1. Dam surveillance/instrumentation (Radarinterferometry/new technology)

2. Bølgeoppskylling (wind), ref. SINTEF project. Reduced requirements – reduced costs with respect to new guidelines from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)?

3. Define dam surveillance/instrumentation level. Surveillance as a substitute for renovation?

4. Changed NVE requirements for earth dams (friction angle, permeability factors, 3D calculation of water current in the filling material). Analysis of the Korgen project

5. Sediment transport: hydraulic modelling, sediment transport using a hydrofoil

6. Hydraulics: developing better quantitative methods for hydraulic problems

7. Concrete dams: status and expected maintenance costs in 2010. Based on a report detailing concrete damage and repair methods issued by SINTEF in 2004.

8. Geomembrane as a dam caulking material, reduced ice pressure, etc

9. Energy optimisation of old power plants

10. Preparation of tender documents in connection with the renovation of hydropower facilities

11. Hydraulic modelling, real problems (water currents, head loss, capacity)

12. Rebuilding of blastable culverts in connection with reduced emergency response requirements by the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE)

13. Use of erodable flood culverts/emergency spillways – fuse-plug

  
14. Continued use of GIS in connection with river systems (maintenance, designs, technical data, emergency response, finances)  

Contact: Trond M. Bjertnes – +47 971 96 013