Author:Clarke, BCDate:Mar 1989This report was prepared as a result of a research undertaken in both the catchment and the estuary. The prime motivation for this work has been the need to estimate the impact of the dams on the ecology of the river and estuary and on the ...Read more
Author:Viljoen, AWDate:Jun 1982Pavement behaviour under the super single tyre (SST) was investigated and compared with that under a conventional dual tyre (CDT). Contact areas and contact pressures over a range of loading conditions were measured and compared. Two approaches ...Read more
Author:Matsebe, GNDate:Dec 2011South Africa is a water scarce country (Otieno and Ochieng, 2004; Wassung, 2010). The current sanitation system mostly used in South African urban areas depends on extensive use of water in a form of flush toilets. The housing sector in major ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, CDate:Dec 2012Until recently, car-carriers in South Africa operated under abnormal load permits allowing a finite relaxation of legal height and length limits. This practice is being phased out, and exemption will only be granted if a car-carrier complies ...Read more
Author:Theyse, HLDate:Mar 1999Transportek has been involved in accelerated pavement testing (APT) with a fleet of Heavy Vehicle Simulators (HVSs) over the past two decades. During this period, a vast amount of pavement response and performance data has been accumulated, ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, BJ; Van Der Meulen, F; Zwanziger, S; Gonsalves, P; Weisser, PJDate:Dec 1977The vegetation of the Nylsvley Nature Reserve in the Transvaal Mixed Bushveld is classified hierarchically by the Braun-Blanquet method of vegetation survey. The vegetation is seasonal grassland and deciduous savanna with four floristically ...Read more
Author:Lord, DA; Anderson, FP; Basson, JKDate:Oct 1984The rational development of major projects involving the marine disposal of effluents by pipelines requires the close cooperation of planners, scientists and engineers.
In May 1983, a workshop entitled 'Pipeline Discharges of Effluents to ...Read more
Author:McDonald, DJDate:Mar 1985Swartboschkloof forms part of the Jonkershoek mountain catchment complex at the headwaters of the Eerste River, Cape Province. It has been selected as a primary study site for the Fynbos Biome Project multi-disciplinary studies of Mountain ...Read more
Author:Labuschagne, Philip WDate:Sep 2004A polymer system (polyvinylpyrrolidone + polyvinyl acetate-co-crotonic acid) was successfully identified for use as encapsulation material for sensitive actives using supercritical CO2 as plasticisation medium, having the following properties: ...Read more
Author:Drews, RJLCDate:1983Pond systems are ideally suited for small communities, and for schools, hospitals and other institutions since they are simple and economical to construct, operate and maintain. Numerous pons systems have been designed and commissioned in ...Read more
Author:Taviv, R; Trikam, A; Lane, T; O'Kennedy, K; Mapako, M; Brent, ACDate:May 2008South Africa has ambitious goals for economic and social development, such as halving poverty and reducing unemployment to below 15% by 2014. A government investigation, supported by independent research, indicated that between 2004 and 2014 ...Read more
Author:Department of Science and TechnologyDate:Apr 2005During the research period the project was funded by the CSIR and in 2001 the Poverty Alleviation programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) became involved in the project. The project was funded by DST to the amount of kR5700 ...Read more
Author:Department of Science and TechnologyDate:Apr 2005During the research period the project was funded by the CSIR and in 2001 the Poverty Alleviation programme of the Department of Science and Technology (DST) became involved in the project. The project was funded by DST to the amount of kR5700 ...Read more
Author:Namane, MphoDate:Apr 2016Lignin is a phenolic, carbon-rich, heterogeneous polymer that has, in recent years, become a focus of research in the biorefinery field, as a potential source of chemicals, energy and materials. Generally, research on lignin in the biorefinery ...Read more
Author:Gupta, R; Das, SonaliDate:Mar 2008This paper estimates Bayesian Vector Autoregressive (BVAR) models, both spatial and non-spatial (univariate and multivariate), for the twenty largest states of the US economy, using quarterly data over the period 1976:Q1 to 1994:Q4; and then ...Read more
Author:Koen, Hildegarde SDate:Feb 2017Approximately three rhinos are poached daily in South Africa. Rhino poaching is a serious problem that affects not only the rhino population of South Africa, but also the rhino population of the world. South Africa has the largest rhino ...Read more
Author:Rebelo, AGDate:1987This preliminary synthesis was designed to promote an understanding of pollination as a process in the Cape flora by summarizing the literature, outlining patterns and processes, and identifying gaps in knowledge. Various aspects of pollination ...Read more
Author:Rebelo, AGDate:1987This preliminary synthesis was designed to promote an understanding of pollination as a process in the Cape flora by summarizing the literature, outlining patterns and processes, and identifying gaps in knowledge. Various aspects of pollination ...Read more
Author:Moolman, SDate:Jun 2002This paper entails patents related to active beads containing encapsulated ingredients, patents cited by International Search Report on previous application and US patents related to suspension of inclusions in beveragesRead more
Author:Sisitka, LDate:2000This Umzimkulu case study forms part of a broader investigation into community – private sector forestry partnerships in the Eastern Cape. This provincial study in turn, contributes to one of the three major research themes of a wider national ...Read more