Engineering

FINITE ELEMENT MODEL FOR PREDICTING RESIDUAL STRESSES IN SHIELDED METAL ARC WELDING OF MILD STEEL PLATES

ABSTRACTThis study investigates the prediction of residual stresses developed in shielded metal arc welding of ASTM A36 mild steel platesvia simulation and experiments. The specific objectives were to simulate the shielded manual metal arc welding process by using the finite element method in ANS...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 85 pages | 🧠 11900 words | 📚 5 chapters

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KINETIC STUDIES OF MIDDLE DISTILLATE FORMATION DURING CATALYTIC CRACKING OF HEAVY GAS OIL USING ZEOLITE-Y PREPARED FROM KANKARA-KAOLIN

ABSTRACTIn the economy of a modern refinery, fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) plays a significant role, as it adds value to the refinery products. In this unit more attention is usually given to the behavior of gasoline formation, but it is also important to study the manner of the middle dis...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 10260 words | 📚 5 chapters

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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE AND MAINTENANCE CULTURE OF THE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, SAMARU, ZARIA WATER TREATMENT PLANT

ABSTRACTThe project An Assessment of the Performance and Maintenance Culture of Ahmadu Bello University, Samaru, Zaria, Water Treatment Plant aimed at assessing the performance and the maintenance culture of the Ahmadu Bello University Water Treatment Plant (ABU WTP).The technique of survey metho...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 94 pages | 🧠 11364 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A FRAMEWORK FOR RURAL ROADS ACCESSIBILITY PLANNING

ABSTRACTThe concept of public participation and how it can be incorporated in transport planning was studied. Current planning methods and steps were reviewed, and a tool which incorporates public participation in planning (questionnaire) was developed. This study was carried out using questionna...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 8828 words | 📚 5 chapters

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BIOCLIMATIC RESPONSE IN DESIGN OF FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES IN THE HOT DRY CLIMATE OF YOBE STATE UNIVERSITY (YSU), DAMATURU

ABSTRACTThermal comfort in buildings located in hot dry weather conditions is improved architecturally with the use of appropriate and adequate bioclimatic design principles. Relationship between bioclimatic design principles and indoor thermal conditions are studied on three selected faculty bui...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 11171 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MECHANICAL AND CORROSSION BEHAVIOUR OF LOW CARBON STEELIN CRUDE OIL INHIBITED BY SOME EXTRACTS OF Acacia Nilotica (GUM ARABIC TREE) PLANT

ABSTRACTFive different parts of Acacia nilotcaplant (leaves,pods,seed,bark and root) were subjected to the following analyses; extraction, phytochemical screening, corrosion inhibition test of low carbon steel in crude oil using gravimetric analyses, mechanical properties and surface morphology e...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 9001 words | 📚 5 chapters

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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS OF SOLID AND GLUED LAMINATED TIMBER

ABSTRACTTimber isa construction material with unparalleledenvironmental credential. Howbeit, limitations of span and crossectional dimension, strength reducing defects and anisotropy limits its engineering application. Mechanical methods of jointing to address the earlier challenge has introduced...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 8207 words | 📚 5 chapters

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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM-BASED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONING OF FEDERAL CAPITAL CITY (FCC)

ABSTRACTWorld over, there has been an increasing research into the field of Geographic Information System (GIS) with particular emphasis on addressing myriads of day to day issues with the application. One of such area that has received wide attention is Transportation Planning. This therefore un...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 8811 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INVESTIGATION OF CORROSION INHIBITION OF GUAVA, BANANA AND ALMOND PLANT EXTRACT IN 0.5M OF HCl AND H2SO4 SOLUTION ON LOW CARBON STEEL

ABSTRACTExtracts from the leaves of three plants namely; guava (Psidiumguajava: Fem- Myrtaceae), banana (Musa species: Fem-Musaceae) and almond leaves (Prunusamygdamus: fem- Rosaceae) were subjected to physico-chemical, phytochemical screening and corrosion test using gravimetric measurement with...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 80 pages | 🧠 8278 words | 📚 5 chapters

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LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF FLOW CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUTRO WEIR

ABSTRACTLinear proportional weirs refer to as sharp crested weir in which the discharge is linearly proportional to the head over the weir crest and tend to have high accuracy when compared with the non linear ones. The main objective of the study was to investigate the flow characteristics of a ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 99 pages | 🧠 9516 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERISATION AND DEGRADABILITY OF POLYESTER/NANO-LOCUST BEAN PODS ASH COMPOSITE

ABSTRACTThis study produced locust bean pods ash, synthesized from it nanoparticles which were subsequently used for the production of polyester matrix composite. It characterized the synthesized particulates and the composite produced. It also evaluated the effects of degradation of the composit...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 98 pages | 🧠 12004 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR OPTIMAL LOCATION AND SIZING OF DISTRIBUTED GENERATION IN RADIAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS

ABSTRACTOptimal location and sizing of Distribution Generation (DG) units in radial distribution networks is critical to achieving an improvement in stability, reliability and reduction of power losses in the network. This dissertation presents a hybridized solution which is a combination of the ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 9076 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED DYNAMIC ALGORITHM TOENHANCE ENERGY SAVING IN LONG TERM EVOLUTION MOBILE ACCESS NETWORKS

ABSTRACTThis research work presents a dynamic algorithm for improving energy saving in Long Term Evolution (LTE) mobile access networks through off mode, sleep mode and multi-cell cooperation utilization at the eNodeBs. The LTE mobile access network environment and the eNodeBs energy saving model...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 6212 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EVALUATION OF HOT- GAS AND HEATED TOOL WELDMENTS OF POLYPROPYLENE/BONE PARTICULATE COMPOSITES

ABSTRACTThe evaluation of Hot-Gas and Heated-Tool weldments of Polypropylene/Bone composite was conducted. The composites were formulated by incorporating up to 30% by weight of calcined cow bone powder at an interval of 5% and -75μmsieved size was used as reinforcing phase during compounding pro...

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📄 95 pages | 🧠 9191 words | 📚 5 chapters

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IRRIGATION WATER MANAGEMENT OF SODIC SOIL FOR TOMATO PRODUCTION

A CASE STUDY OF BARWA-MINJIBIR IRRIGATION SCHEME, KANO NIGERIA

ABSTRACTA field experiment was conducted during 2013/2014 dry season at Minjibir irrigation scheme, along Jakara River, Kano State located at Longitude 8o30"E to 8o 32"E and Latitude 12o5"N to 12o20"N at 414 m above mean sea level. The study examined soil and water management strategies on sodic ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 92 pages | 🧠 7624 words | 📚 5 chapters

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