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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering

Heyns, PS

MIng PhD(Pret) - Professor

NRF Rating: C2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 2432
Fax number: 012 362 5087
E-mail address: stephan.heyns@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Vibration and noise

Fatigue, simulation testing and fracture mechanics

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Wannenburg J, Heyns PS: 2008. The derivation of structural usage profiles for vehicles from failure statistics. International Journal of Vehicle Design, 47 (1/2/3/4), pp 269-289.

Hugo D, Heyns PS, Thompson RJ, Visser AT: 2008. Haul road defect identification using measured truck response. Journal of Terramechanics, 45, pp 79-88, Full Text

Wolfaardt HJ, Heyns PS: 2008. Dynamic modeling of a novel microfluidic channel angular accelerometer. Journal of Vibration and Control, 14 (4), pp 451-467.

Freyer BH, Theron NJ, Heyns PS: 2008. Simulation of tool vibration control in turning using a self-sensing actuator. Journal of Vibration and Control, 14 (7), pp 999-1019.

 

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