Assessing the performance of segmented timber shell structures within the South African built environment based on the holistic interplay between regional material, manufacturing a...

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Modification of a commercial poly (VDF-co-HFP) copolymer latex

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Plasma biomass gasification in a 15 kW pilot facility

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Multiple chiral bands in 193Tl by Ndayishimye, Joram

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Managing political risk : corporate social responsibility as a risk mitigation tool. A focus on the Niger Delta, southern Nigeria by Moen, Siri

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Stability behaviour and dynamic response of cooling towers subjected to wind loading by Kucherera, Grant Tarwirei

“…In this study, a linear eigenvalue buckling parametric analysis is presented for various cooling tower shell geometries. The shells are subjected to increasing wind pressures (speeds) to observe the trends in the critical buckling pressures/speeds at which the shell first buckles and the corresponding buckling modes. …”
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Plastic buckling of initially imperfect stiffened cylinders in axial compression by Duffett, Gino Alan

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Surface textures on pyrope, picroilmenite and chrome diopside from Kimberlite by Garvie, Owen George

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The integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect with Planck and the 2Mass Photometric Redshift Catalogue by Steward, Louise

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Meshless hydrodynamic simulations of young supernova remnants by Mogawana, Orapeleng

“…The Weighted Voronoi Tessellation code was used to produce the 1/r 2 and axisymmetric torus density distributions. …”
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Performance of microstructural finite element models in predicting the effective modulus of trabecular bone by Lawrence, Claire

“…Vanderoost, et al [2] developed an alternative Finite Element code which discretises the structure into a series of beams and shells. …”
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Constructing realistic Szekeres models from initial and final data by Walters, Anthony Paul

“…For the remaining three functions, which are unique to Szekeres models, we derive exact analytic expressions in terms of more physically intuitive quantities - density profiles and dipole orientation angles. …”
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Response of thin circular plates to central blast loading by Bimha, Richard Ernest

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Solution methods for dynamic and non-linear finite element analysis by Bathe, Klaus-Jürgen

“…Although difficulties were still encountered in the linear static analysis of some structures, e.g. complex shells, most of the structures could already be analysed in a routine manner. …”
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Lead isotopes as a palaeodietary tracer in southwestern South Africa by Scott, Mari

“…Samples were introduced into the system as solutions, producing an order of magnitude more precise results than laser ablation analysis on the same material. …”
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Boltzmann equation studies of the off-equilibrium QCD phenomena by Viljoen, Brandon

“…To that end, a useful tool from the stage where we can assume the partons to be on-shell is the relativistic Boltzmann equation. We develop parallel code to solve the relativistic Boltzmann equation in the relaxation time approximation in 3 + 1 dimensions (without simplifying assumptions on possible symmetries of the dynamics). …”
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Computational model of intraluminal thrombus growth in abdominal aortic aneurysms with fibrin generation by Taylor, Mark Robin

“…Another key feature is the thrombosis growth model, which incorporates conversion of fibrinogen to fibrin, variation between clot core and shell, and mechanical lysis. The model generates ILTs with morphologies visually similar to those typically found in the body, however more work is required to refine and validate the mode.…”
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Seasonal and long-term change in the abundance, accumulation and distribution of beach litter within Table Bay, Cape Town, South Africa by Opie, Brandon

“…There is a need to shift away from single-use plastic items (such as straws, earbuds and food packaging) and to find more sustainable alternatives.…”
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