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Predicting the Service Life of HDPE Plastic Lining for Water Reservoirs Using Viscoelasticity
(2010)
The main objective of this study was to determine the service life of high-density polyethylene lining when exposed to natural degradation in tropical climates using time-dependant properties. The changes in material ...
Role of Shelter Cooperatives in the Provision of affordable housing in Kenya:
(2010)
Conventional shelter policies that focus on slum clearance, public housing, sites-and-services, upgrading of core dwellings and government assisted self-help are inadequate to meet the growing needs of the urban poor in ...
Establishment of a pro poor Land Information Management System
(2012)
While the world's attention focuses on the monumental reforms underway in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China has been systematically restructuring its socialist economy, gradually ...
Micromechanisms of short fatigue crack growth in an Al-Si piston alloy
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)
The short fatigue crack growth behaviour of a model cast aluminium piston alloy has been investigated. This has been achieved using a combination of fatigue crack replication methods at various intervals during fatigue ...
An Intrinsic Dislocation Density – Finite Element Formulation Of Metal Plasticity
(2012)
A computational model was developed to simulate elastic and plastic behavior in Body Centered Cubic (BCC) metals and
alloys. The model provided for simultaneous simulation of the micro and macro length scales and used ...
Selecting a Sampling Plan for Reinforcement Bars
(2013)
In this study we employ modern statistical methods to the sampling problem. The application of statistics by
engineers dates back a long while in solving industrial, management, and research problems. Quality and ...
Pathways in the Implementation of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Nigeria and Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Recommendations on the development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) in Nigeria and Kenya
invite public organizations to harmonize spatial data sharing policies for the spatial data plays crucial role ...
Formal City Transformation to an Informal City; A Housing Perspective: The Case of Nairobi City
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
The paper aims at explaining the decay of formal neighbourhoods into informal ones through a qualitative study
done by archival survey, observation of affected housing settlements and interviews of selected key ...
Perceptions of Land Conflicts with Special Reference to Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2013-06)
Land conflicts are increasingly becoming common in Kenya's major urban areas and are blamed by scholars and
politicians alike on colonial planning and rule, which ended more than 40 years ago. The regulations on land ...