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The Influence Of Site Physical Characteristics On Power Quality Performance, Glenn Nicholson, Victor J. Gosbell, Ashok Parsotam
The Influence Of Site Physical Characteristics On Power Quality Performance, Glenn Nicholson, Victor J. Gosbell, Ashok Parsotam
Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)
Routine power quality (PQ) monitoring is limited to a statistical sample of sites that are hopefully representative of the overall PQ performance of the network. It would be helpful if the PQ performance of un-monitored sites could be inferred from the results of a PQ survey from a site having similar physical characteristics. This is only possible if it is known which physical characteristics are most influential in determining PQ performance. This paper describes the application of factor analysis techniques to determine the relationship between known site physical characteristics and PQ disturbance levels on the Vector Distribution Network (Auckland, New …
Challenges And Opportunities Facing Australian Universities Caused By Internationalisation Of Chinese Higher Education, Mingxuan Wu, Ping Yu
Challenges And Opportunities Facing Australian Universities Caused By Internationalisation Of Chinese Higher Education, Mingxuan Wu, Ping Yu
Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)
China opened its market to the world after it entered The World Trade Organisation (WTO) at the turn of the last century. The Chinese Ministry of Education recently reviewed a series of policies about international cooperation in higher education with foreign countries in an effort to standardise their practice through centralised control. The purpose of this paper is to analyse current features and trends in international cooperation in Chinese higher education. This paper also develops a benefit-driven model of the internationalisation of Chinese higher education, and attempts to address the reasons for the marketability of cooperative programs in China. Finally, …
Modelling A Wool Scour Bowl, James Caunce, Geoff Mercer, S. I. Barry, Timothy R. Marchant
Modelling A Wool Scour Bowl, James Caunce, Geoff Mercer, S. I. Barry, Timothy R. Marchant
Faculty of Informatics - Papers (Archive)
Wool scouring is the process of washing dirty wool after shearing. Our model simulates, using the advection-diffusion equation, the movement of contaminants within a scour bowl. The effects of varying the important parameters are investigated. Interesting, but simple, relationships are found which give insight into the dynamics of a scour bowl.
Assessing Vulnerability Of Coasts To Climate Change: A Review Of Approaches And Their Application To The Australian Coast, P. A. Abuodha, C. D. Woodroffe
Assessing Vulnerability Of Coasts To Climate Change: A Review Of Approaches And Their Application To The Australian Coast, P. A. Abuodha, C. D. Woodroffe
Faculty of Science - Papers (Archive)
This paper reviews approaches to assessing vulnerability of coasts to climate change and gives details of one of the approaches, coastal vulnerability index (CVI). The CVI ranks the following in terms of their physical contribution to sea-level rise-related coastal change: dune height, barrier type, beach type, relative sea-level change, shoreline erosion and accretion, mean tidal range and mean wave height. These variables are seen to be more useful to the Australian coast. The ranking for each input variable were combined and an index value calculated for selected beaches on the Illawarra and Batemans Bay coasts. The results are presented here.
Electron Microscope Studies Of Al-Fe-Si Intermetallics In An A1-11 Percent Alloy, M V. Kral, P N H Nakashima, D Rg Mitchell
Electron Microscope Studies Of Al-Fe-Si Intermetallics In An A1-11 Percent Alloy, M V. Kral, P N H Nakashima, D Rg Mitchell
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Al-Fe-Si intermetallic particles in both unmodified and highly modified sand-cast eutectic AI-11.7 pct Si alloys were characterized using scanning and transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and convergent beam and selected area electron diffraction. The only two Al-Fe-Si intermetallics observed in this particular alloy are (1) ‘‘Chinese-script’’ morphology, consistent with a description of body-centered cubic a-A119Fe4MNSi2 and (2) plate-shaped, consistent with tetragonal d-A1eFeSi2. The authors are unaware of any other characterization of d-A1eFeSi2 using convergent beam electron diffraction (CBED) and selected area diffraction (SAD) techniques.
