Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Heyns, PS
MIng PhD(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: C1
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 2432
Fax number: 012 362 5087
E-mail address: stephan.heyns@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Vibration and noise
Fatigue, simulation testing and fracture mechanics
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Strydom JPD, Heyns PS, van Niekerk JL: 2002. Development of a vibration-absorbing handle for rock drills. Journal of the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 102 (3), pp 167-172.
Stander CJ, Heyns PS: 2002. Using vibration monitoring for local fault detection on gears operating under fluctuating load conditions. Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing, 16 (6), pp 1005-1024.
Smit WJ, Heyns PS: 2002. Fan blade damage detection using on-line vibration monitoring. R & D Journal, 18 (3), pp 73-79.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
du Plooy NF, Heyns PS: 2002. The development of a vibration absorbing isolater. In Proceedings of ISMA 2002: International Conference on Noise and Vibration Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, pp 123-130.
Stander CJ, Heyns PS: 2002. Instantaneous shaft speed monitoring of gearboxes under fluctuating load conditions. In Proceedings of the 15th international congress on condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management (COMADEM 2002), COMADEM International, pp 220-230.
Heyns PS, Stander CJ: 2002. Monitoring of turning tool wear on the shop floor using artificial intelligence. In Proceedings of the 15th international congress on condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management (COMADEM 2002), COMADEN International, pp 357-366.
du Plooy NF, Heyns PS: 2002. Using a vibration absorber to reduce vibratory screen structural loading. In Proceedings of the IMAC-XX: A Conference on Structural Dynamics, Society for experimental mechanics, pp 1313-1317.
Scheffer C, Heyns PS: 2002. A robust and cost-effective system for conducting cutting experiments in a production environment (ICME 2002). In Proceedings of the Third CIRP International Seminar on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, ICME, pp 329-334.
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