Monthly Archives: May 2011

Research Based Company Start-up: Acoustic Agree AB

Acoustic Agree AB is a company active in non-destructive testing using ultrasound technology. It is based on the research by Kristian Haller (PhD) during his time at BTH Mechanical Engineering. Kristian Haller Acoustical Measurements of Material Nonlinearity and Nonequilibrium Recovery Department of Mechanical Engineering, Doctoral Dissertation Series No. 2008:11 Sharing       

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The GUL Engine – Innovative engine development

In the GUL project a radically new, and patented, engine was being further developed and analyzed by Tobias Larsson, with focus on dynamic loads. The engine was targeting less vibrations, less fuel consumption and less noise. A web based simulation support software was also created to make dynamic analysis possible from remote. See the interface […]

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Quality of sandwich composites and composite-steel joints in response to fatigue, impacts, explosions, and design parameters | 2011-2013

Objective: Methods and tools for hull monitoring in composites ships, together with manufacturing methods for composites. These methods can be used for monitoring, at manufacturing, and for ships at sea, saving time in dock. Budget: 9 MSEK (KK Foundation), BTH 4.5 MSEK Time: 2011-2013 Partners: Kockums Karlskronavarvet AB (Thyssen Krupp), DIAB AB, and Baltic Engineering AB […]

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Measuring Innovation Capability in Teams – MINT | 2011-

Objectives: Innovation capability is important for industrial companies today in order to be competitive on the market. But the questions are first, how can the current state of innovation capability be known? And second, what need to be undertaken to increase the innovative performance? These were the guiding questions behind this research project being conducted at Volvo Construction […]

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Dynamics in Metal Cutting | 2009-2011

Project completion brief: BTH-PDRL-Project-DynamicsMetalCutting-completed.pdf Industrial PhD support: Sandvik AB STA participants: Martin Magnevall PhD thesis of Marting Magnevall: Simulation and Experimental Methods for Characterization of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems Sharing       

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