1,8,14,20-Tetraoxa-11,23-Dithiatricyclo[21.3.0.09,13]Hexacosa-9,12,21,24-Tetraene, Pawel Wagner, Maciej Kubicki, Mieczyslaw Lapkowski
1,8,14,20-Tetraoxa-11,23-Dithiatricyclo[21.3.0.09,13]Hexacosa-9,12,21,24-Tetraene, Pawel Wagner, Maciej Kubicki, Mieczyslaw Lapkowski
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Crystals of the title compd. are orthorhombic, space group Pbca; Z = 4. Mols. lie on crystallog. centers of inversion, but have approx. C2h mol. symmetry. The parallel thiophene rings are almost exactly planar; the overall conformation of the mol. is chair-like. The mols. have voids that could, in principle, accommodate small guest mols., although in the crystal structure access to these voids is blocked by neighboring mols.
3-Methyl-5-Nitrouracil, Maciej Kubicki, Pawel Wagner
3-Methyl-5-Nitrouracil, Maciej Kubicki, Pawel Wagner
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The molecules of the title compound, C5H5N3O4, are approximately planar. The nitro group makes a dihedral angle of 1.3 (4)° with the plane of the six-membered ring. This coplanar disposition is a reason for the changes in valence angles in the vicinity of the nitro group. Molecules are connected into dimers by means of N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds, and these dimers make larger structures with the help of relatively short C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
Efficient Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based On A 2-Thiophen-2-Yl-Vinyl-Conjugated Ruthenium Photosensitizer And A Conjugated Polymer Hole Conductor, Attila Mozer, Y Wada, K-J Jiang, N Masaki, S Yanagida, Shogo Mori
Efficient Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Based On A 2-Thiophen-2-Yl-Vinyl-Conjugated Ruthenium Photosensitizer And A Conjugated Polymer Hole Conductor, Attila Mozer, Y Wada, K-J Jiang, N Masaki, S Yanagida, Shogo Mori
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Efficient dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells based on a 2-thiophen-2-yl-vinyl-conjugated ruthenium photosensitizer and a conjugated polymer poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) have been fabricated. A maximum power conversion efficiency of 2.6% is achieved when the mesoporous TiO2 layer is 5–6 μm. The high fill factor (0.74), the open circuit voltage (0.78V), and the linear light intensity dependence of the short circuit current density (4.5mA cm−2 at 100 mW cm−2) make these devices promising for solid state photovoltaic applications.
Anomalous Electronic Raman Scattering In Naxcoo2. Yh2o, P Lemmens, K. Y. Choi, E Sherman, Dapeng Chen, C T Lin, F. C. Chou, B Keimer
Anomalous Electronic Raman Scattering In Naxcoo2. Yh2o, P Lemmens, K. Y. Choi, E Sherman, Dapeng Chen, C T Lin, F. C. Chou, B Keimer
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
Raman scattering experiments on NaxCoO2·yH2O single crystals show a broad electronic continuum with a pronounced peak around 100 cm-1 and a cutoff at approximately 560 cm-1 over a wide range of doping levels. The electronic Raman spectra in superconducting and nonsuperconducting samples are similar at room temperature, but evolve in markedly different ways with decreasing temperature. For superconducting samples, the low-energy spectral weight is depleted upon cooling below T*∼150 K, indicating the opening of a pseudogap that is not present in nonsuperconducting materials. Weak additional phonon modes observed below T* suggest that the pseudogap is associated with charge ordering.
