Author:Snedden, Glen C; Smyth, J; Bindon, J; Brooks, M; Smith, GDate:Aug 2012A South African turbopump design capability would be critical to any future indigenous commercial launch capacity. This paper describes the initial work being done at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) to design a kerosene turbopump for ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, I; Olivier, MDate:Jul 2009Currently, network evidence used in a court of law can be lacking and inadequate for prosecution purposes, due to a loss of packets during the network transmission. This packet loss in turn may be caused by the congestion of data transmitted ...Read more
Author:Pennefather, S; Bradshaw, K; Irwin, Barry VWDate:Sep 2017Currently, network analytics requires direct access to network packets, normally through a third-party application, which means that obtaining realtime results is difficult. We propose the NFP-CPU heterogeneous framework to allow parts of ...Read more
Author:Von Solms, S; Van Heerden, Renier PDate:Jul 2015The development of the Network Emulation and Simulation Laboratory is motivated by the drive to contribute to the enhancement of the security and resilience of South Africa's critical information infrastructure. The goal of the Network Emulation ...Read more
Author:Modungwa, D; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CMDate:Jun 2008The manufacturing of moulds and dies is achieved through expensive and complicated manufacturing processes. There is a need in the mould and die tool industry for technologically advanced systems/machinery that will be able to facilitate ...Read more
Author:Beharie, MM; Pedro, JO; Dala, LDate:2015This paper presents the design, development and construction of a flight test stand for a quadrotor UAV. As opposed to alternate forms of UAV, the power plant in the case of the quadrotor serves a dual purpose of control and propulsion. Since ...Read more
Author:Masekamela, I; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CMDate:Nov 2008The paper presents the design and the development of a real-time, open architecture controller that is used for control of reconfigurable manufacturing tools (RMTs) in reconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS). The controller that is presented ...Read more
Author:Masekamela, I; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CMDate:Jun 2008Unprecedented and abrupt changes in market demands represent new conditions that manufactures of consumer goods need to operate within. Several factors are simultaneously contributing to these market changes, including globalisation of the ...Read more
Author:Pieterse, FF; Bidgood, Peter M; Vaz, NFDate:2017The requirements that a wind tunnel balance need to satisfy have become increasingly stringent. These requirements, as set out by the wind tunnel testing community, include: improved static force accuracy and resolution, increased stiffness, ...Read more
Author:Vogt, D; Nyareli, TDate:Jun 2008It is difficult to build directional antennas for borehole radar due to the limited space available in the borehole. Recently published results show, however, that it is possible to obtain directional information even from electrically small ...Read more
Author:Ngobeni, Sipho J; Venter, HSDate:Jul 2009The proliferation of wireless mobile communication technology has emerged and this has resulted in the increase of the wireless users. On the other hand, cyber crime in WLANs has appeared to be gradually increasing world wide. Wireless network ...Read more
Author:Bender, B; Grum, M; Gronau, N; Alfa, Atahiru; Maharaj, BTDate:Jun 2019Modern production infrastructures of globally operating companies usually consist of multiple distributed production sites. While the organization of individual sites consisting of Industry 4.0 components itself is demanding, new questions ...Read more
Author:Sabatta, DGDate:Nov 2009Before a robot may be classed as an autonomous system, it must be able to move unaided in an environment. In a known environment or with pre-recorded trajectories, this reduces to the problem of path following. In order to follow an arbitrarily ...Read more
Author:De Villiers, MDate:Feb 2011This research project proposes the development of an autonomous, omnidirectional vehicle that will be used for general indoor service applications. A suggested trial application for this service robot will be to deliver printouts to various ...Read more
Author:Adebesin, F; Kotzé, PaulaDate:Jun 2012The Digital Doorway (DD) is a joint initiative between the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Meraka Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The DD is a non-standard computer system ...Read more
Author:Botha, LDate:Sep 2012The cost of antennas for instrumentation radars are determined by the development cost. By re-use of the reflector system cost effective antennas can be designed. The factors governing the design of such antennas are described here.Read more
Author:Labuschagne, WA; Burke, Ivan D; Veerasamy, Namosha; Eloff, MMDate:Aug 2011Social networking sites are a popular medium of interaction and communication. Social networking sites provide the ability to run applications and games to test users’ knowledge. The popularity of social networks makes it an ideal tool through ...Read more
Author:Bembe, MJ; Lysko, Albert A; Nyandeni, TC; Clark, WDate:Aug 2009The electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna system is configured with one feed radiating element and N-parasitic radiating elements. The radiation pattern is electronically controlled by means of the variable devices ...Read more
Author:Dickens, John S; Maweni, Thabisa; Setati, Tiro; Suddoo, ZubairDate:Nov 2023The HERMES autonomous surveillance robot platform is a low-cost outdoor autonomous surveillance vehicle. It is designed to autonomously patrol outdoor areas performing surveillance and providing automated alerts of detected vehicles and ...Read more