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SA R&D Catalogue » Innovative Design and Manufacturing » UP
The Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology at UP is a leading and
dynamic faculty that is one of the foremost providers of high-level intellectual capital and research
in the country. The Faculty is renowned for its unique approach to innovation, its international
status and links with industry.
The Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering is one of 14 departments in
the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology, and is the largest
Department of Mechanical Engineering in South Africa.
Three Groups operate in the aeronautics research domain: Dynamic Systems, Thermalfluids
Research and Design and Manufacturing.
| Capabilities/Skills/Expertise |
Dynamic Systems Group:
- Damage detection, vibration monitoring and control
- Vehicle dynamics
- Computer-aided analysis of dynamical systems
Thermofluids Research Group:
- Heat transfer
- Electronics cooling
- Gas turbines
- Design optimisation
Design and Manufacturing Group:
- Biomechanics
- Lubricity of diesel
Dynamic Systems Group
- Vibration monitoring and diagnostics
- Vibration measurement and analysis
- Structural dynamic design and analysis
- Vehicle dynamics
- Computational solid mechanics.
Thermofluids Research Group
- Enhanced heat transfer
- Electronics cooling
- Micro channel condensation
- Optimisation with constructal theory.
Design and Manufacturing Group
The Group is also actively involved in the establishment of a centre of excellence for mining
machinery and equipment and running the mechanical workshops of the Department, which
also acts as a manufacturing facility for the Faculty. Areas of interest include:
- mine health and safety
- biomechanics
- lubricity of characteristics of diesel fuel.
Contact person: Professor Josua Meyer, Head of Department
Tel: +27(0) 12 420 3104
Email: josua.meyer@up.ac.za
Website: web.up.ac.za
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