Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Els, PS
PhD (Meg.Ing) - Senior Lecturer
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Uys PE, Els PS, Thoresson Mr: 2006. Criteria for handling measurement. Journal of Terramechanics, 43, pp 43-67.
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.
Misselhorn WE, Theron NJ, Els PS: 2006. Investigation of hardware-in-the-loop for use in suspension development. Vehicle System Dynamics, 44 (1) / Jan, pp 65-81.
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