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El Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) mecánico y los materiales que dirigían a ingenieros de la turbina de gas han escrito los papeles presentados y publicados por todo el mundo:

“Condition Assessment and Life Prediction of Diffusion and Overlay Coatings,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at the EPRI/DOE Conference on Advances in Life Assessment and Optimization of Fossil Power Plants, March 11-13, Orlando, Florida, 2002

“IGCC Electric Generation,” N.Z. Shilling, R.M. Jones, and K. Brun, PowerGen 2002, Orlando, Florida, 2002.

“The IGCC Process: From Opportunity Fuel to Clean Electric Power,” K. Brun, N.Z. Shilling, and R.M. Jones, Proceedings of the IchemE Gasification Conference, April 2002, Nordwijk, Netherlands, 2002.

“An IGCC Project at Chinchilla, Australia Based on Underground Coal Gasification,” L.K. Walker, M.S. Blinderman, and K. Brun, Proceedings of the Gasification Technology Conference, October 2001, San Francisco, California, 2001.

“Case Histories in Root Cause Failure Analysis and Problem Mitigation,” V.P. Swaminathan, Presented at the Middle East General Electric Gas Turbine Users Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, UAE, February 19-20, 2001.

“Degradation and Life Prediction of Gas Turbine Duplex coatings,” N.S. Cheruvu, Materials Science Forum, Vols 369-372, pp 623, 2001.

“Economic Viability and Experience of IGCC from a Gas Turbine Manufacturer Perspective,” K. Brun and R.M. Jones, Proceedings of the Gasification Technology Conference, October 2001, San Francisco, California, 2001.

“Environmental Performance and Viability of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle,” K. Brun, N.Z. Shilling, and R.M. Jones, Proceedings of the Clean Coal and Power Conference, November 2001, Washington, DC, 2001.

“Gas Turbine Technology for Integrated Gasification Combines Cycle Power Plants,” K. Brun and D.M. Todd, Proceedings of the US-China Clean Energy Forum, September 2001, Beijing, China, 2001.

“In-Service Degradation and Life Prediction of Coatings for Advanced Land-base Gas Turbine Buckets,” N.S. Cheruvu, Proceedings of CREEP 7, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Tsukuba, June 3-8, 2001, pp. 185, 2001.

“Life Assessment Methods for Hot Section Buckets and Coatings,” V.P. Swaminathan, Presented at the Middle East General Electric Gas Turbine Users Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, UAE, February 19-20, 2001.

“The Rotordynamic Integrity of a New Machine: A Vertical Hydraulic Turbine in Cryogenic Fluids,” G. Habets and A.J. Smalley, Presented at Texas A&M University’s 18th International Pump Users Symposium, March 5-8, 2001, Houston, Texas, pp. 51-58, 2001.

“Simulation of the Onset of Rotating Stall,” C.J. Freitas and A.J. Smalley, Presented at the 2001 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (ME2001), November 11-16, 2001, New York, New York, 2001.

“Cyclic Oxidation Behavior of Aluminide, Platinum Modified Aluminide, and MCrAlY Coatings on GTD-111,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Stockholm, Sweden, Paper # 98-GT –468, June 2-5, 1998. Also appeared in Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 122, January 2000.

“Degradation in Gasturbine Systems,” R. Kurz and K. Brun, accepted for publication in the ASME Transactions - Journal of Turbomachinery and ASME Paper No. 2000-GT-354, ASME Turbo Expo, Munich, Germany, May 2000.

“Evaluation and Application of Data Sources for Assessing Operating Costs for Mechanical Drive Gas Turbines in Pipeline Service,” A.J. Smalley, D.A. Mauney, D.I. Ash, S.L. Clowney, and G.P. Pappas, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 122, pp. 462-465, July 2000.

“Introduction to Gas Turbine Theory: An Overview of Fundamental Concepts,” K. Brun and R. Kurz, Textbook: ISBN 0-615-11751-1, published by Solar Turbines in several editions 1999/2000.

