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Chirillo, Louis. "Product Work Breakdown: The Challenge to Production and Design Engineers." Journal of Ship Production 5, no. 02 (May 1, 1989): 110–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.5957/jsp.1989.5.2.110.
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In response to a request from the Australian Department of Defense (Navy), a product work breakdown (zone logic) was reintroduced into Australia in the Spring of 1988 for the benefit of the consortiums which are competing for the $5(A) dollar ANZAC Frigate Program. At the same time, this brief paper advised Australian naval architects and shipyard managers at large of the improved quality that is inherent in the application of zone logic, particularly for warships, and of what is required of designers. Special note is made of the need for professional and decentralized production engineering upon which product-oriented designers are absolutely dependent throughout all phases of the design process. A surprise for most readers, including some in Australia, is reference to the technical cooperation agreement which resulted in product-oriented shipbuilding in an Australian shipyard "a decade before" the same logic revolution started in North American shipyards.
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Ferguson, Clive. "Defining the Australian mechanical engineer." European Journal of Engineering Education 31, no. 4 (August 2006): 471–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03043790600676646.
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Maraveas, Chrysanthos. "Concrete Silos: Failures, Design Issues and Repair/Strengthening Methods." Applied Sciences 10, no. 11 (June 5, 2020): 3938. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app10113938.
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The review article investigated failure, design issues, repair and strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) silos, primarily in agricultural set-ups. The durability of RC structures was influenced by the nature of the bulk solids, materials used in the reinforcement of the structures. Traditionally, high-grade steel has been used in silo wall reinforcement because it is affordable and readily available. However, it is susceptible to corrosion. In contrast, fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) have better mechanical properties (tensile strength, elastic modulus, and Poisson’s ratio) and are not corroded. Additionally, there are limited scalable and facile methods for commercial production. The low ductility elevates the risk of brittle fracture in external pre-stressing concrete repair/strengthening. Beyond the material factors, the existing silo design codes such as BS EN 1991-4:2006, Australian Standard AS 3774-1996, and American Society of Agricultural Engineers ANSI/ASAE EP433 DEC1988 (R2011), and American Concrete Institute ACI 313-97 are limited by simplified characterization of loading/unloading scenarios and exclusion of specific hopper geometries and configurations. The funnel and mass flow scenarios and accumulation of bulk materials contribute to silo failure. In brief, the present repair/strengthening strategies (external pre-stressing, insertion/removal of inserts, shear columns, and FRPs alternatives to steel) do not adequately address the diverse variables that elevate the risk of material failure.
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Herjanto, Eddy, and Bendjamin B. Louhenapessy. "KAJIAN MANFAAT KEANGGOTAAN ORGANISASI STANDAR MANCANEGARA BERDASARKAN PERTIMBANGAN EKONOMI." Jurnal Standardisasi 8, no. 2 (March 31, 2008): 43. http://dx.doi.org/10.31153/js.v8i2.652.
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<p>Economic study of the membership in standard organizations of foreign countries have to be viewed from the benefit received by the pertinent state or institute compared to the obligation which must be fulfilled. Similarly, in chosing the standard organization of foreign countries to join, the benefit and service received from becoming organizational member of the foreign countries is a very significant factor. But, beside the benefit, the sector area of the foreign countries standard organization related to the circumstance from institute or state to join needs to be considered. It is needed to consider whether the sector have important position in the state economies especially from its exporting ability. Standard of foreign countries which focussed at certain sector or only give benefit and service of certain sector might not be effective enough to a company or state to participate if the state and the company does not cover the same sector.<br />This study used descriptive method with a view to make description, systematic formulation, factual and accurate with evidence obtained, by studying the nature of and also relation among phenomenon under the study. Pursuant to result of the study from level of benefit and obligation in getting information and expense of a success membership, among 10 organization of standard of foreign countries in the priority and strategic for Indonesia to join, started from highest to lowest priority is: British Standard Institute (BSI), Japan Industrial Standard (JIS), American Oil Chemical Society (AOCS), Association of Analytical Communities (AOAC-International), American National Standard Institute (ANSI), American Petroleum Institute (FIRE), Deutchland Institute for Normung (DIN), American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Australian Standard (AS), and American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).</p>
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Marshall, Dale E. "386 MECHANICAL ASPARAGUS HARVESTING STATUS--WORLDWIDE." HortScience 29, no. 5 (May 1994): 486d—486. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.29.5.486d.
