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The Packing Of Solid Particles, Ai Bing Yu

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Porosity is one of the most important properties of particulate materials, and it has been well known that there is a strong dependence of porosity on particle size distribution. This thesis will present a study of the packing of particles with special reference to the porosity and its estimation of particulate mixtures.

An attempt has been made to establish a general theory of the random packing of particles. The existence of two packing mechanisms, viz. the filling mechanism and the occupation mechanism, is demonstrated and the result is used to explain the limitations of the existing mathematical models. The porosity …

An Evangelical School In An Evangelical Diocese: An Examination Of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, 1913 To 1976, Phillip J. Heath

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The following thesis attempts to describe the history of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney, Australia, from 1913 to 1976. It examines the foundation of the school, its demographic setting, and its continuity of religious expression from its establishment by the Rev. G.A. Chambers in 1913 to the appointment of its most recent headmaster, Roderick I. West, in 1975/76. In examining the history of Trinity Grammar School, this thesis postulates three themes which are consistent features of its narrative. First, Trinity was founded and sustained as an attempt to establish an evangelical school in an evangelical diocese, one in which the religious …

The Impact Of Teacher Theoretical Orientation On Literacy Programs : [An Investigation Into The Impact Of Teacher's Beliefs On Literacy Programs], Kerry Sweeney

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This project set out to study the influence of teacher beliefs and assumptions on Literacy Programs. Two teachers were selected for a naturalistic study which focused on the influence of each teachers theoretical orientation on : the goals set for the classroom literacy program, the behaviours teachers perceive as reflecting "good" writing, the procedures, materials and information teachers use for evaluation, the materials and resources teachers select for use in the instructional program, the conditions for learning established in the classroom. This project involved both teachers and three students from their classes over a twelve week period.

An Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Irlen Photopic Transmittance Lenses In Overcoming Reading Disabilites, Kaye Lowe

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This project sets out to evaluate the effectiveness of the Irlen Photopic Transmittance Lenses (tinted lenses) as a therapy for reading disability. Specifically, a case-study methodology was applied to sixteen subjects who had been prescribed tinted lenses. As well , experimental simulations were devised to examine the performance of these subjects in a variety of reading and writing contexts.

An Investigation Of Children's Non-Narrative Writing In A Year 6/7 Classroom, Helen Charlotte Wildash-Campagna

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Nature and purpose of the study This study investigated the broad question, "What affects children's nonnarrative writing in the classroom?" The research perspective and design employed was naturalistic and participatory. It sought an integrated view of children's non-narrative writing performance by examining the following questions, in a natural classroom setting. 1. How, if at all, do students distinguish between different types of writing? By what criteria do they make their distinctions and why? 2. What preferences, if any, do students have for particular types of writing? Why do they have such preferences? 3. What do students believe affects their production …

Practical Applications Of Three-Dimensional Stress Change Measurements And Displacements In Underground Coal Mines, Jan Anton Nemcik

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Theoretical advances in mathematical analyses, numerical modelling and computer technology has significantly increased the knowledge of stress distribution around underground excavations. The complexity of rock behaviour, especially of the sedimentary soft rock type has made exact mathematical predictions very difficult. The need for alternative methods was clearly defined.

In the past various methods to measure in situ stresses were developed. Early measurements were in most cases limited to one dimension and were often used to measure the magnitude of vertical stress concentrations around the mine openings.

No detailed discussions on the historical stress measurement development is attempted here since many …

Sedimentation In Lake Albert, Wagga Wagga, Nsw, Gary Gordon Caitcheon

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

A sedimentation study of Lake Albert, a small lake artificially created at the turn of the cenmry, was conducted to determine the amount, rates of accumulation and sources of sediment in the lake. A series of diversions of near by creeks has resulted in the accumulation of relatively complex deltaic sequences adjacent to the diversion outfalls. Sediment now fills approximately 9% of the original volume of the lake basin. At the present rate of sediment accumulation the lake may be significantly filled in about 600 years, although this projection will be modified by climatic and catchment related factors during that …

The State, Youth And Schooling: The Social Construction Of Studenthood In New South Wales 1788-1948, Dianne S. Snow

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis examines the social construction of studenthood in New South Wales between 1788 and 1948. It focuses on the role of the state in this process while recognising that it was not the only agent involved. More specifically the thesis analyses the role of the state in defining studenthood and how this changed the relationship of youth to the state. Informed by Foucauldian theory and critical theory on the state, it seeks to render both 'the state' and 'the student' problematics in the history of education.

