Digital Twin research on IVA 100 list for 2022
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Digital Twin research on IVA 100 list for 2022
- 11th May 2022
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Academic Ceremony 2021
- 14th October 2021
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8th of October was the Academic Ceremony at BTH with promotion of PhD’s and installation of professors among other things on the agenda. From Product Development Research Lab and the research subject of Mechanical Engineering we were very happy to see the installation of two new professors in Marco Bertoni, and Sophie Hallstedt. We also […]
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Peeling of metal foil from a compliant substrate
- 9th January 2020
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Abstract Large displacement peel was studied for cases where a compliant substrate leads to a large value of the root rotation. An existing simplified beam model to calculate the peel fracture energy was modified to allow for a kinematic hardening beam model of the foil. The steady-state peel force and the root rotation were used […]
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Trouser tear testing of thin anisotropic polymer films and laminates
- 18th December 2019
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Abstract This research has investigated the essential work of fracture (EWF) from trouser tear test of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films and their corresponding laminate using a convenient cyclic tear test method. Propagation of tear crack in these thermoplastics deflects from the initial crack path due to the material anisotropy. An improvement to […]
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Congratulations Shafiqul Md Islam, PhD!
- 20th September 2019
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Today, Shafiqul had a morning of presentation and discussion as he defended his PhD thesis “Fracture and Delamination in Packaging Materials: A Study of Experimental Methods and Simulation Techniques” in front of family, friends and colleagues at Blekinge Institute of Technology. The research has focused the development of building blocks for complete package-opening FE-simulation. The studies […]
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Congratulations Eskil Andreasson, Doctor of Philosophy!
- 29th May 2019
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Eskil Andreasson successfully defended his PhD thesis “Mechanics and Failure in Thin Material Layers – Towards Realistic Package Opening Simulation” in front of a full house and grading committee, and after thorough questioning by the opponent Gabriella Bolzon (Politecnic University of Milan, Italy) Abstract The final goal of this PhD-work is an efficient and user-friendly […]
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Model-driven value assessment: a case from the food packaging industry
- 25th May 2018
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ABSTRACT Consumer perception of food packaging solutions is driven by early design decisions on paperboard configuration and manufacturing technologies. Simulation Driven Design is common to frontload design activities, but is confined to the engineering field and fails to capture higher-level value aspects. This paper presents an assessment framework connecting customer value dimensions with simulations conducted […]
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BTH-forskare i Kina för att diskutera hållbar produktion
- 24th April 2018
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En delegation bestående av forskare från bland annat BTH, Lunds universitet, Swerea IVF, Tetra Pak och Volvo Cars har diskuterat hållbar materialformning och dess tillämpningar inom bil- och förpackningsindustrin vid ett veckolångt besök i Kina. Symposiet arrangerades av BTH, Shanghai Polytechnic University och Kunming University of Science and Technology.
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Experimental and numerical assessment of the work of fracture in injection-moulded low-density polyethylene
- 22nd March 2018
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ABSTRACT The fracture mechanics properties of injection-moulded low-density polyethylene (LDPE) sheets were investigated both experimentally and numerically. The total work of fracture was determined experimentally, by means of fracture mechanics testing of sheets of injection-moulded LDPE with side cracks of different lengths. A multi-specimen method, proposed by Kim and Joe (1987), was employed. The total […]
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Extreme Product-Service Innovation 2017/18 completed
- 11th January 2018
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In the Extreme PSS Innovation course, students from BTH’s masters programmes in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Management and Engineering, and Sustainable Product-Service System Innovation (MSPI) are given challenges from real industrial companies to solve. The course is a central part of BTH’s mantra “In Real Life”.
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