NGI is an independent international centre for research and consultancy in engineering-related geosciences, integrating geotechnical, geological and geophysical expertise. In this podcast NGI's experts discuss research and solutions required to solve some of the most important challenges facing the world related to climate, environment, energy and natural hazards to strengthen societal security.
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#4: Georg H. Erharter and Tom F. Hansen on the future of rock mass classification
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In this episode NGI’s Georg H. Erharter and Tom F. Hansen talk about rock mass classification for tunnel construction and other applications. We start with a look back into early developed rock mass classification systems and then move forward up to state of the art applications of machine learning for rock mass classification and characterization …
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#3: What would be different had Rachel Carson discovered PFAS rather than DDT?
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Sixty years ago, the American writer, scientist, and ecologist Rachel Carson published her book, Silent Spring, exposing the hazards of the pesticide DDT on the environment. For the first time, the need to regulate the industry to protect the environment became widely accepted, and environmentalism was born. Sarah Hale and Hans Peter Arp lead the E…
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#2: The development of Suction Bucket foundations for offshore wind turbines
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NGI's Per Sparrevik was in 2015, with two NGI colleagues, inducted into the Offshore Energy Centre's Hall of Fame in Galveston, Texas, USA for his work on suction anchors. He has been part of the development of suction buckets foundations from the early days in oil and gas projects to today's use for offshore wind turbines. Rasmus Klinkvort has tal…
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#1: The PISA project and how that changed monopile design
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The PIle Soil Analsis (PISA) project was a big joint research project performed some years ago. Today the project is finalized and the outcome of the project is reported as open access article. The project has had a big influence on the industry and how we design monopiles today. Rasmus Klinkvort has talked with the academic leader of the project P…
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