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Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill

This project has been proposed by the UCT Knowledge Partnership Project. This institution is aimed at providing assistance to under-privileged communities in the Western Cape. A pre-school fence material which is low cost is to be investigated. The following criterions were set to be met for the mat...

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Main Author: Mazwai, Konke
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Language:English
Published: Department of Mechanical Engineering 2014
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description This project has been proposed by the UCT Knowledge Partnership Project. This institution is aimed at providing assistance to under-privileged communities in the Western Cape. A pre-school fence material which is low cost is to be investigated. The following criterions were set to be met for the material: -The material is to have no fuel usage value such as wood, which can be burnt for space heating -The material is to have no scrap metal value such as steel and wire fencing material as this easily gets stolen. -The material is not to block visibility which harbors criminal activity in the area. Fences such as concrete slabs and brick block visibility. The materials considered in this project are: -Various plastic polymer materials -Plastic Lumber composite material -Recycled Plastic -Rubber reinforced concrete Plastic lumber and recycled plastic HDPE were considered for use in the fence material. After considering the available fence components and loading on the fence, 100 x 100 mm cross section plastic lumber and recycled plastic section were chosen to be used. The fence design was based on existing patents which were modified. A design showing the meter of the fence was designed and is shown in the document.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/2676 Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill Mazwai, Konke engineering affordable fencing recycling crime This project has been proposed by the UCT Knowledge Partnership Project. This institution is aimed at providing assistance to under-privileged communities in the Western Cape. A pre-school fence material which is low cost is to be investigated. The following criterions were set to be met for the material: -The material is to have no fuel usage value such as wood, which can be burnt for space heating -The material is to have no scrap metal value such as steel and wire fencing material as this easily gets stolen. -The material is not to block visibility which harbors criminal activity in the area. Fences such as concrete slabs and brick block visibility. The materials considered in this project are: -Various plastic polymer materials -Plastic Lumber composite material -Recycled Plastic -Rubber reinforced concrete Plastic lumber and recycled plastic HDPE were considered for use in the fence material. After considering the available fence components and loading on the fence, 100 x 100 mm cross section plastic lumber and recycled plastic section were chosen to be used. The fence design was based on existing patents which were modified. A design showing the meter of the fence was designed and is shown in the document. 2014-07-28T07:41:13Z 2014-07-28T07:41:13Z 2011-07 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/11427/2676 eng Knowledge Co-op project #4. Low-cost fence Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Knowledge Co-op http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Department of Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town
spellingShingle engineering
affordable
fencing
recycling
crime
Mazwai, Konke
Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
title Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
title_full Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
title_fullStr Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
title_full_unstemmed Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
title_short Low cost fencing material for a pre-school in Lavender Hill
title_sort low cost fencing material for a pre school in lavender hill
topic engineering
affordable
fencing
recycling
crime
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