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A Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the Long-Term Hydraulic Reliability of Norwegian Water Distribution Network - A Case Study
(Master thesis, 2016)Abstract Today, the water utilities in Norway experience ageing and deterioration of assets in their water supply systems. The rehabilitation rate needs to increase in order to avoid a possible lag in renewal. Trends of ... -
Quality Assessment of Building Footprint data on OpenStreetMap in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)OpenStreetMap (OSM) er en av de mest populære kartene som er laget ved bruk av digital dugnad. OSM kan tilegne seg ny informasjon raskt og detaljert, og kan bli brukt i områder hvor det er vanskelig å skaffe kommersiell ... -
Quality Assurance of Major Public Infrastructure Projects in Cyprus
(Master thesis, 2017)The purpose of this thesis is to present the Quality Assurance scheme of Cyprus and discuss issues with the implementation of the scheme, regarding structural and working culture matters. The function of a QA scheme is to ... -
Quality assurance scheme in large public investment projects in Costa Rica
(Master thesis, 2017)Quality Assurance Schemes are implemented by governments due to the necessity to ensure quality in the decision-making process during the front-end phase of a project. Costa Rica is also beginning to implement such schemes ... -
Quantification Assessment of Extraneous Water Infiltration and Inflow by Analysis of the Thermal Behavior of the Sewer Network
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Infiltration and inflow (I/I) of unwanted water in separate urban sewer networks are critical issues for sustainable urban water management. Accurate quantification of unwanted water I/I from individual sources into a sewer ... -
Quantification of Bacterial Adhesion and Characterization of Polymeric Pristine and Modified UF Membranes
(Master thesis, 2016)Membrane filtration is an important technology that might help solving future challenges regarding the access to potable drinking water. One of the main challenges in membrane operations is biofouling. Biofouling is the ... -
Quantification of climate change impact on rainfall-induced shallow landslide susceptibility: a case study in central Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Climate change impact on rainfall-induced landslide susceptibility of a certain region is often implied based on expected changes in rainfall patterns and rarely explicitly quantified. This study aims to address this gap ... -
Quantification of Energy Flexibility and Survivability of All-Electric Buildings with Cost-Effective Battery Size: Methodology and Indexes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)All-electric buildings are playing an important role in the electrification plan towards energy-neutral smart cities. Batteries are key components in all-electric buildings that can help the demand-side energy management ... -
Quantification of Wind-Driven Rain Intrusion in Building-Integrated Photovoltaic Systems
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Wind-driven rain (WDR) impact is a serious exposure that affects performance of the building envelope components and systems. This study presents results from a laboratory investigation of a testing methodology of WDR ... -
Quantifying false bottoms and under-ice meltwater layers beneath Arctic summer sea ice with fine-scale observations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Kartlegging av ferskvannslag og dannelse av falsk bunnis under sjøisen ved sommarsmelting i sentrale Polhavet Sjøisen i Polhavet er i rask endring. Den er blitt mye tynnere i løpet av de siste tiårene, havet og atmosfæren ... -
Quantifying groundwater exploitation induced subsidence in the Rafsanjan Plain, southeastern Iran, using InSAR time-series and in situ measurements
(Journal article, 2017)Decades of groundwater overexploitation for agriculture and industrial development have resulted in substantial land subsidence in the Rafsanjan plain of southeastern Iran. This work presents the results of an InSAR time ... -
Quantifying Icebreaker Performance in Ice Management Operations by High-Fidelity Numerical Simulations
(Chapter, 2020)In the study presented in this paper, the problem of quantifying the performance of icebreaker operations within ice management (IM) has been targeted, using the capabilities of high-fidelity simulations by a discrete ... -
Quantifying Infiltration and Inflow in Data-Scarce Environments
(Master thesis, 2023)Avløpssystemer spiller en avgjørende rolle i å transportere avløpsvann bort fra befolkede områder og sikre viktige tjenester for verdens befolkning. Imidlertid utgjør den aldrende infrastrukturen og den begrensede kapasiteten ... -
Quantifying vertical profiles of biochemical traits for forest plantation species using advanced remote sensing approaches
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Biochemical traits in forest vegetation are key indicators of leaf physiological processes, specifically photosynthetic and other photochemical light pathways, and are critical to the quantification of the terrestrial ... -
Quantitative Assessment of Road Performance of Recycled Asphalt Mixtures Incorporated with Steel Slag
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Circular utilization of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) has received extensive attention for its economic and environmental benefits. The application of recycled asphalt mixtures (RAM) in the upper layer of asphalt pavement ... -
Quantitative chemical risk assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in soil improver made from wastewater sludge
(Master thesis, 2023)Per- og polyfluoralkylerte stoffer (PFAS) er kjemikaler som gir bekymring på grunn av deres persistens i miljøet og skadelige helseeffekter på levende skapninger. PFAS er brukt mye i produkter siden de kan avstøte både ... -
Quantitative Evaluation of Bathymetric LiDAR Sensors and Acquisition Approaches in Lærdal River in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The development of bathymetric LiDAR technology has contributed significantly to both the quality and quantity of river bathymetry data. Although several bathymetric LiDAR sensors are available today, studies that evaluate ... -
Quantitative Flood Risk Assessment in Drammenselva River, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Floods are frequent natural hazards, triggering significant negative consequences for the economy every year. Their impact is expected to increase in the near future due to socio-economic development and climate change. ... -
Quantm som erstatning for tradisjonelle linjevalgsmetoder
(Master thesis, 2021)Quantm er et digitalt prosjekteringsverktøy fra teknologiselskapet Trimble som i de siste årene har fått mer og mer oppmerksomhet. Programmet skal angivelig gjøre valg og vurderinger av linjeføringer mer effektivt og ... -
The Quest for a Precise Geoidal Height Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2004)The geoid is defined as an equipotential surface of the Earth�s actual gravity field inside the topographical masses on land (in most cases) and more or less coinciding with mean sea level at sea. Over the last decade, ...