Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment & Design (FEng / FBD): Recent submissions
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An Analysis of the relationship between land tenure and agricultural land use in selected subsistence and cash crop areas in Kenya.
(1991)This article uses cross-sectional evidence from Ghana, Kenya, and Rwanda in 1987–88 to examine the question, Are indigenous land rights systems in Sub-Saharan Africa a constraint on productivity? The evidence supports the ... -
Promoting Agricultural Co-operative efficiency in Nyeri District, Kenya.
(1991)Dairy farming in Kenya is dominated by smallholders who are estimated to contribute approx. 56% and 70% of total and marketed milk production, respectively (Peeler and Omore, 1997). These are farmers who, besides growing ... -
A strategy for strengthening the service urban centers in Kenya:
(1991)Growth centers have fallen into disrepute as an instrument of spatial policy in developing countries. This paper suggests that they may still be valuable, if harmonized with local economic and social conditions. The growth ... -
Property valuation practice in Kenya:
(1998)The objective of this study was to document trends in public participation within environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Kenya, using a Consultation and Public Participation Index (CPPI) developed for the analysis of EIA ... -
Property taxation in Western and South-Eastern African countries: principles and applications in Zimbabwe, Tanzania and Ghana
(2005)Land is a vital resource for rural livelihoods. Establishing and clarifying land rights through formalisation has become a key issue in development policies that aim to promote more productive uses of land. This re port ... -
Practical and theoretical evaluation of EMC/EMI Problems Of Metallic Enclosures With Apertures
(Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University College of Kenya, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Telecommunication and Information Engineering, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya,Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010)In this paper, experimental and theoretical evaluation of coupling of electromagnetic radiation is reported. Validation of the results is obtained by comparing the experimental data with theoretical data both generated ... -
A Hybrid MOM/FDTD Formulation for EMC/EMI Problems Of Metallic Enclosures with Apertures
(2010)The fast current transients which characterize the operation of high speed switching electronic devices cause undesirable electromagnetic emissions to be generated. These unwanted emissions can interfere with the operation ... -
Effects of Property and The Management of the commons
(1995)The notorious `tragedy of the commons' is incorrectly held to be the eventual fate of all resources that are used collectively rather than by individual private owners. This essay reviews several examples around the world ... -
The Properties of Sisal Fibre and Sisal Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials
(1979)The effect of chemical treatment on the tensile properties of sisal fibre-reinforced LDPE (low density polyethylene) composites was investigated. Treatments using chemicals such as sodium hydroxide, isocyanate, permanganate ... -
The Potential of Sisal as a reinforcing Fibre in Cement base materials
(1982)The inclusion of fibre reinforcement in concrete, mortar and cement paste can enhance many of the engineering properties of the basic materials, such as fracture toughness, flexural strength and resistance to fatigue, ... -
"Universal SCFs and Optimal Chamfering in Cross - bored Cylinder
(2006)A three-dimensional finite element computer program was developed to establish the stress distributions and stress concentration factors (SCFs) in chamfered cross-bored cylinders under internal pressure. The displacement ... -
The African charcoal Stove: It
(1985)Over 125,000 fuel-efficient, ceramic-lined charcoal stoves for household cooking have been disseminated in Kenya. This program has been relatively successful because (1) it was built on the design of the traditional stove ... -
A cost Effective Method of Ethanol fumigation is small Diesel Engines
(1993)To diversify the mix of domestic energy resources and to reduce dependence on imported oil, ethanol is widely investigated for applying in combination with Diesel fuel to reduce pollutants, including smoke and NOx. Present ... -
Use of ethanol in Diesel Engines:
(1993)Two organic additives were selected for their different physico-chemical parameters to study the behaviour of a diesel–ethanol mixture. These compounds had a glycerol skeleton bearing heteroatoms and amino-ether, hydroxyl, ... -
Ethanol Fuel substitution Through Fumigation
(1996)The effects of ethanol fumigation (i.e. the addition of ethanol to the intake air manifold) and ethanol–diesel fuel blends on the performance and emissions of a single cylinder diesel engine have been investigated ... -
Local Development of a Production Process for Replacement Cylinder Head
(2001)Several constraints exist in the local market as regards the purchase and after - sales services of small stationary diesel engines used for flour milling, water pumping and generation of electricity. These constraints ... -
Small scale manufacture of replacement crankshaft
(2002)Local production of spares has been recognised to have direct economic advantage for the national economy in which the equipment operates. The crankshaft of a single cylinder diesel engine for which the approximate cost ... -
Rural-Urban Relations, Household Income Diversification and Agricultural Productivity
(1991)Does rising income from agriculture drive the growth of nonfarm activities, or does increased income from nonfarm activities spur the growth of agriculture? This paper looks at the role of nonfarm income in enabling ... -
Transportation and Characteristics of Urban Travel in Nairobi:
(1992)Market access measures employed by economists and spatial analysts may not adequately capture local market or product-specific variation. Analysis is conducted on the effects of market access on two commodities in the ... -
Rural/Urban Linkages in Kenya and Zimbabwe: A Comparative Perspective
(1997)Sub-Saharan Africa is steadily becoming less rural in character. For decades development thinking has prescribed industrialization as the virtuous path leading away from economic dependence on agriculture. But Africa's ...
