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SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR AND DESIGN OF REINFORCED CONCRETE INTERIOR BEAM COLUMN JOINTS
(University of CanterburyResearch Foundation of EQC New Zealand, 2000)The physical model of shear transfer mechanism in reinforced concrete beam-column joints in which the New Zealand Concrete Structures Standard NZS 310l:1995 is based ·provides a good insight into the seismic behaviour ... -
Pollutant Load Scenarios for Stormwater Management in Addington Catchment
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Addington Brook is a stormwater-affected urban stream in western Christchurch that is a priority catchment for stormwater management improvements, due to adverse impacts seen on the aquatic ecosystem of the Brook and ... -
The atmospheres contribution to stormwater pollution: a Christchurch context
(Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2015)Understanding the dynamics of atmospheric pollutant build-up and wash-off is essential for stormwater quality modelling. Atmospheric deposition loads in stormwater can be influenced by different land-use activities, ... -
Stormwater Contaminant Load Monitoring (2016) and Modelling of the Heathcote Catchment and Six Representative Subcatchments
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Adverse effects from sediment and heavy metals have been observed in the Heathcote catchment, which is diverse in its land use activities. Stormwater management improvements are planned for the catchment through the Heathcote ... -
Analysis of Water Quality and Flow Data for the Addington Catchment (2015-2016)
(University of Canterbury, 2017)Addington Brook is a stormwater-influenced Christchurch waterway. Substantial instream surface water quality monitoring has shown elevated solids, metal and nutrient concentrations along the brook, which is thought to be ... -
High-density shallow shear wave velocity characterisation of the urban Christchurch, New Zealand region
(University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2015)This report summarizes the development of a region-wide surficial soil shear wave velocity (Vs ) model based on the unique combination of a large high-spatial-density database of cone penetration test (CPT) logs in the ... -
Mobile Phone Text Entry
(University of Canterbury, 2001)The rapid growth of Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging has meant that a fast and efficient text input method is a very important aspect of a mobile phone interface. The best way to test a new method is an empirical ... -
Forces of Nature
(University of Canterbury, 2001)Many systems in the modern world are readily represented as graphs; with nodes representing objects within the system, and edges the relationships between them. The effectiveness of visualisations of complex systems is ... -
Towards scalable interfaces using spatial cues for document management
(University of Canterbury, 2001)Document management is an unavoidable task. Previous research evaluated the effect of building document management systems exploiting spatial memory. It was proven that spatial memory enhances retrieval tasks for systems ... -
Medium access control protocols for WDM optical networks
(University of Canterbury, 2001)Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) has emerged as the most popular technology for utilising the huge bandwidth of optical fibre. This paper surveys medium access control protocols for the star, bus and ring WDM ... -
Music Selection for Internet Radio
(University of Canterbury, 2000)Music. Radio. The internet. Three very interesting fields which are linked in this project on internet radio stations. A comparative study of existing radio stations is performed. Weaknesses and problems in current ... -
An Animated Pedagogical Agent for SQL-Tutor
(University of Canterbury, 1999)Animated pedagogical agents are animated characters that inhabit interactive learning environments. In addition to providing problem-solving advice in response to a student’s actions, they are also able to play a powerful ... -
Creating and evaluating a model for a user in a rehabilitative virtual-reality environment
(University of Canterbury, 2014)The ICTG research group is currently working on a Stroke Rehabilitation virtual reality system to improve prospective memory. In this system there is a need to give the user relevant feedback at the appropriate time. To ... -
Neuromorphic Computing with Reservoir Neural Networks on Memristive Hardware
(University of Canterbury, 2016)Building an artificial brain is a goal as old as computer science. Neuromorphic computing takes this in new directions by attempting to physically simulate the human brain. In 2008 this goal received renewed interest due ... -
Use of Metrics and their Visualisations in Software Engineering Projects
(University of Canterbury, 2016)In this paper, we describe an observational investigation that explores whether creating visualisation systems using software metrics promotes reflection. We presented metric visualisations to six groups, in separate ... -
Assisted Resource Management in the New Zealand Rural Fire Service
(University of Canterbury, 2015)There exists a need for more efficient tools and processes for use in the emergency services. Of particular interest to the authors of this report and to our industry sponsor, Tait Communications, is the idea of ... -
Creating a simulation to assess performance of MAC-level opportunistic forwarding schemes in linear cluster topologies
(University of Canterbury, 2015)The goal of this project was to create a software simulation of a wireless network. The wireless nodes should use a CSMA MAC protocol and should be able to have their back off distributions changed so the performance ... -
Applying Bytecode Level Automatic Exploit Generation to Embedded Systems
(University of Canterbury, 2015)Finding vulnerabilities in software is a difficult task, typically undertaken by experts. Developers have little of the required knowledge to find complex vulnerabilities in their software products before release. Automation ...
