Engineering

AN ASSESSMENT OF THE QUALITY OF SANDCRETE HOLLOW BLOCKS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BAUCHI AND GOMBE STATES

ABSTRACTQuality and standardization of all construction materials are of paramount importance and serve as yard sticks for measurement reflecting the level of development attained by a nation. Sandcrete hollow blocks are construction materials which have gained wide acceptance and use in the cons...

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📄 91 pages | 🧠 7326 words | 📚 5 chapters

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COMPILATION OF CADASTRAL CONTROLS OF KATSINA TOWNSHIP

ABSTRACTLand is an essential non-renewable resource of mankind with a growing and disorderly use due to increased population pressure and demand for more space per inhabitant leading to scarcity especially in the urban centres. Basic to all other land data and helpful in describing it is its loca...

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📄 85 pages | 🧠 7190 words | 📚 5 chapters

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PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CRITICAL-DEPTH, LONG-THROATED FLUME

ABSTRACTThe performance characteristics and calibrations of various shapes and sizes of the critical-depth, long-throated flumes have been studied. In this study, four flume models were constructed, two of which were bottom contracted, one side contracted, and the fourth a parshall flume, having ...

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📄 83 pages | 🧠 7869 words | 📚 5 chapters

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FAILURE COST ANALYSIS OF HUMAN ERRORS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAM CONSTRUCTION

ABSTRACTThis study centres around the evaluation of the expected total cost of reinforced concrete beams designed to BS 8110 (1985) when gross errors are accounted for. Beam performance functions are obtained for bending, shear and torsion. The performance function for a beam performing in combin...

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📄 91 pages | 🧠 6530 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF INHIBITORS ON CORROSION OF LOW CARBON STEEL IN HYDROCHLORIC ACID PICKLING SOLUTION

ABSTRACTThe effects of inhibitors on corrosion of low carbon steel in hydrochloric acid pickling solution was investigated by weight loss and hydrogen evolution measurements using a beaker-funnelburette arrangement. Corrosion and hydrogen evolution rates were computed for steel samples immersed i...

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📄 95 pages | 🧠 12976 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR INTERNAL NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MULTI DISCIPLINARY CAMPUS NETWORK

ABSTRACTThe aim of the research is the modeling and implementation of an intrusion detection system (IDS) with focus on internally generated intrusions on a multi-Disciplinary campus network using Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria as a case study. A.B.U Zaria campus network is a complex network...

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📄 88 pages | 🧠 8022 words | 📚 5 chapters

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DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIVARIATE HIGH- ORDER FUZZY TIME SERIES FORECASTING MODEL WITH DATA CLUSTERING FOR OPTIMUM PREDICTION AND CONTROL OF HANDOVER-BASED MOBILITY MANAGEMENT

A CASE STUDY OF AIRTEL LAGOS

ABSTRACTThe research is aimed at the development of a multivariable based high-order fuzzy time series (FTS) forecast model that will be applied for forecasting handover success rate (mobility management) in the Lagos zone of Airtel Nigeria as a case study. Multivariable FTS is based on classifyi...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 6928 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A STUDY OF THE DEPHOSPHORIZATION OF KOTON KARFE IRON ORE BY ACIDIC LEACHING

ABSTRACTIn this work an attempt was made to dephosphorize Koton-karfe iron ore by leaching with Sulphuric (H2SO4), Hydrochloric (HCl) and Citric (C6H8O7) acids. The work involved carrying out chemical and mineralogical characterization of the ore, size/assay analysis (+355μm to -50μm) followed by...

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📄 96 pages | 🧠 8013 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECT OF PRE-AGEING THERMAL CONDITIONS ON THE HARDNESS, CORROSION RESISTANCE AND MICROSTRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY OF ANTIMONY MODIFIED Al-Si-Mg ALLOY

ABSTRACTThe effect of pre-ageing thermal conditions on the hardness, corrosion resistance and microstructural morphology of antimony modified Al-Si-Mg alloy has been studied. The thermal treatment employed were Double Thermal Ageing, T7 (DTAT) comprising of pre-ageing temperatures of 900C, 1050C ...

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📄 82 pages | 🧠 10182 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EFFECTS OF Ni ADDITIONS ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND CORROSION RESISTANCE OF Al-Cu-Si ALLOY

ABSTRACTThis study was aimed at investigating the influence of Ni addition on the mechanical properties and corrosion characteristics of Al-Cu-Si alloy and the prime focus was to obtain a material that possessed good mechanical properties with adequate corrosion resistance. In this research, grav...

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📄 87 pages | 🧠 8919 words | 📚 5 chapters

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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF VARIABLE FREQUENCY INDUCTION GENERATOR FOR SMALL SCALE WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT

A CASE STUDY OF KUMBOTSO VILLAGE, KANO.

ABSTRACTThis study investigated the wind energy potential for wind turbine development in Kumbotso village in Kano State, (Latitude 11.880 and Longitude 8.50).Ten (10) years average wind velocity data as recorded by National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) USA, surface Meteorology and ...

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📄 91 pages | 🧠 7380 words | 📚 5 chapters

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THE USE AND PERFORMANCE OF FISH FOR POLISHING EFFLUENT FROM WASTE STABILIZATION POND SYSTEM

ABSTRACTThis study investigates the performance of fish in ponds for the polishing of effluent from a waste stabilization pond system. Two pilot ponds, each of dimensions 2m x 4m x 1.25m were constructed, to receive the effluent from the maturation ponds of the Ahmadu Bello University waste stabi...

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📄 86 pages | 🧠 10453 words | 📚 5 chapters

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INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE ON ASPHALT CONCRETE IN NIGERIA

ABSTRACTThe Cause of Pavement Failure in Tropical countries like Nigeria and the factors responsible for best-performance asphaltic concrete surfacing are reviewed. Consequently appropriate laboratory tests consisting of both Marshall and Indirect tensile tests were conducted in order to determin...

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📄 81 pages | 🧠 10672 words | 📚 5 chapters

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LAND USE IN THE SARKIN PAWA AREA FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

ABSTRACTAerial photographs at a nominal scale of 1:40,000 of Sarkin Pawa Area were acquired and interpreted to provide data on land use and land facets. Use was raade of a general soil map and a geological map. Land use was sampled by dot grids from aerial photograph, and recorded on micro-comput...

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📄 97 pages | 🧠 8896 words | 📚 5 chapters

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A STOCHASTIC MODEL FOR THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT LINKAGE BETWEEN THE NEW AND OLD CAMPUSES OF BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO

ABSTRACTThis study evaluates the performance measures of the queueing systems emanating from the Bayero University, Kano, new campus access area as a result of the demand for transportation to its old campus. Analysis of the queueing systems reveal that transient behaviour is more appropriate in ...

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📄 99 pages | 🧠 8120 words | 📚 5 chapters

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