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For over 86 years producers, processors, engineers, and equipment manufacturers have attempted to mechanize the harvest of asparagus. Over 60 U.S. patents have been issued. Probably the most sophisticated harvester tested was started in 1987 by Edgells Birdseye, Cowra, Australia. After successful field tests of the 3-row, selective (fiber optic), harvester for flat-bed green asparagus used in canning, 3 more were built at a cost of $US 4.5 million, and harvested 500 acres until 1991 when the company ceased canning. Recovery was 30 to 80% with 50% being typical. Wollogong University in Australia is now researching a selective (fiber optic), harvester for flat-bed green asparagus. It utilizes multiple side-by-side 3 in. wide by 24 in. dia. rubber gripper discs which rotate at ground speed. No harvester prototype has been commercially acceptable to the asparagus industry due to poor selectivity, low overall recovery (low yield relative to hand harvest), mechanical damage to spears, low field capacity per harvester, or overall harvesting costs that exceed those for hand harvesting. The reality may be that asparagus production will cease in the traditional geographical areas where growing costs and labor costs are high, although niche fresh markets may help some growers survive.
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Leggate, William, Robert L. McGavin, Andrew Outhwaite, Chandan Kumar, Adam Faircloth, and Mark Knackstedt. "Influence of mechanical surface preparation methods on the bonding of southern pine and spotted gum: Tensile shear strength of lap joints." BioResources 16, no. 1 (November 6, 2020): 46–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.16.1.46-61.
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Southern pine and spotted gum are two of Australia’s most important locally produced commercial timbers. However, internationally, they are amongst the most problematic species to glue cost-effectively, especially for sawn-laminate-based structural engineered wood products, such as glulam and cross-laminated timber. This study investigated the efficacy of different pre-gluing wood surface machining preparations on the tensile shear strength of lap shear samples prepared from both species. Surface machining methods tested included planing, face milling, and sanding post-planing with 40 and 80 grit sandpaper. Wood face milling is not currently used commercially in Australia and has not previously been adequately tested on Australian commercial timbers to improve wood adhesion. Planing is currently the most common method used internationally for preparing wood surfaces for gluing. For both species, face milling with fast feed speed (45 m/min), slow cutter speed (57 m/s), and sanding treatments post-planing resulted in significantly higher tensile shear strength compared to planing for lap shear samples that had been subjected to an accelerated weathering process. Performance differences in tensile shear strength between surface machining methods are likely to be related to the effects of these machining methods on surface roughness, fibrillation, and sub-surface cell damage.
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Vanasupa, Linda, Nicola Sochacka, and Ruth Streveler. "Dynamic interactions of neurological states." Murmurations: Emergence, Equity and Education 1, no. 1 (July 30, 2018): 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.31946/meee.v1i1.24.
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Point of view: Each of the creators are university researcher/professors of engineering; Linda is Eurasian/Latina and transgender, with a background in metallurgical engineering and materials science and engineering acquired in United States institutions; Nicola is a cis-gender woman, with a background in environmental engineering and educational research, who moved to the U.S. from Australia after completing her doctoral studies. Ruth is a cis-gender woman, born and raised in the U.S., of Western-European ancestry, with an educational background in biology and educational psychology. Although these identities do not represent the totality of what has shaped our view, we believe they have strongly influenced our experience of the field of engineering.
Value of submission: This piece raises what we believe are important questions about our current education for engineers that are arising from the implications of recent neuroscience findings.
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According to the National Society of Professional Engineers’ (NSPE) creed, engineers are members of a profession who “dedicate [their] professional knowledge and skill to the advancement and betterment of human welfare.” Although the educational process of developing one’s engineering cognition has regional differences, by and large it derives from a core content that requires mechanical reasoning about the physical world. Results emerging from cognitive neuroscience imply that regions of the brain that function for mechanical reasoning have antagonistic relationships with regions that are active during moral and social reasoning, and vice versa. Their findings raise important questions for engineering education: How are we ensuring the balanced cognitive development necessary for the essential social and moral reasoning required of our profession? Can integrating Phenomenal activities with Physical activities serve holistic developmental aims? Can we envision integrative alternatives to present incarnations of engineering curricula? The intent of this paper is to offer reflections and speculations on the implications of these emerging neuroscientific findings on the dynamics of brain functioning for learning engineering.
