• Moisture Accumulation in Building Façades Exposed to Accelerated Artificial Climatic Ageing—A Complementary Analysis to NT Build 495 

      Asphaug, Silje Kathrin; Time, Berit; Kvande, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Building façades must endure severe climatic exposure throughout their lifetimes. To prevent damage and expensive repairs, ageing tests are used in durability assessments. The NT Build 495 describes an artificial ageing ...
    • Moisture Conditions in Passive House Wall Constructions 

      Gullbrekken, Lars; Geving, Stig; Time, Berit; Andresen, Inger (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Buildings for the future, i.e zero emission buildings and passive houses, will need well insulated building envelopes, which includes increased insulation thicknesses for roof, wall and floor constructions. Increased ...
    • Moisture control strategies of habitable basements in cold climates 

      Asphaug, Silje Kathrin; Kvande, Tore; Time, Berit; Peuhkuri, Ruut; Kalamees, Targo; Johansson, Pär; Berardi, Umberto; Lohne, Jardar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In many countries with a cold climate, basements are used as dwellings. This presents a major challenge concerning moisture safety design. Climate change is expected to increase the risk of moisture-related damage in ...
    • Moisture performance of thermally insulated basement walls in cold climates 

      Asphaug, Silje Kathrin (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:298, Doctoral thesis, 2022)
      Climate change entails frequent and intense events of heavy rainfall and rain-induced floods in many regions with cold climates. In addition, present solutions for stormwater management involve the infiltration of surface ...
    • Moisture Safety in Highly Insulated Wood-Frame Wall Constructions 

      Nelson, Thale Berg (Master thesis, 2017)
      This report addresses moisture safety in highly insulated wood-frame walls. Research shows that the risk of moisture damages may increase with the thickness of the insulation layer. The possible consequences of increased ...
    • Moisture safety strategy for construction of CLT structures in a coastal Nordic climate 

      Time, Berit; Andenæs, Erlend; Karlsen, Trygve; Geving, Stig; Kvande, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      To reduce the carbon impact of new buildings, wood is seeing increased use as a structural material. Cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated wood (glulam) elements allow the construction of multi-storey buildings. ...
    • Moisture-resilient performance of concrete basement walls – Numerical simulations of the effect of outward drying 

      Asphaug, Silje Kathrin; Andenæs, Erlend; Geving, Stig; Time, Berit; Kvande, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The moisture safety designs of basements used for habitation have become a topic of concern. Basements are prone to high moisture strain and have a limited outward drying ability compared with above-grade structures. The ...
    • Monitoring and modelling of water flow and quality at the Hoffselva DEMO site (Oslo) 

      Arntsen, Mads (Master thesis, 2016)
      Hoffselva is one of the main rivers in Oslo, flowing from Holmenkollen in the north and down to the fjord by Bestumkilen. Due to low capacity of the pipes in the sewer network, the river is experiencing a rapid frequency ...
    • MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL HEALTH AND DANGER STATE FOR SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS 

      Sigtryggsdóttir, Fjóla Guðrún (Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:142, Doctoral thesis, 2015)
      This dissertation is on monitoring of structural health and danger state for safety and sustainability of infrastructure systems. It consists of a synopsis, in addition to journal and conference papers and manuscripts. The ...
    • Monitoring outward drying of externally insulated basement walls: A laboratory experiment 

      Asphaug, Silje Kathrin; Hjermann, Ingrid; Time, Berit; Kvande, Tore (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Basements used for habitation represent a major challenge in terms of moisture safety design; they are prone to high moisture strain and have a limited ability for outward drying compared to structures above grade. Exterior ...
    • Monodisperse Hollow Silica Nanospheres for Nano Insulation Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Life Cycle Assessment 

      Gao, Tao; Jelle, Bjørn Petter; Sandberg, Linn Ingunn Christie; Gustavsen, Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      The application of manufactured nanomaterials provides not only advantages resulting from their unique properties but also disadvantages derived from the high energy use and CO2 burden related to their manufacture, operation, ...
    • Monopile Foundation Models for Dynamic Structural Analyses of Offshore Wind Turbines 

