Schmidt, M.J.; Janse van Rensburg, Ben W.(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2015-03)
Bulk materials handling systems are extensively used in the mining and
minerals industry, where a fairly high incidence of structural failure is
experienced, notwithstanding design compliance with appropriate
standards. ...
Durieux, Johan Hendrik; Janse van Rensburg, Ben W.(South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2016-06)
For many decades the ‘classical’ method has been used to design gravity dams. This method
is based on the Bernoulli shallow beam theory. The finite element method (FEM) has become
a powerful tool for the dam design ...
Cai, Qingbo; Robberts, John M.; Janse van Rensburg, Ben W.(South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2008-03)
A smeared crack model, based on non-linear fracture mechanics, was developed which allows for either linear or bilinear softening and assumes shear retention dependent on the strain normal to a crack. A mesh objectivity ...
Venter, Simon Herman; Skorpen, Sarah Anne; Janse van Rensburg, Ben W.(South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2019-12)
The current South African Steel design code, SANS 10162-1, has a set of effective length factors
for overhang beams which is independent of the geometrical properties of the beam and the
lengths of the backspan and ...
Marais, Cornelle; Robberts, John M.; Janse van Rensburg, Ben W.(South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2010-10)
Large span concrete flat-slab systems with internal spherical void formers (SVF) have been used in Europe for over a decade. They are bi-axially reinforced concrete flat-slab systems with a grid of internal spherical void ...
