Author:Adedeji, KB; Ponnle, AA; Abe, BT; Jimoh, AA; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hamam, YDate:Nov 2018In this paper, a stand-alone application with graphical user interface (GUI) developed for monitoring AC induced corrosion expectancies of buried pipelines near a high voltage AC transmission line is presented. A Rand water site, South Africa, ...Read more
Author:Tainton, MNDate:Dec 1984Research into the management of grassland communities in South Africa spans a period of more than 50 years. The work has covered a wide range of topics relating to the form and function of grassland communities, and has had as its main objective ...Read more
Author:Stewart, JM; Whillier, ADate:Apr 1978This report is intended primarily for ventilation staff on mines, but is also of importance to management. In the gold mining industry the assessment of heat stress is likely to be for one of three purposes: to assess either the average or ...Read more
Author:Meiring, PGJ; Drews, RJLC; Van Eck, H; Stander, GJDate:Jan 1968Some of the effluents from the sewage purification systems covered by this report show quite marked seasonal variations. No assurance can be given that the effluents would meet promulgated standards from season to season. The effluent from ...Read more
Author:Clinton, D; Cleland, A; Sanio, M; Botha, D; Wall, K; Negussey, D; Lewis, SDate:Oct 2010WFEO’s Standing Committee on Capacity Building (CCB) has over the years developed an understanding of the challenges and complexities that face the engineering community regarding capacity and sustainability issues. With the objective of ...Read more
Author:Clinton, D; Cleland, A; Sanio, M; Botha, D; Wall, K; Negussey, D; Lewis, SDate:Nov 2011WFEO’s Standing Committee on Capacity Building (CCB) has over the years developed an understanding of the challenges and complexities that face the engineering community regarding capacity and sustainability issues. With the objective of ...Read more
Author:Gololo, V; Majozi, T; Zhelev, T; Semkov, KDate:2011Water cooling and water heating is an important source of energy consumption, accounting for more than 20% of all energy consumption in manufacturing industry. It is clear that the development of heat recycling schemes and better structural ...Read more
Author:Yenwong Fai, AS; Durrheim, RJ; Hildyard, MWDate:Sep 2012Mining-induced seismic events pose a serious risk to workers in deep mines. Accurate numerical simulations are useful in analyzing the problem and developing mitigation strategies. Here we tackle the problem of guided interfacial elastic wave ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip WDate:Jul 2012Cost-effective NDE of the vast length of aging railway track around the world remains a challenge for the community. Continuously welded rail is installed in tension but temperature changes can result in rail buckling if the initial tension ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip WDate:Apr 2012Cost-effective NDE of the vast length of ageing railway track around the world remains challenge for the community. Since continuously welded railway lines may be thought of as one-dimensional elastic waveguides, they are natural candidates ...Read more
Author:Loveday, Philip W; Wilcox, PDDate:Mar 2010Guided wave propagation has been proposed as a means to monitor the axial loads in continuously welded railway rails although no practical system has been developed. In this paper, the influence of axial load on the guided wave propagation ...Read more
Author:Chiloane, Lehlogonolo DDate:Sep 2017This document aims to guide public entities on cost-efficient ways to procure photovoltaic (PV) assets. Traditionally, responses to the request for proposals for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a photovoltaic asset for ...Read more
Author:Musvoto, Constansia DDate:Aug 2017The CSIR has developed a guideline for implementing green economy projects in the agriculture sector. The guideline is available for use by agricultural practitioners; and is a tool for translating the principles of a green economy into ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, Thomas; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Sep 2015This paper presents a guideline for public entities on cost-efficient procurement of PV assets. Traditionally, screening of the responses to the request for proposal for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of a photovoltaic ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, T; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Sep 2015Traditionally, when public entities buy an asset under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract, the screening of the responses to the request for proposals is done in two stages: In a filter stage, all proposals that are ...Read more
Author:Lück-Vogel, MelanieDate:Apr 2018This article provides guidance to technical and non-technical coastal practitioner regarding the required precision of airborne lidar data for the typical coastal applications, output formats and value-added products. It also touches on issues ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Majeke, BDate:Apr 2005This project was to develop guidelines for spatial data content standards in Africa. It focused on standards for data dictionaries, feature catalogues and classification, and also looked at standards for feature instances. The project ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Majeke, BDate:Apr 2008This project was to develop guidelines for spatial data content standards in Africa. It focused on standards for data dictionaries, feature catalogues and classification, and also looked at standards for feature instances. The project ...Read morecb
Author:Burgess, IG; Du Plessis, HWDate:26 May 2009The travelling public perceives pavement rideability as the primary measure of pavement quality. It is thus necessary to minimise surface unevenness at the construction stage in order not only to improve the public's perception of the quality ...Read more
Author:Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIRDate:2000This document provides performance-based guidelines for informed decision-making. The purpose is essentially to indicate the qualities that should be sought in South African settlements, and to provide practical guidance on how these qualities ...Read more