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1 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Vaal University of Technology, Andries Potgieter Boulevard, Vanderbijlpark, South Africa

2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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