Stability of structures is a major issue that must be checked at the first stage of the design. It is the ability of a structure to keep its equilibrium position after being disturbed by external actions. One of the ...

Progressive collapse is known to be the cause of most catastrophic structural failures around the world. Recent acts of terrorism including the destruction of the World Trade Center demand for methods to improve behavior ...

Crushed rock sand is a term used for fine aggregate passed by 4.75mm and retained on 150μm sieve size which are manufacture in quarry. Because of raped booming of construction industry in Ethiopia, Natural River sand ...

Flexible or asphalt concrete pavement is the paving system most widely adopted all over the world. It has been recognized that there are many different types of factors affecting the performance and durability of asphalt ...

Paved roads in tropical and sub tropical climates often detoriorate in different ways than those in temperate regions because of: harsh climatic condions, lack of proper design and quality control, high load, and inadequate ...

Since the beginning of the twenty centuries molasses have been one of the major leading raw materials for yeast production. However molasses contains substances that inhibit the micro-organisms’ growth and can lead to ...

This thesis deals with the detailed design and simulation of hybrid distributed generation system model of solar/wind and fuel cell in Matlab Simulink, and the power generated from these combined three renewable energy ...

An important issue in today’s power system is the need to analyze and determine the adequacy of transmission capacity. There is a need for approaches to increase transmission system capacity without construction of new ...

The implementation of neural systems is presented in this paper. The thesis focuses on implementations where the algorithms and their physical support are tightly coupled. This thesis describes a neural network intelligent, ...

This paper aims to explore whether inbound logistics improvement in the supply chain fosters an improvement of upstream supply chain integration. An explorative research design is implemented; correlation analysis is used ...