Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies – an analysis of the British bus industry.
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Cowie, J. (2002)
Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies – an analysis of the British bus industry. Transport Reviews. 22, 147-157. doi:10.1080/014416400110076267. ISSN 0144-1647
The British Bus industry has undergone considerable transformation since privatization. Five major operators have emerged to dominate the market, a position almost exclusively...
Relationship between brittleness and moisture loss of concrete exposed to high temperatures.
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Zhang, B., Bicanic, N., Pearce, C. J. & Phillips, D. V. (2002)
Relationship between brittleness and moisture loss of concrete exposed to high temperatures. Cement and Concrete Research. 32, 363-371. doi:10.1016/S0008-8846(01)00684-6. ISSN 0008-8846
The effect of moisture loss at high temperatures on the brittleness of concrete was investigated by conducting three-point bending tests on preheated notched beams. The relati...
One safeguard too many
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Kubie, J. (2001)
One safeguard too many. Engineering Management, 11(2), 67-76. https://doi.org/10.1049/em%3A20010208
To protect against accidents and their consequences, companies may take one of several courses of action. They can choose to do nothing, and live with an 'acceptable risk', or...
An industrial evaluation of a stand level grading system for Pinus patula.
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Turner, P., Megown, K. A., Grzeskowiak, V., Megown, R. A., Pauck, J. & Alborough, D. (2001)
An industrial evaluation of a stand level grading system for Pinus patula. Southern African forestry journal. 190, 105-114. doi:10.1080/20702620.2001.10434123. ISSN 1029-5925
This paper reports on progress made in the development and implementation of a stand level wood quality grading system for P. patula identified for processing in Mondi Mereban...
Failure probabilities for plastic utility ducts in roadway trench reinstatements.
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Hounsome, I. W. S., & Fairfield, C. A. (2001)
Failure probabilities for plastic utility ducts in roadway trench reinstatements. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 147, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1680/tran.2001.147.1.1
Wavin Industrial Products Limited arranged access in conjunction with Balfour Beatty Construction Limited and Bovis Construction Limited to the Braehead construction site, nea...
On anomalously low values of the tensile strength of water
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Williams, P. R., & Williams, R. L. (2000)
On anomalously low values of the tensile strength of water. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 456, 1321-1332. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2000.0564
We provide an explanation for the anomalously low values of liquid tensile strength recorded in some experiments involving the reflection of a pressure pulse (as tension) at t...
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 2. Process improvement
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Turner, P., & Murphy, R. J. (1998)
Treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters: Part 2. Process improvement. Wood science and technology, 32(1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00702557
This paper forms a continuation of the work on treatment of timber products with gaseous borate esters. Turner and Murphy (1995) in an earlier paper indicated that gas flow ra...
Real-time communication between dispersed work groups via speech and drawing.
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Scrivener, S. A. R., Clark, S., Clarke, A. A., Connolly, J. H., Garner, S. W., Palmen, H., …Schappo, A. (1992)
Real-time communication between dispersed work groups via speech and drawing. Wirtschaftsinformatik. 35, 149-156. ISSN 0937-6429