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CSIR Annual report 1961

Author: CSIR Date: 1961 In the presentation of this report, attention is directed to the research services provided by the Council for industry, local authorities, provincial administrations and government departments. Read more
Building design for the Rhodesian climate

Author: Van Straaten, JF ; Lotz, FJ Date: Oct 1974 The need for conserving energy is emphasised. Recommendations are made to ensure the best thermal performance under the relevant climatic conditions. Several construction methods are discussed against a thermal comfort scale for housing. Read more
Collapse settlement in compacted soils

Author: Booth, AR Date: 1977 Research into collapse settlement in compacted soils is described, with special reference to recent cases in Southern Africa where collapse settlement occurred in road embankments following wetting of the soil. The laboratory work described ... Read more
Miners' dictionary: English/Fanakalo

Author: Chamber of Mines, South Africa Date: 1978 In simple terms Fanakalo means 'like this'. Fanakalo originated in the sugar industry of KwaZulu Natal as a result of Indians trying to learn English and Zulu at the same time. The language spread across the boarders of KZN to industries and ... Read more
Alternative energy sources for the heating and cooling of a building

Author: Strydom, JFS Date: 27 Nov 1979 The objective of two of the studies was to choose the most economical source of heating energy, taking cognizance of the building owner’s particular circumstances; in both cases a suitable alternative to light petroleum oil, which had been ... Read more
Basic principles of solar water heating

Author: Page-Shipp, RJ Date: 10 Sep 1980 This article correctly reflects the principles of Solar Water Heating as they pertain to South African conditions. However, it was written in 1980 and the global energy situation has changed considerably. Furthermore, modern commercial units ... Read more
Conservation – a new and efficient source of energy

Author: National Building Research Institute Date: Sep 1981 Energy is becoming increasingly expensive. Conservation can offset the increase in energy cost and can therefore be considered a new and can fairly inexpensive source of energy. The following article looks at the ways in which energy savings ... Read more
Advances in design of air-heating collectors

Author: Johannsen, A Date: Nov 1982 Principles of the operation of air-heating collectors are discussed. The fundamental differences between the design principles of air-heating as opposed to water-heating collectors are highlighted. The main requirement is the transfer of heat ... Read more
Acceptable indoor thermal conditions and implications for energy conservation in continental climate

Author: Wentzel, JD ; Kok, R ; Lewis, MI ; Meese, GB Date: Aug 1983 Discuss the indoor temperature ranges found acceptable by occupants of buildings controlled by passive means, in areas where the influence of land mass dominates the local climate Read more
Acceptability of the integral solar water heater by householders in the low income urban community

Author: Basson, FA ; Jammine, E ; Heyl, L Date: 1984 A research and demonstration project on the use and performance of low cost integral solar water heaters in urban low-income dwellings was carried out in 1982/83. The project involved technical and socio-economic components. This report ... Read more
Enhancements in the DEROB-IUA 1,0 building thermal simulation coding to improve the productivity of validation exercises

Author: Higgs, FS Date: Jun 1985 A series of enhancements to the DEROB-IUA 1, 0 building thermal simulation system coding which aid the advanced user of the system in validation exercises is described. Read more
The effect of poor drainage on pavement structures studied under accelerated testing

Author: De Beer, Morris ; Horak, E Date: 1987 Most of the structural failures in road pavements are in one way or another associated with excess water trapped within the pavement structure owing to poor drainage. The combined effect of traffic loading and trapped water within the pavement ... Read more
Heavy Vehicle Simulator aided evaluation of overlays on pavements with active cracks

Author: Viljoen, AW ; Freeme, CR ; Servas, VP ; Rust, FC Date: Jul 1987 Conventional overlay life estimates are often invalidated by the reflection of existing cracks in a pavement through an overlay. This is attributable to a lack of understanding of the factors influencing relative crack movements and their ... Read more
Towards a classification system for the strength-balance of thin surfaced flexible pavements

Author: De Beer, Morris ; Kleyn, EG ; Savage, PF Date: 1988 This paper deals with the development of a universal classification system for flexible pavements with thin surfacings. This classification is based on the results obtained with the Dynamic Cone Penetrometer (DCP) utilising the strength-balance ... Read more
Temporal terrain shading

Author: Cooper, Antony K Date: Feb 1988 This paper describes a suite of programs that simulates the lighting effects of the sun or moon on the earth's surface. A digital terrain model (DTM) is typically a two-dimensional regular tessellation of some measured phenomenon, the most ... Read more
The South African standard for the exchange of digital geo-referenced information

Author: Cooper, Antony K Date: Apr 1989 Geographically referenced (geo-referenced) information consists of all information that refers to the human-environment system and that can be localized in space and time. This includes cadastral, topographic, hydrographic and statistical ... Read more
Performance of various modified binders in road trials and under simulated crack movement in the laboratory

Author: Rust, FC ; Servas, VP ; Van Der Walt, N Date: Jun 1989 The use of bitumen-rubbers and other modified binders to inhibit reflection cracking, highlighted the need to investigate the phenomena of load-associated crack movement and crack reflection and the evaluation of the field performance of ... Read more
Large stone asphalt mix design for heavy duty asphalt pavements

Author: Rust, FC ; Hugo, F ; Myburgh, PA ; Grobler, JE Date: Aug 1990 The recent increase in traffic volumes and also axle loads on some of the major routes in South Africa has extended the traffic classes beyond the current highest design class. Additionally there is a strong lobby to increase the legal axle ... Read more
Behaviour of various rehabilitation options of a 'cracked-and-seated' semi-rigid pavement during accelerated testing in Transvaal

Author: De Beer, Morris ; Kleyn, EG ; Wolff, H ; Otte, JR Date: 1991 This paper summarises the full scale accelerated research done during the past six years with the Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS) belonging to the Roads Branch of the Transvaal Provincial Administration (TPA). The research concentrated on the ... Read more
Comparison between Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) and Benkelman Beam Deflection Basin Parameters and back-calculation of layer moduli

Author: Lacante, SC ; De Beer, Morris ; Horak, E Date: 1991 Many years of experience exist in South Africa on the use and interpretation of Benkelman beam type of road surface deflection measurements with the Road Surface Deflectometer (RSD), as well as depth deflection measurements with the use of ... Read more

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