Behaviour and Stability of Shallow Underground Constructions

• Main Author: Jimmy Töyrä
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Andreas; Ida; Malmgren; Villegas; Luleå
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.503.247; http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1757/2006/76/LTU-LIC-0676-SE.pdf

iPREFACE The research presented in this thesis was carried out at the Division of Mining and Geotechnical Engineering at Luleå University of Technology. It was performed during the years 2003-2006, under the supervision of Professor Erling Nordlund. The financial support for the project has been provided by SveBeFo, SBUF and Banverket. First of all I would like to thank Prof. Erling Nordlund for giving me the chance to do this work here at the university and for making time for me in his tight schedule. I also want to thank my reference group, Johnny Sjöberg at Vattenfall Power Consultant AB, Tomas Franzén Managing Director of SveBeFo, Olle Olofsson at Banverket, Anders Fredriksson at Golder Associates AB, Beatrice Lindström at WSP Group and Bengt Niklasson and Björn Stille at Skanska for pointing me in the right direction. All the people who helped me along the way deserve thanks. Lars Malmgren, David Saiang, Tomas Villegas, Alexander Bondarchuk and Fredrik Perman have helped me with numerical modelling. Catrin Edelbro, Kristina Larsson and Andreas Eitzenberger who got me through all the bureaucracy, Magnus Westblom for playing pool with me, and for all the co-workers at the institution for the interesting discussions during coffee breaks. I would like to thank the Trailer Park Boys, Mattias, Jonas and Arvid for the adventures in the mountains. Kloot has been moved, long live Kloot. Hotel Tellus, for staying put. It feels like home. The Mattsson family (Inger, Pär, Ida and Otto) for their support. Haluan myös kiittää tätejäni Marjattaa, Kirstiä ja Riittaa heidän loppumattomasta avustaan. My family for giving me the opportunities in life, for the never ending-support, care and love. Finally, I want to thank my beloved Sara. I’m looking forward to all the adventures that lie ahead of us.