DEFENSE OF THESIS: Hao Gao

Hao Gao has submitted the following academic thesis as a part of the doctoral work at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering:

«Thermo-hydro-mechanical Simulation of Frost Heave using Extended Finite Element Method»

For electronic version of the thesis: https://ntnuopen.ntnu.no/ntnu-xmlui/handle/11250/3126560

The Faculty has appointed the following Assessment Committee to assess the thesis:     

  • Professor Jelke Dijkstra, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden     (1. Opponent)
  • Associate Professor Claire Chassagne, TU Delft, The Netherlands             (2. Opponent)
  • Professor Gudmund R. Eiksund, NTNU

Professor Gudmund R. Eiksund, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTNU, has been appointed Administrator of the Committee.

The Committee recommends that the thesis is worthy of being publicly defended for the PhD degree. 

The doctoral work has been carried out at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 

Cyclic triaxial testing on sand and silt, test procedures and interpretations

Professor Gustav Grimstad, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been the candidate’s main supervisor. Researcher Seyed Ali Ghoreishian Amiri and Senior Researcher Elena Scibilia, both Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have been the candidate’s co-supervisors.