African Evaluation Database

9120 records found

Source	Electronic ID	Title	Authors	Publication Year	Source Title	Volume	Issue	DOI	Affiliations	Authors with Affiliations	Abstract	Author Keywords	Index Keywords	Funding Details
Scopus	2-s2.0-84861678536	Durability performance of a range of marine concretes and the applicability of the South African ...	Githachuri K., Alexander M., Moyo P.	2012	Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions	45	42371	10.1617/s11527-011-9759-0	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, South ...	Githachuri, K., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebo...	The paper describes a study that examined and compared the potential durability performance of va...	Aggregate type; Binder type; Concrete; Durability; Penetrability; Water/binder ratio	Aggregate type; Concrete grades; Concrete types; Durability performance; Fluid penetration; Geogr...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84879527838	Assessing urban water sustainability in South Africa - Not just performance measurement	Carden K., Armitage N.P.	2013	Water SA	39	3	10.4314/wsa.v39i3.1	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, South ...	Carden, K., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch ...	Urban water management - and the impacts that rapid population growth, industrialisation and clim...	Performance measurement; Sustainability index; Urban water management	Economic transformation; Integrated urban water management; Key performance indicators; Performan...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84891774706	Cradle-to-gate environmental impacts of the concrete industry in South Africa	Muigai R., Alexander M.G., Moyo P.	2013	Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering	55	2	None	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South ...	Muigai, R., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch ...	The objective of the paper is to provide an understanding of the South African concrete industry'...	CO2-e emissions; Concrete industry; Environmental burden; South Africa	Cement and concretes; Concrete productions; Current practices; Environmental burdens; Per unit; R...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84883079623	Impact of water demand parameters on the reliability of municipal storage tanks	van Zyl J.E., le Gat Y., Piller O., Walski T.M.	2012	Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management	138	5	10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000200	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South ...	van Zyl, J.E., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebos...	Municipal storage tanks are normally sized according to inherently conservative design guidelines...	Reliability; Stochastic models; Storage tanks; Water demand; Water distribution systems	Reliability; Reliability analysis; Stochastic models; Water distribution systems; Conservative de...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79952004024	Performance of sewer pipe concrete mixtures with portland and calcium aluminate cements subject t...	Alexander M.G., Fourie C.	2011	Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions	44	1	10.1617/s11527-010-9629-1	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa; University of...	Alexander, M.G., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Afri...	The paper reports on the performance of a series of sewer pipe concrete mixtures and cementitious...	Acid attack; Acid resistance; AlagTM aggregates; Biogenic; Calcium aluminate cement; Concrete sew...	Acid attack; Alag aggregates; Biogenic; Calcium aluminate cement; Concrete sewer pipes; Performan...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-30844471970	Performance specifications for concrete using the durability index approach	Alexander M., Ballim Y., Santhanam M.	2005	Indian Concrete Journal	79	12	None	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Concrete Materials Resear...	Alexander, M., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Concrete M...	The noticeable shift towards performance specifications for durability calls for the adoption of ...	Conductivity; Durability; Performance; Permeability; Sorptivity	Concrete durability; Conductivity; Sorptivity; Concrete construction; Construction industry; Mech...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84862086247	A case study evaluation of the impacts of optimised waste bin locations in a developing city	Aremu A.S., Sule B.F.	2012	Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems	29	2	10.1080/10286608.2012.672411	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria	Aremu, A.S., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria;...	This study was undertaken to evaluate the impacts of placing waste bins at optimal locations in t...	developing country; impact; optimised location; solid waste; waste bin	Collection vehicles; Developing cities; impact; Multi Criteria Analysis; Municipal authorities; N...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84969556965	Evaluation of impact of climate variability on water resources and yield capacity of selected res...	Salami A.W., Ibrahim H., Sojobi A.O.	2015	Environmental Engineering Research	20	3	10.4491/eer.2015.0041	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Department of Civil Engin...	Salami, A.W., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria; Ibrahim, H....	This paper presents the evaluation of the impact of climate change on water resources and yield c...	Asa river; Climate variability; Kampe river; Reservoir yield; Runoff	Climate change; Climatology; Evapotranspiration; Food supply; Neural networks; Rain; Reservoirs (...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84874958796	Evaluation of the high-resolution CMORPH satellite rainfall product using dense rain gauge observ...	Habib E., Haile A.T., Tian Y., Joyce R.J.	2012	Journal of Hydrometeorology	13	6	10.1175/JHM-D-12-017.1	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United Stat...	Habib, E., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, ...	This study focuses on the evaluation of the NOAA-NCEP Climate Prediction Center (CPC) morphing te...	Algorithms; In situ atmospheric observations; Radars/Radar observations; Satellite observations	algorithm; error analysis; image resolution; radar; rainfall; raingauge; satellite data; Louisian...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-79952389547	Evaluation of drug use among diabetic hypertensive patients in a teaching hospital	Eze Uchenna I.H., Odunayo Oluwakemi O.	2010	International Journal of Drug Development and Research	2	4	None	Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sagamu, Olabisi Onabanjo Un...	Eze Uchenna, I.H., Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sagamu, ...	The major approach to patients' health problems is the use of drugs particularly in the co morbid...	