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Selection criteria and planning approaches to the rural trade and production centres A case study of Luanda
(1989)
This study sets out to establish and test the criteria for selecting
·Rural Trade and Production Centres. The study area is Luanda in
Kakamega District. Jhe study was conducted by collecting data on
relationships between ...
Informal sector Technologies: Panacea for green and sustainable housing for the African poor in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 1989)
The influence of manganese and silicon on the precipitation of vanadium carbide in steel
(University of Nairobi,, 1989)
Four vacuum-melted steels with a nominal composition of Fe0.12wt.%C0.46wt.%V contained additions of 1.5 wt.% Mn (steel B), 0.3 wt.% Si (steel C) and 1.5 wt.% Mn and 0.3 wt.% Si (steel D). Steel A, with no manganese or ...
Public transport problems in Nairobi: A Study of the management and operations of Kenya Bus Services (K.B.S.) Limited
(University of Nairobi, 1989-06)
Public transportation is an essential service and
is a very necessary input in the development process of
a nation. For a third world capital city like Nairobi,
public transport in the role it plays because majority
of ...
Material Characterization of Ductile Irons for Industrial Applications
(University of Nairobi, 1989)
Ductile iron, also known as spheroidal graphite cast iron or nodular cast iron, is an alloy of essentially the same composition as gray cast iron but with the graphite in form of spheroids instead of flake graphite found ...
Th structural behaviour of bolted connections under pure shearing and pure rotational loading
(1989)
This research aimed at initiating a consistent accumulation of data on the load-deformation behaviour of both the rational loading that will be useful to engineers and other researchers in future .The experiment were ...
Fracture in thin sheets due to biaxial loading
(1989)
Although actual structural members are subjected
to multi-axial loads, material properties are derived
from expurim ntal works in a single-direotion load
application. Thus analysis of materials under
multi-axial loads ...
A study into energy management and possibilities of energy conservation in student hostels.
(1989-05)
Energy has become a very important aspect of our
lives. This study has tried to examine the problems related to
energy use, and has tried to outline various measures that
can be effectively used to improve energy ...
An assessment of future housing needs in small urban centres: A case study of Mumias town
(University Of Nairobi, 1989-06)
ABSTRACT
This study examines the future housing needs in the small
urban centre of Mumias in Western Province of Kenya. Mumais is
a town with a long a long history that dates as far back as the early
1800, but whose ...
Contractual Claims in the Construction Industry of the United Kingdom
(University of Nairobi, 1989)
This study is an attempt to highlight the principal sources of claims, the
most outstanding types of claims and also suggesting the root causes of such
claims in the U.K. construction industry. To achieve this aim, the ...