      Risueño, Ana María Page (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2018:363, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      Offshore wind energy plays an important role in sustainability-focused international policies and experiences one of the fastest growth rates of all renewable energy sources. Although the cost of offshore wind energy has ...
    • Monopile foundations - Effect of scour protection on eigenfrequency of offshore wind turbines 

      Sævdal, Kjell Inge (Master thesis, 2017)
      Monopile foundations is the most popular foundation type for offshore wind turbines, with over 80 % of the substructures being monopile foundations. When placed in a marine environment monopiles is prone to scour around ...
    • Mooring system design for floating wind turbines 

      Laks, Annika (Master thesis, 2014)
      Recently, there has been a lot of research on floating wind turbines. These structures have to be moored for a station keeping, which is relatively straightforward for deep waters. In transitional water depths (35-70 m) ...
    • Mortar Water Content Impact on Masonry Strength 

      Slapø, Fredrik; Kvande, Tore; Høiseth, Karl Vincent; Hisdal, Jorun-Marie; Lohne, Jardar (Journal article, 2018)
      Building without sufficient knowledge can entail risk concerning structural safety and resource efficiency. The authors of this paper share the view that mortar water content are subject to large variations, and that the ...
    • Mosideo/cirfa tank experiments on behavior and detection of oil in ice 

      Petrich, Christian; O'Sadnick, Megan Eileen; Brekke, Camilla; Myrnes, Marianne; Maus, Sønke; Salomon, Martina Lan; Woelk, Sofie; Grydeland, Tom; Jenssen, Rolf-Ole Rydeng; Eicken, Hajo; Oggier, Marc; Ferro-Famil, Laurent; Harkati, Lekhmissi; Rebane, Ott; Reimer, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In the Arctic, presence of sea ice presents a challenge to safe and sustainable operations. To optimize planning and minimize impact of inadvertent oil spills, oil-in-ice experiments were performed at the HSVA Arctic ...
    • Mosideo/cirfa tank experiments on behavior and detection of oil in ice 

      Petrich, Christian; O'Sadnick, Megan Eileen; Brekke, Camilla; Myrnes, Marianne; Maus, Sønke; Salomon, Martina Lan; Woelk, Sofie; Grydeland, Tom; Jenssen, Rolf-Ole Rydeng; Eicken, Hajo; Oggier, Marc; Ferro-Famil, Laurent; Harkati, Lekhmissi; Rebane, Ott; Reimer, Nils (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In the Arctic, presence of sea ice presents a challenge to safe and sustainable operations. To optimize planning and minimize impact of inadvertent oil spills, oil-in-ice experiments were performed at the HSVA Arctic ...
    • Mot passivhusnivå: muligheter og begrensninger ved rehabilitering av bygg 

      Aarnes, Kristofer Akre (Master thesis, 2011)
      Passivhuskonseptet er på full vei inn i det norske samfunnet og både nasjonalt og internasjonalt vurderes det nå om det skal innføres passivhusnivå som forskriftkr av for nybygg innen 2020. Målet erå redusere den såkalte ...
    • Mot sin hensikt. Perverse insentiver - om offentlige ivesteringsprosjekter som ikke forplikter 

      Samset, Knut Fredrik; Volden, Gro Holst; Welde, Morten; Bull-Berg, Heidi (Concept rapport;, Peer reviewed; Research report, 2014)
      Denne studien fokuserer på investeringsprosjekter som er finansiert av staten og som gir nytte for en begrenset gruppe eller region, uten at dette forplikter mottakerne økonomisk eller på annen måte. En ser nærmere på ...
    • Mould growth in buildings 

      Holme, Jonas (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2010:147, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      Many studies around the world have reported that moisture-related problems in buildings (i.e., dampness) increase the risk of health effects such as respiratory symptoms, asthma and allergy in both adults and children. ...