“Oxidation and Gamma Prime Particle Coarsening Behavior of IN-738 and GTD-111,” N.S. Cheruvu, Proceedings of 2000 International Joint Power Generation Conference, Miami Beach, Florida, July 23-26, Paper IJPGC2000-15068, 2000.

“Predicting Coating Degradation Under Variable Peak Temperatures,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Indianapolis, Indiana, Paper # 99-GT –381, June 7-10, 1999.

Recovery of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Service Run GTD-111 DS Buckets,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Indianapolis, Indiana, Paper # 99-GT –425, June 7-10, 1999.

“Coating Life Prediction of Combustion Turbine Blades,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Stockholm, Sweden, Paper # 98-GT –478, June 2-5, 1998. Also published in Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 121, p. 484, July 1998.

“Coating Life Prediction Under Cyclic Oxidation Conditions,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, Paper 97-GT-389, 1997. Also published in Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 120, pp. 609, July 1998.

“Development of a Corrosion Resistant Directionally Solidified Material for Land Based Turbine Blades, N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, Paper 97-GT-425, 1997. Also published in Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 120, October 1998.

“Influence of Metal Temperature on Base Material and Coating Degradation of GTD-111 Buckets,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Stockholm, Sweden, Paper # 98-GT-510, June 2- 5, 1998.

“Measurement Uncertainties Encountered During Gas Turbine Driven Compressor Field Testing,” K. Brun and R. Kurz, accepted for publication in the ASME Transactions - Journal of Turbomachinery and ASME Paper No. 98-GT-001, ASME Turbo Expo, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1998.

“Microstructure and Property Assessment of Conventionally Cast and Directionally Solidified Buckets after Long-term Service,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Stockholm, Sweden, Paper # 98-GT-511, June 2- 5, 1998.

“Rotor Dynamic Analysis of a Submerged Turbine Generator Driven by Liquefied Natural Gas,” A.J. Smalley, J.R. Hollingsworth, G.L.G.M. Habets, and H.E. Kimmel, Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Rotor Dynamics (IFToMM), Darmstadt, Germany, September 7-10, 1998.

“The Effect of Microstructural Differences on Na2SO4-Induced Corrosion of Superalloy CMSX-4 at High Temperatures,” N.S. Cheruvu , Presented at TurboExpo, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, 1997.

“Environmental Degradation of Gas Turbine Materials in Steam,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at TurboExpo, Orlando, Florida, June 2-5, 1997.

“Risk-Based Maintenance of Turbomachinery,” A.J. Smalley and D.A. Mauney, Proceedings (and presented) of the 26th Turbomachinery Symposium, Texas A&M University, Houston, Texas, September 16-18, 1997.

“Turbomachinery Equipment, Vibration Problems, Diagnosis,” H.R. Simmons, and A.J. Smalley, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol. 59, pp. 320-339; ISBN: 0-8247-2610-3, 1997.

“A Finite Element Based Probability Contouring Method for Structural Analysis,” D.S. Riha, H.R. Millwater, G. Vellathottam, P.R. Perumalswami, 7th ASCE Specialty Conference on Probabilistic Mechanics and Structural Reliability, Worcester, Massachusetts, August 1996.

“In-Service Degradation MCrA1Y Coatings,” N.S. Cheruvu, Presented at the ASME TurboExpo, June 1996.

“A Probabilistic Creep Fatigue Computer Program for Structural Integrity Analysis,” H.R. Millwater, G.G. Chell, and D.S. Riha, ASME Turbo Expo, Birmingham, United Kingdom, June 1996.

“A Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Multiple Cycle Proof Testing,” R.C. McClung, H.R. Millwater, and G.G. Chell, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 1996.

“Surface Degradation and Cracking in Combustion Turbine Cooling Passages,” V.P. Swaminathan and J.M. Allen, Presented and published at The 41st ASME TurboExpo, Birmingham, UK, Paper No. 96-GT-528, June 1996.

“Towards Risk Based Criteria for Rotor Vibration,” A.J. Smalley, R.M. Baldwin, D.A. Mauney, and H.R. Millwater, IMechE Conference on Vibrations in Rotating Machinery, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 9-12, 1996.

