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Civil Engineering
Canterbury University
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch, 8140

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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@civil.canterbury.ac.nz

Research

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

Adminstrative Responsibilities

Department: Member of the Consultative Committee; Convenor of the Computer Developments Committee; Member of the Academic Developments Committee; and Counsellor to 2nd Professional Direct Entry Students
Faculty:
Member of the Computing (CAD policy) Committee
University: Member, Academic Board
Professional:
Member of the Management Committee of the New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering; Member of the Physical and Engineering Sciences Advisory Committee; Foundation for Research, Science and Technology

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

Bernhart, D, Buchanan, A., Dhakal, R.P., and Moss, P.J., Effect of top reinforcing on the fire performance of continuous reinforced concrete beams,8th Intl Symposium on Fire Safety Science, Beijing,, 2005: 259-70

Lim L, A H Buchanan, Moss P J., Analysis and Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs Exposed to Fires,Proceedings SiF 04 - Structures in Fire Symposium, Ottawa, Canada,, 2004: 353-68

Lane W, Buchanan A H, Moss P J., Fire Performance of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL),Proc of 18th Australasian Conf on the Mechanics of Structures and Materials, Perth, Australia,, 2004:

Wang, J., Carr, A., Cooke, N., & Moss, P., Effects of Spatial Variations of Seismic Inputs on Bridge Longitudinal Response,Proc of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Eng, Vancouver Canada (accepted to conf.),, 2004:

Wang, J., Carr, A., Cooke, N., & Moss, P., Inelastic Responses of Long Bridges to Ashynchronous Seismic Inputs,Proc of 13th World Conference on Earthquake Eng, Vancouver Canada (accepted to conf.),, 2004:

Moss P J, Buchanan A H, Seputro J, Wastney C, Welsh R, Effect of Support Conditions on the Fire Behaviour of Steel and Composite Beams,Fire and Materials,v28no2-4, 2004: 159-76

Lim L, Buchanan A H, Moss P J, Franssen J-M., Numerical Modelling of Two-way Reinforced Concrete Slabs in Fire,Engineering Structures,v26, 2004: 1081-91

Moss P J, Buchanan A H, Seputro J, Welsh R., Effect of Support Conditions on the Behaviour of Steel Beams in Fire,Australian Journal of Structural Eng,v5no2, 2004: 89-98

Lim L, Buchanan A H, Moss P J., Restraint of Fire-Exposed Concrete Floor Systems,Fire and Materials,v28no2-4, 2004: 95-126

Lane W, Buchanan A H, Moss P J., Fire Performance of Laminated Veneer Lumber (LVL),Proc. of World Conf on Timber Engineering, Lahti, Finland,v3, 2004: 473-78

 
 
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