Browsing Conference Papers - Potchefstroom Campus by Title
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Flight controller and low-cost test environment for a simulated helicopter
(IFAC, 2014)In this paper, optimal linear control techniques are utilised to control a radio-controlled helicopter (30 size) in the AeroSIMRC simulation environment. A grey-box time-domain system identification method is used to ... -
The flow and heat transfer in a packed bed high temperature gas-cooled reactor
(ASME, 2010)Engineers are faced with two major challenges when carrying out the thermal-fluid design of a complex system consisting of many interacting components such as the PBMR power plant. The first challenge is to predict the ... -
Four novel methods for the harvesting of micro-algal biomass
(ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2011)The harvesting of micro-algal biomass is one of the most inefficient and costly steps in the whole biomass-to-liquids (BtL) value chain. Harvesting costs may contribute between 20–30% of the total cost of microalgal BtL ... -
Fourier-type monitoring procedures for strict stationarity
(Springer, 2018)We consider model-free monitoring procedures for strict stationarity of a given time series. The new criteria are formulated as L2-type statistics incorporating the empirical characteristic function. Monte Carlo results ... -
A framework to determine the suitability of software development methodologies for the development of location-based games
(Springer, 2017)To determine the suitability of an SDM (software development methodology) for the development of location-based games, it has to be determined to what degree SDMs address aspects that need to be addressed in the process ... -
Freight tracking cost analysis to improve logistics management operations
(SATNAC, 2014)The cross-border freight industry suffers from inefficiencies that can be addressed by implementing technology based systems. Inefficiencies cause time delays at amongst others border posts and weigh stations that in ... -
Fruit and vegetable intake behaviour among elderly patients attending routine out-patient clinic: a cross-sectional study
(Karger, 2017)Background and objectives: As human body gets older, it’s nutritional and health needs change due to increasing susceptibility to degenerative diseases. The elderly population is one demographic ... -
The FSRQ PKS 1510-089: the gamma-ray-synchrotron connection
(PoS, 2017)The flat spectrum radio quasar (FSRQ) PKS 1510-089 (z=0.361) is known for its complex multiwavelength behaviour. Since 2015, it has been very active across the entire electromagnetic spectrum. This has lead to joint ... -
Fuel allocation and lockout system
(IEEE, 2018)In transport and Logistics business with the fierce competition, avoiding fuel theft through monitoring and management is a major concern in Africa. With the steadily increase in fuel price, fuel theft and fraud poses a ... -
Fuel ethanol production from sweet sorghum bagasse using microwave irradiation
(ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, 2013)Sweet sorghum is a hardy crop that can be grown on marginal land and can provide both food and energy in an integrated food and energy system. Lignocellulose rich sweet sorghum bagasse (solid left over after starch and ... -
A fully integrated 3D CFD model of the flow and heat transfer in a packed bed reactor
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Fully integrated LNA & antenna for ultra-low noise figure receivers
(IEEE, 2017)A simple, inexpensive, fully integrated low-noise amplifier and antenna for the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Mid-Frequency Aperture Array (MFAA) is presented which achieves a receiver noise figure of about 0.4 dB over more ... -
Gamifying the industrial engineering profession
(IEOM, 2017)An age-old problem facing higher education institutes is the verification that the knowledge taught in class was actually learnt and internalized. Many consider that the quality of education is to be measured on this basis. ... -
Gamma-gamma absorption in gamma-ray burst environments
(HEASA, 2016)Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are the most violent explosions in the universe, seen primarily as bright, short flashes of g-rays. Long GRBs are most likely associated with the violent death of a very massive star. They are ... -
Gamma-ray and radio properties of six pulsars detected by the Fermi Large Area Telescope
(IOP, 2010)We report the detection of pulsed γ-rays for PSRs J0631+1036, J0659+1414, J0742-2822, J1420-6048, J1509-5850, and J1718-3825 using the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (formerly known as ... -
Gamma‐ray pulsar visibility
(AIP, 2005)PSR J0437‐4715 is a millisecond pulsar (MSP) thought to be “pair formation starved” (having limited pair cascades due to magnetic photon absorption). Fortunately the general relativistic (GR) electrodynamical model under ...