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Overview

Jonas W. Ringsberg is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and specializes in engineering research with a focus on ocean and mechanical disciplines. Their work predominantly explores the dynamics and efficiency of maritime and offshore technologies.

Their research output includes publications in several key venues, notably:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Ships and Offshore Structures
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Structures
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering

Major fields of study for Ringsberg encompass engineering, with specific engagement in subfields such as:

  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Computational Mechanics

Their principal research topics cover a range of maritime and engineering challenges including:

  • Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability
  • Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency
  • Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis
  • Maritime Navigation and Safety
  • Wave and Wind Energy Systems
  • Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions
  • Fatigue and fracture mechanics

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Ringsberg illustrate their focus on maritime transport and marine engineering:

  • "Design, operation and analysis of wind-assisted cargo ships", 2020, Ocean Engineering
  • "Decarbonizing maritime transport: A Ro-Pax case study", 2020, Research in Transportation Business & Management
  • "Reduced environmental impact of marine transport through speed reduction and wind assisted propulsion", 2020, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • "Improving surface resistance to wear and corrosion of nickel-aluminum bronze by laser-clad TaC/Co-based alloy composite coatings", 2020, Surface and Coatings Technology
  • "Ship resistance when operating in floating ice floes: Derivation, validation, and application of an empirical equation", 2021, Marine Structures

Frequent collaboration occurs with several co-authors, notably:

  • Zhiyuan Li
  • Hua-Dong Yao
  • Wengang Mao
  • Erland Johnson
  • Luofeng Huang

Best Publications

  • Life prediction of rolling contact fatigue crack initiation

    Jonas W Ringsberg

  • Prediction of fatigue crack initiation for rolling contact fatigue

    J.W Ringsberg;M Loo-Morrey;B.L Josefson;A Kapoor

  • Fatigue crack growth in a welded rail under the influence of residual stresses

    A. Skyttebol;B.L. Josefson;J.W. Ringsberg

  • Rolling contact fatigue analysis of rails inculding numerical simulations of the rail manufacturing process and repeated wheel-rail contact loads

    Jonas W. Ringsberg;Torbjörn Lindbäck

  • On propagation of short rolling contact fatigue cracks

    Jonas Ringsberg;Anders Bergkvist

  • An experimental and numerical study of the effects of length scale and strain state on the necking and fracture behaviours in sheet metals

    Per Hogström;Jonas Ringsberg;Erland Johnson

  • Design, operation and analysis of wind-assisted cargo ships

    Fabian Tillig;Jonas W. Ringsberg

  • Cyclic ratchetting and failure of a pearlitic rail steel

    Jonas Ringsberg

  • Rolling contact fatigue of rails-finite element modelling of residual stresses, strains and crack initiation

    J. W. Ringsberg;H Bjarnehed;A Johansson;B. L. Josefson

  • Ship energy performance study of three wind-assisted ship propulsion technologies including a parametric study of the Flettner rotor technology

    Ruihua Lu;Jonas W. Ringsberg

  • Experimental and numerical investigation of bulb impact with a ship side-shell structure

    Ulf B. Karlsson;Jonas W. Ringsberg;Erland Johnson;Mohammed Hoseini

  • Shear mode growth of short surface-breaking RCF cracks

    Jonas W. Ringsberg

  • Development of a fatigue model useful in ship routing design

    Wengang Mao;Jonas Ringsberg;Igor Rychlik;Gaute Storhaug

  • Development of a fatigue model useful in ship routing design

    Wengang Mao;Jonas W. Ringsberg;Igor Rychlik;Gaute Storhaug

  • An extensive study of a ship's survivability after collision – A parameter study of material characteristics, non-linear FEA and damage stability analyses

    Per Hogström;Jonas W. Ringsberg

  • Analysis of uncertainties in the prediction of ships’ fuel consumption – from early design to operation conditions

    Fabian Tillig;Jonas W. Ringsberg;Wengang Mao;Bengt Ramne

  • An elastic–plastic ice material model for ship-iceberg collision simulations

    Yan Gao;Zhiqiang Hu;Jonas W. Ringsberg;Jin Wang

  • Assessment of uncertainties in life prediction of fatigue crack initiation and propagation in welded rails

    B. Lennart Josefson;Jonas W. Ringsberg

  • Improving surface resistance to wear and corrosion of nickel‑aluminum bronze by laser-clad TaC/Co-based alloy composite coatings

    Zhiyuan Li;Hua Yan;Peilei Zhang;Jialong Guo

  • A generic energy systems model for efficient ship design and operation

    Fabian Tillig;Jonas Ringsberg;Wengang Mao;Bengt J Ramne

  • MARSTRUCT benchmark study on nonlinear FE simulation of an experiment of an indenter impact with a ship side-shell structure

    Jonas W. Ringsberg;Jörgen Amdahl;Bai Qiao Chen;Sang Rai Cho

  • Two-material rail development: field test results regarding rolling contact fatigue and squeal noise behaviour

    Martin Hiensch;Per-Olof Larsson;Olof Nilsson;Didier Levy

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeom Kee Paik
Jeom Kee Paik University College London
Jens C. O. Nielsen
Jens C. O. Nielsen Chalmers University of Technology
Ajay Kapoor
Ajay Kapoor Swinburne University of Technology
Harilaos N. Psaraftis
Harilaos N. Psaraftis Technical University of Denmark
Xudong Qian
Xudong Qian National University of Singapore
Yordan Garbatov
Yordan Garbatov Instituto Superior Técnico
Pentti Kujala
Pentti Kujala Aalto University
John H. Beynon
John H. Beynon Flinders University

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