Author:Benade, R; Berman, R; Kienhöfer, F; Nordengen, Paul ADate:Nov 2016In this work a pro-forma approach is developed for assessing truck and centre-axle tag-trailer or 50/50 car-carrier designs in terms of their compliance with the South African Performance-Based Standards (PBS) pilot project requirements. ...Read more
Author:Grobler, MMDate:May 2010The best Information Security infrastructure cannot guarantee that intrusions or other malicious acts will not happen. It is necessary to know the facts and prepare beforehand knowing cyber threats and trends; knowing the broadband impact on ...Read more
Author:Govender, Natasha; Warrell, J; Torr, P; Nicolls, FDate:Aug 2014Shape recognition is essential for robots to perform tasks in both human and industrial environments. Many algorithms have been developed for shape recognition with varying results. However, few of the proposed methods actively look for ...Read more
Author:Govender, Natasha; Warrell, J; Torr, P; Nicolls, FDate:Sep 2013For mobile robots to perform certain tasks in human environments, fast and accurate object verification and recognition is essential. Bayesian approaches to active object recognition have proved effective in a number of cases, allowing ...Read more
Author:Clarke, Anria; Sabatta, DDate:Sep 2018Vehicle preview models have gained increasing popularity in recent years as a means of predicting potentially hazardous vehicle control inputs and attempting to mitigate their effects. These models are even more important in the field of ...Read more
Author:Moes, HDate:May 2008The paper reviews the various levels of probability of bottom touching and risk criteria which are being used. This leads to a relationship between the statistically expected number of vertical ship motions in the channel during a single ...Read more
Author:Moolman, FS; Cloete, TE; Thantsha, MSDate:Nov 2005Prebiotics is a non-digestible food ingredient that beneficially affects the host by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon (Roberfroid, 1998; Theuer et al., 1998; Young, 1998; ...Read more
Author:Glisson, FJ; Kullmann, DDate:Aug 1998This report deals with the factors affecting the effective use of rapid yielding hydraulic props (RYHP’s) in the South African gold mines. Wherever possible, such factors have been quantified in an attempt to provide guidelines for obtaining ...Read more
Author:Botha, PB; Semmelink, CJ; Raubenheimer, JDate:Oct 2005Stabilized layers are used extensively in South-Africa in the construction of roads. The layers are usually stabilized with hydrated road lime, cement, slag, fly-ash, bitumen emulsion, foamed asphalt or a combination of several of these agents. ...Read more
Author:Mfupe, Luzango P; Kaijage, S; Mwangama, J; Oyerinde, O; Katzis, KDate:Sep 2021AFRICON is the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Region 8 flagship conference on the African continent. IEEE AFRICON 2021 was virtually held in Arusha, Tanzania from Monday the 13th to Wednesday the 15th of September ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Aug 2023Digital Transformation in Achieving Defence Information Excellence in the Journey to Greatness with Editor: Dr Louwrence Erasmus Pr. Eng. Introduction: The Command and Management Information Systems (CMIS) Division strives towards Information ...Read more
Author:Pandelani, Thanyani ADate:May 2023One of the aims of the South African Ballistic Organisation (SABO) is to organise and host a local ballistic symposium every second year. This year SABO is hosting the 2023 symposium. The SABO 2023 Organising Committee has been overwhelmed ...Read more
Author:De Waal, ADate:Nov 2012These proceedings list all peer reviewed papers delivered at the twenty-third annual symposium of the Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa, held in Pretoria in November 2012Read more
Author:Olakanm, EO; Hoosain, Shaik E; Lawal, SA; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Jun 2022Tailoring materials’ microstructural characteristics to meet mechanical functional requirements is quite critical in designing wear resistant coatings. To the best of our knowledge, no study had related carbide dissolution ratio (CDR) in laser ...Read more
Author:Tshabalala, Lerato C; Pityana, Sisa L; Styne, J; Höfer, M; Schäfer, LDate:Sep 2012Laser machining which is a non-contact process that offers the advantage of machining advanced ceramics. In laser machining Si3N4, surface temperature is increased and controlled to evaporate the YSiAlON glassy phase of the Si3N4. However, ...Read more
Author:Venter, JPDate:Feb 2006In this paper the development and testing of Cyber First Responder Process Flows is discussed. A generic process flow framework is presented and design principles and layout characteristics as well as important points within the process flows ...Read more
Author:Gololo, KV; Majozi, TDate:Oct 2010This paper presents a technique for grassroot design of cooling water system for wastewater minimization which incorporates the performances of the cooling towers involved. The study focuses mainly on cooling systems consisting of multiple ...Read more
Author:Goncalves, DDate:Jun 2008Systems engineering is about coordination. To coordinate is to bring the different elements of a complex activity or organization into a harmonious or effective relationship as a whole system. This paper views coordination in the context of ...Read more
Author:Van Heerden, CJ; De Villiers, P; Barnard, E; Davel, MHDate:Nov 2011Initial work towards processing Afrikaans spoken lectures in a resource-scarce environment is presented. Two approaches to acoustic modeling for eventual alignment are compared: (a) using a well-trained target-language acoustic model and (b) ...Read more