Reinforced concrete structures are exposed to harsh environment and are often expected to last for a long period of time (often 100 years or more). To do this, a durable structure needs to be produced. For reinforced ...

Sandcrete blocks remain the most utilized walling unit in the development of physical infrastructure in developing countries like Nigeria. However, inflation among other factors have influenced the cost of building materials, ...

Cyber–attacks account for one-third of all service downtime incidents in networks. These attacks are not only limited to shutting down the network services, but also introduce other malicious attacks such as data theft, ...

In Nigeria, total installed power generation capacity exceeds 10,000MW with the hydro plants contributing 30% of the total available capacity and about 14.5% of total installed capacity. Kainji Hydro Power Plant (KHPP) ...

Construction industries requires steel (reinforcement bar) materials for a vast range of uses. These steel materials must satisfy the strength, stiffness and durability requirements specified by the standards and codes. ...

This study was focused on developing a newly optimized PHP-MySQL(Private Home Pages and Structured Query Language) software that will analyse and design rigid jointed portal frames with a goal to minimizing the material ...

Material recycling is now one of the most active research areas been looked into by various researchers since the amount of waste generated and the rate of usage of naturally occuring resources is becoming alarming. Hence, ...

Bio-cementation is one of the newest techniques used in soil stabilization, which involves the use of eco-friendly microorganisms to improve engineering properties of soil. This research focused on the treatment of lateritic ...

The study assessed the constituent materials of an imported stabilizer, Novocrete and developed its replica from materials sourced locally in Nigeria. The approach used in the conduct of this study was hierarchically ...

Concrete is an undeniably versatile and practical material for the construction and infrastructural development of any nation. Nonetheless, the adverse environmental effects involved in the production of cement and the ...