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Occupational safety training and practices in selected vocational training institutions and workplaces in Kampala, Uganda
(Taylor&Francis: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2015-12-23)
Several industrial accidents, some of them fatal, have been reported in Uganda. Causes could include training gaps in vocational training institutions (VTIs) and workplaces. This study investigated how occupational safety ...
An advanced continuum damage mechanics model for predicting the crack progress process based on the consideration of the influence of crack direction under quasi-static load
(Elsevier: International Journal of Mechanical Sciences., 2017-09)
In reality the wrong crack path can be generally obtained in the case of arbitrary crack propagation by traditional continuum damage mechanics (CDM). In this paper a novel advanced continuum damage mechanics (ACDM) method ...
An assessment of the impact of construction activities on the environment in Uganda: a case Study of Iganga Municipality
(Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management., 2012-11-15)
Construction while being an economic activity that provides facilities and infrastructure, it is beneficial to man in some aspects and detrimental in others. There have been environmental concerns related to construction ...
Contribution of climatic variability and human activities to stream flow changes in the Haraz River basin, Northern Iran
(Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 2019-06)
In northern Iran’s Haraz River basin between 1975 and 2010, hydrological sensitivity, double mass curve, and Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) methods were applied to monitoring and analysing changes in stream flow ...
A computational methodology for simulating quasi-brittle fracture problems
(Elsevier: Computers & Structures, 2019-04-15)
The paper focuses on an efficient and simple methodologies for simulating the three dimensional (3D) quasi-brittle fracture problems. Strain-softening is performed on the elements by a developed anisotropic continuum damage ...
African food insecurity in a changing climate: the roles of science and policy
(Wiley Online Library: Food and Energy Security, 2018-12-12)
African population is projected to double to 2.48 billion people by 2050. The population increase poses a serious challenge of increasing food supply to meet the future demand. This challenge is compounded by climate change ...
Dynamically dimensioned search embedded with piecewise opposition-based learning for global optimization
(2019-05-26)
Dynamically dimensioned search (DDS) is a well-known optimization algorithm in the field of single solution-based heuristic global search algorithms. Its successful application in the calibration of watershed environmental ...
Hydrological model supported by a step-wise calibration against sub-flows and validation of extreme flow events
(MDPI, 2019-01-31)
Most hydrological models have fixed structures and their calibrations are typified by a conventional approach in which the overall water balance closure is considered (without a step-wise focus on sub-flows’ variation). ...
Osmotic consolidation of expansive soil
(Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 2019)
The mechanical behavior of expansive soils is influenced by the concentration of salts in their pore water. Research
has shown that volume change of soil can occur due to a difference in salt concentration in the pore ...