International Journal of Engineering Research in Africa

Description: The 73rd volume of the journal presents some research results and engineering decisions regarding the properties of alloys and polymer composites, the theoretical study of heavy metals adsorption on amine functionalised porous carbon, research and design in mechanical engineering, some examples of green construction practice, and mechatronics. The presented research results and engineering solutions will be helpful to a wide range of specialists in the mentioned fields of engineering science.

Description: The 72nd volume of the journal is dedicated to actual issues and engineering decisions in corrosion protection, research and design in mechanical engineering, power electronics, investigations of green building materials properties, geological research and comparison of two modelling methodologies in flood risk assessment. The presented research results and engineering solutions will be useful to a wide range of specialists in the mentioned fields of engineering science.

Description: The 71st volume of the journal is dedicated to recent achievements in engineering practice and scientific research results in a wide range of industrial branches. The transport mechanism in the diffusion layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cell, mechanical characteristics and performance of various green building materials, predictive control for biomass boiler and automatic generation control in power system, and also analysis of efficient resource allocation in cloud computing are the topics of this issue. This journal's volume will be helpful to many engineers in the modern production sector and construction.

Description: The 70th journal's volume includes articles that present the research and engineering solutions in the mechanics of materials, design of tools and equipment, semiconductors for power electronics and transient stability of photovoltaic systems, managing of construction waste and investigation of the role of concurrent engineering towards managing design changes during the architectural design process. This edition will be helpful to a wide range of engineers from various industrial branches.

Description: The 69th volume of the journal includes articles dedicated to the latest research results in properties and processing technologies of structural materials such as steel, polymers, and composites, analysis and design of sliding mode controllers and automation of centrifugal pumps, designing of geothermal heat exchangers, investigation of seismic behaviour of soil-based structure and analysis mechanics of river's sediments transfer in conditions of Wadi Skhirate, Morocco. The issue will be useful to specialists in mechanical engineering and construction.

Description: This 68th issue of the journal contains articles reflecting the latest research results in powder metallurgy of cermets, green building materials for wide applications in modern construction, analysis of existing maximum solar power point tracking algorithms and components and techniques of solar radiation level prediction in Sahara region of Algeria based on machine learning. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in machinery, renewable energy production and construction.

Description: The 67th issue of the journal includes articles that present the latest research results in chemical engineering for energy production, friction stir welding of polymers, corrosion rate prediction in pipelines, green building materials and structural mechanics, analysis of opening angle on the efficiency of Michell-Banki turbines without guide blades. There are also described neural networks-based modelling to optimise water productivity of passive solar still and model-based approaches for leak detection in water distribution systems, analysis of photovoltaic systems performance in Moroccan regions and a machine learning scheme for speed prediction in intelligent transportation systems. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in machinery, energy production and construction.

Description: This journal's issue includes articles that describe the latest research results in alloy metallurgy, building materials and construction technologies including building seismic provision and results of analytical modelling of mechanical properties of shrink-fitted thick-walled cylinders and nose landing gear for Boeing 777. There is also analysed a hybrid system solar chimney-air soil heat exchanger for natural ventilation and modified particle swarm optimisation for maximum power point tracking for solar photovoltaic systems and presented mathematical modelling of agricultural insurance pricing in Morocco. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in machinery, manufacturing, energy industry and construction.

Description: The 65th issue of the journal includes articles that describe the latest research results in 3D printing, anaerobic digestion of solid municipal waste, analysis of building seismic performance, properties of bio-based insulation material, and soil properties for geotechnical works. There are also designed floating photovoltaic panels, and control systems for hydroponics and analyze means for equipment efficiency improvement through a lean approach in small and medium enterprises. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in machinery, manufacturing and construction.