS)

An automated driving system (ADS) will need to communicate its intended actions in order to avoid alarming or surprising drivers and other occupants of a vehicle. This communication...
Multidisciplinary advanced computations: Fluid dynamics, Aeroacoustics, Structural dynamics (MultFAS)

Purpose and goal: The purpose of the multidisciplinary project is to develop industry adapted tools and best-practice guidelines to computationally couple fluid and structure dynamics...
Multiobjective Optimization of Bogie System and Vibration Control

The bogie system transmits forces between train and track. With increasing requirements on the performanceof railway vehicles, the demands on their bogies will also increase. Not only...
MUNIN-Maritime Unmanned Navigation through Intelligence in Networks.

The research project MUNIN will contribute to the realization of the vision of autonomous and unmanned vessels by developing and verifying a concept for the autonomous ship. MUNIN is...
Mutual Recognition Methodology Development

In this project, funded by the Alliance of Automotive Manufacturers, the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) has teamed with SAFER to address the...
MV Estonia - Research Study of Sinking Sequence of MV Estonia

The overall aim of the research study is to understand and explain the sinking sequence and the underlying causes of the loss of the MV Estonia, and, based on results, to produce...
NACOS Platinum

SAM Electronics GmbH (SAM), and its subsidiary Lyngsø Marine A/S (LM), has started the development of a new generation of navigation and automation products.These applications are to...
Nästa generation Ottomotorförbränning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
National In-depth Road Accident Database

The objective of this project is to collect new real-world road accident data and to make the collected data available to the Swedish road safety research community. Road safety...
Nerve injury of whiplash

Simulation and modeling of nerve injury caused by impulsive venous blood pressure during whiplash occurring in rear-end car collisions. The injury of the dorsal root ganglions...
NESS – Evaluation of NESS for Comersial Vehicle diesel engine

The project aims to apply an newly developed compact mild hybrid system to a comersial vehicle production engine for evaluation of fuel, emissions and performance impacts. The project...
Next Generation of Algorithms to Enhance and Balance Energy Efficiency and Driving Dynamics for...

Research Motivating Problem: Electric propulsion of road vehicle will appear in more configurations than with combustion engines; electric machines can be numerous and apply...
NICE - Novel instruments for effect-based assessment of chemical pollution in coastal ecosystems

Every hour 70 new chemicals are registered and every year about 500 of them will be found in new products. Sooner or later all of these chemicals will end up in...
NICE - Novel instruments for effect-based assessment of chemical pollution in coastal ecosystems

Every hour 70 new chemicals are registered and every year about 500 of them will be found in new products. Sooner or later all of these chemicals will end up in the environment and...
Noll Vibrationsskador steg 2

Projektet syftar till att ta bort vibrationsskador på människor genom att utveckla lågvibrerande maskiner som samtidigt stärker maskintillverkarnas och de användande företagens...
Noll Vibrationsskador steg 3

Samhällsutmaningen är att minska vibrationsskadorna som idag är den vanligaste orsaken till arbetssjukdom i Sverige. Varje dag arbetar 400 000 människor mer än två timmar om dagen med...
Nonlinear ship motions

The project is part of a long term further development of an in-house fully nonlinear unsteady method for analysis of resistance and ship motions in waves. The research is relevant...
Novel antifouling strategies

The aim of this collaborative initiative is to expand and strengthen our multidisciplinary research group on antifouling solutions by a collaboration with Gothenburg University. The...
Numerical and Experimental Studies of Aero-Acoustical Phenomena on Road Vehicles

Research Motivating Problem: The project addresses the growing demands for reduction of wind noise generated by the vehicle exterior; acoustical optimization for low...
Numerical methods for ship motion in waves

The project concerns further development of an in-house fully nonlinear unsteady method for analysis of resistance and ship motions in waves. A development towards analysis of wave...
Numerical simulations of train–track deterioration as a basis for RAMS and LCC analyses (CHARMEC...

The project should develop methods that can provide high-quality deterioration estimates as input to RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety) and LCC (Life Cycle...
Numerisk modell för turbulent sprayuppbrytning i förbränningsmotorer

The project propose to develop a predictive model for turbulent liquid atomization and in so doing take the first step towards advanced design tools for chemical energy conversion...
Nutrient input to the Baltic Sea from shipping

Shipping in the Baltic Sea is dense, with RoPax, tank and RoRo-vessels operating all year round. The cruise ship traffic is more frquent in the summer season and in areas of the...
Nya drivmedel och policyinstrument för sjöfarten: analys av potentialen att minska risker för miljö...

Detta projekt syftar till att analysera olika lösningar för att minska utsläpp till luft från fartyg. Detta är lösningar som införs för att minska svavelutsläpp men de kommer även att...
Nya drivmedel och policyinstrument för sjöfarten; systemstudier av potentialen att minska risker för...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet AB (Research Institute, Sweden)
Ocean Energy Centre - Durability analysis of cables and moorings used in systems for harvesting of...

