Engineering I FACULTIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA HUMANITIES EDUCATION NATURAL, AGRICULTURAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES LAW THEOLOGY ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES VETERINARY SCIENCE HEALTH SCIENCES DENTISTRY ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Address all correspondence to: The Registrar University of Pretoria PRETORIA 0002 Cheques and postal orders must be crossed and made out to the University of Pretoria. Telephone: (012) 420-4111 Facsimile: (012) 362 5168/362 5190 ISBN 1-86854-270-X FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT SECTION I (this publication) ENGINEERING · Industrial and Systems Engineering · Chemical Engineering · Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering · Engineering and Technology Management · Agricultural and Food Engineering · Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering · Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering · Mining Engineering · Civil Engineering SECTION II (separate publication) THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT · Architecture and Landscape Architecture · Quantity Surveying and Construction Management · Town and Regional Planning Engineering I TABLE OF CONTENTS ACADEMIC PERSONNEL .................................................................................... 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................... 7 Admission..................................................................................................... 7 Selection ...................................................................................................... 7 Statement of symbols ................................................................................... 7 Medium of instruction ................................................................................... 7 Bursaries and loans...................................................................................... 7 Accommodation............................................................................................ 7 Parents' day and orientation ......................................................................... 7 Prescribed books.......................................................................................... 7 Amendment of regulations and fees ............................................................. 8 Definition of terms......................................................................................... 8 Degrees and diploma conferred/awarded in the Faculty ............................... 9 REGULATIONS AND CURRICULA ...................................................................... 9 Admission to degree study ........................................................................... 9 Requirements for specific courses ................................................................ 10 Registration for a specific year...................................................................... 11 Examinations ............................................................................................... 11 Renewal of registration ................................................................................ 12 Five-year programme .................................................................................. 13 Courses from other faculties ........................................................................ 13 Change of study direction ............................................................................ 13 Minimum study period ................................................................................. 13 First aid certificate ....................................................................................... 13 Exposure to Engineering practice ................................................................ 13 Registration for semester courses ............................................................... 14 Course information ....................................................................................... 14 Pass with distinction .................................................................................... 15 DEGREES AND DIPLOMA BEng ............................................................................................................ 16 BEng(Hons).................................................................................................. 42 BSc(Hons).................................................................................................... 43 MEng............................................................................................................ 44 MSc.............................................................................................................. 46 PhD .............................................................................................................. 