Widespread industrial activities has caused many water bodies receiving loads of heavy metals that exceed the maximum permissible limit of wastewater discharge to protect the environment, human and animal. Environmental ...

The increasing demand for transportation due to rapid urbanization causes great stress to urban road infrastructures which in turn leads to traffic congestion in developing cities like Ado Ekiti in Nigeria. The ease to ...

This research investigated the contribution of geotechnical indices, traffic load, cross-sectional area of drains and road cross-section elements in road pavement failure of Akure-Ilesa (68km), Ilesa-Osogbo (32km), Osogbo-Iwo ...

This study focused on the effect of drying time and slices thickness on solar drying of carrot. Carrot is harvested in abundance during its season in most developing countries. However storage for period of scarcity and ...

The development of machines to handle the process of producing adequate aggregates for the construction of structures for handling agricultural materials is far from expected in the area of farm structures in Nigeria. A ...

Rock Samples were obtained from two pits currently being exploited at Obajana, for the purpose of investigating the effects of rock and geometrical properties on the production and cost of muck piling at Obajana quarry. ...

For optimization in foundry practice and meeting the demands for quality and cast products in the cast iron and steel manufacturing sector, the CastMELT Simulator research was designed. In this research, theoretical models ...

Salt bath furnaces are usually the most expensive equipment in any manufacturing /materials processing industry. Proper understanding of their handling and technological principles are required for effective usage. Most ...

Experimental studies were carried out to develop mullite-zircon-zirconia refractory ceramic composites from some selected clays in southwest, Nigeria. Raw clay materials were sourced from three locations. The raw clays ...

In this study, hydroxyapatite powder (HAp) was synthesized from calcined snail shell, and the effect of the synthesized HAp as a reinforcing element on some properties of HAp/ epoxy composite and its characterized ...