Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Part IV Research ProjectsPresentation Day 2014Saturday 27 September 2014

9am - 4.45pm

EARTHQUAKE

ENGINEERING ASTRUCTURES A

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERING AWATER A

Room 3.401 Room 3.402 Room 3.403 Room 3.404

Chair: Prof Jason InghamAssessor 1: Mr Hugh MorrisAssessor 2: Dr Quincy Ma

Chair: Mr Colin NicholasAssessor 1: Dr Gary RafteryAssessor 2: Dr James Lim

Chair: A/Prof Naresh SinghalAssessor 1: Mr Matthew DavisAssessor 2: Dr Ajit Sarmah

Chair: A/Prof Asaad ShamseldinAssessor 1: Dr Anthony SwannAssessor 2: Dr Anthea Johnson

9.00am53 Securing of unreinforced

masonry chimneys Van Leeuwen & K.

Chavan

62 Nonlinear characteristics of Accoya acetylated wood

Y. Averianova & C. Francis

70 Life cycle analysis of food waste disposal options

Lewys-D’Von Ah Ken

9.15am54 Securing of unreinforced

masonry cavity walls K. Jiang & C. Qian

63 Bond durability of composite rods in pine using gap-filling polyurethane adhesive

G. Ribu & S. Bibby

86 Rubber crumb lifecycle analysis for artificial sportsfields

J. Brajkovic & J. Magee

9.30am 42 Seismic performance of NZ timber houses based on Christchurch house tests

A. McKinstry & T. Mckee

77 Portal frame moment connection with hollow rivet connections

C. Thomas & J. Sinton

87 Total water management and water sensitive cities

J. Moore & D. Gamage

9.45am47 Lateral load testing of a

house in Christchurch T. Craigie & J. Mason

103 Portal frame moment connection with hollow rivet connections II

D. Blunden & D. Yee

105 Rubber crumb lifecycle analysis for artificial sportsfields

D. Ahn

82 Water demand in Auckland

F. Xu & W. Ouyang

10.00am 38 Experimental development of an innovative damping system to minimise damage

P. Moses & A. Shegay

107 Portal frame 3 P. Seto & H. Yun

23 Decentralised wastewater strategies for Isolated communities

N. Pama & D. Mackenzie

100 Characteristics of turbulent flow in a pipe - A laboratory study

J. Brock & S. Hargreaves

10.15am 39 Evaluating the seismic response of cross-laminated timber high rise building

J. Whitehead & V. Pham

19 Moment connections using timber rivets

G. Lepnyakova

26 Surface water treatment and attenuation practices

M. Watton & A. Walynetz

109 Raingarden monitoring and performance - Daldy Street (Wynards Quarter)

N. Fidow & A. Tova

10.30am MORNING TEA

EARTHQUAKE

ENGINEERING BSTRUCTURES B

ENVIRONMENTAL

ENGINEERING BWATER B

TRANSPORTATION

A

Room 3.401 Room 3.402 Room 3.403 Room 3.404 Room 3.407

Chair: Dr Quincy MaAssessor 1: Prof Jason InghamAssessor 2: Dr Liam Wotherspoon

Chair: A/Prof Charles CliftonAssessor 1: A/Prof Carol BoyleAssessor 2: Dr James Lim

Chair: Dr Ajit SarmahAssessor 1: A/Prof Naresh SinghalAssessor 1: Dr Anthea Johnson

Chair: Prof Bruce MelvilleAssessor 2: Dr Anthony SwannAssessor 2: A/Prof Asaad Shamseldin

Chair: Mr Bevan ClementAssessor 2: Dr Prakash RanjitkarAssessor 2: A/Prof Roger Dunn

11.00am40 Developing an online

application/webpage to support earthquake engineering design

L. Zhang & K. Patel

101 BIM J. Thomson & T. Kuek

2 Eco-friendly synthesis of novel tailored nanoparticles and nanostructured membrane

J. Leung & C. Lintott

14 Modelling Turbulent Flow in Pipes

L. Al-Hassany & M. Wong

98 Carpark space occupancy indicators in parking buildings.

K. Bearkat & J. Lim

11.15am28 Analysis of free field

and residential house response to blast induced vibration

S. Fu & H. Mei

10 Evolution of building materials

J. Shearman & H. Loos

4 Factors affecting the sorption affinity of sulfamethoxazole to biochar derived from pine sawdust

D. Kim & V. Su

32 Tsunami induced forces on structures

M. Watts & T. Hoffman

29 Shopping mall trips and parking

K. Wong & C. Ham

11.30am 79 Identification, classification, and analysis of Auckland’s unreinforced masonry

