Recent Publications: | | Leverone F., Pitot J., Veale K. and Brooks M., “Performance Sensitivity Study on a Blowdown Nitrous Oxide Paraffin Wax Hybrid Sounding Rocket”, Acta Astronautica, 160, 230–239, 2019 Govender P., Matthews A. and Brooks M.J., “Cluster analysis for classification and forecasting of solar irradiance in Durban, South Africa”, Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 29:2, May 2018 Genevieve B., Pitot de la Beaujardiere J.F. and Brooks M.J., "A Computational Tool for Predicting Hybrid Rocket Motor Performance", R&D Journal of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering, 33, 56-65, 2017 Veale K., Adali S., Pitot J. and Brooks M. "A Review of the Performance and Structural Considerations of Paraffin Wax Hybrid Rocket Fuels with Additives", Acta Astronautica, 141, 196–208, 2017 Govender, T., Brooks M.J. and Bemont B.C., "The Effect of Multi-Trailer Systems on the Efficiency of Container Movements Between the Ship and Stacks at the Durban Container Terminal", South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, Vol 28(4), pp 80-94, December 2017 Brooks M.J., von Backström T.W. and van Dyk E.E. “Performance Characteristics of a Perforated Shadow Band in the Presence of Cloud”, Solar Energy, 139, pp. 533-546, December 2016 Du Clou S., Brooks M.J., Lear W.E., Sherif S.A. and Khalil E.E. “Performance and Control of a Pulse Thermal Loop Heat Transport System”, AIAA Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer, Vol. 29, No. 4, 826-834, 2015 Perumall P.A., Pitot J. and Brooks M.J. “A New Measurement-Based Algorithm for the Temporal Resolution of the Clear-Sky Solar Resource”, R&D Journal of the South African Institution of Mechanical Engineering, 31, 27-34, 2015 Brooks M.J., du Clou S., van Niekerk J.L., Gauche P., Leonard C., Mouzouris M.J., Meyer R., van der Westhuizen N., van Dyk E.E., Vorster F.J. “SAURAN: A New Resource for Solar Radiometric Data in Southern Africa”, Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 26:1, February 2015 |