Author:VdM Steyn, WJ; Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Fisher, C; Jones, D; Truter, LDate:Sep 2012Accelerated Pavement Testing (APT) has always been conducted with the objective of improving the understanding of real pavements under real traffic and environmental conditions. While APT provides an accelerated view of some of the major ...Read more
Author:Nokes, WA; Harvey, JT; Du Plessis, L; Long, F; Stolarski, PJDate:Aug 1997By combining the results of both the HVS and laboratory tests, interpretations of pavement performance are described and recommendations for pavement design and construction have been made to Caltrans.Read more
Author:Eddy, C; de Saxe, Christopher C; Cebon, DDate:Aug 2018Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) are overrepresented in cyclist fatality statistics in the UK relative to their proportion of total traffic volume. In particular, the statistics highlight a problem for vehicles turning left across the path of a ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, Christopher; Berman, Robert J; Clarke, Anria; Reinecke, John DDate:Jul 2019Tyre 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 trailer-based tyre tester, ...Read more
Author:Vhengani, LM; Griffith, D; Lysko, MDate:Jul 2011The importance of calibrating satellite imagers has been explained in literature such as K Arai (2007) and K J Thome (2001). Calibration of satellite sensors (imagers) is crucial for data consistency, reliability and comparability. To perform ...Read more
Author:Green, JJ; Bosscha, Peter A; Candy, L; Hlophe, K; Coetzee, S; Brink, SDate:Sep 2010Safety in mines is of paramount importance, especially in the labour intensive operations of South Africa, where upward of 300 000 people are employed on a daily basis in an environment that is inherently dangerous. On average approximately ...Read more
Author:Mohammed, SO; Labuschagne, FJJDate:Jul 2008Traffic law enforcement has been defined as the area of activity aimed at controlling road user behaviour by preventive, persuasive and punitive measures in order to effect the safe and efficient movement of traffic. The Department of Transport ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, MA; Pretorius, E; Oberholzer, HM; Van der Spuy, WJDate:Oct 2010Particulates less than 100 nm (in at least one diameter) are referred to as nanoparticles. The properties of nanoparticles may differ from those of larger particles from the same bulk material. These unique properties allow the use of ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad J; Prince, SD; Malherbe, Johan; Small, J; Frost, PE; Van Zyl, DDate:Jan 2007Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index data (NDVI, I km (2), 1985-2003) and modelled net primary production (NPP, 8 km (2), 1981-2000) data were used to estimate vegetation production in South ...Read more
Author:Malherbe, Johan; Landman, WA; Engelbrecht, FADate:Oct 2014A possible forcing mechanism for intra-seasonal rainfall distribution to bi-decadal climate variability is explored. The atmospheric response to external forcing is demonstrated at a daily and annual time scale by noting variation in the ...Read more
Author:Wessels, Konrad J; Van den Bergh, F; Scholes, RJ; Miteffa, SDate:Apr 2011There has been a recent proliferation of remote sensing-based trend analysis for monitoring regional desertification. These show contradictory results. All of them claim to have been “validated” through expert interpretation, in the absence ...Read more
Author:Butgereit, L; Botha, RADate:May 2013Micro-volunteering has been defined as convenient, bite-sized, crowdsourced, and network-managed. Micro-volunteers donate their time and energy for organisations which they may not have previously encountered (crowd-sourced), at a time which ...Read more
Author:Durrheim, RJ; Ogasawara, HDate:May 2012Mining-induced earthquakes pose a risk to workers in deep mines, while natural earthquakes pose a risk to people living close to plate boundaries and even in stable continental regions. A five-year ca. US$3 million Japan-SA collaborative ...Read more
Author:Muswema, Aubrey P; Oelofse, Suzanna HHDate:Oct 2022According to Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations, the paper and packaging sector needs to prepare EPR schemes for management of their end-of-life products. The aerosol sector recognises that aerosols present somewhat different ...Read more
Author:Roux, S; Oelofse, Suzanna HH; De Lange, Willem JDate:01 Sep 2010The reuse potential of industrial, agricultural and domestic return flows in any region is directly dependent on the quality of treatment processes and the intended reuse applications. Although the direct recycling of polluted water for potable ...Read more
Author:Scholes, RJ; Bailey, CLDate:Feb 1996This article discusses the South African Greenhouse Experiment on Savannas (SAGES) study conducted by the CSIR' Division of Forest Science and Technology (Foretek) on the role of savannas in the balance of the greenhouse gas budget of South ...Read more
Author:Tazvinga, Henerica; Amigun, B; Stafford, William HL; Mapako, MDate:Apr 2011Access to modern energy services is a fundamental prerequisite for property reduction and sustainable human development. Many remote rural South African communities are characterized by low energy demand and low population densities, making ...Read more
Author:Coetzee, S; Cooper, Antony KDate:Oct 2008The standard defines eleven address types that describe all forms of addresses currently in use in South Africa. The entity relationship diagram (ERD) in SANS 1883-2 includes no fewer than 26 tables and approximately 60 relationships between ...Read more
Author:Gong, X; Srivastava, V; Naicker, Previn; Khan, A; Ahmad, ADate:Mar 2023Candida parapsilosis poses huge treatment challenges in the clinical settings of South Africa, and often causes infections among immunocompromised patients and underweight neonates. Cell wall proteins have been known to play vital roles in ...Read more
Author:Gong, X; Srivastava, V; Naicker, Previn; Khan, A; Ahmad, ADate:Mar 2023Candida parapsilosis poses huge treatment challenges in the clinical settings of South Africa, and often causes infections among immunocompromised patients and underweight neonates. Cell wall proteins have been known to play vital roles in ...Read more