Engineering: Conference Contributions
Recent Submissions
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Modelling pheromone flow from insect traps
(The University of Queensland, 2020)The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) Halyomorpha halys is an unwanted invasive species. Its entry and establishment in New Zealand would result in significant production impacts in the horticultural industry. Current BMSB ... -
Stereo PIV study of multirotor UAV downwash and spray dispersion
(The University of Queensland, 2020)Multirotor unpiloted aerial vehicles are increasingly used for agricultural spraying. Spray dispersion is complicated by the interaction of adjacent rotor flows. Stereo PIV was used to map the flow field of a multicopter ... -
Aerosol Generation by Condensation in Laminar Boundary Layers for Inhalers
(The University of Queensland, 2020)Inhalation devices using thermal aerosol generation offer both electronic control options and cost-effective mass production. Evaporation of liquids, and subsequent dilution of the vapour with ambient air, leads to nucleation ... -
Fatigue life assessment of reinforced concrete piers
(NZSEE, 2021)Reinforced concrete (RC) structures subjected to seismic excitation resist lateral-load by undergoing inelastic deformations in their critical regions. This results in the accumulation of low-cycle fatigue damage in ... -
Residential building repair cost and claim settlement time from the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence
(NZSEE, 2021)This study analyses the Earthquake Commission’s (EQC) insurance claims database to investigate the influence of seismic intensity and property damage resulting from the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (CES) on the repair ... -
Performance comparison of standard and seismic glazing systems
(NZSEE, 2021)Glazing systems are non-structural elements in a building that, more often than not, appear to be given little consideration in seismic design. Recent experimental work into glazing systems at the University of Canterbury, ... -
Design, construction and seismic performance of non-structural elements in New Zealand
(2020)The performance of buildings in recent New Zealand earthquakes (Canterbury, Seddon and Kaikōura), delivered stark lessons on seismic resilience. Most of our buildings, with a few notable exceptions, performed as our ... -
Do axial cyclic tests on boundary zone prisms represent RC walls response?
(2020)RC structural walls are efficient and preferred structural system for building to resist lateral-loads during seismic excitations. Numerous analytical, numerical and experimental investigations have been conducted to ... -
Seismic behavior of unitized glazed curtain walls in a low-damage structural steel building
(2020)In reconnaissance reports on some recent large earthquakes, it is reported that economic losses due to non-structural elements considerably exceed those related to earthquake-induced structural damage. Unitized Glazed ... -
The effect of axial load on progression of out-of-plane instability in rectangular RC walls
(2020)Axial load is considered as a parameter in the New Zealand concrete design standard (NZS3101:2006) for prevention of out-of-plane instability in structural walls, and the minimum thickness requirement to safeguard against ... -
Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Nepal for revision of national building code NBC105
(2020)Being located in seismically active Himalayan mountain belt, Nepal has been the locus of many devastating earthquakes. The Mw 8.4 Bihar-Nepal earthquake of 1934 AD was the biggest earthquake disaster in Nepal that ... -
A framework for the seismic rating of non-structural elements in buildings
(2020)Research into the seismic performance of non-structural elements over the past decade in New Zealand has identified a number of areas in which changes should be made. Gaps have been identified in the understanding of the ... -
Shake table testing plan for multiple non-structural elements & contents in a low–damage structural steel building
(2020)The Robust Building Systems (ROBUST) project is aimed at enhancing the seismic resilience of buildings by introducing and validating low-damage concepts for the structural and non-structural elements (NSEs). A three-story, ... -
NBC105: 2019 Seismic design of buildings in Nepal: New provisions in the code
(2020)The NBC 105: 2019 Seismic Design of Buildings in Nepal is the revised version of the original code for seismic design first published in 1994. The code has never been reviewed and updated since then till the moment. ... -
Modelling carbon formation using thermodynamic and kinetic methods in a steam methane reformer over nickel catalysts
(2019)Steam methane reformers are used in industry to convert natural gas and steam into hydrogen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. In order to operate a reformer efficiently and safely its behaviour needs to be understood. ... -
Shake table testing of fire sprinkler piping systems typical of New Zealand practices
(2020)An automatic fire sprinkler piping system is an essential non-structural element which can have major impacts on both the fire safety and building functionality (e.g. flooding damage) if damaged during a seismic event. ... -
Experimental investigations into the fragility of commercial glazing systems in New Zealand
(2020)Probabilistic assessment methods, such as those described in the FEMA P-58 framework, underpin modern performancebased earthquake engineering. Such assessment permits quantification of useful seismic risk metrics, such as ... -
ILEE ROBUST project: Development of a multiple rocking steel structural system
(2020)In recent years, rocking isolation has become an effective approach to improve seismic performance of steel and reinforced concrete structures. These systems can mitigate structural damage through rigid body displacement ... -
A low-damage steel structure using resilient slip friction joint for a full-scale shaking table test
(2020)The objective of this study is to present the design and numerical analysis for some structural applications of Resilient Slip Friction Joint (RSFJ) as low-damage structural systems in a steel structure for shaking table ... -
Toward the Problem of Low Re Flows Through Linerarly Elastic Porous Media
(Springer International Publishing, 2018)An isotropic elastic porous structure whose initial geometry is regular (periodically uniform) will experience non-uniform deformation when a viscous fluid flows through the matrix under the influence of an externally ...
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