The thesis argues that as studenthood is an institutionalised concept it has been …

Maintaining Control: A History Of Unionism Among Employees Of The Sydney Water Board, Peter Michael Sheldon

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis analyses the history of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage Employees' Union (Wages Division) between its birth in 1909 and 1970. The context is the particular development of a water supply and sewerage industry for Sydney and the patterns of unionisation of construction labourers. Until 1928, the Public Worics Dqiartment had responsibility for the major construction works, the Water Board for maintenance. This thesis argues that the nature of the industry's financing and technical operation encouraged the development of a dual labour force and dual union culture. Construction labourers were casuals while those doing the Board's …

Technology And The Australian State: The Changing Political Discourse On Technology In Australia 1975-1985, Paul K. Couchman

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The thesis brings contemporary social theory into the analysis of science and technology policy. In doing so it draws on two broad areas of theory, on the social nature of technology and on the state as an institution of political domination. Technology is important to the state for it provides new means for state actors to achieve desired ends (state actors thus have an instrumental interest in technology), and it sets an agenda of policy problems for the state to deal with. Conversely, the state is important to technology for it is a major orienting agent and an organisational locus …

Relationships To Realisation: An Investigation Of The Process From Invention To Communication, As The Artist Selects And Develops Specific Orders In A Progressive Series Of Works, Mavis Irene Amos

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This documentation gives support to the work displayed in the two exhibitions of paintings and drawings, which form the basis of the submission for the Degree.

Included in the document is a photographic record of the works, with an analysis of each work, recording title, size, method of work, presentation and dynamic structure.

The painting projects for this submission were begun in 1986, with the first exhibition being held during June 1987 at The Verlie Just - TOWN GALLERY, 4th Floor Dunstan House, 236 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane 4000. Queensland.

This major presentation consisted of sixty four (64) works comprising:-

24 …

A Study Of The Properties Of Coal Agglomerates And Their Effect On Bulk Density, Yuan Lu

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The research described in this thesis is a study of the properties of coal agglomerates and their effect on bulk density. Literature relevant to the agglomeration has been reviewed with particular emphasis being placed on the properties of agglomerates, size distribution of agglomerates, mechanism of agglomerates formation and their effect on bulk density. Experimental technique involved a modified A.S.T.M. standard apparatus for measuring coal bulk density to investigate the properties of coal agglomerates and their effect on bulk density. The relationship between bulk density of coal, its size distribution, moisture content and oil addition and the relationship between size distribution …

Development Of A File System And Simple User Interface For A Worm Disk, Yumiwaty Halimah

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The optical disk is a newly developed secondary data storage medium which is based on laser technology. Optical disk technology has achieved higher densities, larger capacities and longer archival life than magnetic disk technology. To balance this, access times are slower and the write once nature of some optical systems makes them unsuitable for some applications.

A Study Of Keyboard Dynamics, Sumalee Pisitkasem

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Keyboard dynamics is concerned with the way in which people type and with the possible uses of this infornnation to recognize computer users. The distributions of interkey times for each pair of characters typed by different subjects on a given keyboard are analysed and some pairs or combinations of pairs that have the power of discriminating between users' typing are chosen. A reference profile, which consists of some statistics that uniquely identify the user, is built as a basis for verifying a sample of future typing. The smallest sample size of interkey times for which reasonably reliable discrimination is possible …

An Evaluation Of The Oil And Gas Potential Of The Murray Basin, Alan Watchman

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This study presents organic petrological and chemical data, summarises well completion report details from boreholes drilled into the Murray Basin and evaluates the potential of finding commercial quantities of oil and gas. The epicratonic Murray Basin is an extensive on-shore depositional basin of Cainozoic age which overlies a number of infrabasins containing thickened sequences of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic sediments. Pre-Carboniferous sediments are much more strongly lithified than the younger sediments and the post- Carboniferous strata are considered non-prospective in the Darling River region. Weak hydrocarbon shows including traces of bitumen, minor oil staining core and some gas concentrations have been …

The Petrology Of The Goobarragandra District, Southeast Of Tumut, New South Wales, Graham S. Ohmsen

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The thermal metamorphism of the Mid-Late Silurian Coolac Ophiolite Suite by the Early Devonian Bogong Granite southeast of Tumut, in southern New South Wales, has led to the development of a diverse range of hornfelses. The dismembered Coolac Ophiolite, which comprises the Coolac Serpentinite and Honeysuckle Metabasic Igneous Complex, has a hornblende hornfels facies thermal metamorphism overprinting a low grade greenschist regional metamorphism.

