Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Snyman, JA
BSc(Hons)(Fsk)(Cape Town) BSc(Hons)(Wis)(Pret) MSc(Unisa) DSc(Pret) - Professor
NRF Rating: B2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3165
Fax number: 012 362 5087
E-mail address: jan.snyman@eng.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Simulation of fluid and heat transfer
Optimisation of structures and mechanisms
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Naude AF, Snyman JA: 2003. Optimisation of road vehicle passive suspension systems. Part 2. Qualification and case study. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 27, pp 263-274.
Naude AF, Snyman JA: 2003. Optimisation of road vehicle passive suspension systems. Part 1. Optimisation algorithm and vehicle model. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 27, pp 249-261.
Long CS, Snyman JA, Groenwold AA: 2003. Optimal structural design of a planar platform for machining. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 27, pp 581-609.
du Plessis LJ, Snyman JA: 2003. Trajectory-planning through intepolation by overlapping cubic arcs and cubic splines. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 57, pp 1615-1641.
Farkas J, Gondos G, Jarmai K, Snyman JA: 2003. Optimal design of a welded I-section frame using four conceptually different optimization algorithms. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 25, pp 54-61.
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