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Published 03.03.2023 , last updated 26.11.2024

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26.11.2024

Installation and bearing capacity of ring anchor for floating offshore wind turbine

Offshore wind farms are expanding into deeper waters, with floating wind capacity projected to reach nearly 270 GW by 2050 (DNV, 2023). Unlike fixed-bottom turbines, floating turbines rely on seabed anchors for station-keeping.

10.05.2023

Integrated analyses of mooring lines, soil and anchors for floating wind turbines

The main objective of this master thesis is to study the effect of performing fully integrated analyses of floating offshore wind turbines, mooring lines, and anchors, and especially the effects of including the interaction and deformations of the soil in these analyses.

06.05.2024

Back-calculation of settlements from large road embankments on clay

The main aim of this task is to use a large amount of measurement data from a road project under construction to back-calculate settlements on large road embankments on clay.

06.05.2024

Quantification of vegetation effects on the hydro-mechanical properties of an unsaturated soil prone to rainfall-induced shallow landslides in Ryo, Western Norway

Rainfall-induced shallow landslides are amongst the most common gravitational mass movements on slopes in steep terrain (Masi et al., 2021). Vegetation can contribute to slope stability through hydrological reinforcement in the unsaturated domain and mechanical reinforcement via root cohesion, improving resilience against shallow landslide triggering.

06.05.2024

Advancements in Soil Behaviour Type (SBT) predictions from Cone Penetration Tests (CPT)

The main objective of this master's thesis is to develop and evaluate SBT predictions from CPT without using laboratory data.

20.02.2023

Acid -producing potential of naturally mixed masses of black shale

The main objective of this master thesis is to investigate the acid-producing potential of black shale mixed with other masses of varying grain size.

20.02.2023

Benchmarking methods and tools for InSAR in urban and rural terrain

The main objective of this master thesis is to understand the differences between available InSAR processing techniques and their advantages and disadvantages for applying them to different types of displacement phenomena.

21.02.2023

Numerical modelling of debris flow entrainment

The main objective of this master thesis is to better understand and model the entrainment of wet beds by debris flows.

18.04.2023

Recalibration of an avalanche model with entrainment

The main objective of this master thesis is to find out how to optimally choose the friction parameters of an improved snow avalanche model.

19.04.2023

Developing and evaluating drone-based surveying methodology and applications

The main objective of this master's thesis is to develop and evaluate drone-based surveying methodology and applications.

19.04.2023

Modelling of 3D effects in Gjerdrum slope failure

The main objective of this master thesis is to investigate the strain-softening effect in a 3D domain on the computed safety factor by comparing the results of 2D and 3D calculations for the Gjerdrum slope failure.

19.04.2023

Hyperspectral imaging for multiscale assessments of marine litter and plastic pollution

The main objective of this master thesis is to investigate the application of hyperspectral imagery for detecting marine litter and plastics in the coastal zone near Oslo and other regions of Norway coordinated with a beach clean-up initiative.

18.04.2023

Martian and Lunar soils characterization at very low effective stress under static and dynamic loads

The main objective of this master's thesis is to characterize lunar and Martian regolith simulants

27.04.2023

Campus Ullevål – Optimized design of deep excavations in soft clay

The main objective is to raise the industry's expertise in designing and modelling deep construction pits in clay.

27.04.2023

Parametric modelling of shield – tunnel interaction in TBM excavation

The main objective of the thesis is to better understand the geometrical relationship between the shields of hard rock tunnel boring machines and the excavated tunnel around them.

28.04.2023

3D modelling of stability and deformations induced by slurry trenches in soft clays

The main objective of this master thesis is to verify by 3D finite element analyses (FEA) if or to what the analytical method is sufficiently reliable for any geometry and depth of a slurry wall.  

27.04.2023

Virtual testing of sand for offshore wind foundation design

The main objective of the thesis is to apply the level set discrete element method to simulate cyclic sand behaviour and validate the results against experimental data.

27.04.2023

3D-modelling of landslide mobility in sensitive clays

The main objective of the thesis is to improve the modelling of sensitive clays.