CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME : ERSDAL,
Gerhard
Year of birth : 1966
Nationality : Norwegian
Languages : English
Current position : Principal Engineer, Structural
Integrity
Current employer : Petroleum Safety Authority
Previous employment
: 1999 - 2002 : Norwegian Petroleum Directorate, 1992 - 1999 : Multiconsult AS
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience since
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Analyses,
design and review of structures including hydrodynamic and aerodynamic load
analyses, static structural analyses (linear and non-linear), dynamic response
analyses (wave-, wind-, earthquake- and transient response), fatigue design,
non-linear analysis, vibration evaluations and local steel design.
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Offshore
industry, including jacket structures, semisubmersibles,
FPSO’s, topside structures, helidecks,
flare towers and concrete platforms,
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Onshore
industry, including bridges, industrial plants and buildings.
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Experience
from the use of the finite element programs USFOS, PROBAN, ANSYS, SACS, SESAM and STAAD III
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Quality
assurance including several technical and quality audits of design projects, HSE management and management of structural integrity.
Certified Quality Assurance Leader.
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Accident
investigation.
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Risk
analysis.
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Development
of NPD and PSA regulations, and national / international standardization.
Participation in the
following Research and Development projects:
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SIM - CMM – Structural
Integrity Management Capability Maturity Model.
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“Risk
level on the Norwegian Continental Shelf”.
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SAFERELNET
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"Linear
and non-linear structural analyses and verification of design principles for
large prestressed concrete box girder bridges".
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"Development
of design principles for vibrations due to railway traffic".
Participation in the
steering comity for the following Research and Development projects:
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Norwegian
Deepwater Program - Metocean,
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Marintek JIP "Design loads ad integrity assessment
for wave impact on bow and deck structures".
EDUCATION:
2000 –
2005 Doktor Ingeniør (PhD).
1989 - 1991 Graduate Civil Engineer (M.Sc.). University of Trondheim,
Norwegian Institute of Technology, Department of Structural Engineering.
Final degree mark: 1.8
1986 - 1989 Engineering Diploma in Construction.
Post graduate courses, at
2000,
Department of Science and Technology. Research methods.
2000,
Department of Science and Technology. Environmental loads on structures
1999,
Department of Science and Technology. "Reliability of
structures".
Post graduate courses, all
at the
1997,
Department of Structural Engineering, "Computional
methods in structural dynamics".
1996,
Department of Structural Engineering, "Wind Engineering".
1995,
Department of Structural Engineering, "Transient loading and response of
structures".
1994,
Department of Mechanics, "Theory of plasticity".
1992,
Department of Structural Engineering, "Non-Linear finite element
analysis".
PUBLICATIONS:
Ersdal, G and Aven
T. Risk management and its ethical basis. Submitted for publication in
Reliabiltiy Engineerning
and system Safety, 2005.
Ersdal, G. and Friis-Hansen, A. (2004). “Safety barriers in offshore drill rigs
derived from accident investigation”, Proceedings of OMAE
2004, the 23rd International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Artic
Engineering,
Ersdal, G., Kübler,
O., Faber, M.H., Sørensen,
J.D. and Langen,
Ersdal, G., Sørensen,
J.D. and Langen,
Ersdal, G. (2002). On safety of fixed
offshore structures, failure paths and barriers, Proceedings of OMAE 2002, the 21st International Conference on Offshore
Mechanics and Artic Engineering, Oslo, Norway.
Kvitrud, A, Ersdal,
G and Leonardsen R.L.: "On the Risk of Structural
failure on Norwegian Offshore Installations", ISOPE 2001,
Leonardsen R.L., Ersdal, G and Kvitrud, A: "Experience and Risk assessment of FPSOs in use on the Norwegian Continental Shelf -
Descriptions of Events", ISOPE 2001,
Ersdal, G and Kvitrud,
A: "Green water incidents on
Norwegian production ships", HSE workshop, 27.
September 2000
Ersdal, G and Kvitrud,
A: "Green water on Norwegian
production ships", ISOPE 2000, Seattle, USA
Published on Internet:
Ersdal, G: "An overview of ocean currents with
emphasis on currents on the Norwegian continental shelf", www.gerhard.ersdal.com, March 2001