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Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering

Heymann, G

MIng(Pret) PhD(Surrey) - Professor

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Telephone number: 012 420 3627
Fax number: 012 362 5218
E-mail address: gerhard.heymann@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Mine slimes dams

Goldmine tailings dams; in-situ testing, theoretical soilmechanics; laboratory tests

Geotechnical tests

Geotechnical testing

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Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Chang HPN, Heymann G, Clayton C: 2011. The effect of fabric on the behaviour of gold tailings. Geotechnique, 61 (3), pp 187-197.

Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:

Barnard H, Heymann G: 2011. Using a modified plate load test to eliminate the effect of bedding errors. In Proceedings of the 15th African regional conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, (3), IOS, pp 587-592.

Mbawala SJ, Heymann G, Roth CP, Heyns PS: 2011. Numerical modelling of wave propogation in ground using non-reflecting boundaries. In Proceedings of the 15th African regional conference on soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering, (4), IOS press, pp 644-652.

 

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