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Leggate, William, Robert L. McGavin, Chuang Miao, Andrew Outhwaite, Kerri Chandra, Jack Dorries, Chandan Kumar, and Mark Knackstedt. "The influence of mechanical surface preparation methods on southern pine and spotted gum wood properties: Wettability and permeability." BioResources 15, no. 4 (September 23, 2020): 8554–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.15376/biores.15.4.8554-8576.
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The demand for engineered wood products (EWPs) continues to rise internationally. However, for some important Australian commercial timbers such as plantation grown southern pine and native forest sourced spotted gum, a major impediment to achieving commercially viable EWP production is difficulties experienced in gluing – particularly for sawn laminate based EWPs such as glulam. Wettability and permeability have a major influence on wood adhesion. This study investigated the efficacy of different surface machining preparations on the wettability and permeability of southern pine and spotted gum. For both species, planing resulted in poor wettability, whereas face milling and sanding treatments post-planing improved wettability. Wettability increased in southern pine earlywood compared to latewood; and wettability decreased for both species with increased time post-surface machining. Planing resulted in the highest permeability for southern pine but the lowest permeability for spotted gum. Face milling resulted in higher permeability compared to sanding treatments.
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Boothby, Peter G., Ratih Puspitasari, Sanjay Thakur, Zachariah John Pallikathekathil, and Chris Walton. "Integrating multi-disciplinary data for building fit-for-purpose 3D mechanical earth model." APPEA Journal 59, no. 2 (2019): 856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj18153.
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Understanding the influence of geomechanics early in the field development phase facilitates reservoir management planning. To capture complex geology and associated field development, a 3D mechanical earth model (3D MEM) with finite element method (FEM) approach was selected to analyse the geomechanical-related risks associated with two fields in the North West Shelf, Australia. The 3D MEMs were constructed using geological static models, and seismic-derived horizons and faults. The 3D properties were propagated based on core-calibrated 1D properties and controlled by stratigraphy, 3D facies and seismic inversion volumes. The FEM was used to calculate the equilibrium of stresses and strains within the 3D MEMs. The 3D properties and pre-production stresses were validated in blind test wells before forward modelling. The 3D MEMs were linked to the dynamic reservoir models to capture the pressure evolution throughout the field lifecycle. The results were used to analyse the risks associated with compaction, subsidence, fault instability, completion integrity and drilling stability of infill wells through depleted reservoirs. The results provided insight in managing the risk early in field development stage. The study’s largest challenge was integrating a large volume of data to ensure that the structural complexity and rock heterogeneity were captured and consistent with the geological understanding of the field. A multi-disciplinary team of earth scientists and reservoir and geomechanics engineers worked together, and the value of data integration, good communication and teamwork were key success factors. Lessons learned and best practices were captured throughout the study and provided valuable feedback for future works.
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Bullen, Frank. "Design and Construction of Low-Cost, Low-Volume Roads in Australia." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1819, no. 1 (January 2003): 173–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1819b-22.
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Inexpensive roads constructed by using local knowledge of material behavior have been shown to be capable of meeting rural traffic requirements without the need for importation of hard and expensive quarried crushed rock or gravel. In Australia, low-cost, low-volume roads are typically rural roads constructed in a broad range of operating environments, varying from arid to tropical. The areas that contain the longest length of rural roads, however, are arid or semiarid and are often subjected to periods with low levels of precipitation and high levels of evaporation, frequently followed by periods of intense rainfall. Locally available materials for road making may not meet the usual standard road authority requirements for high-quality aggregate and are thus termed “marginal,” “nonstandard,” or even “inferior.” Because these materials are a resource that cannot be ignored, locally derived specifications are formulated for specific materials to allow more efficient expansion and maintenance of road networks in remote rural areas. Many of the subgrades within arid and semiarid areas are sensitive to water ingress and are termed “cracking” or “expansive” clays. The combination of hostile environment, poor subgrade, and marginal construction aggregates means that the engineer must take an entrepreneurial approach when developing the rural road infrastructure. Some of the methods used to develop and maintain a highway infrastructure for remote rural areas in Australia are outlined, with the Western Queensland region used for illustrative purposes.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Australian mechanical engineers"
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Ferguson, Clive, and clive ferguson@deakin edu au. "Attributes for Australian mechanical engineers through proximal and distance education." Deakin University. School of Engineering and Information Technology, 2006. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20071107.115032.
