Using replacement for cement to assure sustainability is critical as the raw materials (limestone, sand, shale, clay and iron ore) used in making cement are depleting. The use of agriculture waste byproducts to replace cement is becoming an economic option. Rice husk ash (RHA), r...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v7i116959
Wafer passivation or the protective layer of the internal circuitry of the die plays a major role of providing protection and the isolation of electrical stability of the active circuit on the top area of the wafer. Passivation is normally a screen of an oxide layer on the surfac...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i416958
In our universe, there is a presence of random bit of disorder in every field that has to be contemplated and understood clearly. This random bit of disorder in a physical system is known as noise. Noise in the field of statistics can be defined as an additional meaningless infor...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i416957
The design of water resources engineering control structures is best achieved with adequate estimation of rainfall intensity over a particular catchment. To develop the rainfall intensity, duration and frequency (IDF) models, 25 year daily rainfall data were collected from Nigeri...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i416956
Aims/ Objectives: Multi-regime fundamental models use two or more equations to describe the association among the main maroscopic traffic variables encountered in traffic analysis. The paper investigates specific properties of some multi-phase speed-density equations. Methodolog...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i416955
The axial strength of reinforced concrete columns is enhanced by wrapping them with Fiber Reinforced Polymers, FRP, fabrics. The efficiency of such enhancement is investigated for columns when they are subjected to repeated lateral loads accompanied with their axial loading. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i416954
The major pollutant induced by pipeline failure in Oil and Gas industry has been mitigated over the years using non-destructive techniques like liquid penetrant, magnetic particles, radiographic, ultrasound and eddy current testing. The eddy current technique’s advantage over the...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316952
The main objectives of the project was to develop a monitoring system that displays the real-time level of the garbage inside the garbage bins using the ultrasonic sensor, a module the notifies the admin when it reached the maximum level of the garbage’s inside the garbage bin th...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316953
Knowledge of friction coefficient of agricultural commodities on various structural surfaces is imperative in the design and material selection for postharvest handling, transportation, processing and storage equipment. This paper presents the friction coefficients of local food...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316951
To achieve a defined workability, strength and durability in construction works, concrete mixes are designed and this is done towards the selection and proportioning of constituents to produce a concrete with pre-defined characteristics both in fresh and hardened states. This stu...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316950
The aim of this research is to investigate experimentally the relationship between free swell, plasticity index of expansive soil found in greater Cairo City Suburbs, Egypt with swelling pressure of mentioned soil. Predicting Swelling Pressure of any soil is a time consuming and...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i316948
In this research, it focused on the prediction and optimization of the production quantity in Innoson Plastic Manufacturing Company, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria. The research method used is the application of factorial design methods to model, to evaluate the best optimal solut...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i216947
The continuous development and trends on thinner semiconductor packages have become the focus in the semiconductor industry. The necessity of thinner packages also demands a thinner vertical structure of the integrated circuit (IC) design. As a major contributor on the vertical s...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i216943
The Induced Stresses in Tensile Element Joints (chain) were Studied in Two Phases: The first phase is to conduct a design study of the plate conveyor to determine the maximum tensile strength to which the joint is exposed. Then build two models, the first one represents a single...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i216944
An adequate mixing time in concrete casting allows to achieve a homogeneous mass and improve compressive strength and durability. However, the lack of standards for cast-in-place concrete causes that the builders use different mixing times according to the locality usages and cus...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v6i216941