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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Els, PS

MIng(Pret) - Senior Lecturer

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2045
Fax number: 012 362 5087
E-mail address: schalk.els@eng.up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Vehicle dynamics

Fatigue, simulation testing and fracture mechanics

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Janse van Rensburg N, Steyn JL, Els PS: 2002. Time delay in a semi-active damper: Modelling the bypass valve. Journal of Terramechanics, 39, pp 35-45.

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Els PS, Visser-Uys PE: 2002. Investigation of the Applicability of the Dynamic-Q Optimisation Algorithm to Vehicle Suspension Design. In Proceedings of the Fourth ASMO UK / ISSMO Conference on Engineering Design Optimization Product and Process Improvement, University of New Castle-upon-Tyne, UK, pp 67-74.

 

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