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The 1996 Johnson stakeholder review of Australian engineering education recommended the development of a number of broadly defined attributes in all engineering graduates. The Institution of Engineers, Australia (now Engineers Australia) responded swiftly by switching the focus of its engineering course accreditation requirements from course content to graduate attribute outcomes.
To maximise the effectiveness of this approach to the mechanical engineering discipline a clear understanding of the relative significance of a more detailed range of attributes to Australian industry is essential, yet the scope of the mechanical engineering profession is broad and views of individual practitioners contributing to debate on attribute requirements are largely influenced by their own often unique professional formation.
The research presented in this thesis is unique in using a role based analysis of the relative significance of an extensive range of attributes considered relevant to Australian mechanical engineers. The study covers the six industries found to employ the greatest number of Australian mechanical engineers. The significance of these attributes in the core mechanical engineering roles of each industry are weighted according to the numbers of mechanical engineers employed in those roles.
These attribute significance profiles are considered in the context of a study of the formative development of the profession under the extensive influence of 19th and 20th century UK and US practices and recent momentous changes in engineering employment and formation.
A wide range of appropriate teaching strategies to develop the most significant attributes through proximal and distance learning are explored and a brief account of the candidates work in developing and assessing the use of technology to enhance flexible learning in the field of engineering education is also included in this thesis.
Whilst major areas of the mechanical engineers knowledge base are considered as part of the main study, further case study based research is presented to assess in more detail the knowledge base requirements for Australias best performing manufacturing industry by industry value added - Food, Beverage and Pharmaceuticals and as such provides an indication of the relevance of the content base of Australian mechanical (as well as chemical and electrical) engineering degree programs to an Australian industry sector.
Books on the topic "Australian mechanical engineers"
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Jessop, Cecil P. Wheels and windmills: [the memories of Cecil P. Jessop : a remarkable Australian mechanical engineer]. [Murwillumbah, N. S. W.]: Hutchinson, Price & Musgrave, 2004.
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Barker, Theo. Craftsmen of the Australian Army: The story of RAEME. Bathurst, N.S.W: Crawford House Press, 1992.
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Heywood, John B. "Motor Vehicle Emissions Control: Past Achievements, Future Prospects♦♦This chapter is based on the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Combustion Engine Group’s Prestige Lecture, given by the author in London, May 21, 1996 and on the Institution’s George Stephenson Centennial International Lecture given by the author in November 1997 in Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand." In Handbook of Air Pollution From Internal Combustion Engines, 3–23. Elsevier, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-012639855-7/50040-5.
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Smith, Warren F., Michael Myers, and Brenton Dansie. "F1 in Schools: An Australian Perspective." In ASME 2012 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2012-86240.
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The Australian Government and industry groups have been discussing the projected “skills shortage” for a number of years. This concern for the future is mirrored in many countries including the USA and the UK where the risk is not having sufficient skilled people to realise the projects being proposed. Growing tertiary qualified practicing engineers takes time and commitment but without the excitement of the possibility of such a career being seeded in the youth of the world, school leavers won’t be attracted to engineering in sufficient numbers. In response, one successful model for exciting school children about engineering and science careers is the international F1inSchools Technology Challenge which was created in the UK in 2002 and implemented in Australia in 2003. It is now run in over 300 Australian Schools and 33 countries. In the Australian context, the program is managed and promoted by the Reengineering Australia Foundation. It is supported and fostered through a range of regional hubs, individual schools and some exceptional teachers. Presented in this paper are some perspectives drawn particularly from the Australian experience with the program over 10 years — which by any measure has been outstanding. The F1inSchools model has been designed specifically through its association with Formula One racing to attract the intrinsic interests of students. It is based on the fundamentals of action learning. Role models and industry involvement are utilised as motivation modifiers in students from Years 5 to 12. While immersing children in project based learning, the program explicitly encourages them to engage with practicing mentors taking them on a journey outside their normal classroom experience. In this program, students have the opportunity to use the design and analysis tools that are implemented in high technology industries. Their experience is one of reaching into industry and creative exploration rather than industry reaching down to them to play in a constrained and artificial school based environment. Anecdotally F1inSchools has been very successful in positively influencing career choices. With the aim of objectively assessing the impact of the program, doctoral research has been completed. Some key findings from this work are summarized and reported in this paper. The children involved truly become excited as they utilise a vehicle for integration of learning outcomes across a range of educational disciplines with a creative design focus. This enthusiasm flows to reflective thought and informed action in their career choice. As a result of F1inSchools, students are electing to follow engineering pathways and they will shape tomorrow’s world.
