• Cyclic fatigue in unlined hydro tunnels caused by pressure transients 

      Neupane, Bibek; Panthi, Krishna Kanta; Vereide, Kaspar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Regulated hydropower is currently the most capable load balancing technology for the future renewable energy system which will be characterized by a large share of unregulated energy from solar and wind power. Increased ...
    • Design review of the headrace system for the Upper Tamakoshi project, Nepal 

      Panthi, Krishna Kanta; Basnet, Chhatra Bahadur (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      One way to reduce the cost of construction of hydroelectric projects with underground waterway systems is to allow the rock mass to act as natural concrete and to adopt unlined/shotcrete-lined pressure tunnels to the extent ...
    • Improved design of unlined air cushion surge chambers 

      Ødegaard, Henki; Vereide, Kaspar; Nilsen, Bjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      An overview of important design considerations for unlined air cushion surge chambers is given and three innovative solutions that can enable a safer and more economic design are presented. The paper is based on information ...