“Application of Advanced Probabilistic Fracture Mechanics to Life Evaluation of Turbine Rotor Blade Attachments,” H.R. Millwater, 40th International Gas Turbine Conference, Houston, Texas, June 1995.

“Application of Reference Stress and Probabilistic Methodologies to Assessing Creep Crack Growth,” G.G. Chell, C.J. Kuhlman, H.R. Millwater, D.S. Riha,27th National Symposium on Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics, Williamsburg, Virginia, June 1995.

“Development of a Probabilistic Rotor Design Framework,” Y.T. Wu, Application of Probabilistic Design Methodologies to Gas Turbine Rotating Components, Atlantic City, New Jersey, November 1995.

“Identification of Damage Cause in a First Row Gas Turbine Blade,” J.A. Kubiak, A. Cornero, V.P. Swaminathan, and A. Lopez, Presented at the ASME COGEN Turbo Conference, Vienna, October 1995.

“Life Assessment Methods for the Hot Section Components of Gas Turbines,” V.P. Swaminathan, 124th Annual Meeting and Exposition, The Metallurgical Society (TMS), Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1995.

“Monitoring Combustion Turbine Performance in the Electric Utility Industry,” R.M. Baldwin, A.J. Smalley, J.E. Terrell, R. Prince, C.N. Gray, L.D. Eskin, and G.H. Quentin, Presented at TurboExpo, Houston, Texas, June 5-8, 1995, ASME Paper No. 95-GT-51, 1995.

“Surface Degradation and Cracking in Gas Turbine Blade Cooling Passages,” V.P. Swaminathan, J.M. Allen, 124th Annual Meeting and Exposition, TMS, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 1995.

“Surface Degradation and Cracking in Combustion Turbine Cooling Passages,” V.P. Swaminathan and J.M. Allen, Presented at the TMS Annual Meeting and Exposition, Las Vegas, NV, February 1995. To appear in a special issue of Materials and Manufacturing Processes, Vol. 10, No. 5, 1995.

“Degradation of Transition Duct Alloys in Gas Turbines,” V.P. Swaminathan, S.J. Lukezich, Advanced Materials and Coatings for Combustion Turbines, Eds. V.P. Swaminathan and N.S. Cheruvu, Proceedings of ASM 1993 Materials Congress, ASM International, March 1994.

“The Design of An Automated Expert System for Gas Turbine Diagnostics and Trending,” R.M. Baldwin, D.T. Lincoln, A.J. Smalley, P.K. Fink, and G.H. Quentin, ASME PWR, Vol. 26, pp. 299-308, Presented at the 1994 International Joint Power Generation Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2-6, 1994.

“Development of a Practical Methodology for Elastic-Plastic Fatigue Crack Growth,” R.C. McClung, G.G. Chell, D.A. Russell, G.E. Orient, Advanced Earth-to-Orbit Propulsion Technology -- 1994, NASA CP 3282, Vol. 2, pp. 248-257, 1994.

“Development of Requirements for an Advanced Gas Turbine System,” Presented at The Hague, Netherlands, June 1994, Paper No. 94-GT-388, 1994.

“Finite Element Analysis of Specimen Geometry Effects on Fatigue Crack Closure,” R.C. McClung, Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures, Vol. 17, No. 8, pp. 861- 872, 1994.

“Material Property Studies of Two High-Pressure Turbine Rotors for Remaining Life Assessment,” V.P. Swaminathan, R. Viswanathan, and C.P. Clark, ASME Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol. 116, pp. 19-26, January 1994.

“A Method to Employ Laser Velocimetry to Measure the Periodic Velocity Fields in Multi-Element Turbomachines with Discrete Sampling,” K. Brun and R.D. Flack, Journal of Physics E: Measurement Science Technology, Vol. 5, pp.418-425, 1994.

“Quantification of NDE Uncertainty By Boresonic Evaluation and Destructive Sectioning of Steam Turbine Rotors,” V.P. Swaminathan, G.R. Leverant, L.D. Nottingham, and P.F. Sabourin, ASME Joint Power Generation Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, October 1994.

