Browsing Doctoral Degrees (Mechanical Engineering) by Title
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The performance of a one and a half stage axial turbine including various tip clearance effects.
(1993)The necessary clearance at the tip of unshrouded rotors of axial turbines allows fluid to leak from the pressure to the suction side of the blade and produces an important component of loss that is ultimately responsible ... -
Production of jet fuel from microalgae biomass cultivated in saline domestic wastewater.
(2018)Jet fuel from crude petroleum oil is known as the most efficient energy carrier for the aviation sector. Environmental concerns and economic pressure drive major industries to adapt to current global revolution towards ... -
Production, evaluation and testing of biodiesel : case studies of Moringa oleifera and selected tropical seed oils.
(2015)Production, evaluation and comparative testing of biodiesel from Moringa oleifera seed oil and selected tropical feedstock oils were undertaken in this study. From studies, Moringa oil has higher oil yields and excellent ... -
Production, evaluation and testing of bioethanol from matooke peels species as an alternative fuel for spark ignition engine: a case study of Uganda.
(2020)Conversion of new lignocellulose biomass (LCB) waste to energy is an innovative technique for waste valorization and management which reduces environmental pollutions and offers socioeconomic benefits. This has made the ... -
Smart materials for structural health monitoring.
(2003)A new philosophy in structural health monitoring was explored, with the view to the creation of a smart mining bolt: one which would bear the normal load of any bolt used in South African gold mining tunnels, but at the ... -
Smart structural health monitoring of mining support units.
(2003)In the South African mining industry, the design of tunnel support systems is generally based on empirical methodologies that consider rockmass characteristics as well as the type of loading (e.g. seismic) that the ... -
Structural characterisation and response modelling of paraffin-based hybrid rocket motor fuel grains.
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Trip steels as smart sensor alloys.
(2013)Upon deformation, TRIP steels undergo progressive irreversible transformation from paramagnetic austenite to more thermodynamically stable, ferromagnetic αʹ-martensite. The change in magnetic permeability is readily ...