When a large oil or gas field is produced, several reservoirs often share the same processing facility. This facility is typically capable of processing only a limited amount of oil, gas and water per unit of time. In order ...

The work presented in this thesis concerns the study of complex nanofluids. The interaction of particles in dispersions under the influence of electric and magnetic fields has been studied. The main focus has been the ...

In this thesis the dynamics of the granular Rayleigh-Taylor is studied in a rectangular Hele-Shaw cell. The affect of the interstitial fluid properties on the mixing of the grains is studied in experiments and well matched ...

The thesis investigates and proposes a suitable form of collecting, organizing and analysing landslide data in order to improve the knowledge of landslide processes in Central America. The study recommends the organization ...

Verifying the identity of a user, usually referred to as user authentication, before granting access to the services or objects is a very important step in many applications. People pass through some sorts of authentication ...

Experimental particle physics is on the verge of a new era, heralded by the Large Hadron Collider being commissioned at the European Center of Nuclear Research, CERN, located just outside of Geneva, Switzerland. The LHC ...

Nøyaktige simuleringer av kjemiske og biologiske prosesser på molekylært nivå har lenge vært uoppnålig for en rekke molekylære systemer, og har nå blitt mulig for mange av disse systemene gjennom ny metodeutvikling av ...

Glutamate is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the mammalian CNS. Excitotoxicity refers to the ability of glutamate to destroy neurons, and this pathological condition may occur e.g. during stroke. In this thesis, ...

Hvordan fiskene lukter sex og fare Fisker har en meget god luktesans og bruker den blant annet til å oppfatte farer, for eksempel når andre individer blir skadet eller spist av rovfisk. Noen av substansene fra fiskenes ...