Author:Sogoni, ZDate:Jul 2016CSIR was contracted to undertake research and develop access and threshold standards to guide the development of social facilities in rural South Africa.Read more
Author:Sibisi, PN; Popoola, API; Arthur, Nana KK; Pityana, Sisa L; Popoola, OMDate:Oct 2019Direct Metal Laser Deposition (DMLD) processes such as LENS are gaining ground in commercial manufacturing processes of functional end-products. This is attributed to this process being popularized as a sustainable technology with the potential ...Read more
Author:Gcwabaza, T; Suprakas, SR; Focke, WWDate:Oct 2008Forming a polymer blend is a convenient method for obtaining materials with improves property performance. However, most chemically different polymers are immiscible and their blending leads to a material with weak interfacial adhesion and ...Read more
Author:Veerasamy, Namosha; Eloff, JHPDate:Jun 2010Individual users and organisations need to be warned about the latest face of warfare that is not only being played out in the military networks, but also on the Internet and cyberspace. Consequently, Network Warfare has various facets which ...Read more
Author:Veerasamy, NamoshaDate:Aug 2010Cyberterrorism represents the convergence of the virtual world of cyberspace and the intimidation techniques of terrorism. To better understand why cyber terrorist acts are committed, this paper investigates the motivation behind terrorism ...Read more
Author:Steyn, WJVDate:Nov 2004This paper focus on the general guidelines regarding maximum unevenness from bridge deck joints for typical South African heavy vehicles, in order to minimize the generation of moving variable loads. In a recent investigation it was found ...Read more
Author:Swart, I; Irwin, B; Grobler, MDate:Mar 2015A proliferation of cyber security strategies have recently been published around the world with as many as thirty five strategies documented since 2009. These published strategies indicate the growing need to obtain a clear view of a country’s ...Read more
Author:Brown, K; Bradshaw, KDate:May 2016The lack of multi-biometric fusion guidelines at the feature-level are addressed in this work. A feature-fusion framework is geared toward improving human identification accuracy for both single and multiple biometrics. The foundation of the ...Read more
Author:Van der Merwe, JR; Malan, J; Maasdorp, FDV; Du Plessis, WPDate:Sep 2014Multi-channel software-defined radios (SDRs) can be utilised as inexpensive prototyping platforms for transceiver arrays. The application for multi-channel prototyping is discussed and measured results of coherent channels for both receiver ...Read more
Author:Linde, LP; Vlok, JDDate:Sep 2007This paper presents bit-error-rate (BER) performance results of an upwards-expandable Multidimensional super-orthogonal modulation alternative to M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation wideband codedivision-multiple-access (M-QAM WCDMA), ...Read more
Author:Denneman, E; Marais, H; Sadzik, ESDate:Jul 2008The Marshall method is still the method of choice for the design of Hot-Mix Asphalt (HMA) in South Africa. During the validation of a HMA mix design, considerable variability was encountered in Marshall test results for the same mix supplied ...Read more
Author:Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Steyn, LP; Isaac, Sherrin J; Hancke, GPDate:Jun 2012Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been used in different types of applications and deployed within various environments. Simulation tools are essential for studying WSNs, especially for exploring large-scale networks. However, WSN testbeds ...Read more
Author:Govender, AvashnaDate:May 2022Voice conversion (VC) is an important technique for the development of text-to-speech voices in the use case of lacking speech resources. VC can convert an audio signal from a source speaker to a specific target speaker whilst maintaining the ...Read more
Author:Malherbe, Johan; Engelbrecht, F; Landman, W; Engelbrecht, CDate:Sep 2010An analysis was performed on the simulations of various Global Circulation Models regarding the change in favourability of broad circulation anomalies in the lower atmosphere for landfall and further westward penetration of tropical systems ...Read more
Author:Manqele, Lindelweyizizwe; Adeogun, R; Dlodlo, M; Coetzee, LouisDate:Oct 2017Metropolitan cities often experience waste collection challenges due to ineffective methods of collection. This paper described criteria and an approach for efficient decision-making for waste collection that will make use of data generated ...Read more
Author:Nkosi, Mpho C; Lysko, Albert A; Dlamini, Sabelo VDate:Dec 2018Networks have become an important feature of our day-to-day to life and therefore, user experience is an imperative goal to be achieved by network operators. Load balancing is a method of improving network performance, availability, minimizing ...Read more
Author:Malan, AG; Oxtoby, Oliver FDate:Nov 2008The CSIR reseachers developed a new ground-breaking sofware modelling technlogies to be used in the design of safe and efficient next-generation aircraft. The field of Fluid-structure interaction (FIS) covers a massive range of engineering ...Read more