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Application of Van-der-Waals forces in micro-material handling

Matope, Stephen (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

This doctoral dissertation focuses on the application of Van-der-Waals’ forces in micromaterial handling. A micro-material handling system consists of four main elements, which include: the micro-gripper, the micro-workpart, ...
Applying the cross-entropy method in multi-objective optimisation of dynamic stochastic systems

Bekker, James (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: A difficult subclass of engineering optimisation problems is the class of optimisation problems which are dynamic and stochastic. These problems are often of a non-closed form and thus studied by means ...
Scheduling evenly spaced routes in networks

Groves, G.W. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-08-10)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Please refer to full text for abstract.
Development of a process chain for digital design and manufacture of patient-specific intervertebral disc implants with matching endplate geometries

De Beer, Neal (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Back pain is a common concern amongst a growing population of people across the world today, where in most cases the pain can become unbearable resulting in major lifestyle adjustments. Seventy to eighty ...
Thermal management of moulds and dies : a contribution to improved design and manufacture of tooling for injection moulding

Moammer, A. A. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2011-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Injection moulding of polymer components is subject to ever increasing demands for improved part quality and production rate. It is widely recognised that the mould cooling strategy employed is crucial ...
Wear characterisation in milling of Ti6Al4V : a wear map approach

Oosthuizen, Gert Adriaan (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Information on the milling of Ti6Al4V is limited; with most studies concluding that it is not possible to obtain a significant increase in the material removal rate (Qw). Tool wear maps can be a diagnostic ...
Selecting and tailoring design methodologies in form of roadmaps for a specific development project

Nieberding, Friedrich Hagen Martin (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates answers to the question: "How does one decide on the approach to implement when planning, managing and executing a development project?". By examining the prescriptive ...
Executing innovation projects using the collaborative nature of integrated knowledge networks

Schutte, C. S. L. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Innovation is important for competitiveness. It thrives on the availability of novel public and private domain knowledge. Thus the ability to access, analyze, synthesize, share, and re-use knowledge is ...
A framework for exploiting electronic documentation in support of innovation processes

Uys, J. W. (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The crucial role of innovation in creating sustainable competitive advantage is widely recognised in industry today. Likewise, the importance of having the required information accessible to the right ...
Toward innovation capability maturity

Essmann, Heinz Erich (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009-12)

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research has its roots in Industrial Engineering, where the premise of improving and managing efficiency, effectiveness, productivity and quality is the most common and accepted source of ...
An air suspension cushion to reduce human exposure to vibration

Van der Merwe, Andre Francois (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)

Off-road working vehicles are subjected to high levels of vibration input on the rough terrain and irregular roads they work. The human operators are therefore exposed to high levels of whole body vibration (WBV) and at ...

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