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Guideline for the connection of small-scale inverter based distributed generation: an introduction and summary
(2016)Small-scale distributed generation (DG) in New Zealand, particularly photovoltaic (PV) generation, has been growing steadily over the past few years. In the last year alone to 31 March 2016, installed PV generation of ... -
Finite Element Modelling of Post-Tensioned Timber Beams under Fire Conditions
(2018)In order to implement innovative timber structures globally, performance-based design using numerical models are often required. A model was developed to simulate post-tensioned (PT) timber beams in FEM software ABAQUS ... -
Atomic Resolution Binary Tomography of Gold Nanorod Surface Morphology
(2017)We describe how to reconstruct 3D gold atom locations from two projections of a gold nanorod collected with a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM). A binary implementation of the Discrete Algebraic Reconstruction ... -
Context and issues during post-earthquake rapid evaluation of buildings after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake
(2017)The authors’ first-hand experiences with post-earthquake building safety evaluation and related activities after the 2015 Nepal (Gorkha) earthquake are presented. Following the earthquake, Applied Technology Council’s ... -
Quantifying downtime due to building demolitions in Christchurch
(2018)Over 900 buildings in the Christchurch central business district and 10,000 residential homes were demolished following the 22nd of February 2011 Canterbury earthquake, significantly disrupting the rebuild progress. This ... -
Characterisation of Surface Fault Rupture for Civil Engineering Design
(2015)Lifelines crossing active faults are vulnerable to damage during surface faulting earthquakes. The design of mitigation measures requires detailed knowledge of fault location, rupture zone width, and the distribution of ... -
The Economics and Potential Uptake of PV Solar Power by Region and PV System Cost
(2016)In 2015 the GREEN Grid project examined the economics of Photovoltaic solar power (PV) to residential users, commercial users, and utility companies. They found that for a certain number of residential households, PV was ... -
Influence of Masing damping on 1D site response using equivalent linear and non-linear methods
(2018)Despite significant developments in one-dimensional (1D) site response methods using non-linear (NL) analysis, the Equivalent Linear (EL) analysis remains the most widely used approach by practitioners to investigate the ... -
Mechanical and durability properties of a concrete using magnesium silicate hydrate binder system
(2017)Magnesium silicate hydrate (M-S-H) binder systems containing reactive magnesium oxide and amorphous silica have been increasingly studied since its cementitious properties were first reported in 2006. This paper presents ... -
Accounting for the influence of ground motion response spectral shape and duration in the equivalent lateral force design procedure
(2018)A framework is proposed to explicitly account for the influence of ground motion response spectral shape and duration in the ASCE 7-16 equivalent lateral force design procedure, which currently considers only ground ... -
Monitoring sediment production from forest road approaches to stream crossings in the Virginia Piedmont
(2015)Reopening of abandoned legacy roads is common in forest operations and represents a reduced cost in comparison to new road construction. However, legacy roads may have lower road standards and require additional best ... -
Axial-moment interaction and load path dependency for steel columns
(2017)This paper discusses the effect of out-of-straightness direction, major-minor moment interaction and path dependency for steel columns. This has been undertaken by using the Extended Direct Analysis (EDA) method which has ...