The Effect Of Oxidation On The Structure Of Styryl-Substituted Sexithiophenes: A Resonance Raman Spectroscopy And Density Functional Theory Study, Tracy Clarke, Keith Gordon, David L. Officer, Daina K. Grant
The Effect Of Oxidation On The Structure Of Styryl-Substituted Sexithiophenes: A Resonance Raman Spectroscopy And Density Functional Theory Study, Tracy Clarke, Keith Gordon, David L. Officer, Daina K. Grant
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
The structures and vibrational properties of a series of styryl-substituted sexithiophenes and their charged species have been examined using resonance Raman spectroscopy in conjunction with density functional theory calculations. The calculated geometries of the radical cations and dications indicate that the quinoidal charged defects are more strongly localized in the center of the thiophene backbone than is observed in other sexithiophenes. This defect confinement, induced by the positions of the styryl substituents, is particularly evident in the dication species. However, the defect confinement weakens when alkoxy groups are added onto the phenyl rings by causing the extension of the charged …
Solid State Ph Sensor Based On Light Emitting Diodes (Led) As Detector Platform, King Tong Lau, Roderick Shepherd, Danny Diamond, Dermot Diamond
Solid State Ph Sensor Based On Light Emitting Diodes (Led) As Detector Platform, King Tong Lau, Roderick Shepherd, Danny Diamond, Dermot Diamond
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
A low-power, high sensitivity, very low-cost light emitting diode (LED)-based device developed for low-cost sensor networks was modified with bromocresol green membrane to work as a solid-state pH sensor. In this approach, a reverse-biased LED functioning as a photodiode is coupled with a second LED configured in conventional emission mode. A simple timer circuit measures how long (in microsecond) it takes for the photocurrent generated on the detector LED to discharge its capacitance from logic 1 (+5 V) to logic 0 (+1.7 V). The entire instrument provides an inherently digital output of light intensity measurements for a few cents. A …
Growth Of Width-Controlled Nanowires Mno2 From Mesoporous Carbon And Investigation Of Their Properties, Shenmin Zhu, Xiaolin Wang, Wei Huang, Deyue Yan, Honghua Wang, Di Zhang
Growth Of Width-Controlled Nanowires Mno2 From Mesoporous Carbon And Investigation Of Their Properties, Shenmin Zhu, Xiaolin Wang, Wei Huang, Deyue Yan, Honghua Wang, Di Zhang
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
One-dimensional α-MnO2 nanowires with a controlled width of 10–20 nm have been developed by means of ultrasonic waves from mesoporous carbon using KMnO4 as the precursor. The formation mechanism has been proposed based on the results. A peak around 100 K was detected in the temperature-dependence of magnetization curve, indicating the ferromagnetic state in nanocomposite mesoporous carbon-MnO2, which is in agreement with the transition temperature found from the magnetization versus applied magnetic field curve. The magnetization versus temperature curve of the obtained MnO2 nanowires showed a magnetic transition at about 50 K, illustrating that a …
Spin Singlet Pairing In The Superconducting State Of Naxco02 1.3h2o: Evidence From A 59co Knight Shift In A Single Crystal, Guo-Qing Zheng, Kazuaki Matano, Dapeng Chen, C T. Lin
Spin Singlet Pairing In The Superconducting State Of Naxco02 1.3h2o: Evidence From A 59co Knight Shift In A Single Crystal, Guo-Qing Zheng, Kazuaki Matano, Dapeng Chen, C T. Lin
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
We report a 59Co Knight-shift measurement in a single crystal of the cobalt oxide superconductor NaxCoO2∙1.3H2O (Tc=4.25 K). We find that the shift due to the spin susceptibility, Ks, is substantially large and anisotropic, with the spin shift along the a-axis Kas being two times that along the c-axis Kcs. The shift decreases with decreasing temperature (T) down to T≈100 K, then becomes a constant until superconductivity sets in. Both Kas and Kcs decrease below Tc. Our results indicate unambiguously that the electron pairing in the superconducting state is in the spin singlet form.
Previous Heat Treatment Inducing Different Plasma Nitriding Behaviors In Martensitic Stainless Steels, C A. Figueroa, F Alvarez, D Rg Mitchell, G A. Collins, K T. Short
Previous Heat Treatment Inducing Different Plasma Nitriding Behaviors In Martensitic Stainless Steels, C A. Figueroa, F Alvarez, D Rg Mitchell, G A. Collins, K T. Short
Australian Institute for Innovative Materials - Papers
In this work we report a study of the induced changes in structure and corrosion behavior of martensitic stainless steels nitrided by plasma immersion ion implantation (PI3) at different previous heat treatments. The samples were characterized by x-ray diffraction and glancing angle x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy, and potentiodynamic measurements. Depending on the proportion of retained austenite in the unimplanted material, different phase transformations are obtained at lower and intermediate temperatures of nitrogen implantation. At higher temperatures, the great mobility of the chromium yields CrN segregations like spots in random distribution, and the a' -martensite is …