Author:Bala, S; Van Biljon, J; Herselman, Martha EDate:Nov 2022Employment is a means of addressing the socio-economic developmental challenges of inequality and poverty. In South Africa, tourism has been identified as an important sector for creating employment and various initiatives are being investigated ...Read more
Author:Burger, E; Van Doornum, GAW; Van Heerden, RBDate:1965Due to the importance of limiting the degree of air pollution, caused mostly by coal fires, it has become necessary to seek a practicable solution to the problem of smoke generation in open hearth fires, where combustion is uncontrolled.Read more
Author:Fisher, R; Ledwaba, Lehlogonolo; Hancke, GP; Kruger, Carel PDate:Mar 2015The concept of the Internet of Things is rapidly becoming a reality, with many applications being deployed within industrial and consumer sectors. At the ‘thing’ level—devices and inter-device network communication—the core technical building ...Read morecbd
Author:Namoshe, M; Tlale, NS; Kumile, CM; Bright, GDate:Dec 2008Despite advances in recent years, autonomous multi-robot systems remain classed as complex systems, because control and coordination of these systems remain a challenging task. Autonomous mobile robot houses heterogeneous sets of connected ...Read more
Author:Molefe, Onkgopotse M; Fogwill, TADate:May 2009Open Source communities (OSCs), sometimes referred to as virtual or online communities play a significant role in terms of the contribution they continue to make in producing user-friendly Open Source Software (OSS) solutions. Many projects ...Read more
Author:Botha, Natasha; Inglis, HDate:Sep 2018The modeling and simulation of composite materials requires the incorporation of anisotropic material models, as well as appropriate failure criteria or damage models. This was normally done by developing in-house codes or writing additional ...Read more
Author:Molefe, Onkgopotse M; Fogwill, T; Gerber, A; van der Merwe, ADate:01 Sep 2010Open source software (OSS) has gained prominence worldwide, largely due to cost savings and security considerations. This has caused a change in the IT sector and has led to the migration of desktops from proprietary to OSS. The problem for ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Mar 2008The notion of “open building” arose out of a counter movement within the Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM) to the promotion of modern mass housing theories in post-First World War Europe. The opponents argued that the ...Read more
Author:Gush, Kim LDate:May 2018Monitoring and servicing of technologically complex rural installations poses unique challenges. This paper presents some discussion and a selection of open source tools aimed at assisting help-desk personnel in the monitoring and support of ...Read more
Author:Macleod, DDate:May 2013With the recent release of an OFED which supports SR-IOV on Infiniband HCAs it is now possible to use verbs from inside a VM. This VMM driver supports these Infiniband HCAs, and any other SR-IOV network device, in OpenNebula.Read more
Author:Ndwe, J; Barnard, E; Dlodlo, M; Mashao, D; Kuun, C; Sharma, ADate:Sep 2008The OpenPhone project aims to design an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) health information system that enables people who are caregivers for HIV/AIDS infected children to access relevant information by using a telephone in their native ...Read more
Author:Amigun, B; Von Blottnitz, HDate:Oct 2011Given the high cost of crude oil, uncertainties regarding future reserves as well as the phenomenon of global warming, alternative fuels such as bioethanol need to be developed and deployed. This work presents an economic analysis (operating ...Read more
Author:Steenkamp, Anton J; Venter, Karien; De Saxe, Christopher; Kemp, LanaDate:Jul 2021Road transport is a highly competitive industry and is renowned for low profit margins. Road transport however accounts for almost 6 % of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and is the backbone of the economy. The Performance-Based Standards ...Read more
Author:Kuiters, ADate:1967At the request of the Anthracite Producers' Association, an officer of the Institute demonstrated the feasibility of firing mixtures of anthracite and bituminous coal at the Walvis Bay Power Station.Read more
Author:Kuiters, ADate:1967At the request of the Anthracite Producers' Association, an officer of the institute demonstrated the feasibility of firing mixtures of anthracite and bituminous coal at the Walvis Bay Power Station.Read more
Author:Van Doornum, GAWDate:1968The fantom fire was tested at the request of Messrs. Field Aircraft Services Africa, Limited, the importers of the appliance. During the experiment, the fire was installed in a 16" standard fireback (c.f. B.S. No. 1251) which forms part of ...Read more
Author:Van Doornum, GAWDate:1967In the experiments covered in this report, a fury No. 3 hot water boiler was operated on Witbank bituminous coal (Waterpan), on anthracite (Natal Ammonium) and mixtures of these two fuels.Read more
Author:Van Doornum, GAWDate:1967In the tests performed on the fury no. 3 boiler two types of semi - anthracite (New Cambrian and Balgray) were fired in the same manner as set out in the first progress report (Technical Memorandum No. 15 of 1965). In addition one test was ...Read more
Author:Rawoot, Ishreen; Van Heerden, Adelai; Parker, LaaiqahDate:Jul 2017A career within the South African Operational Forces is physically, mentally and emotionally challenging. It is a diverse working environment with its own organisational culture and unique challenges. The aim of the study was to explore the ...Read more