• An under-excavation model for The Leaning Tower of Pisa 

      Kristiansen, Maria (Master thesis, 2012)
      The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a complex case and has due to its nature been analyzed for decades through both manual and numerical testing. Resent FEM analyses have still not succeeded in modeling all of the stabilizing ...
    • Formulation of non-coaxial plastic dissipation and stress–dilatancy relations for geomaterials 

      Tsegaye, Anteneh Biru; Benz, Thomas; Nordal, Steinar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Stress–dilatancy theories play a central role in the modeling of the plastic dissipation of geomaterials. There exist several mathematical frameworks for describing the stress–dilatancy behavior of soils. One of the limiting ...
    • Iteratively coupled implicit dynamic MPM-FVM 

      Nøst, Hilde Aas (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:19, Doctoral thesis, 2019)
      Several geotechnical engineering problems involve the interaction between deformation of the soil skeleton and the development of pore water pressures. Very often the deformations are considered to be small, which opens ...
    • MATLAB FEM Code - From Elasticity to Plasticity 

      Sherif, Feysel Nesru (Master thesis, 2012)
      A MATLAB Finite Element code for plane strain analysis of footings on an Elasto-plastic material using the Mohr Coulomb failure criteria has been developed. The first step is to develop codes for mesh generation and Gaussian ...
    • On the Mechanical Properties of Cement Grout 

      Vollan, Rikke Marie (Master thesis, 2012)
      During pressure grouting of ground anchors in non-cohesive soils the water in the grout is filtrated out, producing a stiff filter cake material. Often the grouting is done in more than one stage so that the filter cake ...