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The design and analysis of a kerosene turbopump for a South African commercial launch vehicle.
(2013)South Africa is one of the few developing countries able to design and build satellites; however it is reliant on other nations to launch them. This research addresses one of the main technological barriers currently ... -
Design and analysis of a multi-trailer system for the Durban container terminal.
(2018)Multi-trailer systems (MTS) allow for the transportation of multiple shipping containers in a single movement as opposed to the conventional trailer systems often used within a port terminal environment. The adoption of ... -
The design and analysis of a novel 5 degree of freedom parallel kinematic manipulator.
(2019)Abstract available in PDF. -
Design and analysis of the tooling to manipulate and install complete sectors in the ATLAS new small wheel within narrowly defined stress parameters.
(2015)Abstract available in PDF file. -
Design and construction of Meercat : an autonomous indoor and outdoor courier service robot.
(2011)This project details the construction and development of, and experimentation with a mobile service courier robot named Meercat. This robot has been built from the ground up using parts sourced from various places. The ... -
Design and development of the Phoenix-1B hybrid rocket.
(2017)In August 2014, South Africa’s first university-based hybrid rocket, Phoenix-1A, was launched at the Overberg Test Range near Cape Agulhas. The vehicle suffered nozzle and parachute failures during flight which, together ... -
Design and optimisation of a composite space frame chassis including experimental and computational analysis.
(2017)Composites are used in lightweight structural designs. In this dissertation, a robust carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) space frame chassis for a lightweight electric tricycle is produced. In large, most composite ... -
Design and optimisation of the sector transport, storage and assembly tooling and procedures of the New Small Wheel for the Atlas Experiment.
This report describes the design of the transport, storage and assembly tooling for the sectors of the ATLAS Experiment’s New Small Wheel. This tooling is to be used during the 2018 Large Hadron Collider’s shutdown, Long ... -
Design and optimization of prototype trip steel smart aircraft bolt.
(2008)Aviation is known to have some of the most stringent structural health monitoring standards in the world. An example of this would be the fact that certain bolts in the aircraft assembly must be periodically removed and ... -
Design and performance analysis of hybrid photovoltaic-thermal grid connected system for residential application.
(2012)High output electrical energy is obtained from photovoltaic (PV) systems subject to high irradiance. However, at high irradiance, the efficiency of PV systems drops due to increase of the temperature of the systems. In ... -
Design and performance simulation of a hybrid sounding rocket.
(2012)Sounding rockets find applications in multiple fields of scientific research including meteorology, astronomy and microgravity. Indigenous sounding rocket technologies are absent on the African continent despite a potential ... -
Design and testing of a composite material for modelling wind turbine blade structures in tropical region.
(2018)Currently large wind turbine blades have been installed in several offshore and onshore wind farms around the world, particularly in the desert areas of North East Africa where wind turbine blades and nacelles are affected ... -
A design methodology investigation and the design of a material handling system.
(2000)This dissertation is undertaken under the auspices of both the CSIR, Division of Mining Technology and the University of Natal, School of Mechanical Engineering. The CSIR have outlined two fundamental objectives of the ... -
Design of a novel hydrokinetic turbine for ocean current power generation.
(2014)In a world with a growing need for energy, but also a growing need to decrease dependence on fossil fuel energy production, new methods of energy generation are required. The energy which exists in flowing rivers, ocean ... -
Design of an autonomous mobile robot for service applications.
(2011)This research project proposes the development of an autonomous, omnidirectional vehicle that will be used for general indoor service applications. A suggested trial application for this service robot will be to deliver ... -
Design of an autonomous underwater vehicle : vehicle tracking and position control.
(2010)This project proposes the development of an autonomous underwater vehicle that can be used to perform underwater research missions..The vehicle can be pre-programmed to complete a specified mission. Missions may include ... -
Design, modelling and optimisation of an isolated small hydropower plant using pumped storage hydropower and control techniques.
(2015)Pumped Storage Hydropower (PSH) has proved to be a reliable power generation technology, especially in cases of emergency peak power demand. It is best utilised in areas where the availability of water is a challenge because ... -
Design, modelling and simulation of 2 novel 6 DOF hybrid machines.
(2012)Industrial robot arms are an essential part of automated manufacturing, and perform tasks such as component assembly, welding, light machining, spray painting, etc. They are highly repeatable, can be calibrated to be ... -
Designing optimisation of a cane haulage vehicle.
(2008)The sugar industry transports in excess of 20 million tons of sugarcane per annum, equating to approximately 800 000 road consignments. This entails substantial expenditure on vehicle capital and operational costs. There ...