• Embedment of climatic effects in the road asset management process 

  Roux, Michael P; Verhaeghe, Benott MJ; Maritz, Johan; Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, Alize (PIARC, 2019-10)

  The United Nations Environmental Programme describes the African continent as a ‘vulnerability hotspot’ for climate change. During the past four decades African countries have experienced more than 1 500 recorded weather-related ...
• Use of grid reinforcement in HMA overlays – A Texas field case study of highway US 59 in Atlanta District 

  Walubita, LF; Mahmoud, E; Lee, SI; Carrasco, G; Komba, Julius J; Fuentes, L; Nyamuhokya, TP (Elsevier, 2019-07)

  One of the common methods to mitigate reflective cracking, in existing cracked pavements, is the use of interlayer grid reinforcements in hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlay construction during maintenance and/or rehabilitation ...
• Impact of pressure-driven demand on background leakage estimation in water supply networks 

  Adedeji, KB; Hamam, Y; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI (2019)

  Increasing water demand due to urbanization creates a need to develop schemes for managing water supply networks (WSNs). In recent years, hydraulic modeling of WSNs has been used to assess the state of networks in terms ...
• The effect of road crossfall on road wear caused by heavy vehicles 

  Steenkamp, AJ; Berman, Robert B; Kemp, Lana; De Saxe, Christopher C (Southern African Transport Conference, 2019-07)

  The paved road network is a critical asset to any economy. South Africa has a paved road network that has an estimated value in excess of R2 trillion. This asset is however under threat as there was a backlog in maintenance ...
• Camera-based side-slip measurement for tyre testing 

  De Saxe, Christopher; Berman, Robert J; Clarke, Anria; Reinecke, John D (2019-07)

  Tyre parameterisation is fundamental to vehicle dynamics research, as tyre properties have a significant impact on the behaviour of a vehicle. One way in which some of the primary tyre parameters can be extracted is a ...
• Naturalistic driving studies in support of road safety research in South Africa 

  Venter, Karien; Muronga, Khangwelo; Sallie, Ismael M; De Franca, Volanda M; Kemp, Mauritz J; Botha, Rika; De Saxe, Christopher C; Berman, Robert J; Binda, Phindile L; De Beer, E; Sinclair, M (Southern African Transport Conference, 2019-07)

  Internationally, evidence-based research informs the actions and interventions that are successfully implemented in developed countries, aiming for a zero fatality rate. South African progress to reduce the number of fatal ...
• Benchmarking the performance of high capacity vehicles in South Africa 

  Kemp, Lana; De Saxe, Christopher C; Berman, Robert P; Steenkamp, Anton J (2019-07)

  The Smart Truck or Performance-Based Standards (PBS) pilot project in South Africa has been running since 2007, and currently comprises approximately 280 vehicles operational in seven provinces, spanning fourteen different ...
• A review of the effect of AC/DC interference on corrosion and cathodic protection potentials of pipelines 

  Adedeji, KB; Ponnle, AA; Abe, BT; Jimoh, AA; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hamam, Y (Praise Worthy Prize, 2018-12)

  Pipelines installed in the energy utility corridor with alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) sources have attendant problem of induced corrosion. In the past years, AC or DC induced corrosion of metallic pipelines ...
• Cloud computing as an alternative solution for South African public sector: A case for Department of Social Development 

  Maluleka, SM; Ruxwana, Lennox N (Springer International Publishing, 2016-03)

  The South African (SA) government adopted Open Source Software (OSS) with the aim to reduce ICT services cost, less dependencies on outsourced proprietary technology, skills and flexibility. However, the SA government was ...
• Perceptions of the road transport management system (RTMS): promoting voluntary certification 

  Kamdar, A; Kienhofer, F; Emwanu, B; Heyns, G; Nordengen, Paul A (2018-10)

  This paper investigates perceptions of the Road Transport Management System (RTMS) accreditation scheme as well as the impact of RTMS awareness workshops aimed at increasing certification in South Africa. The RTMS is a ...
• Contractor competence in cidb grades 2 to 4: A pilot study 

  Ngozwana, N; Harriparsadh, P; Dlungwana, Wilkin S (2018-10)

  As part of its local economic development initiative the government continues to support the creation of women owned construction companies, especially in the provision of low-income housing. These small contractors are ...
• Comparison of new peak hour trip generation rates with existing rates in the South African trip data manual 

  Mogakabe, L; Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Ochieng, G (www.satc.org.za, 2018-07)

  Peak hour trip generation rates are important for the calculation of the number of trips generated by a development during a peak hour. In South Africa, trip generation rates are obtained from the trip data manual documented ...
• Assessment of traffic data for road rehabilitation design: A case study of the Korogwe-Mombo road section in Tanzania 

  Komba, Julius J; Mataka, M; Malisa, JT; Walubita, LF; Maina, JW (ASTM, 2018-06)

  Traffic loading is one of key inputs for new and rehabilitation designs of pavement. Heavy vehicles cause the most structural damage to pavements; hence, as part of the pavement design process, heavy vehicle volume, and ...
• Comparative assessment of the interlayer shear-bond strength ofgeogrid reinforcements in hot-mix asphalt 

  Walubita, LF; Nyamuhokya, TP; Komba, Julius J; Tanvir, HA; Souliman, MI; Naik, B (Elsevier, 2018-12)

  With the increasing use of geogrid reinforcements to mitigate reflective cracking in hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlays, interlayer (interface) bonding has become an even more critical aspect of HMA placement/construction to ...
• GUI-Based AC induced corrosion monitoring for buried pipelines near HVTLs 

  Adedeji, KB; Ponnle, AA; Abe, BT; Jimoh, AA; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hamam, Y (International Association of Engineers, 2018-11)

  In 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 ...
• HVTT15: FALCON III: Defining a performance-based standards framework for high capacity vehicles in Europe 

  De Saxe, Christopher C; Kural, K; Kharrazi, S; Schmidt, F; Van Geem, C; Berman, R; Woodrooffe, J; Cebon, D (2018-10)

  The FALCON project (“Freight and Logistics in a Multimodal Context”) is a collaborative effort funded by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR), and has set out to address ambitious carbon emission reduction ...
• Operational improvement outcomes through voluntary compliance in road transport operations 

  Kamdar, A; Kienhöfer, F; Emwanu, B; Heyns, G; Nordengen, Paul A (IEOM Society International, 2018-10)

  This paper presents operational improvement outcomes of the Road Transport Management System (RTMS) in South Africa. The RTMS is a voluntary, self-regulation scheme that encourages consignees, consignors and road transport ...
• Methodology for estimating the road wear cost of heavy vehicles on a road network 

  Kemp, Lana; Steenkamp, Anton J; Nordengen, Paul (2018-10)

  Heavy vehicle traffic volumes continue to increase globally, causing the accelerated deterioration of pavement structures. This paper introduces an innovative methodology that quantifies road consumption attributed to heavy ...
• Cost estimation of road wear due to heavy vehicles on the Namibian paved network 

  Kemp, Lana; Nordengen, Paul A; Steenkamp, Anton J; Ithana, T (2018-10)

  This paper presents the results of a newly-developed methodology that quantifies the road wear caused by heavy vehicles on the Namibian paved road network in terms of equivalent standard axles and a monetary value. This ...
• An overview of the performance-based standards pilot project in South Africa 

  Nordengen, Paul A; Berman, Robert J; De Saxe, Christopher C; Diess, J (2018-10)

  The Performance-Based Standards or “Smart Truck” pilot project is a national research initiative that is trialling the introduction of high productivity road freight transport in South Africa. This initiative is being led ...

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