• Concrete wind turbine towers in Southern Africa 

  Van Zyl, Willem Sternberg (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Exponential growth of the global wind turbine market has led to a significant increase in the capacity of wind turbine generators. Modern turbines require higher support structures as higher wind speeds ...
• A peridynamic model for sleeved hydraulic fracture 

  Van Der Merwe, Carel Wagener (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Current numerical methods in the eld of hydraulic fracturing are based mainly on continuum methods, such as the Finite Element Method (FEM) and the Boundary Element Method (BEM). These methods are ...
• A feasible design concept for the deep water breakwater of the proposed new Durban Dig-Out Port 

  Wust, Isak (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Port of Durban is forecasted to reach its capacity in terms of container handling soon, which necessitates the investigation of an alternative port in the vicinity. The old Durban Airport site has ...
• A preliminary analysis of the sediment budget across the Swartvlei estuary mouth 

  Roets, Adriaan (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Swartvlei estuary and lake system is situated on the southern coast of the Western Cape Province of South Africa and forms part of the core conservation area of the Wilderness National Park. The ...
• A Study on the Design and Material Costs of Tall Wind Turbine Towers in South Africa 

  Way, Andrew Christopher (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this project is to study the structural design and costing of various designs of tall wind turbine towers and the associated foundations in a South African context. Speci c design guidelines ...
• Consultants risk : an investigation into the impact of discounted professional fees on the risk exposure of civil and structural engineering services consultants in South Africa 

  Okonkwo, Patrick Nwabueze (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the intervention of the Competition Commission and the abolition of the mandatory use of the government gazetted Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) fees scale, engineering services consultants ...
• Comparative study of the equivalent moment factor between international steel design specifications 

  Smalberger, Hermanus Johannes Wessels (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) is an important failure mode that needs to be taken into account during the design of steel beams. The fundamental equation for determining the elastic critical moment ...
• An investigation into the time and cost factors for a decision between in-situ and hybrid concrete construction 

  Piek, Philippus Jacobus (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The construction industry is a competitive market and contractors need to keep up-to-date with new construction methods and technologies. Project teams in South Africa are required to make decisions during ...
• Proceedings of the first International Conference on the use of Mobile Informations and Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa UMICTA 2014, 9-10 December 2014, STIAS Conference Centre, Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, South Africa. 

  Booysen, Marthinus J. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)

  The conference provides a common platform for academic and industry partners to share ideas, present existing work, and guide future work. Academic work will be presented after a rigorous peer-review process that includes ...
• Sample evaluation for action selection in Monte Carlo Tree Search 

  Brand, Dirk   Kroon, Steve (2014)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT; Building sophisticated computer players for games has been of interest since the advent of artificial intelligence research. Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) techniques have led to recent advances in ...
• Public transport sector driver behaviour : measuring recklessness using speed and acceleration 

  Zeeman, Adriaan Siebrits   Booysen, Marthinus J. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2014-07)

  The informal transport industry in Sub-Saharan Africa is notoriously dangerous, leading to many fatalities annually. This paper presents an innovative way of monitoring driver behaviour, in real-time, by taking into account ...
• Minibus driving behaviour on the Cape Town to Mthatha Route 

  Booysen, Marthinus J.   Ebot, N. A.   Akpa, E. N. O. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2014-07)

  Minibus taxis are considered to be notoriously dangerous and are seen as the epitome of bad driving in South Africa in particular, and Sub-Saharan Africa in general. Minibus taxis are used for long-distance and urban travel. ...
• Simple capacitive seat sensing for occupancy detection and passenger counting in minibus taxis 

  Zeeman, Adriaan Siebrits   Booysen, Marthinus J. (Southern African Transport Conference, 2014-07)

  The informal public transportation sector in Sub-Saharan Africa contributes significantly to public transport, and yet little is known about passenger mobility patterns. We propose a low cost system to measure occupancy ...
• ITsPhone : an Integrated Platform for Participatory ITS Data Collection and Opportunistic Transfer 

  Briante, O.   Campolo, C.   Iera, A.   Molinaro, A.   Paratore, S. Y.   Ruggeri, G.   Booysen, Marthinu J. (IEEE, 2013)

  The recent advances in sensing and communication technologies pave the way for interfacing cars with smartphones to offer value-added services to users on the road. Kinematics, automotive diagnostics, passengers load, ...
• Simultaneously improving xylose fermentation and tolerance to lignocellulosic inhibitors through evolutionary engineering of recombinant Saccharomyces cerevisiae harbouring xylose isomerase 

  Smith, Justin   Van Rensburg, Eugene   Gorgens, Johann F. (BioMed Central, 2014-05)

  Background: Yeasts tolerant to toxic inhibitors from steam-pretreated lignocellulose with xylose co-fermentation capability represent an appealing approach for 2nd generation ethanol production. Whereas rational ...
• Impact of cultivar selection and process optimization on ethanol yield from different varieties of sugarcane 

  Benjamin, Yuda   Garcia-Aparicio, Maria. P.   Gorgens, Johann. F. (BioMed Central, 2014-04)

  Background: The development of ‘energycane’ varieties of sugarcane is underway, targeting the use of both sugar juice and bagasse for ethanol production. The current study evaluated a selection of such ‘energycane’ cultivars ...
• A whistle-stop tour of automatic speech recognition 

  Niesler, Thomas (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-11)

  Thomas Niesler’s academic career began at the University of Stellenbosch where he obtained the BEng and MEng degrees in Electronic Engineering in 1991 and 1993 respectively. He moved to St John’s College, Cambridge, in ...
• Understanding the pwm non-linearity 

  Mouton, Toit (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-03)

  Hendrik du Toit Mouton was born in Somerset-West in 1965. In 1976 his family moved from Stellenbosch to Bloemfontein where he matriculated in 1983. He started his B.Sc. at the University of the Orange Free State in 1984 ...
• Why pursue research projects in an academic environment 

  Gorgens, Johann F. (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-09)

  The pursuit of academic research is internationally considered to be a key deliverable of academic careers, with ever-increasing expectations of demonstrated research capacity and outputs as a means to substantiate ...
• Configurations of a piled row breakwater for a protected shallow water marina 

  Gous, Werner (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-04)

  ENGLISH ABSTRACT: For the safekeeping or harbouring of small craft, whether for leisure or commercial use, a tranquil basin is the principle requirement in designing a functional harbour facility. Waves transmitted ...

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