The projekt involves research on the subject of mechanical drability analysis of cables and mooring systems for marine renewable energy conversion systems. The reserch is performed by...
Offshore Väst

OffshoreVäst is a cooperation project which started in 2013 and can be seen as a platform for interaction and innovation. We bring together some of Sweden’s best in the offshore...
OffshoreVäst

OffshoreVäst is a collaborative project that intends to strengthen and develop the Swedish industry in the growing offshore market
Oil spill modelling and coupling to the risk assessment model Vraka

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SMHI (Public, Sweden) Sharif University of Technology (Academic, Iran)
Ökad energieffektivitet genom kontroll och reduktion av det inducerade motståndet

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Ökad noggrannhet på däckmodellering för att stödja utvecklingen av energieffektiva fordon

Projektet syftar till att minska bidraget till fordonens flödesmotstånd från hjulen vilket är viktigt för att minska fordonens energianvändning. I energieffektiva fordon måste bidrag...
Open Access Virtual Testing Protocols for Enhanced Road User Safety (VIRTUAL)

The overall objective of VIRTUAL is to improve the safety of urban road users by providing procedures and open access tools to assess the benefit of novel safety systems. The goal is...
OpenHBM

ViVA - Virtual Vehicle Safety Assessment: Open Source Human Body Models adressing gender diversity As part of the Swedish research project ViVA - Virtual Vehicle-safety Assessment:...
Operating cycle energy management (OCEAN)

When statistics for commercial transport missions are studied, we can conclude that the fuel consumption, for a given route and cargo weight, can vary by as much as 50%, which...
Optimal Distributed Propulsion

Research Motivating Problem: Long Combination Vehicle (LCV) are transport and energy efficient. But, if not cleverly designed, they can have limited motion performance, e.g...
Optimal Transport of Heat from Exposed Components (OTHEC)

The demand for lower fuel consumption has led to more efficient combustion and thus higher heat load on cylinder parts. Thus, it is today common with engine seizure in test rigs but...
Optimization and increased energy efficiency in indirect gasification gas cleaning

The product gas from indirect gasification for biofuel production must be cleaned from organic pollutants, such as benzene, before final upgrading to syngas. Removal of hydrocarbons...
Optimization of materials in track switches (CHARMEC TS17)

The project aims at increasing the understanding of the long-term degradation and damage modes of different crossing materials. Guidelines for selection of crossing material will be...
Optshiprout - Optimisation of Ship Routing with respect to Fatigue and Fuel Conspumption

The main part of the project is to by means of statistical methods describe wave-load spectra and thereafter propose a fatigue relationship and evolution law applicable on container...
Organizing of the Maritime cluster in Western Sweden

This project has aimed to understand the current state of organizing and collaborating in the maritime cluster in West Sweden, in order to deepen the knowledge about what role such an...
Organizing of the Maritime cluster in Western Sweden

This project has aimed to understand the current state of organizing and collaborating in the maritime cluster in West Sweden, in order to deepen the knowledge about what role such an...
Particle flows in Exhaust gas aftertreatment systems

In this project, Mingfei Mu (exchange PhD Student from Beihang University, China) is studying the flow in inlet cones used in exhaust aftertreatment systems. By 3D-printing different...
Partikelmätningar på gasmotorer för fartygsdrift

Emissioner av partiklar från sjöfart har påverkan på både hälsa och miljö. Partiklar i atmosfären påverkar hälsan genom ökad risk för hjärt- och lugnsjukdomar och miljön genom...
Pathways towards 50% reduction of GHGs from shipping until 2050

The UN agency for international shipping IMO has agreed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fromshipping by at least 50% by 2050. There are yet no comprehensive studies showing...
Performance Based Standards for High Capacity Transports in Sweden

Long Combination Vehicles (LCVs) are transport efficient, including energy efficient, typically 20% less CO2 per ton*km. In order to allow only the desired variants of LCVs, so called...
Performance Based Standards II

The large increase in the goods transport demands, the growing congestion problem and the environmental concerns over transport emissions, make High Capacity Transport (HCT) vehicles...
Personal mobility and development

This project is financed by Chalmers-GENIE funding from the Genie Open Call 2020-2021. The purpose of this project is to provide an opportunity for a researcher with a young family to...
Platinus SAM-LM

SAM Electronics GmbH (SAM), and its subsidiary Lyngsø Marine A/S (LM), has started the development of a new generation of navigation and automation products.These applications are to...
Policy instruments and valuation of impact from shipping (VäSt)

This project is a collaboration between IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Chalmers and Clean Shipping Index. The overall goal is to make an assessment of various...
Post impact stability control (PISC)

Project within FFI - Vehicle and Traffic Safety. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Potentials of using existing roofs for mitigation of storm water flooding risks in urban areas

Extreme rain events have created major flooding and damages in urban areas in Sweden and elsewhere in Scandinavia in the recent years. Future climate scenarios point to even more...
Power dense heat recuperation for aircraft engines

Objective and GoalThe project aims to increase the knowledge of opportunities for an air based system to recover mechanical energy from the exhaust heat of an aircraft engine. The...
Precision cooling for CO2 reduction

Cooling of batteries, electric motors and combustion engines leads to waste of heat. To limit heat losses, save energy and reduce CO2, it is necessary to develop advanced precision...
Prediction and mitigation of snap loads in mooring lines

The project aims to take a holistic approach to the problem of snap loads in mooring cables of floating wave energy converters (fWECs). New numerical methods for snap load propagation...
Prediction of Erosive Cavitation

Cavitation is the phenomenon of formation of vapour bubbles a flowing liquid a region where the pressure falls below vaporization pressure. often brings negative effects in...
Prediction of External Flow Acoustic Impact on In-cab Noise

Objective and Goal: Wind noise is the dominating contributor to the in-cab noise level for trucks and buses driving at cruise speed (80-90 kph). A quiet driver environment is a...
Prestanda för turbofläkt integrerad i flygplan

