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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

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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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