Annual Report 08 - School of Civil and Environmental Engineering ...

*Castelle B, Turner IL, *Tomlinson RB, *Bertin X (2008)
Evolution de la morphologie de la baie de Coolangatta (Gold
Coast, Australia): impact des rechargements de plage at du
systeme permanent de bypass de sediment. (In French) In
Proceedings; Xémes Journées Nationales de Génie Côtier, -
Génie Civil, Sophia Antipolis, France, October 2008, Vol.1,
pp211-220.
Chang ZT, Bradford MA, Gilbert RI (2008) A local failure
mode for shallow spherical concrete domes subjected to
uniform radial pressure. Sixth International Conference on
Computational Analysis of Shell and Spatial Structures, Cornell,
New York, USA; 72.
+ Cheah CH, *Ball J, Cox RJ (2008) Modelling roof runoff in
a small urban catchment, Proceedings of Water Down Under
2008, April, Adelaide.
+ Cheah CH, *Ball J, Cox RJ (2008) Kinematic wave modeling
of surface runoff quality for small urban catchments,
Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Urban
Drainage, August – September, Edinburgh, Scotland.
*Chernicharo CAL and Stuetz R (2008) Improving the
design and operation of UASB reactors for treating domestic
wastewater: management of gaseous emissions, IX Latin
American Workshop and Seminar on Anaerobic Digestion,
Eastern Island, Chile, October 18-19, pp504-512.
Chowdhury S and Sharma A (December 2007) Dynamic
model mixing for enhancing the predictability of hydroclimatic
variables. MODSIM 2007 Congress. Modelling and Simulation
Society of Australian and New Zealand, Christchurch, New
Zealand.
Coleman H, *Troester M, Khan S, McDonald J, *Watkins G
and Stuetz R (2008) Membrane bioreactors as decentralized
systems – Efficiency of removal of endocrine disrupting
chemicals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products.
Conference Proceedings, Australian Water Association Onsite
and Decentralised Sewerage and Recycling Conference, Benalla
Australia, October 12-15, pp208-215.
Collins RN, + Jones AM, Glamore W, *Hancock M, *Stainlay
B&N, *Garcia-Cuenca S, Pham AN, Melville MD and Waite
TD (2009) A catchment-scale approach for the effective
remediation of coastal acid sulfate soils. Joint Conference of
the 6th International Acid Sulfate Soil Conference and the Acid
Rock Drainage Symposium, Guangzhou, China, September.
*Dever S and Swarbrick G (2008) Field testing of methane
from the world’s largest bioreactor, Woodlawn, NSW,
Enviro2008, Melbourne, Australia, May 5-7, WMAA.
*Dever S, Swarbrick G and Stuetz R (2008) Design of a
passive landfill gas drainage and biofiltration system, Fifth
Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, Copper
Mountain, Colorado, September 10 - 13.
*Dever S, *Roberts A and Swarbrick G (2008) Reducing the
greenhouse impacts of landfill gas, NSW Waste Management
Conference, Sydney, Australia, September 16-18, WMAA.
*Dever S and Swarbrick G (2008) How to achieve sustainable
management of landfill gas in Australia, Enviro2008,
Melbourne, Australia, May 5-7, WMAA.
*Diambra A, *Ibraim E, *Wood M and Russell A (2008) Effect
of sample preparation on the behaviour of fibre reinforced
sands, Deformation Characteristic of Geomaterials, 4th International Symposium on deformation characteristic of
Geomaterials, IS Atlanta 2008, September 22-24, 2008.
+ Erkmen RE and Bradford MA (2008) A plastic hinge
formulation for the elasto-plastic analysis of I-beams curved
in-plan. Futures in Mechanics of Structures and Materials, 20 th
Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and
Materials, pp829-833, Toowoomba, Queensland, December
2-5.
+ Erkmen RE, Bradford MA and *Moharab ME (2008) A
complementary energy formulation for torsional buckling of
columns. Futures in Mechanics of Structures and Materials,
20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics of Structures
and Materials, pp843-847, Toowoomba, Queensland, December
2-5.
Foster SJ and Kilpatrick AE, Review of flexural strength
requirement for suspended RC slabs reinforced with class
L mesh, 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics
of Structures and Materials, ACMSM20, December 2-5,
Toowoomba, Queensland, pp437-443.
