The purpose of this study is to investigate experimentally the dynamic elastic behavior of a coconut shell powder filler reinforced epoxy resins composite of different filler sizes and volume fractions. The dynamic mechanical ...

Over the last four decades composite materials, plastics and ceramics have been the dominant emerging materials. The volume and number of applications of composite materials has grown steadily, penetrating and gaining ...

Selective laser sintering is one of the most common additive manufacturing technologies for polymeric materials. However, the technique is limited due to the high cost of the few available feedstock materials. Besides, ...

Businesses are being faced with increasing expectations to take an active role in meeting the world’s environmental, social and economic challenges. For this to be achieved, there is a need for a paradigm shift in the ...

Purpose – Arguments for the design of sustainable university buildings have emerged in South Africa. Energy being a major determinant of the sustainability of buildings, the purpose of this study was to examine the ...

The proliferation of ICT in South African basic education has not been associated with effective pedagogical uses of ICT in classrooms. While there is differential deployment of ICT as cognitive tools of instruction in ...

E-learning connects two elements of education - learning and technology. Technology can become an enabler for learning when correctly applied. However, its success, to a degree, is dependent on the self-motivation of ...

Drought events are major natural hazards that occur in various climate regimes with significant agricultural, environmental and socio-economic adverse impacts. These hazards are insidious, obstinate and slow-onset with ...

The behaviour of heaving soils is generally governed by the matric suction. Nonetheless, the mineralogical characteristics influence the geotechnical behaviour. X-ray diffraction is a common technique used to determine the ...

Purpose – The built environment is well known for carbon emission and its impact especially as it pertains to existing buildings.This has culminated in an increasing need for a retrofit of such buildings.This study details ...