Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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Shattered Grain Loss Attributable to the Combine Harvester Reel
(2006)Losses of grain in the field, which occur with the use of the header, combine and windrower, have caused much concern to farmers and research workers. Bracken (2) reported that the combine ... -
Shield making in Western Kenya
(1971)The Precambrian Kisii Series in Western Kenya is unmetamorphosed and contains andesites, rhyolites, quartzites and basalts. The basalts, for which a minimum K-Ar age of 930 My is cited, were sampled at 15 sites, and after ... -
Harmony in Colour and design
(1989)Colour plays a key role in determining a consumer’s response to a product’s appearance. Accordingly, this study proposes an automatic design support system which enables a designer either to emulate the colour scheme of a ... -
Functions of Juakali Artisans
(1994)Mounting demographic pressures, rising unemployment among school leavers, the rising cost of education against diminishing resources and shrinking jobs in both formal public and private sectors are some of the key challenges ... -
A Study of Community Industrial Design in Kenya
(2003)Poverty reduction strategies show promise for more transparent and rational delivery of public services to meet the needs of Africa’s rural poor. An analysis was conducted to determine how closely Kenya’s Poverty Reduction ... -
Design of Museum Spaces - PMDA, Mombasa Kenya
(2005)Projected future urban growth in Africa is anticipated to be considerable, although estimates vary as to the overall likely scale of this, its spatial distribution within different countries, and the likely drivers and ... -
Advanced photography for Technical Institutions.
(2005)The principal point has long been regarded as one of the fundamental parameters in camera calibration. In the age of film based aerial and large format terrestrial cameras, the principal point could be located by a variety ... -
Mainstreaming Women in Rural Travel and Transport in Kenya:
(2002)The provision of rural transport infrastructure and services is inadequate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As a result, social and economic activities in rural areas take place at high cost in terms of the time and ... -
Land-use Conflicts and Urban Land Management in Kenya
(2002)Protected areas throughout the world are key for conserving biodiversity, and land use is key for providing food, fiber, and other ecosystem services essential for human sustenance. As land use change isolates protected ... -
Agricultural Land Development in Rural Kenya: Policies Laws and Regulations
(2003)Links between land rights and agricultural development provide a conceptual framework to analyze land rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. The discussion demonstrates that land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa evolved in ... -
Delivering Affordable housing in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies
(2005)Low-cost housing provision has been a major focus of government in post-apartheid urban South Africa. While successes can be noted, there is growing concern regarding the social and environmental sustainability of housing ... -
Role of Shelter Cooperatives in the Provision of affordable housing in Kenya:
(2010)Conventional shelter policies that focus on slum clearance, public housing, sites-and-services, upgrading of core dwellings and government assisted self-help are inadequate to meet the growing needs of the urban poor in ... -
The Evaluation of Mechanical Shakers with Reference to Coffee Harvesting
(2000)Current canopy shaker harvesting machines were designed and optimized based on experimental studies about their fruit removal efficiency. To further improve the performance of canopy shaker harvesting machines, a ... -
Strength Properties of the East African Bamboo,
(2000)Bamboo and cane remain very valuable natural resources to mankind and are still used today for a multitude of engineering projects. Today the world seeks new and innovative methods for saving resources, and the abundant ... -
Rainwater Harvesting for Crop Production in Semi-arid Areas
(2003)This paper presents an analysis of economics of rainwater harvesting by poor farmers in Tanzania. A questionnaire was used to survey 120 households to obtain information on the performance of their enterprises over 6 years ... -
Women at the Source of Life: The Experience of Kenya Rainwater Association
(2003)The main objective of this study was to determine the service life of high-density polyethylene lining when exposed to natural degradation in tropical climates using time-dependant properties. The changes in material ... -
Rainwater Harvesting for Improved Livelihoods
(2003)For the last two years, GHARP has, with a financial grant from USAID, implemented a regional project whose overall objective was to identify and evaluate the performance of RWH systems in the GHA with the aim of promoting ... -
Design Protocal for the Design of Flexible HDPE tanks.
(2006)he environmental profile of goods and services that satisfy our individual and societal needs is shaped by design activities. Substantial evidence suggests that current patterns of human activity on a global scale are not ... -
Principles of a mechanical shaker for coffee harvesting
(2008)Portable vibrating tool for the harvesting of olives, almonds, coffee beans and other fruits comprising a vibrating body (2) and an extension rod (3), and characterised by the fact that it is provided with devices to ... -
Predicting the Service Life of HDPE Plastic Lining for Water Reservoirs Using Viscoelasticity
(2010)The main objective of this study was to determine the service life of high-density polyethylene lining when exposed to natural degradation in tropical climates using time-dependant properties. The changes in material ...
