Traffic congestion on major roads consequent upon existing bottlenecks at intersections is a major problem especially in metropolitan areas. This research was thus aimed at formulating models that could be used to predict ...

The process of building a bridge consists of planning, design, and construction. In each of these stages uncertainties may occur, which can be caused by human or natural effects. Human causes of uncertainties include ...

The knowledge of soil hydraulic properties and processes leads to better predictions of both agricultural and environment impact. Soil hydraulic properties also define the relationship between soil moisture, hydraulic head ...

In the development of a cassava harvesting tool, there is the need to know the actual weight of materials (soil and cassava tuber plant) that the soil working tool would be working against. The cassava lifting coefficient, ...

An instrumentation system was assembled to measure and record draught in soil-tool interaction in tillage study. The instrumentation system consisted of a load cell, strain gauge amplifier, data logger and a computer system ...

The production of good quality fermented locust beans is essential, having known its rate of spoilage. Different methods have been used over time and this has probably affected the quality of stored fermented locust beans. ...

The purpose of this research work is to select the most suitable and cost-effective set of equipment in term of type, size and number to exploit the Ajabanoko iron ore deposit using the surface mining method. The perimeter ...

Samples of grey cast iron of section sizes (15 mm, 20 mm, 25 mm, 30 mm and 35 mm) were produced with the same chemical composition. A rotary furnace was used to melt the charge. The charge was heated to 15500C and ...

The effects of gating system design on the mechanical properties of cast Al-Mg-Si (6063) alloy component were studied, with varying sprue diameters of 10 mm and 12 mm respectively for both pressurized system and non-pressurized ...

Reliability has been defined as the ability of a system or component to perform its required functions under stated conditions for a specified period of time. Structural reliability is an engineering branch that uses ...