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Improving the Acoustics in a Historic Building Using Axiomatic Design and TRIZ
(2005)
This
article
investigates
the
use
of
TRIZ
and
Axiomatic
Design
to
solve
the
problem
of
poor
acoustics
in
the
historic
Schwab
Auditorium
on
the
Penn
State
University
Park
campus.
The
problem
...
A Cost Modeling Design Strategy For Dweller-Initiated Transformation In Urban Housing
(2005)
In her century of existence, Nairobi has served as a laboratory of various housing strategies targeting the indigenous Africans and the poor. Discriminated based on racial segregation during colonisation, the poor have ...
Triaxial testing of a Cemented Agricultural Soil under Varying Soil Water Levels
(2005)
The soil-water characteristic curve can be used to estimate various parameters used to describe unsaturated soil behaviour. A general equation for the soil-water characteristic curve is proposed. A nonlinear, least-squares ...
Nairobi’s Informal Modernism
(2005)
A lot of literature on ur
ban development in developing
countries has entirely focused on the nexus between rapid
urbanization, Gross Geographic Pr
oduct (GGP) and poverty growth
with little research that demonstr
ates ...
Watershed conservation in semi-arid Kenya
(2005)
Over the past three decades, agricultural watersheds in semi-arid Kenya have experienced some rapid decline in soil and crop productivity due to severe soil erosion, low soil water, low soil fertility and high soil crusting ...
Analysis Of Electromagnetic Transmission Through Dielectric Filled Apertures Of Arbitrary Shape In A Thick Conducting Screen
(2005)
The paper deals with an extension of the previous work appearing in a past issue of this transaction by the authors on hybrid FEM/MOM technique for analyzing transmission properties of arbitrarily shaped apertures on a ...
Analysis of agricultural drought in Iiuni, Eastern Kenya: application of a Markov model
(2005)
In semi-arid Kenya, episodes of agricultural droughts of varying severity and duration occur. The occurrence of these agricultural droughts is associated with seasonal rainfall variability and can be reflected by seasonal ...