Browsing Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD) by Title
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Banana pith as a natural coagulant for polluted river water
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Poorly managed urban runoff and wastewater collection systems contaminate surface water, making it necessary to treat the water before use in households. Coagulation and flocculation are essential components of the treatment ... -
Banditry and conflict in the kapotur triangle An Alternative Menu for Resolution
(2003)Since the late 1980s,. the conflicts in northwestern Kenya and the eastern pans of Uganda have been increasing in both intensity and magnitude. Even though these conflicts differ from conventional wars, defined as violence ... -
Bearing Capacity Of Crushed Stone Embankment
(Civil and Construction Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1979) -
Behavior of Reworked Steel Reinforcement Bars in Reinforced Concrete
(Civil and Construction Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2009)Steel reinforcement bars are a key component in reinforced concrete and are mainly employed to carry tensile stresses since concrete on its own is weak in tension. Sometimes these bars are wrongly bent, straightened and ... -
Between Global and Regional Visions: The Way Forward for Uganda’s Cities
(university of Nairobi, 2013)Cities have a significant impact on the economy and development of any given nation. In particular, they offer a place to live. They have proved to be dense networks of interchanging investments, information, goods and ... -
Bicycle Crossings: A Non- Motorised Transport Study in Nairobi
(Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nairobi, 1998) -
Bio-inspired energy and channel management in distributed wireless multi-radio networks
(2014-06)In the recent past, research in the next generation wireless heterogeneous broadband networks has favoured the design of multi-radio interface over the single radio interface architectures in order to support desirable ... -
Biogas Slurry Systems, Biogas For Rural Development
(Envrironmental and Biosystems Engineering, 1983) -
Biogas technology for rural households in Kenya
(1997)Less than 20% of Kenya's population is connected to the grid. Only 5% of the country's rural population, which accounts for over 70% of the total population enjoys electricity connectivity. To compensate for this deficiency ... -
Biosorption of Zn (II) ions from aqueous solutions by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crasippes): Equilibrium and Kinetic studies
(2014)The biosorption characteristics of Zn (II) ions were investigated. Experimental parameters affecting the biosorption process such as pH, contact time, biomass dosage, initial metal ion concentration, and temperature were ... -
BIP-Based Alarm Declaration and Clearing in SONET Networks Employing Automatic Protection Switching
(2009)The paper examines the performance of bit-interleaved parity (BIP) methods in error rate monitoring, and in declaration and clearing of alarms in those transport networks that employ automatic protection switching (APS). ... -
Black Carbon and total carbon measurements at urban and rural sites in Kenya, East Africa.
(2003)There have been very few studies in Kenya on aerosols despite the global demand on aerosol ground studies in the perspective of climate and the human well being. Therefore, atmospheric aerosol studies became the basis of ... -
Blooming the Desert: Problems and Alternative Solutions: the Northeastern Province of Kenya
(Surveying, University of Nairobi, 1978) -
Boiler, Piping And Pressure Vessel Cross Bore Design Stresses
(Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nairobi, 2011) -
Bridging the North-South Divide in Sustainable Urbanization: The Picture of Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Nairobi, 2010) -
The Broader Context for ICT4D Projects: A Morphogenetic Analysis
(2013-06-27)This paper demonstrates the value of Archer 's morphogenetic approach (MA) in understanding and explaining the complexity of the broader context within which many developing country information and communication technology ... -
Building Design and Construction in Nairobi with particular emphasis on Roof covering material
(Department of Real Estate And Construction Management, 1992) -
Building Information Modelling in Urbanising Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)With the largest economy is East and Central Africa, Kenya serves as a regional centre for banking, technology and infrastructure. In the last ten years Kenya has experienced strong growth and development, largely anchored ...