Sven Knutsson

Professor
Luleå University of Technology

Research subject: Soil Mechanics

Division: Mining and Geotechnical Engineering

Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering

Sven.Knutsson@ltu.se
+46 (0)920 493312
T3336 Luleå

Main research interests

Frost, frost action, thaw weakening, permafrost, snow mechanics

Water retension dams; internal erosion, stability

Tailings dams; mechanical properties, long term stability

Erosion and erosion processes

Mechanical properties in coarse grained material

Use of industrial by-products

Dredging and deposition of dredged sediments

Ongoing projects

"Sustainable Management Of Contaminated Sediments" (SMOCS) finanzed by EU Baltic Sea Region Program.

"Snow and Ice" finanzed by EU target 2 program

Swedish Hydropwer Center (SVC); http://www.svc.nu/

Publications

Conference paper

Forensic Investigations of the old E10 road in Kiruna, Sweden (2022)

Bansal. T, Knutsson. S, Laue. J

Paper presented at : 20th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 2022

Conference paper

Mechanical behaviour of an experimental embankment dam during initial impoundment (2022)

Toromanovic. J, Mattsson. H, Knutsson. S, Laue. J, Bernstone. C

Part of: In Proceedings of the 20^th International Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Sydney, Australia, 2022

Conference paper

Observations From Initial Impoundment of an Experimental Embankment Dam – Field Data and Modelling (2022)

Toromanovic. J, Laue. J, Mattsson. H, Knutsson. S, Viklander. P, Bernstone. C

Part of: In Proceedings of the 27^th Congress on Large Dams, May 27- June 03 2022, Marseille, France., 2022

Conference paper

A Non-Destructive Parameter Identification for an Embankment Dam (2021)

Toromanovic. J, Mattsson. H, Laue. J, Knutsson. S

Part of: Numerical Analysis of Dams, Proceedings of the 15th ICOLD International Benchmark Workshop, s. 889-899, Springer Nature, 2021

Article in journal

Dam Safety (2021)

Hazards Created by Human Failings and Actions

Adamo. N, Al-Ansari. N, Sissakian. V, Laue. J, Knutsson. S

Journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering, Vol. 11, nr. 1, s. 65-107

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Student thesis

Impact of Drilling in Embankment Dams (2012)

A Comparative study between Water Powered DTH Hammer Drilling Technology and Hydraulic Top Hammer Drills

Riechers. J

Civil Engineering, master's level, Student thesis, at least 30 credits

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Published:28 August 2006

Updated: 25 September 2019

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