Aussat: The Social Shaping Of A Satellite System, S. R. Paltridge

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis examines the planning process for the first and second generations of Australia's domestic satellite system (Aussat). It focuses on the development of a large sociotechnical system over more than a ten year period and the constellation of interest that became embroiled in one of Australia's most controversial projects. The present work seeks to call forth and highlight those factors most relevant to the shaping of particular aspects of technological development to produce an understanding of how participants in the negotiation of the sociotechnical design sought to assert their interests. In addition, the thesis examines Aussat's effect on its …

The Behavioural Ecology Of The Gliding Marsupial, Petaurus Australis, Ross Lindsay Goldingay

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The yellow-bellied glider (Petaurus australis) is one of only a few mammal species which feed on plant and insect exudates. The studies described in this thesis were aimed at assessing the importance of the diet on the behavioural ecology of the yellow-bellied glider. Gliders were studied in detail at two sites in New South Wales in quite different forest habitats. One site was near Bombala on the southeast tablelands and the other was near Kioloa on the south coast. The following features of the behavioural ecology of the yellow-bellied glider are presented in this thesis: (i) the diet and foraging …

The Shifting Weather: Affinity, Diversity, And The Place Of The Author In Six Novels Of The Depression Era, Audrey May Heycox

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Tn an analysis of six novels this dissertation looks at the way four authors reacted creatively to the challenge presented by the Great Depression and World War II. The features that these works have in common are numerous and significant from a literary viewpoint, and reflect their common genesis. Regardless of their affinities, however, we can appreciate that diversity of style and presentation which is to be expected from individual authors as a result of their personal and unique points of view. Furthermore, when we penetrate their surface preoccupation with social matters, and when we read these works from a …

Australian Science In Crisis, 1984: The Founding Of The Federation Of Australian Scientific And Technological Societies (Fasts), Richard Payling

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The thesis covers two troubled years in Australian science: April 1983 to April 1985. The two years began with the arrival of Barry Jones as Minister for Science and Technology, with his vision of a high technology future, and the growth in expectations amongst Australian scientists - resulting from this vision - of increased government support for scientific research. They ended in dismay following the fall from grace of Barry Jones, the dashing of expectations from the 1984 federal budget, and the resolve of scientists to form a national political organisation FASTS (the Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies), …

Science And The Scottish Evangelical Movement In Early Nineteenth Century Scotland: A Study In The Interactions Of Science And Theology In The Work Of The Rev. Dr. Thomas Chalmers D.D., Ll.D., 1780-1847, John E. Webster

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The Church of Scotland experienced the great "Disruption" in 1843, which led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland and its theological College, known as the "Hew College". Thomas Chalmers was not only the principal leader of the Disruption, but also the first Principal of the New College. It was through his influence that a chair in Natural Science was created, with the appointment of the famous Scottish geologist, John Fleming. Only a person who was committed to the teaching of the sciences could insist that such a chair be created in a theological institution.

This thesis seeks …

Technology Work And Management: Workplace Industrial Relations In Steelmaking At Port Kembla Steelworks, 1967-87, Diana J. Kelly

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

In these times of economic volatility, much emphasis is placed on "good industrial relations" and increased productivity. These require a more rigorous understanding of work organisation, work processes, and industrial relations at the u/orkplace. In this thesis tu/o different steelmaking work areas at Port Kembla Steelworks are examined over the years 1967-87. The older open hearth steelmaking process ceased in 1982. The newer BOS process was begun in 1972. The focus of the thesis is the question: "To what extent, and in what ways do the specific characteristics of the workplace influence industrial relations processes?" A modified job regulation theoretical …

The Utilisation Of Cultural Change To Improve Organisational Effectiveness: An Exploratory Study Of Three Drug And Alcohol Agencies, Garry Lake

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis explores how organisational cultural change can be utilised to improve the effectiveness of three drug and alcohol agencies. The thesis is written in two distinct parts. The first part of the thesis creates a theoretical framework for understanding organisational cultures and organisational cultural change. The second part of the thesis utilises the model of organisational cultural change to explore how organisational cultural change can improve the effectiveness of three drug and alcohol agencies.

