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Peer-reviewed journals

  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., 1997, Pressure Drop Prediction of Power Law Fluid Through Granular Media, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 72, pp 319-323.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., 1999, Modelling of Non-Newtonian Purely Viscous Flow Through High Porosity Synthetic Foams, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol. 54, pp. 645-654.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., 2000, Modelling of Non-Newtonian Flow Through Isotropic Porous Media, Mathematical Engineering in Industry, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 19-40.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Barhouch, M.H., Du Plessis, J.P., 2002, Measurement of the Roundness of a Conical Shaped Object in Micrometer Tolerances, Mathematical Engineering in Industry, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp 363-377.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., and Wilms, J.M., 2005, On the Modeling of Non-Newtonian Purely Viscous Flow Through High Porosity Synthetic Foams. Chemical Engineering Science, Vol 60, Issue 10, pp 2815-2819.
  • Woudberg, S., Du Plessis, J.P., and Smit, G.J.F., 2006, Non-Newtonian Purely Viscous Flow Through Isotropic Granular Porous Media, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol 61, pp 4299-4308.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., Du Plessis, J.P. (Sr), 2007, Modelling of Airflow through drying kiln. Applied Mathematical Modelling, Vol 31/2, pp 270-282.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Wilms, J.M., Diedericks, G.P.J., 2011, Two-phase flow modeling for low concentration spherical particle motion through a Newtonian fluid, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 217, pp. 5068-5077.
  • Smit, G.J.F. and Cloete, M., 2012, An analytical pore-scale, shear stress model for purely viscous non-Newtonian fluids traversing porous media, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 219, pp. 3367-3384.
  • Wilms, J.M., Smit, G.J.F., Diedericks, G.P.J., 2013, An analytical model to describe the motion of a low concentration of spherical particles within a Newtonian fluid, Chemical Engineering Science, 102, pp. 76-86.
  • Cloete, M., Smit, G.J.F., Maritz, M.F., 2015, External boundary effects on the velocity profile for generalized Newtonian fluid flow inside a homogeneous porous medium, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 215, pp. 40-52.
  • International Conference Outputs

  • Smit, G.J.F., 1992, A Model for the Prediction of Fragment Velocities and Ejection Angles of Simultaneous Dual Initiated Warheads, Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Explosives Technology and Ballistics, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Mostert, F.J., Smit, G.J.F., Werneyer, K.D., 1995, Analysis of Jet Properties of Different Liner Materials Manufactured Under Various Conditions, Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Ballistics, Jerusalem, Israel.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Diedericks, G.P.J., Du Plessis, J.P., 1997, Modelling Procedure for Prediction of Flow Through Porous Materials, Advances in Fluid Mechanics II, eds. M. Rahman, G. Comini, C.A. Brebbia, Vol. 21, Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton and Boston, pp. 233-240.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Barhouch, M.H., 1998, Properties of a Multiple SFF Warhead, Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Ballistics, Midrand, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., 1998, Analytical Modelling of Non-Newtonian Flow Through Isotropic Porous Media, Proceedings of the 2nd South African Conference on Applied Mechanics, Rondebosch, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Mostert, F.J., Du Plessis, J.P., 2000, Velocities of Explosively Accelerated Items: Inclusion of End Effects, Proceedings of the 3rd South African Ballistics Symposium, Durban, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., du Plessis, J.P., 2000, Pore-Scale Modelling of Peculiarities of Non-Newtonian Flow in Porous Media, Proceedings of NHTC'00, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Barhouch, M.H., Du Plessis, J.P., 2001, Measurement of the Roundness of a Conical Shaped Object in Micrometer Tolerances, International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing COMA' 01, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Mostert, F.J., Du Plessis, J.P., 2001, A Novel Approach to the Multidimensional Nature of Velocities of Fragments Originating from Convex Shaped Warheads, Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Ballistics, Interlaken, Switzerland, Vol. 2, pp. 655-661.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Tome, L.D., 2004, Quick and easy implementation of an inventory optimising model, International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing COMA' 04, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Wilms, J., Du Plessis, J.P., Smit, G.J.F., 2005, Modelling of flow in foamlike porous media, Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Mechanics OCEFM'50, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, March 2005.
  • Woudberg, S., Du Plessis, J.P., Smit, G.J.F., 2005, On the Hydrodynamic Permeability of Granular Porous Media, Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Mechanics OCEFM'50, IIT Guwahati, Assam, India, March 2005, pp. 277-283.
  • Maritz, M.F., Terblanche, C. J. and Smit, G. J. F., 2007, Automated Data Collection in Fragmentation Warhead Tests, Proceedings of the 23th International Symposium on Ballistics, Tarragona, Spain, April 16-22.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Cloete, M, 2008, Evaluation of Shear Stresses of Generalized Newtonian fluids in Pore Scale Closure Models, AIP Conference Proceedings, International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2008 (ICNAAM 2008), Greece, pp. 751-754
  • Wilms, J.M., Smit, G.J.F., Diedericks, G.P.J., 2009, Two phase flow modelling for low concentration spherical particle motion through a Newtonian fluid, AIP Conference Proceedings, International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2009 (ICNAAM 2009), Greece, pp. 773-676
  • Wilms, J.M., Smit, G.J.F., Diedericks, G.P.J., 2010, On particle-particle interaction forces for dilute systems, AIP Conference Proceedings, International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2010 (ICNAAM 2010), Greece.
  • Cloete, M., Smit, G.J.F., 2010, An analytical pore-scale, shear stress model for purely viscous non-Newtonian fluids traversing porous media, AIP Conference Proceedings, International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2010 (ICNAAM 2010), Greece.
  • Smit, G. J. F and Terblanche, C. J., 2011, An automated methodology for calculating optimized preset fuze time delay function in conjunction with the AVAL code, Accepted for the 26th International Symposium on Ballistics, Miami, USA, September 11-16.
  • Cloete, M., Smit, G.J.F, 2012, Modeling of Generalized Newtonian Fluid Flow at a Fluid-porous Interface, AIP Conference Proceedings, International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics 2012 (ICNAAM 2012), Greece.
  • Maritz, M.F., Smit, G.J.F. and Terblanche, C.J., 2013, Reconstructing fragment positions and velocities in warhead arena tests using flash X-ray radiography and witness plates, Proceedings of 27th International Symposium on Ballistic, Freiburg, Germany, April, pp. 954-964.
  • Rousseau, C.W., Steyn, S.F., Sullwald, W., De Kock, E.R., Smit, G.J.F., and Knoetze, J.H., 2013, Rapid solid rocket motor design, 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 15 - 17 July 2013, San Jose, California, pp. 2178-2189.
  • Sullwald, W., Smit, G.J.F, Steenkamp, A. and Rousseau, C.W. 2013, Grain burn back analysis using level set methods, Proceedings: 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 15 - 17 July 2013, San Jose, California, pp. 5201-5209.
  • De Kock, E.R., Smit, G.J.F., Knoetze, J.H. and Rousseau, C.W., 2013, Implementation of an internal ballistics model in OpenFoam, Proceedings: 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 15 - 17 July 2013, San Jose, California, pp. 3546-3558.
  • Retief, F., Knoetze, J.H., Rousseau, C.W., Steenkamp,, A.J., Smit, G.J.F., A Comparison between the OpenFOAM Toolbox and Custom-built Numerical Solvers for Composite Solid Propellant Combustion Modeling, Proceedings: 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 15 - 17 July 2013, San Jose, California, pp. 546-557.
  • Retief, F., Knoetze, J.H., Smit, G.J.F., Rousseau, C.W., Modeling the Effect of Condensed-phase Contributions in Ammonium Perchlorate Based Composite Solid Propellants, Proceedings: 49th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, 15 - 17 July 2013, San Jose, California, pp. 2159-2169.
  • Woudberg, S., Smit, G.J.F., Comparative Analysis of Geometric Models for Predicting the Dynamic Specific Surface of Foamlike Media, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Porous Media and Their Applications in Science, Engineering and Industry, ICPM5, June 22-27, 2014, Kona, Hawaii.
  • Smit, G. J. F. and Terblanche,C. J., An AVAL safety distance assessment of jettisoned missile warheads: a helicopter platform case study, Proceedings of 28th International Symposium on Ballistics, pp. 1472-1483, Atlanta, GA, September 22-26, 2014.
  • Smit, G. J. F. and Terblanche,C. J., Calculating lethal areas for complex targets using AVAL, Proceedings of 28th International Symposium on Ballistics, pp. 1472-1483, Atlanta, GA, September 22-26, 2014.
  • Other Conference Outputs