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Pre-studie on the acquisition of a national AUV for use by all Swedish agencies with interest in...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations The Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) (Public, Sweden) Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, BTH (Academic, Sweden) The Swedish...
Pre-study of research and societal needs for a test bed for hydrographic surveying

See Swedish site for more information.
Pre-study on ship propulsion induced pollutant transport in the river Göta Älv

Flera olika källor bidrar till föroreningar i älven där till exempel metaller släpps ut via industrier och organiska ämnen släpps ut med avlopps-, dag- och kylvatten. Olika...
Pre-study: Analysis of Paris MoU in relation to the environmental impact from shipping and its...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Swedish Institute for the Marine Environment (Public, Sweden) Linnaeus University: Kalmar (Academic, Sweden) The Swedish...
Pre-study: Chemical discharges from tank cleaning operations

See Swedish site for more information.
Pre-study: Deep Learning for Deep Water

See Swedish site for more information.
Preventing Incident and Accident by Safer Ships on the Oceans- PICASSO

This Motorways of the Sea Action addresses wider benefits by studying and testing effective ICT solutions formative solutions and therefore addressing the human element. PICASSO is...
Progressive Degradation of Rails and Wheels

When carrying out an optimization of inspection, maintenance and operational parameters to obtain a balance thatreduces the life cycle costs of railway infrastructure and railway...
Propeller Performance Enhancement for Ice-going Ships (PROFFS)

Maritime traffic has increased in the Baltic Sea as well in the Arctic Sea in recent years. As the climate becomes warmer this trend is expected to continue. Statistics shows that for...
Propeller-hull interaction effects in waves

In order to design fuel efficient ships and right install machinery onboard, ship designers need to know the interaction effects between a vessel’s components. For instance...
Propeller-integrated motor drive for electric medium size boats

Shipping is a major cause of harmful air pollution in Europe and by 2020 shipping emissions of SO2 and NOx could exceed the emissions of these pollutants from all other sources in the...
Prospects for renewable marine fuels

In order to reduce the environmental and climate impact of shipping, in the short and long term, the introduction of alternative fuels is required. There is a need for more knowledge...
Psychoacoustics of Flow-Induced Cabin Noise

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden)
Psychoacoustics of Flow-Induced Cabin Noise

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden)
Public transit shared mobility - connected and safe solutions

We propose to use adaptive learning algorithms in order to (i) estimate the travel demand, (ii) define and estimate the risks of crashes/conflicts and (iii) minimize transit delays...
Quantitative Driver Behaviour Modelling for Active Safety Assessment Expansion (QUADRAE)

As technologies for active safety and vehicle automation grow ever more complex, it becomes increasingly important to complement traditional methods for testing these systems...
R&D of dynamic low voltage cables between the buoy and floating hub in a marine energy system

Technology to convert energy from the sea, mainly from waves or tides can normally generate electrical power in the order of 100 kW for each unit where a large number of devices are...
Railway Induced Vibration Abatement Solutions (RIVAS)

Ground vibration, effected by rail services, is an important environmental concern, affecting European citizens nearby any rail infrastructure. Surveys show that many Europeans are...
Railway vehicle risk analyses

Railway traffic in the EU is expected to increase significantly. However, the rail network does not expand at a similar rate. Operational disturbances therefore carry increasing...
RAMSSES - Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient...

The RAMSSES project has the strategic objective to obtain recognition and an established role for advanced materials in the European maritime industry. To achieve this the project...
Reduced aerodynamic drag of road vehicles by better design of tyre, wheel and cooling airflow control

The project is mainly expected to reduce aerodynamic drag resulting from wheels and cooling flow thus achieving lower vehicle fuel consumption. The project is to develop a generic CFD...
Reduced vibration transmissions - reduced energy consumption and environmental impacts together with...

By jointly developing new and improved simulation models for drivetrain components in heavy trucks, particularly new concept for reduction of vibrations with effective dynamic...
Reducing aerodynamic drag of road vehicles by cooling airflow control and improved wheel designs

Research Motivating Problem: With higher focus on energy efficiency and sustainability in transportation, aerodynamic optimization becomes more and more important as gains in other...
Reducing Heat Transfer in IC Engines

This research is about understanding how to influence the interaction between gas and walls in a combustion chamber, in order to reduce heat loss and heat loads on the exposed...
Reducing Heat Transfer in IC Engines

This research is about understanding how to influence the interaction between gas and walls in a combustion chamber, in order to reduce heat loss and heat loads on the exposed...
Reduction of noise from centriugal fans

BACKGROUND Modern ventilation systems are often driven by isolated centrifugal fans which produce tonal and broadband noise. Exposure to tonal noise for a long-term can affect human...
Reduction of Propeller Noise for Future Electrical Aircrafts

See Swedish site for more information.
Remasd - Requirement Management in Ship Design

The project is carried out in collaboration with the Swedish shipping industry with the object of disseminate new experience and knowledge on requirement-led ship design in practice...
REMCAP - The Resource Efficient Maritime Capacity

Since the global maritime sector is on a strong growth trajectory with an increasing demand for products and services, new challenges have arisen such as the challenge of limited...
Representative, Interactive Linear Eddy Model for Low Temperature Combustion (RILEM for LTC)

Many of the combustion models in use today work reasonably well for traditional diesel (non-premixed) or gasoline (premixed) engines. They take advantage of the physical...
Research into enhanced track and switch and crossing system 2 (In2Track-2)

In2Track-2 is a project within the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme under the Shift2Rail joint technology initiative. The eight work packages (WP) in In2Track-2 are WP1 Enhanced...
Research into enhanced tracks, switches and structures (In2Track)

