Browsing Civil Engineering by Title
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Radar reflectivity infilling techniques.
(2005)Weather radar provides a detailed spatial representation of rainfall over a large area and in a real time basis. It has proven to be a valuable tool for hydrologists, agriculturalists and organisations that require accurate ... -
The regional effect of water table lowering in the Durban area
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The relationship between the infrastructure, within the palmiet catchment, and the condition of the Palmiet River water quality and Riparian zone.
(2016)The construction and daily operation of infrastructure systems, has imposed significant negative consequences on the natural environment. The primary aim of this study was to explore the relationship between the ... -
Reliability assessment of the EN 1992 restrained shrinkage crack model as applied to liquid retaining structures in South Africa.
(2016)The South African design of liquid retaining structures (LRS) has traditionally involved the use of the British codes of practice, namely BS 8007:1987 and BS 8110-2:1985, due to South Africa not yet having developed its ... -
Risks of transporting dangerous goods : South Durban case study.
(2005)Industry both consumes and creates an abundance of dangerous goods, which must be transported from producers to end-users. This creates opportunities for incidents, including traffic accidents, which could release poisonous, ... -
The role of waste data in changing behaviour : the case of the South African waste information system (SAWIS)
(2011)The South African waste information system (SAWIS) developed and implemented by the Department of Environmental Affairs in 2006, provided a unique case study to explore the research question “Can the collection of data ... -
Rural road maintenance through labour-based lengthmen system in Zambia.
(2000)Rural road maintenance has received little or no attention in Zambia for a long time, resulting in an adverse impact on the economy. Meanwhile Road Authorities have continued to use traditional capital-intensive periodic ... -
Spatio-temporal rainfall estimation and nowcasting for flash flood forecasting.
(2007)Floods cannot be prevented, but their devastating effects can be minimized if advance warning of the event is available. The South African Disaster Management Act (Act 57 of 2002) advocates a paradigm shift from the current ... -
Stabilisation of waste in shallow test cells : focus on biogas.
(2006)Present day society generates large volumes of waste that present an environmental hazard when disposed of in landfills. As our population grows, so does the volume of waste generated and hence the threat to our environment. ... -
A study of construction plant and equipment health and safety (H & S) in the KwaZulu-Natal construction industry.
(2013)With the increasing rate of infrastructural development in South Africa the accident and fatality rate continues to increase. It then becomes paramount to ensure adherence to H&S regulations so as to mitigate and prevent ... -
The study of the kinetics of degradation of mechanical-biological pretreated waste using test cells.
(2010-11-02)This research was carried out at the Bisasar Road Landfill site, Durban, South Africa, -
A study on sustainable waste disposal in South Africa using mechanical biological waste treatment.
(2009)The landfilling of Municipal Solid Waste poses a threat to the environment in the form of landfill emissions. These emissions are a result of the biochemical breakdown of the waste in the anaerobic landfill environment. A ... -
A sustainable delivery approach for peri-urban and rural areas.
(2004)Challenges of implementing Integrated Development programmes can be seen in the difficulty in aligning different departmental budgets and processes in the implementation phase of projects. This has had many implications ... -
"Sustainable grid infrastructure : the co-evolution of socio-economic and socio-technical systems through micro-grid adoption".
(2015)If our existence as a society, is within the bounds of a finite and dynamic environment; there exists and argument, that the ease of access to information has altered the search space within which our everyday reality ... -
A systems approach to investiging the effectiveness of using a web portal to enhance information sharing in the Ugandan construction industry.
(2011-05-04)Over the last fourteen years the construction industry in Uganda has experienced an annual average growth rate of 7.8%, markedly higher than the national GDP of 5.5%. However, the disparity bet construction information and ... -
The applicability of C&D waste material in South Africa road construction.
(2018)In contrast to developed countries, South Africa is starting to adopt the practice of using recycled rubble from civil engineering demolition works in road construction. This change is due to environmental considerations, ... -
Towards a zero waste South Africa : a case study on post-consumer solid waste management in rural and urban areas.
(2009)Through the National Environmental Management Act (No. 107 of 1998), the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEAT) introduced the concept of the Waste Hierarchy (Reduce - Reuse - Recover - Dispose) ... -
Traffic circles in South Africa : traffic performance and driver behaviour.
(1997)This thesis presents the results of an investigation into traffic operations and driver behaviour at traffic circles under South African conditions. The scarcity of local traffic circles necessitated the development of ...