  • Du Plessis, J.P., Smit, G.J.F., 1988, Numerical Simulation of Laminar Blood Flow, Proceedings of the Symposium on Computational Fluid Dynamics: Technology and Applications, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., 1990, Simulation Model for the Prediction of Fragment Velocities and Ejection Angles of Fragmentation Warheads, Warheads of the 90's, Somerset West, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., 1992, Macroscopic Modelling of Flow Though Porous Media: As Applied to Two Phase Flow in Reactive Granular Materials, Warheads of the 90's and Beyond, Somerset West, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F, Mostert, F.J., 1996, A Correction to the Gurney Equation for Semi-convex Shaped Warheads, Proceedings of the 6th Warheads 2000 Seminar, Somerset West, South Africa
  • Smit, G.J.F., Du Plessis, J.P., 1998, Analytical Modelling of Non-Newtonian Flow Through Isotropic Porous Media, 2nd South African Conference on Applied Mechanics, unpublished paper read at international conference.
  • Viljoen, G.T., Werneyer, K.D., Smit, G.J.F., 2000, Anti-Missile Missile Terminal Ballistics: A Systems Approach, Proceedings of the 3rd South African Ballistics Symposium, Durban, South Africa.
  • Du Plessis, J.P. (Junior), Smit, G.J.F., 2001, Modelling of Flow Through a Stack in a Timber-Drying Kiln, SANUM, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Tome, L.D., 2003, IMM Enterprise System Providing a Smooth Implementation for Inventory optimization Models, ORSSA Annual Conference, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., 2005, Modelling of Generalised Newtonian Fluid in Porous Media, SANUM, Stellenbosch, South Africa.
  • Smit, G.J.F., Tome, L.D., 2004, EVA - A Mathematical Approach to Warhead Design, 34th ORSSA Annual Conference, September 2004 University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape.
  • Molale, D.M., Smit G.J.F., 2007, A Computational Evaluation of Flow Through Porous Media, 50th Annual SAMS Congress, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
  • De Kock, E.R., Smit, G.J.F. and Knoetze, J.H., 2012, Implementation of an Internal Ballistics Model in OpenFOAM, South African Ballistics organization blast and impact conference, Overberg test range, Arniston, South Africa, October.
  • Sullwald, W., Smit, G.J.F. and Knoetze, J.H., 2012, Level Set Methods for grain burnback analysis, South African Ballistics organization blast and impact conference, Overberg test range, Arniston, South Africa, October.