Principal project objective: To develop the scientific platform for next generation quantitative modelling of residual stresses and associated integrity assessment for welded steel components and structures.

RESIA is funded by the Research Council of Norway (“STORFORSK” Programme).

• Fundamental focus; competence building
• International collaboration
• 19.6 MNOK (2.5 million Euro) for the four year period March 2005 – February 2009

Main tasks

• Integrity assessment
• Finite element backbone
• Constitutive models
• Model validation and demonstration

Contact Persons:

Asbjørn Mo (SINTEF)
Project Leader
e-mail: Asbjorn.Mo@sintef.no

Zhiliang Zhang (NTNU)
e-mail: Zhiliang.Zhang@ntnu.no

Hallvard Fjær (IFE)
e-mail: Hallvard.Fjar@ife.no

More information about our partners and results can be found on the RESIA project website.