Engineering: Reports
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Waterway barrier design for protection of native aquatic values
(University of Canterbury, 2013)Introduction: New Zealand has around 51 species of native freshwater fish, with an additional 3 colonist species and 20 introduced species that are now considered naturalised in New Zealand waters (Allibone et al., ... -
Quantitative system dynamics modelling of organisational health/resilience of infrastructure service providers
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Despite universal recognition of the importance of the infrastructure services, there has been very little focus on the enabling organisations and how they are affected by major disruptions. The work of Resilient ... -
Recommendations for High Quality Field Sampling using the Gel-Push Type TR sampler
(University of Canterbury, 2020)The notes which follow have been prepared for use by engineers and are intended to provide information and guidance at key points to help improve the quality of the sampling operation. These procedures do not explain the ... -
Recommendations for High Quality Field Sampling using the Gel-Push Type S Sampler
(University of Canterbury, 2016)The notes which follow have been prepared for use by engineers and are intended to provide information and guidance at key points to help improve the quality of the sampling operation. These procedures do not explain the ... -
Recommendations for High-Quality Field Sampling Procedures: Using the Dames and Moore (DM) Hydraulic Fixed-Piston Thin-Walled Tube Sampler
(University of Canterbury, 2016)These guidelines are provided to improve the likelihood of retrieving high quality samples using the Dames & Moore (DM) hydraulic fixed-piston thin-walled tube sampler in a cased mud-rotary boring. High quality samples ... -
Digitilisation of the New Zealand Building Industry: Capturing the Benefits of Digital Technologies on the Design, Construction and Management of Buildings
(Quake Centre, 2020)Executive summary: The construction sector globally recognises that it has lagged behind other sectors in productivity improvements and the uptake of technology, and that there is a need for change. Major international ... -
Tree Canopy Cover in Christchurch, New Zealand : report prepared for the Christchurch City Council
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Electricity Engineers' Association Review of AEMO Technical Integration of Distributed Energy Resources - Improving DER capabilities to benefit consumers and the power system - a report and consultation paper (March 2019)
(2019)Executive Summary AEMO has invited the EEA to review its draft March 2019 report and consultation paper, and intends to submit its report, which calls for a review of AS/NZS 4777.2, to the relevant standard committee. The ... -
On creative design study in an engineering undergraduate course.
(University of CanterburyUniversity of Canterbury, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1979)This is a revised edition of Part I of a report of the same title first produced in 1974. The material has been enlarged and re-written to include developments since that year. The purpose of the work remains unchanged ... -
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 ... -
GEOTECHNICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE 2016 Mw7.8 KAIKOURA, NEW ZEALAND EARTHQUAKE
(University of Canterbury, 2017) -
LIQUEFACTION EFFECTS AND ASSOCIATED DAMAGE AT THE PORT OF WELLINGTON
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The Simple Lateral Mechanism Analysis (SLaMA) for the seismic performance assessment of a case study building damaged in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
(University of Canterbury, 2017)This report presents the simplified seismic assessment of a case study reinforced concrete (RC) building following the newly developed and refined NZSEE/MBIE guidelines on seismic assessment (NZSEE/MBIE, semi-final draft ... -
Cyclic Triaxial Testing on Undisturbed Samples of Rhyolitic Material from the Waikato Region
(2018)This report describes the suite of cyclic triaxial testing which has been undertaken at the University of Canterbury on undisturbed specimens of rhyolitic deposits from the locations of AP12a, AP13a and AP14a close to ... -
Managing fuse protection in low-voltage networks with distributed generation
(2019)New Zealand’s (NZ’s) uptake of inverter-based solar photovoltaic energy systems can affect fused protection in its 400 V low-voltage (LV) networks. This paper proposes some basic rules that can be applied generally to ... -
Recommendations for Ancillary Service Markets under High Penetrations of Wind Generation in New Zealand
(2019)This report analyses the demand for reserves, including Ancillary Services Frequency Keeping (FK) and Instantaneous Reserves (IR), under higher penetrations of wind generation in the New Zealand power system. Recommendations ... -
Energy and Capacity Requirements for a 90% renewable system in New Zealand
(2018)This paper investigates the operation of New Zealand’s electricity system replacing large thermal generation with different proportions of wind and geothermal generation. These portfolios are assessed with an implicit ... -
Energy and Capacity Requirements for a 90% renewable system in New Zealand
(2018)This paper investigates the operation of New Zealand’s electricity system replacing large thermal generation with different proportions of wind and geothermal generation. These portfolios are assessed with an implicit ...