• A Study of some Factors in Mechanistic Railway Track Design 

      Skoglund, Kjell Arne (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2002:54, Doctoral thesis, 2002)
      This thesis is composed of three main parts: The first part that uses classic track models as a basis for further developments, the second part that deals with constitutive behaviour of granular materials and the third ...
    • Behaviour and Strength Prediction of reinforced Concrete Structures with Discontinuity Regions 

      Brå, Helge (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:11, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      This report presents an analytical study on reinforced concrete members with disturbed stress and strain states which are mainly caused by geometrical irregularities and loading conditions. Finite element methods are used ...
    • Freeze-Thaw Resistance of Concrete: Effect of: Curing Conditions, Moisture Exchange and Materials 

      Rønning, Terje F. (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2001:4, Doctoral thesis, 2001)
      Research on freeze-thaw resistance of concrete in general and on curing and moisture conditions in particular is motivated from an economic and product sustainability point of view. Specifically, it is argued for the ...
    • Før tårnene faller.: Om forvaltning, drift, vedlikehold og utvikling (FDVU) av kirker, med spesiell vekt på kirkene i Møre bispedømme 

      Mørk, Max Ingar (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2003:7, Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      Before the Steeples Fall Facility Management (FM) techniques applied to churches, with emphasis on the churches of the Diocese of Møre The church is a building old and tall, Standing though steeples are falling. Fell ...
    • Hard Rock Tunnel Boring 

      Bruland, Amund (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 1998:81, Doctoral thesis, 2000)
      The main purpose of the thesis work has been to improve the existing prediction models and to provide a toolbox for the TBM tunnelling industry (project owners, consultants, contractors, manufacturers, etc.) to be used ...
    • Heat transfer in window frames with internal cavities 

      Gustavsen, Arild (Dr.ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2001:86, Doctoral thesis, 2001)
      Heat transfer in window frames with internal air cavities is studied in this thesis. Investigations focus on two- and three-dimensional natural convection effects inside air cavities, the dependence of the emissivity on ...
    • Improvement Fatigue Performance of Threaded Drillstring Connections by Cold Rolling 

      Kristoffersen, Steinar (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2002:11, Doctoral thesis, 2002)
      The research work presented in this thesis is concerned with analytical, numerical and experimental studies of the effect of cold rolling on the fatigue behaviour of threaded drillstring connections. A comprehensive ...
    • Investigations of some material properties for structural analysis of LECA masonry 

      Kvande, Tore (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2001:9, Doctoral thesis, 2001)
      Masonry made from Light Expanded Clay Aggregate (LECA) concrete blocks is by far the most popular manufactured masonry in Norway. LECA is a lightweight aggregate (LWA). The main objective of this study is to expand the ...
    • Numerical and physical modelling of oil spreading in broken ice 

      Gjøsteen, Janne K. Ø. (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2002:130, Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      The present work focus on oil spreading in broken ice, and the content of this thesis falls into three categories: • The physical and numerical modelling of oil spreading in ice. • Ice models, and parameters describing ...
    • Slipforming of Vertical Concrete Structures. Friction between Concrete and Slipform Panel 

      Fosså, Kjell Tore (Dr.ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2001:61, Doctoral thesis, 2001)
      Slipforming is a construction method that has been used in several decades for production of concrete structures. It is a wide range of different structures that are slipformed, but typical are vertical structures such as ...
    • Statistical modelling of pipe failures in water networks 

      Røstum, Jon (Dr. ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2000:12, Doctoral thesis, 2000)
      This thesis presents an evaluation of statistical methods for modelling pipe failures for each individual pipe in a water distribution network. This thesis introduces the Non Homogeneous Poisson Process (NHPP) with covariates ...
    • Tensile and Compressive Creep of Young Concrete: Testing and Modelling 

      Atrushi, Dawood Soliman (Dr.ingeniøravhandling, 0809-103X; 2003:17, Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      The thesis deals with experimental and numerical modelling to characterize early age tensile and compressive creep and its associated stress relaxation - which are very important properties in stress simulation of early ...