The main objective of In2Track project is to set the foundations for a resilient, consistent, cost-efficient, high capacity European network by delivering important building blocks...
Robust enzymatic and microbial conversion and valorization of bio refinery side streams, part 2

Syngas bioconversion offers a completely new perspective of using biomass in the bioeconomy that is poorly explored. Thermochemical processes are very efficient in carbon usage, very...
Robust och optimerad synkronisering av växellådor

Ta fram ny kunskap och optimera synkroniseringssystem i mekaniska transmissioner med avseende på livslängd, robusthet, energiförbrukning och växlingskvalitet. Partner...
Robust optimering vid konstruktion av skovlar för transonisk strömning

I moderna motorer ställs höga krav på specifik prestanda. En kompressorlösning med hög robusthet måste därför kunna tas fram utan att göra avkall på prestanda och vikt. Dessutom bör...
Roll motion using a fully nonlinear method

The project is part of a long term further development of an in-house fully nonlinear unsteady method for analysis of resistance and ship motions in waves. The focus during 2017 is on...
Rollen av metanol från koldioxid och vatten för fartyg

See Swedish site for more information.
Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre in Computational Hydrodynamics

The centre supports the marine part of Rolls-Royce with research and development on the use of computational tools to support the hydrodynamic design of their propulsion systems and...
RoughProp - reduced radiated noise to the oceans through surface roughness

Ship generated noise is today classified as an environmental issue, like emissions to air and water. The main source of this noise is the cavitating tip vortex; reducing this problem...
S.O.S Stress on Ships Project

The idea is to gather scientific and academic know-how, the main European academic experiences and researches on the subject, and the main actors and stakeholders of the sector. Such...
Safe corridors, high speed control of long vehicle combinations

It is predicted that longer combinations than those agreed upon in EU directive 96/53 is necessary to reduce the environmental footprint of transported goods. The predicted...
Safe Small Electric Vehicles through Advanced Simulation Methodologies (SAFEEV)

In the next 20 years the number of small and light-weight full electric vehicles will substantially increase especially in urban areas. These Small Electric Vehicles (SEVs) shows...
Safecoat - Strain-, Age-, Fatigue, Environmental Coating - Options and Test

In the project, the properties of polymeric coatings were investigated with regard to, e.g., influence of strain level, ageing effects, fatigue characteristics and impact of...
SAFECOLL- Safety Against Collisions by Means of Innovative Side Shell Designs

The SAFECOLL project was a subproject in the larger project STRUCTINTEG. In the SAFECOLL project, a large scale deformable inner side-shell of a double bottom structure was designed...
Safeice - Increasing the Safety of Icebound Shipping

The SAFEICE project aim is to create a scientific basis for ice class rules (ship hull strength) and for placing requirements on ice classes. The main purposes in the SAFEICE project...
SAFEMIND

In this project, we aim to: explore the use of data mining and possibly other methods to find driving pattern(s) that can be used for the calculation of safety KPIs; investigate the...
Safety and ease-of-use assessment of new electric vehicles for personal mobility in urban environment

The move towards a future sustainable transport system requires new transport solutions that are at the same time easy-to-use and safe. Among the new transport solutions, Electric...
Safety aware vehicular routing using on-car sensors

The main goal of the project is to develop real-time vehicle routing strategies for a mixed human- and self-driven vehicular network, with emphasis on post-accident scenarios in...
Safety Causation, Benefits and Efficiency

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Agencia de Salut Publica de Barcelona (Public, Spain) Loughborough University (Academic, United Kingdom) Centre Europeen...
Safety in automated driving (ADS): modelling interaction between road-users and automated vehicles

See Swedish site for more information.
SafetyCube

It is a 3-year Horizon 2020-project centered around state of the art evaluations of accident risk factors and safety measures based on accident data analysis. based on in-depth...
SAILPROP – also sailing mechant vessels need an efficient propeller

För vanliga fartyg optimeras propellern för den förväntade driftspunkten. Verkningsgraden är sämre vid andra konditioner, men vanligtvis är spannet av driftkonditioner smalt, eftersom...
Satellite observations for ship navigation

This postdoc project has the objective to increase efficiency in marine transportation systems and to reduce costs, risks and environmental impacts. One of the largest challenges in...
Scattering of elastic waves in anisotropic media

The propagation and scattering of waves in elastic materials, in particular ultrasound, find important applications in nondestructive testing, material characterization, medical...
SDWED - Structural Design of Wave Energy Devices

The ongoing debate about climate change, and the decreasing amount of available fossil fuels, makes it inevitable that more renewable energy sources must be developed in the future...
Sea Traffic Management Validation Project (STM Validation Project)

Sea Traffic Management – The next step for a safer, more efficient and environmentally friendly maritime sectorA world where the control of information still lies with the information...
Seamocs - a Marie Curie Research Training Network

SEAMOCS Marie Curie Research Training Network includes research and competence development (post-doctoral) in the areas: statistics and probabilistic methods, marine technology...
SEDNA - Safe maritime operations under extreme conditions: the Arctic case

Maritime traffic in the Arctic region is rapidly increasing. But there has been a huge increase in marine casualties in this region due to its extremely harsh environment and the...
Sekundärflödesvärmeväxlare för Förbättring av Flygmotorers Verkningsgrad

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Self-adjusting gravity table using imaging analysis for quality control (SAGT)

Research around technologies for efficient processing and reliable quality assessment of seeds and grains is motivated by its large commercial potential, and by the needs felt by...
Sesub - Systems Engineering in Submarine Design

