Engineering: Theses and Dissertations
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Numerical analysis tools for modelling reinforced concrete shearwall buildings subjected to earthquake loading.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)When it comes to resist lateral loads, shear wall is a preferred structure form. There are two main categories of finite elements to model seismic reposes of reinforced concrete shear walls, namely the microscopic and ... -
An investigation into competitive pricing procedures for professional services.
(University of Canterbury, 1996)This research report is an investigation into the Transit New Zealand Competitive Pricing Procedures for professional services. The investigation focuses on the evaluation of the five quality attributes (methodology, track ... -
On modelling the engineering design process, with special reference to the design of materials handling systems
(University of Canterbury, 1978)The task of increasing the efficiency whereby industry converts resources to products has occupied the minds of technical researchers since time immemorial. Man's quest for optimal production systems has traditionally ... -
Electrochemical wastewater treatment at nanostructured anodes.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Water pollution is one of the greatest challenges of the twenty-first century; therefore, there has been a high demand to find a suitable eco-friendly technology to treat wastewater. Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are ... -
The effects of residual concentration and moisture content on pollutant removal and carbon recovery in a soil biofilter.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This study quantitatively determined the importance and potential interaction between operating conditions – combination of residual pollutant concentration and water potential and soil type on %CO2 recovery and biofilter ... -
Quantifying risk of environmental exposures using Bayesian statistics.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)In statistics, the use of observational data is key in understanding what factors are associated with a change in risk. Often, the data also contains a temporal and spatial structure and needs to be accounted for in the ... -
Network intrusion detection using generative adversarial networks.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Intrusion detection systems (IDS), as one of important security solutions, are used to detect network attacks. With the extensive applications of traditional machine learning algorithms in the security field, intrusion ... -
Competition, collaboration and collusion ; balancing company interaction within the New Zealand engineering industry.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Projects in the engineering industry are becoming larger, increasingly more complex, and requiring different, often more specialised, skills. Only a small proportion of companies have the required resources and/or capabilities ... -
Determining the flood effects of undocumented stopbanks within the Waimea floodplain.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Across the globe, floods are the most damaging natural hazard both in terms of the number of people affected and the economic loss. This is also the case within New Zealand due to many towns and cities being located on ... -
Development of biased penalty function algorithms and Lagrangian theory for system optimisation
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Continuum model for nanocolumn growth during low-pressure vapour deposition.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Controlling the interfaces, including the free surfaces, of nanostructured thin films is of crucial importance for applications such as photocatalysis, single-crystalline substrates and energy materials. Some polycrystalline ... -
Characterization of flow-based bobbin friction stir welding process
(University of Canterbury, 2019)In bobbin friction stir welding, achieving the defect-free joints needs a comprehensive control of the process parameters. Material flow transportation around the rotating tool and the mass deposition at the backside of ... -
Nanostructured catalytic architectures for CO oxidation and reduction
(University of Canterbury, 2019)The urbanization and increasing demand of transport vehicles have significant contribution in the emissions of carbon monoxide (CO) which is detrimental to humans, animals and environment. Hence, the conversion of CO either ... -
Optimising manufacturing industrial production layout for occupational health and safety
(University of Canterbury, 2019)Context – Historically, the focus of industrial health and safety (H&S) has been on safety and accident avoidance, with relatively less attention on long-term occupational health other than via health monitoring and ... -
Denitrification rates by free and encapsulated microorganisms under different environmental pressures.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)Nitrate is a water pollutant of concern and its concentration in New Zealand’s water bodies has shown an increasing trend during the past three decades due in part to its insufficient removal from wastewater before discharge. ... -
Development of reverberation rooms for the measurement of sound absorption.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)This project was concerned with the design and commissioning of reverberation rooms, and their application in the measurement of sound absorption. The objective of this project was to successfully design and commission a ... -
Integral means of univalent functions on an annulus.
(University of Canterbury, 2020)We study pointwise and integral analogues of the Schwarz lemma for holomorphic functions on an annulus. Counterexamples reveal that a pointwise version of the Schwarz lemma for holomorphic functions on an annulus would ... -
A deterministic model of a neuromorphic nanoparticle network.
(University of Canterbury, 2019)A research group at the University of Canterbury are developing an experimental device that may have some statistical properties in common with biological neuronal networks. Measurements of the device’s conductance have ... -
Fundamental behaviour of unbound granular pavements subjected to various loading conditions and accelerated trafficking.
(University of Canterbury, 1996)The purpose of this study was to examine specific fundamental loading parameters (load magnitude and number of repetitions, tyre inflation pressure and basic tyre type) that influence the behaviour and performance of ... -
A consideration of the ability of Port Chalmers to handle the expected increase in forest products exports from the Otago/Southland region.
(University of Canterbury, 1984)The Southland/Otago region is expected to significantly increase its exports of Forest products over the next three decades. It is envisaged that at least 90% of this increase will flow through Port Chalmers. The effects ...
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