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:
Jarmai K, Snyman JA, Farkas J: 2006. Minimum cost design of a welded orthogonaly stiffened cylindrical shell. Computers & Structures, 84, pp 787-797.
Hay AM, Snyman JA: 2006. Optimal synthesis for a continuous prescribed dexterity interval of a 3-dof parallel planar manipulator for different prescribed output workspaces. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 68, pp 1-12.
Els PS, Uys PE, Snyman JA, Thoresson Mr: 2006. Gradient-based approximation methods applied to the optimal design of vehicle suspension systems using computational models with severe inherent noise. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 43, pp 787-801.
du Plessis LJ, Snyman JA: 2006. An optimally re-configurable planar Gough-Stewart machining platform. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 41, pp 334-357.
du Plessis LJ, Snyman JA: 2006. Determination of optimum geometries for a planar re-configurable machining platform using the LFOPC optimization algorithm. Mechanism and Machine Theory, 41, pp 307-333.
Pattinson J, Snyman JA: 2006. Mathematical modelling and optimal design of a conceptually new catapult. South African Journal of Science, 102 (11/12).
Gyulait L, Szabo S, de Kock DJ, Snyman JA: 2006. Optimal adjustment of the number of air changes of a smelter pot room by using mathematical optimisation. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 32, pp 409-421.
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