Luleå University of Technology (LUT)

Brief profile

Luleå University of Technology is the most northern university in Sweden. Within the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences the university provides education in the spheres of engineering, social sciences, humanities, teaching, health sciences, music, media education, and drama. About 10,000 students are presently enrolled and the university employs a staff of approximately 1,350. Besides the main campus in Luleå, campuses are located in Piteå, Kiruna, Boden and Skellefteå. An important sector of research is civil engineering under arctic conditions. Together with the usual courses on mathematics and computer science, engineering courses are given on Arctic Engineering and snow.

LUT's Department of Civil and Mining Engineering has 7 divisions and a well equipped laboratory. It employs at present approximately 80 staff members committed to research and education in the areas of construction management, rock, structural and soil mechanics, mining and structural engineering, steel structures.

The department's Division of Structural Engineering was established in 1977 and is involved in research and education on efficient and effective design, production and maintenance of structures. The division's education activities comprise two undergraduate programs, a civil engineering program leading to the Master of Science degree and shorter Bachelor of Science program focused on project management, environment and information technology in building industry.
 
 

 
Mounting of an ice load panel in a workshop of LUT's laboratories (left) and detailed view of an ice load cell (right) embedded in the panel. 

Images courtesy of L. Fransson, LUT

Involvement in and contributions to the LOLEIF project

LUT led leads Task 2 - Full Scale Tests and thereunder Subtasks Subtask 2.1 - Level Ice Properties and contributed to Subtasks Subtask 2.2 - Ridge Mechanical Properties, Subtask 2.3 - Ice Force Measurements at Lighthouse and Subtask 2.4 - Determination and Transfer of Ice Force Affecting Parameters as well as to Task 5 - Recommendation of Ice Forces on Coastal Structures.

Load sensors for ice force measurements have been developed to withstand ice, low temperatures and sea water. Each panel was designed for a load of 200 tonnes and was calibrated at the university's laboratory. Seven panels were installed at the lighthouse in November 1998 covering half the ice contact area. The recording of ice forces for the 1998 winter and spring seasons started in February 1999 with thin and cold ice and continued until May 1999. The measurements were continued in approximately the same period for the 1999/2000 seasons.
 

Contacts
 

Luleå University of Technology (LUT) S-97187 Luleå      Tel.: +46 920 91 - 000 Fax.: +46 920 91 - 399 WWW: http://www.luth.se

For information regarding  LUT's participation in  the LOLEIF project:  Dr. Lennart Fransson Department of Civil and Mining Engineering Division of Structural Engineering Tel.: +46 920 49 - 11 02  Email: lennart.fransson@ce.luth.se

Please visit also the web sites of LUT, of the university's Department of Civil and Mining Engineering and of it's Division of Structural Engineering for further information.
 
 
 

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Last update: 2001-10-29