The project discusses a set of simulation based design (SBD) methods for Naval Integrated Complex Systems (NICS), exemplified by submarines. The prerequisites for the design of NICS...
SHARC - Structural and Hydro mechanical Assessment of Risk in Collision and grounding

Sweden as a shipping nation works actively and continuously for continued improvement of all types of maritime safety. Over time, Sweden has proposed important technical solutions on...
Ship as vector for transfer of marine alien species-detection of alien species in Gothenburg Harbour

With ballast water and ship hull the global shipping industry increase the transfer alien species to new marine areas. The alien species can have negative effects on the marine...
Ship generated waste –with focus on the food waste generated on ships on route in the Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is suffering from eutrophication, which to major part results from inflow of nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorous to the marine environment together with the limited...
Ship manoeuvring in restricted waters

Full project title:Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) prediction of hydrodynamic forces and moments on a manoeuvring ship in unrestricted and restricted waters The evaluation of ship...
Ship motion in waves

The project concerns further development of an in-house fully nonlinear unsteady method for analysis of resistance and ship motions in waves. The research is relevant for wave...
Ship Motions and Added Resistance in Oblique Waves

Modern ship hulls having a pronounced bow flare and wide flat transom sterns introduce wave loads that cannot be handled accurately by traditional methods. A new generation of...
Ship performance modelling through big data techniques (SPLINE)

Due to the increased awareness of air emissions and economic impact from energy consumption in shipping, as well as stricter environmental regulations, the maritime community is...
ShipCLEAN - Energy efficient marine transport through optimization of coupled transportation...

Shipping today accounts for 90% of all freight transport. Forecasts of the world’s transportation needs in 2050 show that it will double the current level. At the same time, shipping...
SHIPMAN - Ship Manoeuvring in Waves

When a ship is operating in waves, the manoeuvrability is influenced by waves. Wave forces interact with manoeuvring forces and bring complexity to ship motions prediction. In large...
Shipping and ocean acidification

In the late 1990s, shipping emissions of acidifying sulfur and nitrogen oxides were reported to significantly contribute to reduced air quality on a local, regional and global scale...
Shiproutfat - Ship routing and fatigue analysis of container ships

Container ships are open and thin-walled structures which are subjected to severe stress levels which often result in fatigue damage in many places. The objective with this project is...
Ships at Anchor Wait

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden)
Shipwreck Risk Assessment

Together with researchers from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the project will form a risk analysis method that analyses the potential risk for wrecks of which...
Simulation model for operation and maintenance strategy of floating wave energy converters...

The project is a continuation of the project “OEC-durability analysis of cables and moorings used in systems for harvesting of renewable ocean energy” where a “holistic” simulation...
Simulation of atmosphere and air traffic for a quieter environment (SAFT)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (Academic, Sweden)
Simulation of rolling contact fatigue crack growth in rails

Rolling contact fatigue (RCF) cracks form on the surface of the rails due to compressive and frictional stresses induced on the rail at the wheel/rail contact patch. After a stage of...
SITAWARE

The SITAWARE project will focus on how people make decisions during demanding and advanced marine operations, particularly under stress. Advanced and demanding marine operations have...
Site-Adaptive Analysis Methods to Predict and Enhance Lifetime of Wind Turbines

The project will consider the sequence “from wind to fatigue life”, and by simulation investigate how the site-specific conditions (terrain, forest, etc.) affect the fatigue life of...
SITUMAR

The SITUMAR project will focus on how people make decisions during demanding and advanced marine operations, particularly under stress. Advanced and demanding marine operations have...
SMACS - Small Craft Emergency Response and Survival Training for Arctic Conditions

SMACS aims to makte the Arctic a safer location for small craft maritime activity, by developing a safety and emergency response training programme specifically focused on the needs...
SMACS - Small Craft Emergency Response and Survival Training for Arctic Conditions

SMACS aims to makte the Arctic a safer location for small craft maritime activity, by developing a safety and emergency response training programme specifically focused on the needs...
SMACS – Small Craft Emergency Response and Survival Training for Arctic Conditions

As part of development of the SMACS Training Programme, partners SSRS and Chalmers University carried out a unique exercise where 11 volunteers, including SMACS team members Matthew...
Small-scale channel facility

In the ongoing AoA post-doc project with Valery Chernoray, Lena Granhag and Rickard Bensow we are studying hydrodynamic drag from marine paints and fouling. We found it highly...
Smart-Loop: Design of multi-modal human-machine-interaction system for keeping the driver...

In this Pre-Study project, various combinations of HMI modalities in different driving-contexts involving an (i) ADAS and (ii) fully-automated driving system are studied. The aim is...
SO Transport András Bálint

This project uses funding from the Transport Area of Advance which enables researchers at Chalmers to freely choose the focus of their research. Funding in this project has been...
Socio-economic cost savings through risk assessment of ship collisions with transport infrastructure

Risk analyses are made for all infrastructural projects, which supports projection and maintenance. For projects regarding maritime infrastructure in coastal waters, e.g. bridges...
Sohjoa Baltic

Sohjoa Baltic bedriver forskning och utveckling inom automatiserade, förarlösa elektriska minibussar som en del av kollektivtrafikkedjan, speciellt för den första / sista milen av...
SONIC-Supression Of Underwater Noise Induced by Cavitation

The aim of the SONIC project is to develop tools to investigate and mitigate the effects of underwater noise generated by shipping. The project’s first objective is to enhance the...
Spatio-temporal modelling of MetOcean environment for safe and energy efficient maritime transport

