The mechanical analysis of integral building structure needs the proper ABAQUS finite element analysis, but due to the ABAQUS software function limits the building structure modelling is a great workload and how to model integral structure more quickly and efficiently become a di...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316994
Irrigation practice evaluation of center pivot sprinkler irrigation system at Hiwot Agricultural Mechanization farm, North/west Ethiopia was conducted. The aim of the study was evaluating the existing center pivot irrigation practice in terms of irrigation scheduling. Measuring f...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316995
The study was carried out at the effect of drip and surface irrigation (Furrow irrigation) methods on onion and sesame crops from December 2011 to May 2012 in the Tigray region of Northwest Ethiopia. The objective was to evaluate the family drip irrigation system in comparison wi...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316993
The study employed the UNESCO-IHP (International Hydrology Programme) HELP (Hydrology Environment Life and Policy) tool for watershed sustainability index (WSI) to evaluate the sustainability of the study area, University of Uyo main Campus watershed, comprising of three communit...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316992
Despite a number of challenges, training institution Kenya has produced structural engineers in the building and construction field. As a result, there have been problems facing these apprentices that have led to questions concerning their competencies in the Kenyan building and...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i316991
In this study, the effects of maturation of bean seeds on some mechanical behaviours of common bean (cv. Butter) were investigated. The bean seeds were harvested at three maturity stages (15 DAPA, 22 DAPA and 29 DAPA), and their rupture force, rupture energy, specific deformation...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i216989
In the present work, heat transfer characteristics and flow field from a heated elliptic cylinder immersed in fluidized bed is studied numerically using CFD package. The flow pattern and heat transfer fields around the heated cylinder is predicted using a two fluid Eulerian-Euler...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i216988
The study examines incomprssible laminar Poiseuille flow of a non-Newtonian fluid and heat transfer in a cooling convective fixed wall. The third-grade exothermic reactive fluid is stimulated by heat generation, gradient pressure and thermal buoyancy force. The convective exchang...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i216986
This paper examines the effect of some thermo-physical properties of fluid on heat and mass transfer flow past semi-infinite moving vertical plate. The fluid considered is optically thin such that the thermal radiative heat loss on the fluid is modeled using Rosseland approximati...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i216985
This research focuses on the extraction of beta-carotene from palm and soybean oils using solvents (Ethanol and Acetone), taking into account the effect of the extraction process factors such as time, temperature, dosage of the oil samples, solvent volume and solvent type. The ex...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i216984
Maize (Zea Mays L.) is one of the most important food crops worldwide. In Ethiopia, it is one of the leading food grains selected to assume a national commodity crop to support the food self-sufficiency program of the country. Maize is fairly sensitive to water stress and excessi...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i116983
The fiber optic communication system can transmit data a rate of 10 GB/S or more, over a maximum possible distance with less attenuation. In this research a low loss optical fiber has been simulated. The simulation is done by MATLAB Software. This research deals with different lo...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i116982
In many countries manpower problems in the field of health care are regular items on the agenda of policy makers. To avoid mismatches between demand of care and supply of care on national and regional levels, manpower planning models and methods are used to determine adequate num...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i116981
Cement bonded boards of 6 mm in thickness were produced from the mixture of Ceiba pentandra and Gmelina arborea sawdust. The influence of weight to weight proportion of C. pentandra and G. arborea blended at levels of 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75 and 0:100 in mass and mixing ratios...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i116980
Rigid diaphragm is generally an acceptable option in most of the seismic design codes in which the in-plane deformability is not permitted because of the infinite in-plane stiffness properties. Several building configurations may exhibit significant flexibility in floor diaphrag...
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Research Article10.9734/jerr/2019/v8i116979