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Browsing Civil Engineering by Type "Dissertation"
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-06-03)The study involves, describing the nature of the airline industry, especially in the African situation with some of its problems being high airfares and inaccessibility within the continent. In order to address these ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-06-29)In the classical design method for gravity dams, the designs are conducted in the linear elastic isotropic material domain. For many decades the so-called ‘classical method’ (or conventional method) was used to design ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Public roads without road markings, especially roads carrying high traffic volumes, would lead to chaos and accidents resulting in injuries and loss of life. The road authorities need to ensure that all signage is well ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-12-01)Aubrey Berrangé, a South African roads engineer, invented the impact compactor in 1949 with the intention of achieving improved compaction to greater depths than possible with conventional equipment available at the time. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2023)Urban stormwater drainage networks are frequently analysed in dynamic rainfall-runoff simulation models. These models use hypothetical rainstorm events (synthetic design storms) as input in the case of single event-based ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1988)Afrikaans: Hierdie verhandeling vorm 'n dokument waarin riglyne met betrekking tot die antwerp van grand- en rotsvuldamme (vuldamme) vir Suid-Afrikaanse toestands saamgestel is. Bestaande kennis is gerntegreer en saamgevat. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2006-09-23)A vast amount and variety of mine tailings are produced around the world each day. In the gold¬mining industry in South Africa the residue of crushed are is disposed of in large tailings or hydraulic fill dams. The outer ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018-02-01)Integral bridges are designed without expansion joints or bearings to eliminate the maintenance and repair costs associated with them. Thus, the expansion and contraction due to daily and seasonal temperature variations ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)In this research a single span simply supported steel truss railway bridge is analyzed when subjected to train loads. The study was conducted by using three different methodologies namely modal analysis using three dimensional ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2013)A series of plate load tests were conducted at the experimental farm of the University of Pretoria. The test areas were levelled by means of three surface preparation methods namely, i) a thin layer of plaster of Paris; ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Ultra Thin Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (UTCRCP) is an innovative road paving technology that can have significant advantages over traditional road paving techniques. Full scale testing has shown that UTCRCP ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2007-01-12)Foamed concrete is produced when a foaming agent IS added to cement-based slurry consisting of cement, water, cement extender and filler. This lightweight building material can contribute significantly to uplift disadvantaged ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)Ultra-Thin Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement (UTCRCP) is an innovative pavement type that has the potential to fulfil South Africa’s pavement repair strategy requirements. It consists of a thin high strength concrete ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2020-09-28)The mechanism of cave mining propagation still requires a better understanding to be attained outside the industry-accepted Duplancic conceptual model. While this model suggests a continuous damage profile to be followed ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2017)Civil structures are founded on or within soil. Understanding the interaction of a structure with the soil it is founded on or within is vital for designing and constructing structures that will be safe and functional for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Approximately a quarter of South Africa’s Gauteng Province is underlain by dolomite, a carbonate rock which is susceptible to dissolution and therefore sinkhole formation. Current design codes for developing on dolomitic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2019)Approximately a quarter of South Africa’s Gauteng Province is underlain by dolomite, a carbonate rock which is susceptible to dissolution and therefore sinkhole formation. Current design codes for developing on dolomitic ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)As a result of the mining that has taken place over the last century in South Africa, many towns and cities have developed around mining hubs, the most significant of these being the city of Johannesburg. Over the years, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2005-06-03)Although a wide range of flow measurement devices and methods already exist for the measurement of irrigation water, water users and water management officials still claim there is a need for more appropriate devices that ...
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