Author:Rampersad, Ashiel; George, Theresa B; Mokoena, Refiloe; Mgangira, Martin B; Gräbe, PJDate:Jul 2018The contamination of railway ballast (referred to as ballast fouling) is commonly caused by ballast particle degradation, external debris fouling due to surface spillage and clay fouling due to subgrade pumping. Intrusion of these fines in ...Read more
Author:Rampersad, Ashiel; Mvelase, Gculisile MDate:Dec 2021The western cape government reported an annual mean near-surface (2m) temperature (°C) change from the median and the 10% and 90% percentiles projected for 2036 – 2065 and 2066 – 2095. Across most of the country, model-simulated rainfall is ...Read more
Author:Rampersad, Ashiel; Mvelase, Gculisile MDate:Jun 2021The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2018) projects that global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels between 2030 and 2052. The effect of climate change on warmer temperatures and longer lasting drought periods ...Read more