Gao W, Attard M and Vrcelj Z (2008) Static response
analysis of structures and materials, Futures in Mechanics of
Structures and Materials, the 20th Australasian Conference
on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Toowoomba,
Queensland, December 2-5, pp817-822.
Gao W and Tin-Loi F (2008) Dynamic analysis of structures
with uncertainty using the probabilistic and interval
methods, Proceedings 20th Australian Biennial Conference
on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Toowoomba,
Queensland, December 2-5, pp729-735.
Gilbert RI (2008) Deflection calculations for reinforced concrete
flexural members, Futures in Mechanics of Structures and
Materials, Proceedings of 20th Australasian Conference on the
Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ASMSM20), University
of Southern Q ueensland, Toowoomba,
Queensland, December, pp493-499.
Gilbert RI (2008) Design for flexural crack control in reinforced
concrete, Futures in Mechanics of Structures and Materials,
Proceedings of 20th Australasian Conference on the Mechanics
of Structures and Materials (ASMSM20), University of Southern
Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, December, pp429-435.
Gilbert RI and *Nejadi S (2008) An experimental study
of flexural cracking in reinforced concrete, ASEC 2008,
Australasian Structural Engineering Conference, June,
Melbourne.
Gilbert RI and + Sakka ZI (2008) Robustness and ductility of
reinforced concrete floor slabs containing welded wire fabric,
Keynote paper, Proceedings of the 7th International Congress
– Concrete: Construction’s Sustainable Option, July, University
of Dundee, Scotland, Precast Concrete: Towards Lean
Construction, pp251-262.
Gilbert RI and + Wu HQ (2008) Time-dependent stiffness of
cracked reinforced concrete elements under sustained loads,
ASEC 2008, Australasian Structural Engineering Conference,
June, Melbourne.
Guan J, *Feitz AJ, Wang X, *Mullett M, *Foster P, Stuetz R
(2008) Ozonation for destruction of odorants in alumnina
refinery condensate, Conference Proceedings 8th International
Alumina Quality Workshop (AQW) 2008, Darwin, September
7-12.
Frost AJ, Mehrotra R, Sharma A and Srikanthan R (2008)
Comparison of statistical downscaling techniques for multisite
daily rainfall conditioned on atmospheric variables for
the Sydney region, 31st Hydrology and Water Resources
Symposium, Adelaide, Australia.
+ Hamed E, Bradford MA and Gilbert RI (2008) Effects of
boundary conditions on the non-linear long-term behaviour
of spherical shallow concrete domes, Proceedings 6 th
International Conference on Computation of Shell and Spatial
Structures IASS-IACM 2008, Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York, USA, May.
+ Hamed E, Bradford MA and Gilbert RI (2008) Non-linear
time-dependent behaviour of spherical shallow concrete domes
– shallowness effect, Futures in Mechanics of Structures and
Materials, Proceedings of 20th Australasian Conference on the
Mechanics of Structures and Materials (ASMSM20), University
of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, December,
pp823-827.
Heidarpour A, Bradford MA (2008) Geometric non-linear
modeling of partial interaction in composite T-beams in fire.
Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete VI, Devil’s
Thumb Ranch, Colorado, USA; WM1-1.
+ Heidarpour A and Bradford MA (2008) In-plane non-linear
elastic spline finite strip analysis of thin plates at elevated
temperatures. Fifth European Conference on Steel and
Composite Structures, Eurosteel 2008 – Fifth European
Conference on Steel and Composite Structures, pp1049-1054,
Graz, Austria. September 3-5.
+ Heidarpour A and Bradford MA (2008) Non-linear behaviour
of composite beams with partial interaction, Australian
Structural Engineering Conference 2008, ASEC 2008
(Melbourne) Engaging with structural engineering, Paper No.
005. Melbourne, June 26-27.
*Hughes CE, *Cendon DI, Collins R, *Hankin S, *Harrison JJ,
*Hoffmann EL, *Loosz T, *Payne TE, Pham AN, *Twining JR,
*Vine M and Waite TD (2008) Movement of a tritium plume
in shallow groundwater at a legacy low-level radioactive waste
disposal site in eastern Australia over four decades. 10th South
Pacific Environmental Radioactivity Conference, Christchurch,
NZ, November.
