Curtin Theses: Recent submissions
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Reducing Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation Cost by Intelligently Reducing Geometric Complexity(2020)Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) Simulations enable a wide range of analysis but are costly to perform. This research looks at taking existing geometry from Building Information Models or CAD, and performing Geometric ...
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(2021)Low-salinity waterflooding appears to be a cost-effective and environmentally friendly means to enhanced oil recovery in carbonate reservoirs. Wettability alteration has been identified as an important process during low ...
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(2020)Digital finance offers transformational solutions to the chronic challenges in the agriculture value chain. While agriculture apps have been well developed and widely used in some developed and developing countries, there ...
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(2020)This research explored different stereo-video sampling techniques for assessing fish communities off and on spatially limited habitats. Stereo-ROVs were identified as the most appropriate tool for such applications due ...
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(2020)This thesis utilises a creative practice as research methodology to explore the testimony of a historical figure, Elspeth Reoch, an accused witch tried in Orkney, Scotland, in the year 1616. The exegesis consists of a ...
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(2020)This research analyses English as a Foreign Language (EFL) instruction in the context of sustainability using a case study mixed-methods approach, including document analysis, surveys and interviews, to determine to what ...
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Modelling and simulation of biomass fast pyrolysis process: Kinetics, reactor, and condenser systems(2019)The research focuses on understanding implementation of multi-scale modeling and simulation of biomass fast pyrolysis process. Lumped and detailed pyrolysis kinetic models are proposed based on experimental and literature ...
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(2021)Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is an important foodborne and regulatory pathogen in the beef industry. This study used high throughput sequencing technology to provide deeper analysis of changes in bacterial ...
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(2021)This thesis generates a comprehensive evidence base that offers an up-to-date picture on the links between housing precariousness and wellbeing. Housing precariousness consists of four dimensions – tenure insecurity, ...
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(2021)Fluoropolymers, owing to its unique properties such as excellent water and oil resistance, chemical resistance, and thermal stability they have been widely used in developing speciality coatings. This thesis reports on ...