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Harvey, Chris. "Achieving and Demonstrating Pipeline Engineering Capability: The Role of Competency Standards, and Their Use for Qualifications and Registration." In 2018 12th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2018-78321.
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There is increasing pressure on the pipeline industry to be able to demonstrate that its asset management and engineering capability management are at a satisfactory level. This is needed to give policymakers, regulators and industry stakeholders confidence in the safety and environmental sustainability of petroleum pipelines. Regulators, in particular, are seeking assurance from pipeline owner/operators that they have capable pipeline engineers designing, constructing, operating and maintaining petroleum pipelines. At present, there are no generally accepted approaches to recognising and developing pipeline engineering capability. The paper will discuss three levels of capability recognition as: (1) registration – as pipeline engineers (not just in mechanical, civil or chemical engineers (overall standing level)) – (2) qualification (sub-discipline/job level) and (3) competency (task level). The most granular and useful of these is competency. This is because it is at the level that is most immediate: the task at hand. Competency, the combination of knowledge and experience that leads to expertise, is increasingly seen as the best practice basis for learning, particularly for professionals. Significantly, once competencies have been defined in competency standards, they can become the building blocks used to define the requirements for both registration and qualification. The Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) has developed a comprehensive competency system for both onshore and offshore sectors. There are 226 onshore competency standards and 57 offshore competency standards describing, in a succinct format, what is required to be competent. The succinct format of the competency standards avoids the pitfalls of many other systems of competency description, providing enough information to be clear about what is required without unnecessary complexity. In addition to the detailed competency standards, the competency system has tools, resources and a progressive rating scale that make competency standards accessible and easily used. The competency system is characterised by such flexibility that, to date, APGA has identified 15 applications, all of which will add value to engineers and the companies that employ them. The paper will explain, in detail, APGA’s Pipeline Engineer Competency System, how it works and how it can provide the building blocks for a wide range of tasks that support the training, development and recognition of pipeline engineers’ capabilities, including defining the requirements for registration and qualification. The paper will provide case studies, based on the APGA Competency System, showing how it can be used to create requirements for qualifications and registration and to design in-house training and development plans.
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Beemer, Ryan D., Alexandre N. Bandini-Maeder, Jeremy Shaw, Ulysse Lebrec, and Mark J. Cassidy. "The Granular Structure of Two Marine Carbonate Sediments." In ASME 2018 37th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2018-77087.
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Calcareous sediments are prominent throughout the low-latitudinal offshore environment and have been known to be problematic for offshore foundation systems. These fascinating soils consist largely of the skeletal remains of single-celled marine organisms (plankton and zooplankton) and can be as geologically complex as their onshore siliceous counter parts. To enable an adequate understanding of their characteristics, in particular, their intra-granular micro-structure, it is important that geotechnical engineers do not forget about the multifaceted biological origins of these calcareous sediments and the different geological processes that created them. In this paper, the 3D models of soils grains generated from micro-computed tomography scans, scanning electeron microscope images, and optical microscope images of two calcareous sediments from two different depositional environments are presented and their geotechnical implications discussed. One is a coastal bioclastic sediment from Perth, Western Australia that is geologically similar to carbonate sediments typically used in micro-mechanics and particle crushing studies in the literature. The other is a hemipelagic sediment from a region of the North West Shelf of Australia that has historically been geotechnically problematic for engineers. The results show there is a marked difference between coastal bioclastic and hemipelagic sediments in terms of geological context and the associated particle micro-structures. This brings into question whether a coastal bioclastic calcareous sediment is a good micro-mechanical substitute for a hemipelagic one.
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Prueter, Phillip E., and Brian Macejko. "Establishing Recommended Guidance for Local Post Weld Heat Treatment Configurations Based on Thermal-Mechanical Finite Element Analysis." In ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/pvp2016-63581.
