Development of Models for the Three-Dimensional Analysis of Jack-Up Structures. Mobile jack-up structures perform most of the world's offshore drilling in water depths up to 120m, but have a higher accident rate then fixed installations. To improve their safety, this research will develop the framework for the integrated assessment of jack-up behaviour in three dimensions. To achieve this, an advanced plasticity model that describes cyclic behaviour of the circular shallow foundations of jack-up ....Development of Models for the Three-Dimensional Analysis of Jack-Up Structures. Mobile jack-up structures perform most of the world's offshore drilling in water depths up to 120m, but have a higher accident rate then fixed installations. To improve their safety, this research will develop the framework for the integrated assessment of jack-up behaviour in three dimensions. To achieve this, an advanced plasticity model that describes cyclic behaviour of the circular shallow foundations of jack-ups in both clay and sand will be developed and incorporated with random wave loading of seas in a dynamic structural analysis program. The anticipated advantages of the modelling techniques will be assessed against existing two dimensional industry guidelines and monitored field data. Read moreRead less
Religion at the End of the World: Anglican Communities in Western Australia 1829-c.2000. As the project will study Anglicanism as an internal variety of forms it will benefit minority groups in understanding their 'agency' in shaping religious traditions. The project will also contribute to breaking down stereotypical generalities about religions and religious groups in Australia that result from approaching any religion as a monochrome and uniform phenomenon. The identification of the various f ....Religion at the End of the World: Anglican Communities in Western Australia 1829-c.2000. As the project will study Anglicanism as an internal variety of forms it will benefit minority groups in understanding their 'agency' in shaping religious traditions. The project will also contribute to breaking down stereotypical generalities about religions and religious groups in Australia that result from approaching any religion as a monochrome and uniform phenomenon. The identification of the various forms of Anglicanism in Western Australia and their own particular religious cultures will be of benefit in substantiating the part played by indigenous, rural, and regional communities in the history of Western Australian society through the agency of Anglicanism.Read moreRead less
Landscape, language and culture in Indigenous Australia. This project aims to determine how culture and social diversity interact with landscape in representing physical space in the minds and grammars of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages. The project will conduct the first Australia-wide survey of Indigenous spatial description correlated with landscape, and the first large-scale investigation of diversity in spatial behaviour among individuals within communities. The findings are exp ....Landscape, language and culture in Indigenous Australia. This project aims to determine how culture and social diversity interact with landscape in representing physical space in the minds and grammars of speakers of Australian Indigenous languages. The project will conduct the first Australia-wide survey of Indigenous spatial description correlated with landscape, and the first large-scale investigation of diversity in spatial behaviour among individuals within communities. The findings are expected to inform crucial debates on the formative role of landscape in language, and advance our knowledge of human spatial cognition. It will collect completely new experimental and natural data in six endangered languages, with significant benefits for the maintenance of Indigenous languages and cultures.Read moreRead less