46 DEng ............................................................................................................ 46 Postgraduate Diploma in Quality Assurance and Reliability .......................... 47 SYLLABI ........................................................................................................... 48 Undergraduate ............................................................................................. 48 Postgraduate................................................................................................ 86 PRIZES/MEDALS IN THE FACULTY.................................................................... 96 Engineering I FACULTY OF ENGINEERING FACULTY PERSONNEL AS AT 30 JUNE 1999 DEAN Prof J.A.G. Malherbe, PrEng BSc BEng PhD(Stell) DEng(Pret) FSAIEE FIEEE MAESA MASSAf Department of Agricultural Engineering Du Plessis, H.L.M., PrEng MSc(Eng) PhD(Pret) FSAIAE MASAE....................................................................... Professor (Head) Landman, J.J., BEng(Hons) MEng(Pret) PhD(Guelph, Kanada) FSAIAE MASAE........................................... Professor Smit, C.J., PrEng BSc(Eng)(Hons) MEng(Pret) FSAIAE ..... Senior Lecturer Terblance, E., BEng(Agric) BEng(Hons) MEng(Pret) GrSAIAE .................................................................... Lecturer Van der Stoep, I., BEng(Agric)(Pret) GrSAIAE ..................... Lecturer Department of Chemical Engineering Grimsehl, U.H.J., PrEng BEng(Hons) DEng(Pret) FSAIChE Professor (Head) Mandersloot, W.G.B., PrEng Higher Technical Dipl (HTS Dortrecht) Dipl Ing (Delft) FSAIChE ............................ Extraordinary Professor Skinner, W., PrEng MSc DEng(Pret) FSAIChE MSACorrI ... Extraordinary Professor De Vaal, P.L., PrEng MEng PhD(Pret) MSAIChE MAIChE MSAIT MSTLE .......................................................... Professor Focke, W.W., BEng(Hons) MEng(Pret) Dipl Data(Unisa) PhD(MIT) MSAIChE ................................................... Professor Pretorius, W.A., PrEng MSc(Agric) DSc(Agric)(Pret) MS(San Eng)(Calif) MWISA MIWA AEEP................... Professor Schutte, C.F., PrEng BSc(Ind Chem Oper) MSc (PU for CHE) MBL (Unisa) PhD (Cape Town) MWISA MIAWO ........ Professor De Villiers, G.H., BEng(Hons) MEng(Pret) MSAICE MWISA Senior Lecturer Du Plessis, B.J.G.W., BEng(Chem)(Pret)............................. Senior Lecturer Friend, J.F.C., PrEng BEng(Pret) MSc Eng(Cape Town) Dipl Mktm MSAIChE MIChemE MNACA MWISA MIWM(SA) MIMM ......................................................................... Senior Lecturer Heydenrych, M.D., PrEng BScEng(Chem) MScEng(Witwaters- rand) MDP (Project Management)(Unisa) MSAIChE .. Senior Lecturer Snyman, H.G., BSc(Hons)(Pret) PhD(Natal) MWISA MIAWQ Senior Lecturer Tolmay, A.T., PrEng MEng(Pret) MSAIChE AMWISA ......... Senior Lecturer Greeff, I.L., BEng(Hons) MEng(Pret) MSAIChE .................. Lecturer Greeff, P., BEng(Chem) MEng(Pret) MSAIChE.................... Lecturer Verbeek, C.J.R., BEng(Chem) MEng(Chem)(Pret) MSAIChE Lecturer Department of Civil Engineering Horak, E., PrEng BEng(Hons) Civ(Pret) MSc Eng Transp(UC Berkeley) MEng(Civ)(Pret) PhD GBP(SBL, UNISA) FSAICE ...................................................................... Professor (Head) Alexander, W.J.R., PrEng BSc(Eng)(Witwatersrand) FSAICE Extraordinary Professor Dehlen, G.L., BSc(Eng) MSc(Eng)(Witwatersrand) PhD (University of California Berkeley)............................... Extraordinary Professor Smith, R.A.F., PrEng BSc(Eng)(Natal) FSAICE FIMIESA FWSA ........................................................................ Extraordinary Professor 1 Engineering I Van As, S.C., PrEng BSc(Eng)(Pret) MEng(Stell) PhD (Southampton) MSAICE MIHE .................................. Extraordinary Professor Burdzik, W.M.G., PrEng MEng PhD(Pret) MSAICE ............. Professor Dekker, N.W., BEng(Civil) BEng(Hons)(Structural) MEng (Structural)(Pret) PhD(Witwatersrand) MSAICE ......... Professor Del Mistro, R.F., PrEng BScEng(Civil)(Cape Town) Diplo- ma in Transportation Engineering(Institute of Highway Eng) MSc(S&S)(Cape Town) PhD(S&S)(Pret) ........... Professor Ebersöhn, W., MEng(Pret) PhD(University of Massachusetts) MSAICE MICRS MCRM MCTSD............................... Professor Maree, L., PrEng MEng PhD(Pret) DTO(Pret) MSAICE ...... Professor Marshall, V., PrEng Bsc(Eng)(Pret) MS PhD(Illinois) FSAICE AIStruckE...................................................... Professor Van Rensburg, B.W.J., PrEng BEng(Hons) MScEng(Pret) MSc(Struc)(Southampton) PhD(Pret) FSAICE ........... Professor Van Vuuren, S.J., PrEng MEng MBA PhD(Eng)(Pret) FSAICE MASCE MIMISA .......................................... Professor Visser, A.T., PrEng BSc(Eng)(Cape Town) BCom(Unisa) MSc(Eng)(Witwatersrand)PhD(Texas) FSAICE