Nilmar Janbu

Nilmar Oskar Charles Janbu (23 August 1921 – 4 January 2013) was a Norwegian engineer and geotechnician.

Nilmar Janbu
Born	(1921-08-23)23 August 1921 Bjørnsund, Fræna, Norway
Died	4 January 2013(2013-01-04) (aged 91)
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Engineer Geotechnician

He was born in Fræna. He graduated in civil engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1947, and in geotechnics from Harvard University in 1949. His dr. thesis from 1954 was titled Stability analysis of slopes with dimensionless parameters. He was appointed professor of geotechnics at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1961.[1][2] He was Rankine Lecturer 1985, discussing solutions to problems in offshore engineering.[1]

He died in 2013.[3]

References

1. Senneset, Kåre. "Nilmar Janbu". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
2. Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). "Nilmar Oskar Charles Janbu". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
3. "Professor Janbu passed away on January 4th at the age of 91". geoengineer.org. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2017.