• Thermodynamic properties of gases 

  Couldwell, C.M. (University of Canterbury, 1975)

  In chemical engineering, there is a need to understand p-V-T-x properties of gases for design purposes. These properties have been the subject of study since the classical work of Robert Boyle in 1662. Other major advances ...

• The spontaneous heating of coal: large scale laboratory assessment and supporting theory 

  Chen, Xiao Dong (University of Canterbury, 1991)

  In this thesis the spontaneous heating of coal is considered to be the phenomena in which a sufficiently large quantity of coal (often many tonnes), will rise from ambient temperature and eventually go on fire if exposed ...

• High speed computer-aided optimization in engineering 

  Marks, Terence William (University of Canterbury, 1972)

  The rapid growth of electronic computers over the past two decades has made available to engineers a powerful tool for control system design. Accompanying this growth has developed the art of algorithm design so that best ...

• Experimental investigation of intensity measures for probabilistic structural fire engineering 

  Park, Tony (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  There are a number of limitations in current design methods for structural fire engineering. The biggest concern is that a worst-case fire is assumed - which means that there may be a fire that is worse than what the ...

• Behaviour of axially loaded piles 

  Cheung, Ka-Ching (University of Canterbury, 1988)

  This project may be described in three parts. The first part mainly involves the evaluation of existing soil models under undrained conditions. The second part of the project is to evaluate the currently used methods for ...

• Image reconstruction from projections 

  Peters, T.M. (University of Canterbury, 1973)

  The problem of reconstructing cross-sections from their projections, using Fourier transform processing, is considered in detail and is related to problems in medical tomography. A number of equations relating cross-sections ...

• Entrainment by penetrative convection at low Péclet number 

  Denton, Richard Andrew (University of Canterbury, 1978)

  A theoretical one-dimensional model of interfacial entrainment has been developed which models the temporal behaviour of an initially quiescent, stable temperature stratification heated from below. The specific two-layered ...

• Investigative analysis of water removal from green-shell mussels. 

  Palmer, Theo Martin Joseph (University of Canterbury, 2020)

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• Computational methods for sound transmission in nonuniform waveguides 

  Vo, Phu Thanh (University of Canterbury, 1979)

  The Method of Weighted Residuals in the form of a Modified Galerkin Method with boundary residuals and the Finite Element Method in a Galerkin implementation are developed for the study of the sound transmission in nonuniform ...

• Effects of electrostatically charging pesticide sprays and quantitative methods for measuring spray efficacy. 

  Longworth, Luke (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  Traditional pesticide spraying procedures are often wasteful, with large proportions of the spray missing the target plants and drifting to unwanted locations. Electrostatically charging the spray can enhance the process, ...

• Using the landsat catalogue to assess thirty years of change in native woody vegetation in three New Zealand sheep and beef farming. 

  Foster, Joshua (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  The aim of this research was to produce a time series analysis of change in native woody vegetation in selected sheep and beef farming regions using satellite imagery attained from the Landsat programme. This was proposed ...

• Investigating knowledge, attitude, and practice of lean design in the NZ AEC industry. 

  Fitzharding-Jones, Jeff (University of Canterbury, 2020)

  The aim of this thesis is to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) of lean design (LD) held by the New Zealand (NZ) architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry by obtaining research input ...

• Buoyant horizontal jets in an ambient flow 

  Knudsen, Merete (University of Canterbury, 1988)

  Dimensional analysis has been used to derive formulae for dilution and trajectory for horizontal, buoyant, axisymmetric jets in still ambient, a coflow, a crossflow or a counterflow. The variation of the coefficients in ...

• Log residues from storage stacks and the possible effect on air quality : a case study at the Port of Tauranga. 

  Craig, Georgia (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  Air quality has been a concern of the Mt. Maunganui Industrial Area mainly due to dust emissions. The Mt. Maunganui Industrial Area has breached rule 17 regarding PM10 in the NES-AQ bringing these environmental issues to ...

• An investigation of pre harvest inventory methodology at varying intensities conducted in Omihi Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand. 

  Coles, Shaun (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  New Zealand forestry has used current pre-harvest inventory (PHI) procedures for a very long time. With developing technology, such as LiDAR, management of forest estates should become more site-specific, hence the ...

• What are the factors that affect log port capacity in New Zealand ports? (A case study at the Port of Tauranga). 

  Chen, Ansen (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  61% of New Zealand’s total harvest was exported as logs in 2018, highlighting the economic importance of ports to the New Zealand forestry sector. This proportion has doubled since 2008, and at the same time harvest has ...

• Investigating factors that influence processor productivity. 

  Berry, Nick (University of Canterbury, 2019)

  In the last decade, there has been a transition from motor-manual processing to mechanised processing. This transition occurred rapidly over the past eight years due to increased awareness of health and safety, with some ...

• Solid wood craft utilization and supply prospects for special purpose timbers in Canterbury 

  Crawley, David (University of Canterbury, 1988)

  The timber requirements of the professional craftsmen of high quality solid wood furniture, who are based in and around Christchurch are presented. The existing and prospective sources of these timbers are outlined. Eleven ...

• Comparison of direct stress fatigue with rotating bending fatigue and its relevance to the fatigue mechanism 

  Lim, Ken Huat (University of Canterbury, 1978)

  Accumulated data suggests that the fatigue limit obtained with rotating bending testing is higher than that obtained by reversed direct stress testing. An average value of the ratio: Rotating bending fatigue limit divided ...

• An analysis of New Zealand’s import commodities and potential implications for New Zealand’s log exporters 

  Black, Rhys J. (University of Canterbury, 2018)

  This report found that there is an increasing log vessel supply and a stagnate log vessel supply in New Zealand between 2012 – 2017 for the year ending 30th June. It was concluded that log vessel demand is likely to continue ...

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