*Htut T and Foster SJ (2008) Behaviour of steel fibre
reinforced mortor and concrete in tension, 20th Australasian
Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials,
ACMSM20, December 2-5, Toowoomba, Queensland, pp33-38.
*Johnson FM and Sharma A (2008) Evaporation in a warming
world, 31st Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium.
Adelaide, Australia.
Johnson FM and Sharma A (2007) Estimating evaporation –
issues and challenges, MODSIM 2007 Congress, Modelling and
Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Christchurch,
New Zealand.
+ Jones AM, Pham AN, Collins RN, Waite TD (2008)
Dissociation kinetics of iron and aluminium – organic
complexes from acid sulfate soils: Implications to fate of
iron and aluminium on discharge to estuarine and coastal
waters. Joint Conference of the 6th International Acid Sulfate
Soil Conference and the Acid Rock Drainage Symposium,
Guangzhou, China, September.
*Kinsela AS, Collins RN, *Macdonald BCT, Waite TD and
*White I (2008) Anomalous hydraulic and rheological
properties of coastal acid sulfate soils, eastern Australia. Joint
Conference of the 6th International Acid Sulfate Soil Conference
and the Acid Rock Drainage Symposium, Guangzhou, China,
September.
+ Le TMH, Pham AN, Collins RN and Waite TD (2009) Impact
of soil consolidation and cationic solutions on the hydraulic
properties of coastal acid sulfate soils. Joint Conference of
the 6 th International Acid Sulfate Soil Conference and the Acid
Rock Drainage Symposium, Guangzhou, China, September.
+ Lee GG and Foster SJ (2008) Modelling of shear-fracture of
fibre-reinforced concrete, FIB Symposium, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, May 19-22.
Lundie S, Peters G, + Rowley H, Schulz M, + Salem J (2008)
Environmental preferences in refrigerant selection for domestic
air conditioning, Proceedings of 15th CIRP International
Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, Sydney, March 17-19,
6 pages.
Lundie S, *Kroger T, Peters G, + Rowley HV, Feitz A (2008)
Integrated environmental-economic assessment of commercial
air-conditioning systems in Australia using systems analysis.
Proceedings of 15th CIRP International Conference on Life
Cycle Engineering. Sydney, March 17-19, 7 pages.
Luu TK and Bradford MA (2008) Restrained distortional
buckling of the steel joist of a composite steel-concrete beam
subjected to fire. Coupled Instabilities in Metal Structures
CIMS2008, Vol.1, Fifth International Conference on Coupled
Instabilities in Metal Structures, pp425-432, Sydney Australia,
June 23-25.
Luu TK and Bradford MA (2008) Restrained lateral-distortional
buckling in unprotected steel I-beams under fire loading.
Australian Structural Engineering Conference, ASEC 2008
(Melbourne) Engaging with structural engineering, paper no.
006, Melbourne June 26-27.
*Masin D and Khalili N (2008) Modelling of the collapse
behaviour of unsaturated soils in hypoplasticity, Unsaturated
Soils – Advances in Geoengineering, pp659-665, Durham UK,
July 2-4, 2008.
Mehrotra R and Sharma A (2007) A multisite stochastic
downscaling model of daily rainfall occurrences with long term
persistence.
*Ng TS and Foster SJ (2008) Development of high
performance geopolymer concrete, 20th Australasian
Conference on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials,
ACMSM20, December 2-5, 2008, Toowoomba, Queensland,
pp329-335.
*Ongley S, + Heidarpour A and Bradford M (2008) Stress
dispersion through the column flange of a beam-to-column
joint elevated temperatures. Fifth European Conference on
Steel and Composite Structures, EUROSTEEL 2008 – Fifth
European Conference on Steel and Composite Structures,
pp1043-1048, Graz, Austria, September 3-5.
+ Parcsi G, Wang X, *Gallagher E, *Hudson N, *Dunlop M,
Chattopadhyay G, Stuetz R (2008) Quantitative assessment of
volatile organic compounds and odorants from poultry houses
in Australia, Conference Proceedings: 3 rd IWA Odour and VOC
Conference, Barcelona, October 7-10.
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