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The effect of strain rate and specimen length on the stress-strain relationship of vegetation roots used in slope stabilization.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The main objective of this investigation was to provide information about the contribution of plant roots to soil shear strength. Reconnaissance of the case study areas was undertaken and geology of the areas established, ...
Spatial Analysis of Distribution and Socio-economic Impacts of Immigration: Case Study of Nairobi, Kenya
(2015)
Increasing globalization trends have made migration a key element in national and international deliberations
worldwide. Mapping of immigrant issues has therefore gained prominence in many parts of the world. In Kenya ...
Claw Disorders In Dairy Cows Under Smallholder Zero-grazing Units
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Evaluation of Kenyan bentonite clay as geothermal well drilling mud
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)
The quest for the development of geothermal plants
with capacities up to 10,000 MWe in Kenya has recen
tly
placed greater demand on bentonite clay. Bentonite
clay is at present largely imported into the ...
Optimal Under - voltage Load Shedding using Cuckoo Search with Levy Flight Algorithm for Voltage Stability Improvement
(2015)
Voltage stability has become a serious threat of modern power system operation nowadays. To
tackle this problem properly, load shedding is a countermeasure taken as a last resort. However,
its
consequences ...
Inherent Diversity in Replicated Architectures
(2015)
In this paper, we report our ongoing investigations of the inherent non-determinism in contemporary execution environments that can potentially lead to divergence in state of a multi-channel hardware/software system. Our ...
Towards populization of low cost building materials and technologies for urban housing in developing countries
(University of Nairobi, 2015-01)
This paper is based on a literature review and an e
valuation of practices that have been I place with
respect to low cost building materials and technolo
gies so as to lower costs and hence make the ...
The dislocation core misfit potential
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
The development of a model to extend the range of the embedded atom method (EAM) is presented. The model is founded on the premise that the dislocation core generates a distortion field within the lattice that extends well ...
Package 'HydroMe'
(2015)
High-order additions to platinum-based alloys for high-temperature applications
(University of Nairobi, 2015-03)
Platinum-based alloys are being developed with microstructures similar to nickel-based superalloys for potential high-temperature applications in aggressive environments. Since the chemistries of nickel and platinum are ...