Annual Report 08 - School of Civil and Environmental Engineering ...
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aRc grants 20<strong>08</strong><br />
In 20<strong>08</strong> the <strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Civil</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> continued to receive significant Australian Research Council (ARC) funding, totaling nearly<br />
$4 million. Details <strong>of</strong> the successful ARC research projects by <strong>School</strong> <strong>and</strong> Centre staff <strong>and</strong> amounts granted for 20<strong>08</strong> are listed below:<br />
principal researchers research project/topic type <strong>of</strong> Grant Value at 20<strong>08</strong><br />
NJ Ashbolt, S Lundie Development <strong>of</strong> an integrated sustainability framework for best<br />
ARC Linkage with WSAA <strong>and</strong> Total Environment $12,682<br />
management practice <strong>of</strong> urban water systems<br />
Centre<br />
MA Bradford Time-dependent dynamic, creep <strong>and</strong> shrinkage response <strong>of</strong> curved<br />
structural members.<br />
ARC Discovery $302,500<br />
MA Bradford, RI Gilbert Nonlinear analysis <strong>and</strong> behaviour <strong>of</strong> thin concrete axisymmetric shells. ARC Discovery $185,000<br />
MA Bradford, B UY & Lysaght R&D<br />
Industry Partner<br />
Composite beams using fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) pr<strong>of</strong>iled slabs. ARC Linkage $80,500<br />
S Foster Fracture <strong>of</strong> steel Fibre-reinforced Concrete: Modes I <strong>and</strong> II ARC $27,000<br />
R I Gilbert The implications <strong>of</strong> low ductility reinforcement <strong>and</strong> strain localisation on ARC Discovery $356,000 (includes<br />
the strength <strong>and</strong> ductility <strong>of</strong> reinforced concrete two-way slabs.<br />
funding for APF)<br />
N Khalili, C Song, P Tamsett, <strong>and</strong> An Integrated Approach to Modelling Granular Materials in a Pavement ARC Linkage $249,000<br />
PS Ravindra.<br />
System<br />
N Khalili, S Valliappan, B Loret <strong>and</strong> Determination <strong>of</strong> unsaturated soil properties using cone penetrometer ARC Discovery $152,000<br />
A Russell<br />
data.<br />
N Khalili Experimental Investigation <strong>and</strong> Constitutive Modelling <strong>of</strong> Thermo-Hydro-<br />
Mechanical Coupling Effects in Unsaturated Porous Media.<br />
ARC Discovery $189,000<br />
SJ Khan The Use <strong>of</strong> Chiral Pharmaceutical Compounds to Characterise Sewage<br />
Treatment Processes <strong>and</strong> Sewage Contamination <strong>of</strong> Surface Waters.<br />
ARC Discovery $31,220<br />
SJ Khan, R Stuetz, A Baker, M Fluorescence as a tool for sensitive detection <strong>of</strong> failures in recycled water ARC Linkage Project<br />
$305,486<br />
Storey<br />
treatment <strong>and</strong> distribution systems<br />
ARC <strong>and</strong> 8 partner organisations<br />
Y-L Pi, F Tin-Loi Elasto-plastic distortional analysis <strong>and</strong> strength <strong>of</strong> structures doublycurved<br />
in space.<br />
ARC Discovery $51,000<br />
A Sharma, J Ball (UTS), Sivakumar<br />
(UC-Davis)<br />
Stochastic Rainfall Generation for design flow simulation. ARC Discovery $65,000<br />
A Sharma, I Cordery (UNSW), A Stochastic Downscaling Framework for Catchment Scale Climate Change ARC Linkage grant with Sydney Catchment $119,000<br />
Kibria (Sydney Catchment<br />
Authority)<br />
Impact Assessment.<br />
Authority Support<br />
Sharma, Nott, Marshall An Ensemble Modelling Framework for Prediction in Ungauged<br />
Catchments<br />
ARC Discovery DP<strong>08</strong>79218 $95,000<br />
Sharma, Pitman, Tuteja Integrated assessment <strong>of</strong> climate change, climate input errors <strong>and</strong> ARC Linkage with NSW DECC Industry Partner $65,000<br />
l<strong>and</strong>-use change on soil-moisture <strong>and</strong> carbon-balance in a catchment<br />
simulation framework<br />
support LP<strong>08</strong>83296<br />
R Stuetz Optimal Management <strong>of</strong> Corrosion <strong>and</strong> Odour Problems in Sewer Systems ARC Linkage Project LP<strong>08</strong>82016 through U.Q $1<strong>08</strong>,429<br />
R Stuetz Detection <strong>of</strong> Trace Concentrations <strong>of</strong> Chemical Contaminants in Urban ARC Linkage Infrastructure & Equipment (LIEF) $1,028,261<br />
Water Systems<br />
Grant LE<strong>08</strong>83<strong>08</strong>0. ARC, UQ, UTS, UNSW.<br />
Ian Turner, PR Russell (UK) <strong>and</strong> G Wave-by-wave bed-level changes at the beachface <strong>of</strong> gravel <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong> ARC Discovery $105,000<br />
Masselink (UK)<br />
beaches.<br />
Ian Turner, AD Short (Sydney), R Investigating large-scale climatic control <strong>of</strong> coastal erosion <strong>and</strong> shoreline ARC Linkage $13,000<br />
Ranasinghe (NSW DNR)<br />
changes using a unique long-term data set <strong>and</strong> innovative video<br />
monitoring technology.<br />
S Valliapan Unified Approach for the Stability Analysis <strong>of</strong> Large Concrete Dams due to<br />
Ageing Degradation.<br />
Zora Vrcelj, Gianluca Ranzi Long Term Behaviour <strong>of</strong> Composite Steel Concrete Beams <strong>and</strong> its Effect<br />
on Composite Dynamic Response.<br />
TD Waite, A Feitz Application <strong>of</strong> nano-sized zero valent iron particles to contaminant<br />
degradation through Fentons reagent oxidation<br />
D Waite, S Khan Physico-Chemical controls on Growth, Toxicity <strong>and</strong> Succession <strong>of</strong><br />
microcystis <strong>and</strong> Anabaena Species in Sydney Water Supply Reservoirs<br />
TD Waite, P Le-Clech, S Chang Membrane fouling in submerged hollow fibre membrane bioreactor<br />
systems: theory, modelling <strong>and</strong> fouling control.<br />
TD Waite, L Li (UQ), T Howes (UQ) Predicting Lyngbya blooms: impact <strong>of</strong> iron transformation kinetics on flux,<br />
distribution <strong>and</strong> rate <strong>of</strong> uptake <strong>of</strong> bioavailable iron <strong>and</strong> phosphorus.<br />
TD Waite, M Melville, I White<br />
(ANU), R Bush (USC), R Collins<br />
Reducing export <strong>of</strong> acid sulphate soil products (particularly iron,<br />
aluminium, phosphorus <strong>and</strong> organic carbon) as contaminants to coastal<br />
waters.<br />
ARC $6,000<br />
ARC Discovery $187,000<br />
ARC Linkage LP0348062. Waste Technologies<br />
Australia.<br />
$12,426<br />
ARC Linkage Project LP<strong>08</strong>83561. ARC, SCA. $30,000<br />
ARC Discovery $100,741<br />
ARC Linkage LP0455697 with Moreton Bay<br />
Waterways <strong>and</strong> Catchments Partnerships<br />
ARC Linkage LP0455697 with Tweed Shire<br />
Council<br />
$19,976<br />
$9,717<br />
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