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Post weld heat treatment (PWHT) is an effective way to minimize weld residual stresses in pressure vessels and piping equipment. PWHT is required for carbon steels above a Code-defined thickness threshold and other low-alloy steels to mitigate the propensity for crack initiation and ultimately, brittle fracture. Additionally, PWHT is often employed to mitigate stress corrosion cracking due to environmental conditions. Performing local PWHT following component repairs or alterations is often more practical and cost effective than heat treating an entire vessel or a large portion of the pressure boundary. In particular, spot or bulls eye configurations are often employed in industry to perform PWHT following local weld repairs to regions of the pressure boundary. Both the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel (B&PV) Code and the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) permit the use of local PWHT around nozzles or other pressure boundary repairs or alterations. Additionally, Welding Research Council (WRC) Bulletin 452 [1] offers detailed guidance relating to local PWHT and compares some of the Code-based methodologies for implementing local PWHT on pressure retaining equipment. Specifically, local PWHT methodologies provided in design Codes: ASME Section VIII Division 1 [2] and Division 2 [3], ASME Section III Subsection NB [4], British Standard 5500 [5], Australian Standard 1210 [6], and repair Codes: American Petroleum Institute (API) 510 [7] and NBIC [8] are discussed and compared in this study. While spot PWHT may be appropriate in certain cases, if the soak, heating, and gradient control bands are not properly sized and positioned, it can lead to permanent vessel distortion or detrimental residual stresses that can increase the likelihood of in-service crack initiation and possible catastrophic failure due to unstable flaw propagation. It is essential to properly engineer local or spot PWHT configurations to ensure that distortion, cracking of adjacent welds, and severe residual stresses are avoided. In some cases, this may require advanced thermal-mechanical finite element analysis (FEA) to simulate the local PWHT process and to predict the ensuing residual stress state of the repaired area. This paper investigates several case studies of local PWHT configurations where advanced, three-dimensional FEA is used to simulate the thermal-mechanical response of the repaired region on a pressure vessel and to optimize the most ideal PWHT arrangement. Local plasticity and distortion are quantified using advanced non-linear elastic-plastic analysis. Commentary on the ASME and NBIC Code-specified local PWHT requirements is rendered based on the detailed non-linear FEA results, and recommended good practice for typical local PWHT configurations is provided. Advanced computational simulation techniques such as the ones employed in this investigation offer a means for analysts to ensure that local PWHT configurations implemented following equipment repairs will not lead to costly additional damage, such as distortion or cracking that can ultimately prolong equipment downtime.
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Igoe, Brian M., and Martin McGurry. "Design, Development and Operational Experience of the ALSTOM’s 13.4MW Cyclone Gas Turbine." In ASME Turbo Expo 2002: Power for Land, Sea, and Air. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/gt2002-30254.
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The Cyclone industrial gas turbine was launched in 1997 and entered commercial operation in 2000. Rated at 13.4MW and with a thermal efficiency in excess of 35% (at ISO operating conditions), the Cyclone was configured as a twin-shaft engine derivative of the Tempest Gas turbine, to meet both power generation and mechanical drive applications. This paper describes the design, development and early operational experience of the Cyclone gas turbine. The design aspects include features, which are common with other products within the ALSTOM product range, those that have been developed out of technology programmes, and those scaled from existing parts. Details are presented of the compressor construction, where a “zero” stage has been added to the Tempest rotor, and coupled with an increase in firing temperature, has resulted in the increase in power output. A two stage overhung compressor turbine, includes cooled blading technology to both stages. A separate free power turbine is based on a scale version of the Typhoon twin-shaft power turbine. The Cyclone includes the ALSTOM, Dry Low Emissions combustion system as standard and is able to operate on a wide range of fuels, in single or dual fuel configurations. The combustion system is based on the proven, generic system first introduced into the Typhoon. The result of engine testing has resulted in the release of both the Cyclone, and the Tempest, with sub 10ppmvd NOx (corrected to 15% O2). The first Cyclone engines entered service in the autumn of 2000, in a co-generation facility in Australia. Described in this paper are the early operating experiences, and the evaluation of a large amount of site data that has been recorded. Included in this section is information on issues that have had to be addressed during the first 8000 hours of operation.