C. Luttrell & K. McClean

6 Composite floors with unprotected steel beams for 30 minute FRR

N. Logito & T. Tay

71 Modelling of chemical transport in soils

J. Navera & K. Yip

33 Sediment transport project

W. Li & C. Li

30 Comparison of different pedestrian crossing treatments (Auckland City)

L. Stuckey & C. Lee

11.45am3 Connections between

precast concrete panels T. Faitotoa & J. Burley

16 Asymmetric friction connections with belleville springs

J. Dangwal & R. Kruthiventy

31 Hydraulic parameter estimation and model evaluation from water retention data

S. Saavedra

44 Jet scour M. Williams & C. Allen

88 Modelling emergency evacuation of Auckland

C. Baker & J. Cox

12.00pm POSTER SESSION

12.30pm LUNCH

EARTHQUAKE

ENGINEERING CSTRUCTURES C

CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT A

GEOTECHNICAL

ENGINEERING A

TRANSPORTATION

B

Room 3.401 Room 3.402 Room 3.403 Room 3.404 Room 3.407

Chair: A/Prof Nawawi ChouwAssessor 1: Dr Sherif BeskhyrounAssessor 2: Dr Rick Henry

Chair: Dr James LimAssessor 1: A/Prof Charles CliftonAssessor 2: Dr Gary Raftery

Chair: Dr Kepa MorganAssessor 1: Dr Kenneth YiuAssessor 2: Dr Alice Chang-Richards

Chair: A/Prof Rolando OrenseAssessor 1: Dr John St. GeorgeAssessor 2: Dr Liam Wotherspoon

Chair: Dr Douglas WilsonAssessor 1: Dr Sachi KodippilyAssessor 2: Dr Thomas Larkin

1.30pm 75 Investigation of relative responses of skewed bridge structures under spatially varying ground excitations

T. Parker & W. Strachan

17 Moment resisting steel frames with elastic column bases

J. Ainsworth & C. Conlan

20 Categorisation of Marae buildings as earthquake prone buildings

D. Cutler & S. Nathan

1 The inclined drainpipe effect on the stability of natural soil slopes

B. Dawson & J. Leeves

89 Laboratory investigations on stabilised roading aggregate

L. Charlesworth & C. Tulett

1.45pm 45 Experimental modal parameters identification of a multi-span reinforced concrete bridge at different levels of excitation

Q. Li & H. He

76 Seismic bracing frame units with hollow rivet connections

G. Ells & M. Russell

49 Categorisation of Marae buildings as earthquake prone buildings II

T. Carr & T. Kithulagooda

5 Liquefaction in Wellington during the Cook Strait Earthquake sequence

A. Torres & P. Wong

55 The durability of aggregates for road pavements as tested by the Micro Deval Test

C. Rajasooriya & P. Fernando

2.00pm93 Ambient vibration based

evaluation of a concrete box-girder bridge

S. Wijesooriya & J. Tims

102 Seismic bracing frame units with hollow rivet connections II

J. Song & C. Zeng

22 Investigating the causes of accidents in construction workplace

S. Ni & T. Kwan Chan

27 Liquefaction triggering at Christchurch Strong motion stations

C. Taylor & J. Park

56 The polishing of road aggregates due to laboratory test methods - PSV and AAPD

M. Khale & S. Jayamaha

2.15pm46 Structural damage

detection using nonlinear response features

H. Parker & M. Bufton

41 Performance of timber, LVL and nailed joints with time and changing humidity

A. Ratnayake & S. Kanagaratnam

24 Dominant causes of construction disputes - A study of court cases in NZ

T. Chang Chen & C. Ding

34 Geotechnical correlations of soil parameters with SDS Data

T. Ryan & D. Schischka

99 Investigating and comparing different methods of line marking removal

L. Collins & H. Edminston

2.30pm 66 Dynamic interaction between a multi-storey building, secondary structures with spatially varying support locations and subsoil J. King & C. Welch

