Bwj Van Rensburg
Lecturer
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Pretoria
South Africa
Biography
Ben van Rensburg started his career with consulting civil engineers designing building and industrial structures. He obtained BSc and MSc degrees in civil engineering from the University of Pretoria, an MSc (Structural Engineering) from the University of Southampton and a PhD (Civil Engineering) from the University of Pretoria. He then worked with a building research organization before joining the University of Pretoria.
Research Interest
Current Research interests is Structural steel: Stability and non-linear behaviour of members and frames
Publications
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Durieux JH. Development of a practical methodology for the analysis of gravity dams using the non-linear finite element method (Doctoral dissertation, University of Pretoria).
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Schmidt MJ, van Rensburg BW. Avoiding structural failures on mobile bulk materials handling equipment. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 2015 Mar;115(3):179-84.
