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SA R&D Catalogue » Innovative Design and Manufacturing » UKZN
UKZN's School of Mechanical Engineering has a number of aerospace-related projects underway:
- work on aerospace thermal management systems;
- building of a hybrid-fuelled sounding rocket;
- development of an airship-type unmanned aircraft and
- an investigation of gas turbine flow dynamics in conjunction with the CSIR.
| Capabilities/Skills/Expertise |
- Development of smart bolts for mining and aerospace applications, amongst other smart
load sensors
- Control engineering
- Focus on refining and improving properties of smart materials, primarily TRIP steels, for use as
structural health monitoring sensors
- Quantitative feedback design, interaction, multiloop control, system integration
- Control related
- Modular large scale systems
Contact person: Edward Eitelberg, Professor
Tel: +27(0)31 260 2762
Email: eitelberg@ukzn.ac.za
Website: www.ukzn.ac.za
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