Due to the increased awareness of air emissions and economic impact from energy consumption in shipping, as well as stricter environmental regulations, the maritime community is...
Spray Formation Dynamics

The aim with this project is to gain further knowledge on spray formation dynamics of diesel fuel injection by means of a detailed investigation of the near-field behaviour of...
Spray Fundamentals

The goal of this experimental project is to determine properties of both non-combusting and combusting Diesel sprays under various ambient conditions, using high injection pressure...
Spray Fundamentals

The goal of this experimental project is to determine properties of both non-combusting and combusting Diesel sprays under various ambient conditions, using high injection pressure...
Spray Fundamentals

The goal of this experimental project is to determine properties of both non-combusting and combusting Diesel sprays under various ambient conditions, using high injection pressure...
Spray Guided Gasoline Direct Injection (SGDI)

Lean burn combustion systems have the potential to reduce CO2 emissions, and for that reason this project seeks to develop them further. The SGDI project is currently focusing on...
Spray Guided Gasoline Direct Injection (SGDI)

Lean burn combustion systems have the potential to reduce CO2 emissions, and for that reason this project seeks to develop them further. The SGDI project is currently focusing on...
Standardization in Subsea Technology

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations MarCon Gruppen (Private, Sweden) NKT Cables AB (Private, Sweden) Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, BTH (Academic, Sweden) SIS...
Steer by wire Opportunities, performance and system safety (SWOPPS)

The aim of the project is to investigate Steer-by-Wire (SbW) aspects of: 1. Control strategies for torque feedback and driver support functionality 2.Virtual methods for the...
STREAMLINE

Increasing environmental concerns and soaring oil prices are creating a new focus on fuel efficiency for the marine industry. Combining low emissions with demands for more advanced...
Stress on Ships (SOS)

The shipping industry recognizes the value of maritime education and training system for cadets and seafarers of all types and ranks, and expects high quality from their technical and...
Strömningsberäkningar av roterande hjul

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
STRUCTINTEG - Structural Integrity Analysis of Critical Elements of RoPax Ships

The potentially costly consequences of a lost ship in the form of fatalities, property, cargo and related industries, as well as pollution of the environment in the form of oil spill...
Student-developped bio methane process

See Swedish site for more information.
Studies of emissions of organic particles from shipping

Aim: To increase the scientific understanding of emissions of organic particles from ships in operation and investigate methods how to abate and control these...
Studies of ship resistance and wave generation

Since the fuel consumption is strongly dependent on the ship resistance several studies have been made within this area. Thus, the impact of the hull surface condition has been...
Study on the analysis of market potentials and market barriers for wind propulsion technologies for...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Tyndall Centre (Research Institute, United Kingdom) Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur (Private, Germany) CE Delft (Research...
Styrmetoder för elektrifierad dubbelkopplingslåda

Syftet med projektet är att optimera en direktinsprutad ottomotor för laddhybridfordon med avseende på bränsleförbrukning och emissioner.
Sunken wreck environmental risk assessment (SWERA)

SWERA, Sunken Wreck Environmental Risk Assessment is a new approach towards to better under-standing of the pollution threat of sunken ships. The new and innovative approach combines...
Surship - Strategic European Research Cooperation on Maritime Safety

SURHSIP (survivability of ships) is strategic European research cooperation on maritime safety. A first presentation of research results for the International Maritime Organisation...
Survey of advanced immersive training technologies in Europe

See Swedish site for more information.
Sustainable aviation fuels for a carbon constrained world

The project define pathways to large scale use of sustainable aviation fuels. Several pathways compete today, such as biofuels, use of cryogenic methane and hydrogen as well as...
Sustainable ship hull maintenance through development of decision support to the maritime industry...

About the HÅLL project HÅLL is a collaboration project between Chalmers University of Technology, SSPA and the University of Gothenburg. The project is funded by Lighthouse and will...
Sustainable Shipping and Environment of the Baltic Sea region (SHEBA)

SHEBA will analyse the drivers for shipping, obtain the present and future traffic volumes and calculate a set of scenarios which will then feed into calculations of emissions to...
Sustainable Shipping in the Arctic

The project aims to develop a risk analysis model for oil spills in the Arctic Ocean with special focus on the Northern Sea Route. A reduced sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean opens...
Sustainable Shipping in the Arctic – Assessment of environmental effects of oil spill supported by...

The project aims to develop a risk analysis model for oil spills in the Arctic Ocean with special focus on the Northern Sea Route. A reduced sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean opens...
System-level optimization of Lithium-ion batteries for improved range of operation

The objective of this project is to develop the basis for a multi-scale, multi-physics optimization framework, which is aimed to be used in designing the architecture of future robust...
Systems modeling for energy efficient shipping - part 2

Historically, as a consequence of low fuel prices, ship designs have not been focusing on energy efficiency in propulsion. In spite of changes in recent years, ships are still not as...
Tactical decision-making in dynamic uncertain traffic situations

A human driver constantly makes decisions while driving. Such decisions concern, for example, how to merge into traffic from a highway ramp, whether and how to overtake a slower...
The effects of heated streets on injuries of pedestrians and cyclists

Nästan två av tre fallolyckor med allvarligt skadade fotgängare sker under vintern (december–mars), dvs. dubbelt så många fotgängare skadas allvarligt under dessa fyra månader jämfört...
The Global Sulphur Cap in the Revision of MARPOL Annex VI - A Case Study of How Environmental...

