Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
van Tonder, F
BIng MIng - Senior Lecturer
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3724
Fax number: 012 362 5087
E-mail address: fvantonder@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Fatigue, simulation testing and fracture mechanics
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Uys PE, Farkas J, Jarmai K, van Tonder F: 2007. Optimisation of a steel tower for a wind turbine structure. Engineering Structures, 29, pp 1337-1342.
Grove AP, van Tonder F, Heyns PS: 2007. A critical investigation of techniques for stress determination and equivalent static analysis in fatigue life estimation. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures, 30, pp 1030-1043, Full Text
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