80 Bearing capacity of channels with/without web stiffeners

W. Lin & L. Li

25 A study of dispute escalation - A review of court cases

M. Khassenov & M. Fisher

35 Design of ground improvement for lightweight structures on liquefiable ground

A. Bowmar

60 A comparison of methods of compaction of roading aggregates

D. Park & L. Tan

2.45pm 106 Hybrid construction component portable infrastructure solution

M. Polwart-Matich

36 Height-dependent seismic coefficients for slopes

A. Jaggannath

108 Characterising bituminous binder grades for New Zealand pavements

C. Kumar

3.00pm AFTERNOON TEA

EARTHQUAKE

ENGINEERING DSTRUCTURES D

CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT B

GEOTECHNICAL

ENGINEERING B

TRANSPORTATION

C

Room 3.401 Room 3.402 Room 3.403 Room 3.404 Room 3.407

Chair: Dr Thomas LarkinAssessor 1: A/Prof Nawawi ChouwAssessor 2: Dr Sherif Beskhyroun

Chair: Dr Rick HenryAssessor 1: Prof Jason InghamAssessor 2: A/Prof Charles Clifton

Chair: Dr Alice Chang-RichardsAssessor 1: Dr Kepa MorganAssessor 2: Dr Kenneth Yiu

Chair: Prof Michael PenderAssessor 1: A/Prof Rolando OrenseAssessor 2: Dr Liam Wotherspoon

Chair: Dr Theuns HenningAssessor 1: Dr Douglas WilsonAssessor 2: Dr Sachi Kodippily

3.30pm65 Effect of higher modes

on soil-foundation-structure interaction

V. Shrimpton & M. Sarrafzade

11 Seismic testing of precast concrete rib hanger details

A. Manokaran & T. Fu

91 Mapping resource availability of construction organisations in Christchurch

H. Yang & C. Roche

68 Effect of temperature on pile load capacity

K. Evans & M. McNeil

92 Transport funding in NZ and the future? The optimal spend

A. Revell & B. Fowlie

3.45pm 90 Construction and calibration of a large scale laminar box with smart particles

J. Wu & D. Becher Tatnell

12 Seismic performance of precast concrete floor units connected with an in-situ topping

A. Scott & M. Forde

50 Impact of delays and schedule performance upon NZ construction sector productivity

X. Jin & J. Cheng

69 Developing a thermal conductivity cell

A. Shi & T. Senaratne

64 Development of a framework for managing maintenance on unsealed roads

B. Rodenburg & V. Jones

4.00pm 58 Effect of near-fault ground motion on bridges including soil-foundation-structure interaction

D. Pradhan & T.Sibaev

13 Crack development in lightly reinforced concrete walls

H. Ingham & J. Atuluwage

51 The effect of the Project Manager’s role on the behaviour of the client

M. Alshami & R. Hadiwibowo

95 Nonlinear soil-pile interaction 1: vertical load – deformation response

Z. Li & S. Chen

8 Trial of shallow markings on cycleway network

S. Prasad & A. Pol

4.15pm 74 Effect of support conditions on stress development in the storage tank wall

M. Geddes

15 Behaviour of reinforcing bar under inelastic cyclic loading

A. Van Bysterveldt & J. Huffadine

52 Barriers and enablers for moving up the Project Management maturity scale

D. Ngoc Tran & M. Collins

48 Characterisation of soil profiles at Christchurch strong motion stations

A. Cooper & N. McLean

57 The cost of congestion to Auckland

V. Cai & R. Bader

4.30pm 43 Subcontractor resourcing in Canterbury

A. Ling & M. Siaosi-Laulua

67 CPT-DMT correlation P. Setia & P. Singh

Part IV Research Projects

Presentation Day 2014Dates: Saturday 27 September

Time: 9am - 4.45pm

Venues: Rooms 3.401 to 3.407

Faculty of Engineering

20 Symonds Street

The University of Auckland

Contacts:

Dr Gary Raftery: +64 9 373 7599 ext 88536

Dr Rick Henry: +64 9 373 7599 ext 89280

http://www.cee.auckland.ac.nz

Part IV Civil and Environmental Engineering students will formally

present academic findings resulting from research projects undertaken

as partial fulfilment for the requirements of the Bachelor of Engineering

(Honours) degree. The day will comprise oral presentations and poster

displays. A light lunch will be available.

3.408 3.407

3.402 3.401

1.401

Engineering Atrium

Symonds StreetEntrance

3.4033.404