Author:Mtibe, Asanda; Muniyasamy, Sudhakar; Motaung, TEDate:Jul 2020Biobased polymer and bio-nanocomposites have provided significant improvement in material science, moving towards the development of green materials to replace petro-based materials. The present study investigated the value-added utilisation ...Read more
Author:Park, RDate:01 Sep 2010The Atmospheric Modelling Strategic Initiative is a new initiative at the CSIR, and has only begun producing daily forecasts for southern Africa (and the Southern Africa Development Community – SADC) as of January 2010. These forecasts are ...Read more
Author:Dimitrov, L; Ssamula, BDate:Jul 2009The Research & Development Directorate of National Department of Transport (DoT) CSIR have developed a research compendium portal. This project is in line with the main aim of this directorate which is to effectively manage a national innovative ...Read more
Author:Leyland, RC; Paige-Green, P; Momayez, MDate:Sep 2013Many basic igneous rocks contain smectite clays as a result of deuteric alteration during their formation or subsequent chemical decomposition. This has resulted in numerous failures when such materials are used in road construction, due to ...Read more
Author:Peach, WDate:Jun 2010Solutions to sustainability problems may be achieved through the use of new technology that reduces wastes and provides development opportunities. The impacts of technologies have to be assessed in structured approaches to provide decision-makers ...Read more
Author:Kuduntwane, P; Du Plessis; Els, SDate:Oct 2012Improved mobility depends on simulating and analysing a vehicle’s performance. Therefore,
accurate and efficient tyre models for off-road vehicles are needed. But to get that, we need a tyre tester for adjustable slip, camber and caster ...Read more
Author:Mahlangu, T; Chetty, A; Maity, Arjun; Rossouw, CDate:Oct 2012The aim of this study was to develop PP-g-PNIPAAm (gNWF) non-woven 3D scaffolds using an oxyfluorination-assisted graft polymerisation (OAGP) method. A further objective was to quantify the graft yield and
to characterise the physical and ...Read more
Author:Songo, Morongwa M; Moutloali, R; Ray, Suprakas SDate:Jan 2019A TiO2-Carbon (TiO2C) composite was prepared using the microwave-assisted method and sulfonated using fuming sulfuric acid to produce a TiO2C solid acid catalyst. The prepared solid acid catalyst was characterised using scanning electron ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Salomon J; Swanepoel, Jaco JDate:Oct 2018South Africa is endowed with significant titanium-bearing reserves, which are concentrated to produce slag and exported as a low-value commodity, meeting about 20% of the global demand for the production of titanium dioxide pigment. Compared ...Read more
Author:Buyana, B; Aderibigbe, BA; Ray, Suprakash S; Ndinteh, DT; Fonkui, YTDate:Nov 2019Bacterial infections are serious complications associated with wounds. Wounds can become chronic due to bacterial infections. In this research, lyophilized wound dressings were prepared from poloxamer, pluronic, mastic gum, and gum acacia. ...Read more
Author:Maritz, Johan; Maponya, GDate:Aug 2010Rural environments suffer a number of constraints including high transport cost, irregular or unpredictable transport services, transport of low passenger and freight volumes, and low logistics service demand and supply. Rural residents, ...Read more
Author:Gueli, R; Liebenberg, FDate:Jun 2007Over the years, the functional gap between peacekeeping and peacebuilding (or 'post-conflict' reconstruction) has received a lot of attention because it remains a weakness in the policy framework of the United Nation (UN) conflict resolution ...Read more
Author:Yao, K; Zhenyu, M; Komba, JuliusDate:Jul 2021This book presents the advancements in the field of sustainable materials in pavement engineering and related geotechnical engineering issues and sheds light on recent developments and advancements in characterization, design, construction, ...Read more
Author:Black, WA; Maasdorp, APBDate:Jun 1984Since ancient times, man has attempted to reduce the flammability of combustible materials. For example, the Egyptians soaked wood in a solution of alum in an attempt to reduce its flammability, while the Romans dipped the material of their ...Read more
Author:Maasdorp, APB; Black, ADate:Jun 1984Significant progress in the field of flame retardancy of textiles, was first observed during the second World War, which saw an increase in the commercial use of durable flame retardants.Read more
Author:Lucia, O; Isong, B; Gasela, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Nov 2019Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most promising technologies and has wide spread application areas in the information technology for future products and services. Developments in IoT have given rise to device proliferation which in turn ...Read more
Author:Sevenster, PGDate:1964In this study of the physical properties of an inherently brittle material such as coal it is of interest to determine the effect of certain physical properties (such as porosity) on the strength of the substance.Read more
Author:Khumalo, N; Oyerinde, O; Mfupe, Luzango PDate:Sep 2019The fifth generation (5G) of wireless network ecosystem which is expected to be deployed in 2020 promises to provide higher speeds, higher capacity and lower latency than the current mobile networks. 5G also promises to revolutionise the ...Read more