Engineering

BITUMINOUS STABILIZATION OF LATERITE MODIFIED WITH LIME FOR USE AS PAVEMENT MATERIALS

ABSTRACTMarginal laterites A-7-6(14), improved with hydrated lime was stabilized using bituminous emulsion with a view to improving the strength properties of the soil. The preliminary investigation conducted on the natural lateritic soil showed that the soil belongs to the CH group using the Uni...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 7147 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DETERMINATION OF AN IMPROVED SPECTRUM SENSING THRESHOLD FOR COGNITIVE RADIO USING SMOOTHED PSEUDO WIGNER-VILLE DISTRIBUTION

ABSTRACTCognitive radio (CR) has been suggested as the solution to spectrum scarcity due to the fixed allocation employed worldwide by regulatory bodies.A secondary usercan opportunistically access the licensed frequency bands without causing harmful interference to the licensed user. In order to...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 97 pages | 🧠 7710 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE OPTIMISATION OF A TWO-ROW ENGINE-PROPELLED SEEDRIDGE PLANTER

ABSTRACTIn the bid to find solutions to the problems associated with planting on ridges and for the fact that existing planters for cereals in Nigeria are not built on the concept of ridges but on flat land planting, this research work was embarked upon to develop anengine-propelled two-row ridge...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 10987 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A CLONAL SELECTION ALGORITHM BASED SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF MULTIPLE SHAPES

ABSTRACTIn this dissertation a Clonal Selection Algorithm (CSA) based system that detected multiple instances of circles, quadrilaterals and triangles in an image scene was developed. CSA models how B-cell antibodies of the immune system protect the body from invading antigens. The developed syst...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 6387 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED ALGORITHM FOR POWER LINE DETECTION IN OPTICAL IMAGES USING FRANGI FILTER AND FIRST ORDER DERIVATIVE OF GAUSSIAN

ABSTRACTThis research presents the development of a Frangi filter and first-order derivative of Gaussian (FF-FDOG) based power line detection (PLD) algorithm as an improvement to the standard PLD algorithm. Vision-based PLD is important in obstacle avoidance in low-altitude flight and also in the...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 87 pages | 🧠 12840 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF FIBRE HYBRIDIZATION ON THE PROPERTIES OF NATURAL FIBRE FILLED EPOXY COMPOSITES

ABSTRACTThe problems of low mechanical properties of composites reinforced with fibres of natural origin have been a source of concern for researchers. Also, the insufficient utilization of bagasse fibres due to its moderate strength has further reduced its potentialities in composite production ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 91 pages | 🧠 6467 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED EXTENDED DIJKSTRA ALGORITHM FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS

ABSTRACTThis research presents the development of an improved Extended Dijkstra Algorithm (mED-SDN) for Software Defined Networks (SDN) using Representational State Transfer (REST). The original Extended Dijkstra Algorithm for SDN (ED-SDN) cannot handle shortcomings associated with the traditiona...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 81 pages | 🧠 9600 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE EVALUATION OF CERAMIC WASTE AS PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF COARSE AGGREGATE IN HOT MIX ASPHALT

ABSTRACTThe study investigates the suitability of ceramic waste aggregate (CWA) as partial replacement for coarse aggregate in asphalt concrete. In order to achieve the aim of the study, consistency tests such as sieve analysis, aggregate crushing and impact value, water absorption, particle shap...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 96 pages | 🧠 9559 words | 📚 5 chapters

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BITUMEN STABILIZATION OF LATERITE PRETREATED WITH HEAT AS A FLEXIBLE PAVEMENT MATERIAL

ABSTRACTThe search for an alternative to the conventional way of treating soil for use in road work, informed laterite soil sample classified as A-7-5(11) on AASHTO soil classification system, collected from a borrow pit at Shika, along Zaria-Funtua road in Kaduna State of Nigeria was pretreated ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 82 pages | 🧠 12475 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A DISCRETE-FIREFLY ALGORITHM BASED FEATURE SELECTION SCHEME FOR IMPROVED FACE RECOGNITION

ABSTRACTThis research presents the development of a Discrete Firefly Algorithm (DFA) based feature selection scheme for improved face recognition. Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Haar wavelet based Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT) were used for feature extraction, and Nearest Neighbour Classi...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 93 pages | 🧠 11276 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL EXTRACTED FEATURE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME IN VOICE RECOGNITION SYSTEM USING DYNAMIC CUCKOO SEARCH ALGORITHM

ABSTRACTThis research work is aimed at the development of an optimal extracted feature classification scheme in a voice recognition system using dynamic cuckoo search algorithm. This minimized error mismatch in the recognition process and increased accuracy of recognition. Standard voice dataset ...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 6470 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF DEFICIT IRRIGATION SCHEDULLING STRATEGIES FOR MAIZE CROP UNDER GRAVITY-DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM

ABSTRACTAmong other ways of effective water management strategies is the use of drip irrigation system and adoption of deficit irrigation schedulling strategy which is not common in the study area. Effective water management is a key to improving agricultural water management, enhancing crop prod...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 10203 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODELLING AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE BALL-ON-SPHERE SYSTEM USING BOND GRAPH TECHNIQUE

ABSTRACTThis research is aimed at the modelling and structural analysis of the ball-on-sphere system using bond graph technique. To achieve the bond graph model of the ball-onsphere system, the various subsystems, storage elements, junction structures, transformer elements with appropriate causal...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 12008 words | 📚 5 chapters

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MODIFICATION, CHARACTERISATION AND APPLICATION OF COCONUT WASTES AS FILLERS IN RUBBER COMPOUNDING

ABSTRACTIn this study, coconut palm wastes were obtained, washed to remove sands and debris and then dried at 95oC for 1 hr to remove surface moisture. Filler modifications through carbonisation were done at varying temperatures of 300oC, 400oC, 500oC, 600oC and 700oC. Both raw fillers and carbon...

Engineering Type: PROJECT

📄 95 pages | 🧠 8920 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PREVALENCE OF SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN DAKACE DISTRICT

A CASE STUDY OF ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

ABSTRACTUrine and stool samples were collected from 540 students (9-14 years) in at Dakace district in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The samples were examined for urinary and intestinal Schistosomiasis infection. Each student was interviewed and data collectors used a structured pr...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 10927 words | 📚 5 chapters

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