Adherence; Diabetic hypertensive; Drugs	analgesic agent; antianemic agent; antibiotic agent; antidepressant agent; antidiabetic agent; an...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84878658323	Evaluation of the climate prediction center (CPC) morphing technique (CMORPH) rainfall product on...	Haile A.T., Habib E., Rientjes T.	2013	Hydrological Processes	27	12	10.1002/hyp.9330	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 70504, United States; Africa...	Haile, A.T., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, 70504, United S...	Limited availability of surface-based rainfall observations constrains the evaluation of satellit...	Bias; Blue Nile; CMORPH; Lake Tana; Rainfall; Satellite rainfall; Validation	Bias; Blue Nile; CMORPH; Lake Tana; Satellite rainfalls; Validation; Climatology; Gages; Lakes; L...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80155182064	Comparison of permeable friction course mixtures fabricated using asphalt rubber and performance-...	Alvarez A.E., Fernandez E.M., Epps Martin A., Reyes O.J., Simate G.S., Walubita L.F.	2012	Construction and Building Materials	28	1	10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.08.085	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia; Zachry Departmen...	Alvarez, A.E., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Magdalena, Santa Marta, Colombia; F...	Permeable friction course mixtures (PFC) are special hot mix asphalt (HMA) mixtures that are desi...	Asphalt rubber (AR); Hot mix asphalt (HMA); Mix design; Performance grade (PG); Permeable frictio...	Asphalt rubber (AR); Hot mix asphalt (HMA); Mix designs; Performance grade; Permeable friction co...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84887303478	The environmental impact of crude oil formation water: A multivariate approach	Nnaji C.C., Agunwamba J.C.	2013	Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology	35	5	10.3103/S1063455X13050056	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Nnaji, C.C., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria; Agunwamba, ...	Water bodies receiving effluents from gas flow stations were sampled for ten months (March to Dec...	cluster analysis; effluents; formation water; pollution; principal compoments; rainfall	Effluent discharge; First principal components; Formation water; Multivariate approach; Physicoch...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-78650983013	Performance of recycled asphalt pavement as coarse aggregate in concrete	Okafor F.O.	2010	Leonardo Electronic Journal of Practices and Technologies	9	17	None	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Okafor, F.O., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria	Recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) is the reclaimed and reprocessed pavement material containing asp...	Asphalt-mortar; Compressive strength; Concrete; Flexural strength; Portland cement; Recycled asphalt	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84937061051	Evaluation of short-and longterm properties of heat-cured alkali-activated fly ash concrete	Shekhovtsova J., Kovtun M., Kearsley E.P.	2015	Magazine of Concrete Research	67	16	10.1680/macr.14.00377	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa	Shekhovtsova, J., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa...	Short- and long-term properties of alkali-activated fly ash concrete, namely, compressive, flexur...	None	Carbon; Carbon footprint; Concretes; Creep; Curing; Drying; Fly ash; Portland cement; Precast con...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-80155202720	Evaluation of critical storm duration rainfall estimates used in flood hydrology in South Africa	Gericke O.J., du Plessis J.A.	2011	Water SA	37	4	None	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, P/Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa	Gericke, O.J., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, P/Bag X1, Matieland 7...	Design rainfall comprises of a depth and duration associated with a given probability of exceedan...	Areal reduction factors; Depth-duration-frequency; Design flood; Rainfall; Time of concentration	Areal reduction factors; Catchment area; Depth-duration-frequency; Design flood; Flood hydrology;...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-67650306439	Evaluation of minimum residual pressure as design criterion for South African water distribution ...	Jacobs H.E., Strijdom J.L.	2009	Water SA	35	2	None	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, Sou...	Jacobs, H.E., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matiel...	The South African civil engineering fraternity has grown to accept 24 m as the design criterion f...	Design standard; Peak fow; Residual pressure; Water distribution system	Customer complaints; Design criterion; Design standard; Distribution systems; Home appliances; Lo...	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84874388317	The impact of rheology on the mechanical performance of steel Fiber-Reinforced concrete	van Zijl G.P.A.G., Zeranka S.	2012	RILEM Bookseries	2	None	10.1007/978-94-007-2436-5_8	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa	van Zijl, G.P.A.G., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; Ze...	Fibers are added to concrete to bridge cracks, in order to improve mechanical behavior from britt...	None	None	None	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-84920076341	Hydrological impacts of urbanization of two catchments in Harare, Zimbabwe	Gumindoga W., Rientjes T., Shekede M.D., Rwasoka D.T., Nhapi I., Haile A.T.	2014	Remote Sensing	6	12	10.3390/rs61212544	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimbabwe; Department...	Gumindoga, W., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, Box MP 167, Harare, Zimba...	By increased rural-urban migration in many African countries, the assessment of changes in catchm...	Rainfall; Remote sensing; Runoff; TOPMODEL; Urbanization	None	NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration	View
Scopus	2-s2.0-34548565629	Evaluation of community-driven smallholder irrigation in dryland South Pare Mountains, Tanzania: ...	Makurira H., Mul M.L., Vyagusa N.F., Uhlenbrook S., Savenije H.H.G.	2007	Physics and Chemistry of the Earth	32	None	10.1016/j.pce.2007.07.020	Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP, Mount Pleasant, 167 Harare,...	Makurira, H., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Zimbabwe, P.O. Box MP, Mount Pleasan...	Water is the main limiting factor for crop production in semi-arid sub-Saharan Africa. This paper...	Communal irrigation; Irrigation efficiency; Micro dams; Supplemental irrigation	Catchments; Crops; Cultivation; Dams; Resource allocation; Water management; Water supply; Commun...	None	View

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