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the developments of a global limit on the sulphur content of ships’ bunker fuel in MARPOL Annex VI. In specific, the purpose is to study how...
The influence of clearings in forests: CFD simulations and LIDAR measurements

This project will investigate how forest clearings impact the load and energy production on a windpower station. Advanceded CFD simulations ((CFD=Computational Fluid Dynamics) coupled...
The presence of TBT on ships and pleasure craft's hull

Den tennorganiska föreningen tributyltenn (TBT) är en biocid som användes frekvent i båtbottenfärger då den var extremt effektiv på att förhindra påväxt på båt- och fartygsskrov...
The role of electrofuels: a cost-effective solution for future transport?

Electrofuels is synthetic hydrocarbons produced from carbon dioxide and hydrogen with electricity as the main source. Energy system studies of electrofuels are missing and the purpose...
Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft (TOICA)

Thermal behaviour of aircraft has recently become a crucial subject due to many factors: increasing number of complex systems required by modern, more electric, commercial aircraft...
Three concepts for energy recovery from internal combustion engines

More than half of the fuel’s energy supplied to an internal combustion engine is lost as heat where the largest share is high exhaust energy. The goal of the project is to study...
Time-accurate Turbulence Modeling of Swirling Flow for Hydropower Application

Hydraulic turbomachines have played a prominent role in the procurement of renewable energy for more than a century. Embedded in the context of general technological progress, their...
Torque Sensing for Vehicle State Estimation

Today’s functions are limited by quality of estimates of vehicle states. The scope of this project is to improve vehicle dynamics by utilizing electric propulsion actuators as sensing...
Towards zero emissions from urban transportation

The project will contribute to enabling the transition to an efficient and fossil free transportation system, as well as to the goal of zero emissions outlined by e.g...
Train driving simulation as a tool to reduce railway particle emissions

Sweden is facing large investments in order to expand, and increase the capacity of its existing railway infrastructure. This feasibility study constitutes an interdisciplinary...
Training skills and assessing performance in simulation-based learning environments

The aim of this project is to investigate the use of advanced technologies in the training and assessment of complex professional performance in simulations. The idea is to allow the...
TrainMos - Training for Motorways of the Sea

TrainMos is a study which aims to contribute to the development of the EU multimodal transport system allowing the smart, sustainable and inclusive connection of the regions of Europe...
Transition to Transport System of the Future: Multi-Level Infrastructure Planning for Autonomous...

Using the existing road infrastructure in terms of digital divides and compatibility with current sensor capabilities in the autonomous vehicles, optimal routing of vehicles (with...
Tread braking capacity, life and wear processes (CHARMEC SD11)

Tread braking is a low-cost solution for trains for which the braking requirements do not exceed the limits of such brake systems. These limits relate to different aspects such as...
TurboPower: Prediction of Gas Turbine combustor performance based on optimal reduced kinetics and...

See Swedish site for more information.
Turbulent ﬂow control

The energy consumption in an aircraft is mainly due to the aerodynamic dragforce that opposes an aircraft’s motion through the air. Almost 50% of totaldrag is due to the viscous drag...
Turbulent Spray Breakup

Summary: This project is coupled to the project “Development of Predictive Models for Spray Breakup”. It will provide funding for an one experimental post-doc.
Tyre Sensing for Tyre Model Parametrization (TyreSens)

-Develop a cost, accuracy and time efficient method to obtain tyre model parameters -A three-way validation that ensures correctness of the proposed method -Test vehicle with...
TyreOpt - Fuel consumption reduction by tyre drag optimization

The main goal of this project is to reduce the fuel consumption of heavy trucks by optimizing the tyre drag, which can be represented by a complex function of which only limited...
UEQ - simulations, visualizations and evaluations of future sustainable urban environments

C urrent urban design practice in Sweden fairly addresses noise and wind comfort but not the impact of green areas on thermal comfort and air quality in public spaces. Up to now, the...
Ultra Low emission Technology Innovations for Mid-century Aircraft Turbine Engines (ULTIMATE)

With the ULTIMATE project five experienced research groups and four major European engine manufacturers will develop innovative propulsion systems to fulfill the SRIA 2050 key...
ULYSSES - Wind Propulsion

The project is about design, installation and operation of a wind propulsion system – Flettner rotors. The Flettner rotor can also be used for sailing boats as a propulsion method...
Undersökning av koncept, tillgängliga modeller och metoder användbara för prediktering, uppföljning...

There is a selection of methods and models for the prediction and monitoring of energy utilization in ships. Unfortunately, there is no single model/method that can be applied to a...
Understanding and modelling bubble-induced turbulence

The aim of this project is to forge a physical understanding of the complex flows and transport phenomena occurring in bubbly flows to then develop new turbulence models. Bubbly flows...
UnikAI

The purpose of the project is to combine interactive evolutionary algorithms (IEA) with human creativity and judgment to quickly find new radical, unique and optimized concepts for...
Unsteady Aerodynamics and its Influence of Vehicle Stability

The flow around a passenger vehicle consists of 3-D unsteady structures that can influence separation prone regions. Such complex flows can have significant impact on the aerodynamics...
Unsteady incompressible flow in rotating machinery

See Swedish site for more information.
User and safety benefit evaluation on autonomous driving

The automated driving (AD) technology is on the verge of being introduced in our lives and is expected to bring great benefits. When it comes to safety on our roads, there is the...
Using i-dolly for local distribution of container trailers to logistic terminals from a dry port

This project application aims on conducting research on automating transports of 40 ft container on semitrailer units from a logistic hub, called dry port, in Viared, Borås to local...
Utvärdering av högfartsstabilitetförbättringar med DSLD

Syfte och mål: Den riktningskänsliga låsbara differentialen (DSLD) är en patenterad teknik för semiaktiva differentialer baserad på en svensk uppfinning. DSLD kan teoretiskt kringgå...
Validation of improved turbomachinery noise prediction models and development of novel design...

