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Viktor Norman

Associate Professor, Docent

I am a research fellow at the division of Engineering materials and I am working with the development of heavy-vehicle engine materials. I am also in the teaching staff for the courses given at Engineering materials.

The role of materials in the mechanical design of durable heavy-vehicle engines

No product will last forever but will at some point wear out. If the product also is intended to operate in a rough environment, such as at high mechanical loads and temperatures, the lifetime is sure to be additionally reduced. In the division of Engineering materials, we are among other things interested to maximise the product durability by investigating and modifying the properties of materials.

Research on engine materials

The automotive industry constantly has to adapt to new requirements on sustainability and engine efficiency. Therefore, there is a continuous development to optimise the engine components regarding the geometry, processing and material selection. My part in this is to evaluate the existing and new potential materials for engine components, as well as developing methods to predict the lifetime of materials in these applications. Foremost, we are striving to improve the design process so that testing can be done with the help of simulations as opposed to real-life component testing.

Research

Publications

2024

Viktor Norman, Max Ahlqvist, T. Mattsson (2024) Evaluation of scale invariance in fatigue crack growth in metallic materials International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 189, Article 108545 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Max Ahlqvist, Kenneth Weddfelt, Viktor Norman, Daniel Leidermark (2024) Accounting for defect position in ultrasonic fatigue test specimen with heterogeneous stress distribution Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 308, Article 110342 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Pavel Romanov, Arvid Jahedi, Anders Carlestam, Bahram Moshfegh, Viktor Norman, Ru Peng, Mattias Calmunger (2024) Hardening of Cylindrical Bars with Water Impinging Jet Quenching Technique Steel Research International (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Max Ahlqvist, Kenneth Weddfelt, Viktor Norman, Daniel Leidermark (2023) Probabilistic evaluation of the Step-Stress fatigue testing method considering cumulative damage Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 74, Article 103535 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2022

Ahmed Azeez, Robert Eriksson, Viktor Norman, Daniel Leidermark, Johan Moverare (2022) The effect of dwell times and minimum temperature on out-of-phase thermomechanical fatigue crack propagation in a steam turbine steel - Crack closure prediction International Journal of Fatigue, Vol. 162, Article 106971 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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