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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)(Phys)(Cape Town) BSc(Hons)(Math)(Pret) MSc(Unisa) DSc(Pret) Prof(h.c.) (Miskolc) - Professor Emeritus

NRF Rating: B1

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3165
Fax number: 012 362 5087
E-mail address: jan.snyman@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Simulation of fluid and heat transfer

Optimisation of structures and mechanisms

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Snyman JA, Kok S: 2009. A reassessment of the Snyman-Fatti dynamic search trajectory method for unconstrained global optimization. Journal of Global Optimization, 43, pp 67-82.

Thoresson Mr, Uys PE, Els PS, Snyman JA: 2009. Efficient optimisation of a vehicle suspension system, using a gradient-based approximation method, Part 1: Mathematical modelling. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 50, pp 1421-1436, Full Text

Thoresson Mr, Uys PE, Els PS, Snyman JA: 2009. Efficient optimisation of a vehicle suspension system, using a gradient-based approximation method, Part 2: Optimisation results. Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 50, pp 1437-1447, Full Text

 

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