Author:Pienaar, PA; Mokonyama, Mathetha T; Das, DK; Pienaar, WJ; Stander, HJ; Van As, SC; Robinson, ADate:Jul 2023Roads provide linkages between cities and towns, neighbouring countries, and to other points of interest. Up until the mid-20th century, roads forming part of the national network in South Africa generally passed through cities and towns. As ...Read more
Author:Steenkamp, Anton J; Kienhofer, F; De Saxe, CCDate:Sep 2021Previous research investigating the dynamic road wear produced by heavy vehicles has not included the effect of road crossfall. This study shows that road crossfall, even at values as low as 1%, has a significant effect on the predicted dynamic ...Read more
Author:Kemp, Lana; Steenkamp, Anton J; De Saxe, CCDate:Sep 2021The substantial road maintenance backlog in South Africa, coupled with an inadequate budget allocation, requires high impact solutions in order to preserve the 158 000 km paved road network. Focussing efforts on the heavy vehicles operating ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, CC; Van Eeden, J; Kemp, Lana; Steenkamp, Anton J; Cowper, JDate:Jun 2023South Africa's national power utility, Eskom, is under growing pressure to increase its power generation capacity in the face of national rolling blackouts while also containing costs, increasing revenue, and reducing its environmental impact. ...Read more
Author:Rathogwa, MashuduDate:Jul 2023The Minibus Taxi Industry is plagued with violence, un-roadworthy and unsafe vehicles. Although the government has made numerous efforts to formalize and regulate the sector, the industry remains unregulated and unofficial. As the industry ...Read more
Author:Ditshego, JK; Mokonyama, Mathetha TDate:Jul 2023This research was about establishing the extent to which digital technologies have impacted the institutional arrangements, efficiency of operational procedures, and coverage of the Revised Taxi Recapitalisation Program. However, the approach ...Read more
Author:Mokoena, Refiloe; Motau, T; Mturi, George AJDate:Sep 2021Isothermal calorimetry is a useful technique for studying the cement hydration process that measures the heat flow of cement paste during hydration. Standard cement properties, such as compressive strength, setting times and compatibility can ...Read more
Author:Smit, Michelle A; Akhalwaya, Imraan; Rust, FCDate:Jul 2021The South African road network is severely impacted by the high costs associated with upgrading, maintaining and constructing road infrastructure in conjunction with the shortage of good quality construction materials. The Council for Scientific ...Read more
Author:George, Theresa B; Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Jenkins, KJDate:Sep 2020In South Africa research is currently under way to determine the suitability of using locally available recycled crushed glass as a partial fine aggregate substitute in the production of asphalt mixes. This paper characterises the laboratory ...Read more
Author:Smit, Michelle A; Akhalwaya, Imraan; Rust, FC; Ramdas, VesharaDate:Jul 2022The growing concern over climate change has led the drive for the development of alternative building materials in several industries, including road construction. Bio-based construction, using Microbial Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation ...Read more
Author:Smith, SimoneDate:Jan 2021The chapter is centred around the core of Blue Economy and the disciplines that may support the Blue Economy activities as an attempt to indicate the direct and indirect impacts the Blue Economy activities and the disciplines that supports ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, N; Grobbelaar, SS; Meyer, Isabella ADate:Jul 2023While the One Health perspective provides a useful approach by which to influence the complex interactions that pose a risk to the individual and collective health of humans, animals, and the environment, approaches to its operationalization ...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:Rathogwa, Mashudu; Singano, Afika PDate:Jul 2023In 2019/20, it was of major importance to identify an alternative network within the Integrated Public Transport Network (IPTN) that can meet the increasing population demands. Being composed of high-capacity corridors, the current IPTN still ...Read more
Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Shozi, Themba CDate:May 2021SDN marks a paradigm shift towards an externalized and logically centralized controller, unlike the legacy networks where control and data planes are tightly coupled. The controller has a comprehensive view of the network, offering flexibility ...Read more
Author:Dumani, Nozonke; Mokoena, Refiloe; Mgangira, MartinDate:Jan 2024A sustainable concrete mix design, incorporating industrial by-products: fly ash and recycled plastic pellets, was developed, and optimized through laboratory performance-based testing trials. The primary objective of this investigation was ...Read more
Author:Mahwai, Nare J; Phiri, Charles; Dlamini, Sifiso B; Herselman, Martha E; Meyer, Isabella ADate:Jun 2023Governments globally are making notable efforts to facilitate conversations with citizens to improve their participation in government decisionmaking by using various digital technologies in what could be coined as electronic participation ...Read more