TurboNoiseBB aims to deliver reliable prediction methodologies and noise reduction technologies in order to allow European Aerospace industries: to design low-noise aircraft to meet...
Värmelast i gasturbinens heta delar vid sameldning med vätgas

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden) Siemens industrial turbomachinery (Private, Sweden) Lund University (Academic...
Värmeöverföringsmätningar i skalmodell av elgenerator

De elektriska förlusterna i elgeneratorer ger upphov till en förhöjd temperatur, vilket minskar verkningsgraden och kan skada maskinen. Därför kyls elgeneratorer genom att luft...
VCloud II, Styrsystem och Reglering hos Autonomt Styrda Fordon med fokus på energiförbrukning

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Cars (Private, Sweden)
Vehicle Dynamics Control Track Days 2016

See Swedish site for more information.
Verification of VRAKA, Part1: Assessment of the probability of leakage of oil from potentially...

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations University of Gothenburg (Academic, Sweden) University of Gothenburg (Publisher, Sweden)
Vibrational damages in buildings from blasting effects

This project aims to provide a deeper physical understanding of the connection between ground vibrations and damage to structures. In addition, this is expected to contribute to a...
VINC- Virtual Integrated Compressor Demonstrator

Objective and Goal: In order to develop improvements in aeroengines an understanding of the development chain as a whole is needed. A croadly formulated virtual platform is a good way...
Vindkraft

See Swedish site for more information.
Virtual Architecture for Development and Verification of Chassis Mechatronic Systems

The project is to investigate how to achieve consistent development methods for the chassis mechatronic system especially the electric power assisted steering (EPAS) system. To reach...
Virtual Vehicle Safety Assessment Step 2: Open Source Human Body Models and Crash Testing (Viva II)

Who would force women to wear men´s shoes, size 45? Would anyone want to make women drive cars w ith crash-safety systems for men? A sustainable transport system without life and...
Virtual Vehicle-safety Assessment: Open Source Human Body Models addressing gender diversity (ViVA I)

The ViVA project aim at making a contribution to increasing gender equality in society and improved safety. The results aim at stimulate the production of innovative seats designs...
Virtue - The Virtual Tank Utility in Europe

VIRTUE is an Integrated Project (IP) funded under the umbrella of the EU’s 6th Framework Programme. It is an EU initiative of leading marine CFD centres to create a virtual basin by...
Virtuell Integrerad Demonstrator för turbomaskiner (VIND)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations GKN Aerospace Sweden (Private, Sweden)
Virtuell Motor Kalibrering (VirCal)

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations Volvo Group (Private, Sweden)
WASP - Wind assisted ship propulsion

Global and NSR shipping contributes to 3% of anthropogenic emissions and increases. High wind potentials in the North Sea and innovative automated WPT; suction wings, flettner rotors...
Waste Heat Recovery

More than half of the chemical energy supplied to an internal combustion engine in the fuel is lost as heat, and the largest source is high exhaust enthalpy. Studies have shown that...
Water Management in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Recently, anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs) have received attention as an attractive alternative to the acidic proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) that dominate in...
Waterjet Propulsion Flow Measurement

See Swedish site for more information. Partner organizations SSPA Sweden AB (Private, Sweden)
Waterjet-Hull Interaction

Water jets can be beneficial to use as a propulsion system for some vessels where common propeller installations are not applicable or efficient any more. This concerns e.g. operation...
Wave loads and motions for a Wave Energy Converter

The project concerns further development of an in-house fully nonlinear unsteady method for analysis of resistance and ship motions in waves. An option to compute wave loads and...
Weldsea - Welding Procedures for Sea Applications

Welding procedures and methods are simulated by means of finite element analysis and compared with experiments. The project contributes to improved welding procedures both from a...
Wheel tread damage – identification and effects (CHARMEC TS20)

Wheel tread damage leads to wheel–rail contact forces whose magnitudes depend on the type of material, the shape of the geometric irregularity and the dynamic characteristics of the...
Wind assisted propulsion of merchant vessels

Increased fuel costs and focus on reducing emissions have increased the interest in harnessing the power of the wind to propel commercial ships. The project aims to demonstrate the...
Wind Power in Forest II - Forestwind

The project aims at a better assessment of how a wind farm in forest produces and what loads occur. Over forest, there exists a larger vertical wind shear and turbulence compared to...
Windpower in forest - the effects of clearings

The wind flow over forested terrain is characterized by a slow down in wind speeds, higher wind shear and increased turbulence. High wind shear and turbulence are factors that...
Winter testing in driving simulator

Research Motivating Problem:Vehicle winter testing is needed for various purposes (OEM development tests, driver behavior studies, etc.) but associated with difficulties like low...
Wooden Buildings in Silent Sustainable Cities

The densification of our cities continues unabated. Urban densification, despite the economic and social opportunities it offers, brings with it challenges to the well-being of our...
Working conditions for a propeller on a ship moving ing waves

The project is part of a long term further development of an in-house fully nonlinear unsteady method for analysis of resistance and ship motions in waves. The focus during 2016 is on...

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