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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, Raath AD: 2009. Application of a fatigue equivalent static load methodology for the numerical durability assessment of heavy vehicle structures. International Journal of Fatigue, 31, pp 1541-1549, Full Text

Pal S, Heyns PS, Freyer BH, Theron NJ, Pal SK: 2009. Tool wear monitoring and selection of optimum cutting conditions with progressive tool wear effect and input uncertainties. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, In http://www.springerlink.com/content/07050062pu052838/, Online / Sep, pp 1-4, Full Text

Buys BJ, Heyns PS, Loveday PW: 2009. Rock bolt condition monitoring using ultrasonic guided waves. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 108, pp 95-105, Full Text

Wang KS, Heyns PS: 2009. Vold-Kalman filter order tracking in vibration monitoring of electrical machines. Journal of Vibration and Control, 15 (9), pp 1325-1347.

Oberholster AJ, Heyns PS: 2009. Online condition monitoring of axial-flow turbomachinery blades using rotor-axial Eulerian laser Doppler vibrometry. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 23, pp 1634-1643.

Herzog MA, Marwala T, Heyns PS: 2009. Machine and component residual life estimation through the application of neural networks. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 94, pp 479-489, Full Text

 

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