Author:Mturi, George AJ; Nkgapele, M; O'Connell, Johannes SDate:May 2012The increase in traffic loads and loading time in road pavements worldwide has resulted in the widespread usage of polymer modified binders (PMBs) since they offer increased resistance to pavement distresses. The extensive use of inherently ...Read more
Author:Bello-Salau, H; Onumanyi, Adeiza J; Adebiyi, RF; Adekale, AD; Bello, RS; Ajayi, ODate:Oct 2023Road infrastructure is essential to national security and growth. Potholes on the road sur- face causes accidents and costly automotive damage. Novel technology that detects potholes and alerts drivers in real time may address this challenge. ...Read more
Author:Bello-Salau, H; Onumanyi, Adeiza J; Adebiyi, RF; Adekale, AD; Bello, RS; Ajayi, ODate:Oct 2023Road infrastructure is essential to national security and growth. Potholes on the road surface causes accidents and costly automotive damage. Novel technology that detects potholes and alerts drivers in real time may address this challenge. ...Read more
Author:De Beer, Morris; Van Rensburg, Yvette; Komba, Julius JDate:Jul 2014Crushing (or compression) failure and associated surface deformation of lightly cementitious (stabilised) materials used for base/sub-base course layers in pavements has been well established in the South African pavement design practice since ...Read more
Author:Verhaeghe, Benoit MJA; Maina, J; Paige-Green, P; De Beer, Morris; Du Plessis, LDate:01 Sep 2010Road infrastructure is a key driver in supporting and stimulating socio-economic development. The South African road network, similar to those of other countries, needs to accommodate a wide spectrum of roads, ranging from light road pavement ...Read more
Author:Jordaan, G; Kilian, A; Du Plessis, L; Murphy, MDate:Jul 2017The current official road pavement design manuals used in southern Africa dates back to the 1980s. In addition, materials criteria in general use are based on empirically derived tests, the majority of which were developed in the northern ...Read more
Author:Roux, Michael P; Verhaeghe, Benoit MJA; Maritz, Johan; Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, AlizeDate:Oct 2019The United Nations Environmental Programme describes the African continent as a ‘vulnerability hotspot’ for climate change. During the past four decades African countries have experienced more than 1 500 recorded weather-related disasters. ...Read more
Author:CSIRDate:Sep 2010ScienceScope is the CSIR's publication. It highlights the CSIR's SET research and development areas. We recognize that innovation implies dissemination and uptake and that for an invention to become an innovation, it needs to be implemented ...Read more
Author:Rust, FCDate:Jan 2009The importance of science and technology in South Africa in the next decade has been emphasised in the National R&D strategy, and a target expenditure of one per cent of GDP on R&D has been set. Research programmes in transport in the 1990s ...Read more