College of Engineering: Recent submissions
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Forecasting yield of Douglas fir in the South Island of New Zealand
(University of Canterbury, 1992)Preparing forecasts of assorted yields for forest crops is fundamental to managing forests. Studies of growth and yield in the form of systems of prediction equations provide managers with information on instantaneous, ... -
Seismic behaviour of connections between precast concrete elements
(University of Canterbury, 1992)Several precast concrete systems have been in use in New Zealand in the construction of moment resisting frames designed for earthquake resistance, despite the lack of code design guidelines. The two design codes for ... -
Photo-assisted electrochemical degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls with boron-doped diamond electrodes
(Informa UK Limited, 2017)© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group The capacity of the photo electro-Fenton (PEF) process to degrade a mixture of seven polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners was studied. Boron-doped diamond ... -
A theoretical model of fully developed fire in mass timber enclosures
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Existing practices for the fire design of mass timber buildings based on traditional fire resistance frameworks previously developed for non-combustible enclosures are inadequate. The contribution of mass timber surfaces ... -
Factors affecting phosphorus release from waste activated sludge
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Waste activated sludge (WAS) derived from municipal wastewater treatment plant contains relatively high amounts of P and is a potential source of recoverable P. Phosphorus release into the aqueous phase is an important ... -
Productivity and utilisation of winch-assist harvesting systems : case studies in New Zealand and Canada.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Winch-assist technology is now a well-established system to support forest harvesting on steep slopes. The winch-assist harvesting system is a combination of the winch-assist machine (WAM) at the top of the slope that ... -
Diagnosis of total hip prosthesis condition using a combined approach of acoustic emission monitoring and patient gait analysis.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)An increasing demand for total hip replacement (THR) surgeries, due to an ageing population and an increasing number of younger patients undergoing THR surgery, has resulted in a proportional increase in the number of ... -
Verification based annotation for visual recognition.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Applying deep learning and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)s to new domains usually implies a data collection and annotation problem. While several large datasets exist and provide a great deal of utility, there is a ... -
Some observation on the teaching of engineering design.
(University of CanterburyUniversity of Canterbury, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1985)Mechanical Engineering Design 3 - the final year course as presently existing in the Department - represents a developed state of that which obtained some years ago. The writer undertook to try to bring into the coursework ... -
Design, modelling and control of a modular snake robot with torque feedback for pedal wave locomotion on surfaces with irregularities
(University of Canterbury, 2019)There are life forms with incredibly effective locomotion mechanisms, sensing and computation capabilities, which are invaluable sources of inspiration for researchers. One of these bio-inspired designs is snake-like robots, ... -
Traffic signal optimisation in disrupted networks
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Transport has a critical role in economic development; an efficient transport system can enable economic growth and enhance social well-being. Road networks, as a part of a transport system, are among the most important ... -
Phosphorrückgewinnung - Situation in Neuseeland
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Pericolosita' da liquefazione valutata mediante analisi statistica di geodatabase
(2018)La pericolosità associata ad un dato fenomeno costituisce uno dei fattori più importanti e difficili da quantificare nelle analisi di rischio, a maggior ragione quando si tratta di fenomeni complessi come nel caso della ... -
Tests for qualitative features in the random coefficients model
(2019)The random coefficients model is an extension of the linear regression model that allows for unobserved heterogeneity in the population by modeling the regression coefficients as random variables. Given data from this model, ... -
Exfoliated Ni-Al LDH 2D nanosheets for intermediate temperature CO2 capture
(Elsevier BV, 2019)CO2 capture is projected as one of the pragmatic approaches to deal with the global warming phenomenon. Adsorption-based CO2 capture is considered an economically attractive option to reduce CO2 emission. The success of ... -
Vortex breakdown in dust-collecting return-flow cyclones
(University of Canterbury, 1992)This thesis presents the results of an experimental study of the airflows in reverse-flow dust collecting cyclones. Measurements and flow visualisation techniques were used to examine both the 'paired vortex breakdown' ... -
A Digital Prism-based Wavefront Sensor Testbench
(2019)In this paper, we present a simulation framework for a digital prism-based wavefront sensor. In simulation, we generate a digital prism wavefront sensor (3-sided, 4-sided and cone) and compute the linearity of the ... -
Promises and challenges for woody biomass to biofuels and biochemiclas
(2019)Biomass has been recognised as the most promising renewable resource for the production of biofuels and biochemicals, which can substitute those presently derived from fossil fuels. However, due to the complicated ... -
Modelling the effect of microsite influences on the growth and survival of juvenile Eucalyptus globoidea (Blakely) and Eucalyptus bosistoana (F. Muell) in New Zealand.
(MDPI AG, 2019)The effect of microsite on juvenile forest plantation yield is rarely explored. This is because juvenile plantation growth is considered to be reasonably homogenous due to a lack of resource competition between trees prior ... -
Modeling the coupling effect of CLT connections under bi-axial loading
(2019)This paper presents the modeling of coupling effect of tension and shear loading on Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) connections using a finite element based algorithm called HYST. The model idealizes the connections as a ...