An Illuminative Study Of Early Literacy Learners Within One Multi-Age, 'Whole' Language Context: How Do The Social Interactions Within One Multi-Age, 'Whole' Language Class, Support Learners' Cognitive, Attitudinal And Effective Needs For Literacy Development, Claire Y. Wille

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The aim of this study is to illuminate the development of early literacy learners within one multi-age, 'whole' language classroom, and to correlate the social interactions reflected in this context to learners's literacy cognition, attitudes and affective development for literacy. This study has drawn upon a number of resources, using naturalistic illumination procedures to delineate as effectively as possible, the links between teacher beliefs and practices to the social interactions that contribute to the literacy development of early literacy learners within one multi-age, 'whole' language context. Through this illumination, the importance of social interactions for supporting cognitive, attitudinal and affective …

An Examination Of The Correlation Between One School's Stated Policies In Literacy Teaching And Evaluation And The Teaching And Evaluation Practices In That School, Helen Lynette Woodward

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This study examines the correlation between the values reflected in the principles contained in the school literacy policy and those reflected in teachers' beliefs and practices in the classroom. Evaluation practices, by their very nature, are determined by the values established and acted upon in a given context. Therefore there ought to be correlation between stated policy principles and teachers' evaluation practices. Principles were extracted from the school's stated policies in literacy teaching and evaluation. The teachers were interviewed and observations were made of classroom practices and procedures. Descriptive and inferential reports were written and the categories of beliefs, practices …

Theory And Application Of (Iir) Adaptive Notch Filtering, Jose Fernando Chicharo

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis deals with infinite impulse response adaptive notch filtering and its application to the industrial problem of roll eccentricity signal estimation and retrieval.

A minimal notch filter parametization is examined and a number of modifications are proposed which serve to enhance the notch filter characteristics and hence its usefulness. Firstly, a special constraint is introduced which allows the notch filter to be converted into a line enhancer without requiring structural changes. A further advantage associated with this modification is that the notch filter becomes a minimum phase filter. Secondly, a normalizing gain factor is introduced which ensures unity gain …

Petrography And Geochemistry Of Volcanic Rocks From Ungaran, Central Java, Indonesia, Richard Claproth

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The development of Java Island which forms part of the Sunda Arc is due to subduction of the northward-moving Indian-Australian Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate. Ungaran volcano, Central Java, is situated 197 km above the Benioff Zone dipping at 55°, and forms part of the second of three cycles of volcanism recognized on Java Island. The volcano which was active between the Late Pliocene and Late Pleistocene is characterized by three stages of growth, interrupted by two episodes of cone collapse and the products of eruption can be grouped into four major units comprising Oldest Ungaran, Old Ungaran, Parasitic Cones …

Petrological And Maturation Characteristics Of Organic Matter From The Middle Proterozoic Mcarthur Basin, Australia, Ian H. Crick

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Organic matter in middle Proterozoic sedimentary rocks of the McArthur Basin occurs predominately within fine-grained clastic sediments and is made up of the petrographically discernable entities, lamalginite, bitumen, thucholite and oncalginite. With increasing maturation, fluorescence in lamalginite diminishes from bright yellow to dull brownish-orange and eventually ceases. Disaggregation of nonfluorescent lamalginite may have led to the formation of some types of bitumen. The lamalginite probably formed from a variety of micro-organisms but few are preserved in the lamalginite.

Reflectances of discrete maceral types generally show systematic increases with increasing depth, but discontinuities occur where fluorescent lamalginite gives way to nonfluorescent …

Studies In Iron Ore Reduction With Particular Reference To Indonesian Iron Ores, Pramusanto

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

The reduction characteristics of Lampung (Sumatra) lump ore uses carbon monoxide have been studied by thermogravimetry. The course of reaction has been expressed in term of degree of reduction defined as weight loss measured at a given time with respect to the maximum possible weight loss. The results of the reduction characteristics of the ore have shown that the presence of goethite. identified by X-ray diffraction, in an essential magneto-hematite ore complicates the reduction. Some fixed time reduction experiments have been candied out on ore samples where the reduced sample was examined under optical and SEM and also some physical …

A Study Of Wind Stress And Boundary Effects On Sea Level And Coastal Currents, A. L. Worthy

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis includes both a discussion of free and forced topographic trapped edge waves over various continental shelf profiles, and an examination of the boundary effects on sea level coastal current movement through a strait or channel.

Using the linearized long wave theory and the methods of complex analysis, edge wave solutions are analytically determined over a linear and exponential, finite and semi-infinite, continental shelf profile. The effects of both pressure and wind stress forcing of edge waves also discussed. An analysis of wind generated Class I and Class II edge waves is included, along with a comparison of the …