Civil & Natural Resources

Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

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Peter Moss (Retired)

Position

Associate Professor in Civil Engineering

Qualifications

PhD (London), BE(Hons)(Civil)(NZ), D.I.C., C.Eng., FIPENZ, MICE

Contact Details

Phone: +64 3 364 2245  Internal: 6245
Fax: +64 3 364 2758
Email: peter.moss@canterbury.ac.nz

Research

Timber Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Isolation, Structural Dynamics, Mechanics of wool yarns

Professional affliations, activities and achievements (last 5 years)

  • Fellow, IPENZ
  • Fellow, NZNSEE
  • Member, Institution of Civil Engineering
  • Member, NZ Geotechnical Society,
  • Member, NZ Concrete Society,
  • Member, NZ Society on Large Dams,
  • Member, NZ Timber Design Society
  • Editor of the Bulletin of the NZ National Society for Earthquake Engineering and ex officio member of the Management Committee.
  • Co-editor of a book on guidelines for the design of low-rise buildings subjected to lateral forces and the proceedings of a conference on the full-scale behaviour of wood-framed buildings in earthquakes and high winds.

Recent Publications

Peng B. H. H., MacRae G. A., Walpole W. R., Moss P., Dhakal R., Clifton G. C. and Hyland C., Location Of Plastic Hinges In Axially Loaded Steel Members, Journal of Constructional Steel Research. Publication pending, , 2007:

Chang, J., Buchanan, A.H., Dhakal, R., and Moss, P.J, Hollowcore concrete slabs exposted to fire, Fire and Materials (In Press), , 2007:

Lau, P.H., Moss,P.J., Buchanan, A.H. and Chuo, T.C., Fire Performance of Connections in Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), Fire Performance of Connections in Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL), , 2006:

Moss, P.J., Dhakal, R. P., Buchanan, A. H., Wang, G., The behaviour of multi-bay, two-way reinforced concrete slabs in fire, ACMSM 19, Christchurch, NZ, , 2006:

Moss, P. J., Buchanan, A. H., Lau, J. and Chuo, T., Fire resistance of connections in laminated veneer lumber (LVL), ACMSM 19, Christchurch, NZ, , 2006: 469-475

Moss, P.J., Dhakal, R., Bong, M. W. and Buchanan, A. H., Structural fire performance of steel portal frame buildings, 4th SiF Workshop, Aveiro, Portugal, , 2006: 439-450

Chang, J., Buchanan, A.H., Dhakal, R., and Moss, P.J., Simple method for modelling hollowcore concrete slabs under fire, 19th Australasian Conf on Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Christchurch, NZ, , 2006:

Chang, J., Buchanan, A.H., Dhakal, R., and Moss, P.J, Analysis of hollowcore concrete floor slabs under fire, 4th International Workshop of Structures in Fire, Aveiro, Portugal, , 2006: 623-634

Chang, J., Buchanan, A.H., and Moss, P.J., Effect of insulation on the fire behaviour of steel floor trusses, Fire and Materials, v29 issue 4, 2005: 181-94

Bernhart, D., Buchanan, A. H., Dhakal, R. and Moss, P. J., Effect of Top Reinforcing on the Fire Performance of Continuous Reinforced Concrete Beams, Proc 8th Intl. Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Beijing, China, , 2005:

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