Forskningsgruppen arbeider med elektrisk og hydraulisk aktuert maskiner med Modellering, simulering og design opptimering av
- Hydraulisk aktuerte systemer
- Styring og regulering av hydraulisk aktuerte systemer
- Elektrisk aktuerte systemer
- Styring og regulering av elektrisk aktuerte systemer
Projects and programmes
- H2020 project CLOVER: Robust Control, State Estimation and Disturbances Compensation for Highly Dynamic Eniromental Mechatronics Systems. Funded within Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie program. The collaborative project CLOVER aims at research and innovation staff exchange and implements consortium from 9 European Partners (5 academic and 4 industrial) and 2 Associate Partners from Mexico and Japan. The CLOVER project starts from January 2017. Project coordinator: Technische Universität Ilmanau. UiA-contact information: Michael Ruderman.
- Design and Analysis of Electrical Actuation System for Pipe Handling Equipment Used in Offshore Drilling. Funded by The Research Council of Norway and MH Wirth AS.
- Implementation of Environmentally Friendly Oil in Offshore Hydraulics. Funded by The Research Council of Norway and Cameron Sense AS.
- Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Piston Accumulators in Heave Compensation and Shock Absorption Equipment. Funded by The Research Council of Norway and Safelink AS.
- Virtual Drill and Heave Compensation Laboratory. Funded by The Regional Research Foundation of Agder and Skeie Group.
Previous projects and programmes
- Model based design and optimization of pipe handling equipment for offshore drilling. Funded by The Research Council of Norway and Akersolutions AS.
- Development of heave compensated equipment for payload transfer between two floating vessels using multi-objective design optimization. Funded by NORCOWE (Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy) and Akersolutions AS.
Planned projects
- Part of an SFI (Senter for Forskningsdrevet Innovasjon - Center on Research Driven Innovation) application on Offshore Mechatronics with a work package dedicated to electro-hydraulic actuators for offshore applications.
- Part of Petromaks2 application entitled Regenerative Digital Hydraulic Hoisting Winch for Drilling Tower in cooperation with Castor Drilling AS and Diinef AS.
Research partners
The research group cooperates with a wide range of industrial and academic partners and centres. Some of our main partners are:
- NORCOWE (Norwegian Centre for Offshore Wind Energy)
- Aalborg University
- National Oilwell Varco AS
- MH Wirth AS
- Cameron Sense AS
- Safelink AS
Selected publications
Kabus, Simon; Hansen, Michael Rygaard; Mouritsen, Ole Østergaard.
A new quasi-static multi-degree of freedom tapered roller bearing model to accurately consider non-Hertzian contact pressures in time-domain simulations. Proceedings of the Institution of mechanical engineers. Proceedings part K, journal of multi-body dynamics 2014 ;Volum 228.(2) s. 111-125
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Langer, Thomas K.; Iversen, Torkil H.; Mouritsen, Ole Østergaard; Bak, Morten Kollerup; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
A ride comfort tyre model for off-highway vehicles. International Journal of Vehicle Design 2014 ;Volum 65.(2/3) s. 222-240
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Magnussen, Øyvind; Ottestad, Morten; Hovland, Geir.
Experimental Validation of a Quaternion-based Attitude estimation with Direct Input to a Quadcopter Control System. I: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), 2013 International Conference On. IEEE conference proceedings 2013 ISBN 978-1-4799-0817-2. s. 480-485
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Bak, Morten Kollerup; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
Analysis of offshore knuckle boom crane - part one: modeling and parameter identification.Modeling, Identification and Control 2013 ;Volum 34.(4) s. 157-174
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Bak, Morten Kollerup; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
Analysis of offshore knuckle boom crane - part two: motion control. Modeling, Identification and Control 2013 ;Volum 34.(4) s. 175-181
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Bak, Morten Kollerup; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
Model Based Design Optimization of Operational Reliability in Offshore Boom Cranes. International Journal of Fluid Power 2013 ;Volum 14.(3) s. 53-65
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Kjelland, Magnus Berthelsen; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
Numerical and Experiential Study of Motion Control Using Pressure Feedback. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 2013 s. 337-343
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Langer, Thomas; Iversen, Thorkil K.; Mouritsen, Ole Østergaard; Ebbesen, Morten Kjeld; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
Suspension system performance optimization with discrete design variables. Structural and multidisciplinary optimization (Print) 2013 ;Volum 47.(4) s. 621-630
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Sørensen, Søren Emil; Hansen, Michael Rygaard; Ebbesen, Morten Kjeld; Mouritsen, Ole Østergaard.
Non-linear optimization of track layouts in loop-sorting-systems. Automation in Construction 2013 ;Volum 31.(3) s. 19-30
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Choux, Martin Marie Hubert; Hovland, Geir; Blanke, Mogens.
Cascade Controller Including Backstepping for Hydraulic-Mechanical Systems. I: 2012 IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production : Norwegian University of Science and Technology 31.5-1.6 2012. Elsevier 2012 ISBN 978-3-902661-99-9. s. -
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Choux, Martin Marie Hubert; Tyapin, Ilya; Hovland, Geir.
Extended friction model of a hydraulic actuated system. I: Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2012 Proceedings. IEEE conference proceedings 2012 ISBN 978-1-4577-1851-9. s. -UIA
Choux, Martin Marie Hubert; Tyapin, Ilya; Hovland, Geir.
Leakage-detection in blade pitch control systems for wind turbines. I: Reliability and Maintainability Symposium (RAMS), 2012 Proceedings. IEEE conference proceedings 2012 ISBN 978-1-4577-1851-9. s. -
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Haaø, Jørgen; Vangen, Steffen; Tyapin, Ilya; Choux, Martin Marie Hubert; Hovland, Geir; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
The Effect of Friction in Passive and Active Heave Compensation of Crown Block Mounted Compensators. I: 2012 IFAC Workshop on Automatic Control in Offshore Oil and Gas Production : Norwegian University of Science and Technology 31.5-1.6 2012. Elsevier 2012 ISBN 978-3-902661-99-9. s. -
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Ottestad, Morten; Nilsen, Nicolai; Hansen, Michael Rygaard.
Reducing the Static Friction in Hydraulic Cylinders by Maintaining Relative Velocity Between Piston and Cylinder. I: 2012 12th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Proceedings. IEEE conference proceedings 2012 ISBN 978-89-93215-04-5. s. 764-769
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