“Rotating Equipment, Vibration Limits,” A. Lifson, H.R. Simmons, A.J. Smalley, Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design, Vol. 48, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1994.
“Surface Crack Growth in Inconel 718 During Large Unload-Reload Cycles,” R.C. McClung, S.J. Hudak, Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 24, ASTM STP 1207, pp. 706-721, 1994.

“Tools for Diagnosing Case Deflections and Alignment on a Power Utility Combustion Turbine,” H.R. Simmons, A.J. Smalley, R.W. Frischmuth, G. Lapini, and G. Robinson, ASME Paper No. 92 GT-179, Presented at TurboExpo, Cologne, Germany, June 1992. Transactions of the ASME, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, pp. 190-197, January 1994.

“Turbines for the Turn of the Century,” N.S. Cheruvu, Mechanical Engineering, pp. 1-9, June 1994.

“An Evolution of Transient Vibration Diagnostic Systems for Troubleshooting Power Plant Rotating Equipment,” R.M. Baldwin, H.R. Simmons, A.J. Smalley, and G.H. Quentin, Presented at the EPRI Troubleshooting Power Plant Rotating Machinery Vibrations Short Course and Symposium, San Diego, California, May 19-21, 1993.

“Diagnostic Technology for Combustion Turbines in Power Plants,” A.J. Smalley, R.M. Baldwin, G.H. Quentin, and H.R. Simmons, Presented at the Symposium on Diagnostics of Rotating Machines in Power Plants, Udine, Italy, October 27-29, 1993.

“Influence of Aging on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cobalt Base Alloys,” N.S. Cheruvu, Proceedings of ASM Symposium on Advanced Materials and Coatings for Gas Turbines, p. 123, 1993.

“Sound Power and Pressure Level Measurements in the Inlet and Outlet of an HRSG Duct,” D.E. Jungbauer, J.F. Unruh, and P.J. Pantermuehl, Presented at the International Gas Turbine Institute 1993 ASME Cogen Turbo Power Conference, Bournemouth, England, September 1993, and Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

“Tools for Troubleshooting Misalignment of Power Plant Turbomachinery,” H.R. Simmons, A.J. Smalley, P.J. Troxler, M.L. Adams, and R.W. Frischmuth, Presented at the EPRI Troubleshooting Power Plant Rotating Machinery Vibrations Short Course and Symposium, San Diego, California, May 19-21, 1993.

“Turning Gear Operation: Its Influence on Combustion Turbine Rotor Eccentricity and Starting Dynamics,” H.R. Simmons, P.J. Troxler, A.J. Smalley, G.J. Robinson, and R.W. Frischmuth, ASME Paper No. 93-GT-273, ASME TurboExpo, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 1993.

“Aging Degradation of Nickel Base Superalloys in Hot Gas Path Components in Gas Turbines,” V.P. Swaminathan, First International Symposium on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Aging Materials, ASM International/TMS Materials Week, Chicago, Illinois, November 1992.

“Computational Techniques for Probabilistic Analysis of Turbomachinery,” H.R. Millwater, A.J. Smalley, Y.-T. Wu, T.Y. Torng, and B.F. Evans, Presented at TurboExpo, June 1-4, 1992, Cologne, Germany; ASME Paper No. 92-GT-167, 1992.

“Evaluation of Gas Turbine Transitions After 20,000 and 37,000 Hours of Service,” V.P. Swaminathan, H.B. Owens, and N. Hicks, TurboExpo, Cologne, Germany, Paper No. 92-GT-274, June 1992.

“Monitoring Compressor Blade Tip Clearance in Combustion Turbines,” H.R. Simmons, A.J. Smalley, C.E. Edlund, and R.W. Frischmuth, Presented at the EPRI Steam and Combustion Turbine Blading Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 29-31, 1992.

“Effect of Long-Term Service Exposure on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a CrMoV Steam Turbine Rotor Steel,” N.S. Cheruvu, Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol. 22A, pp. 1811-1820, August 1991.

“Key Variables Affecting the Susceptibility of Shrunken Discs to Stress Corrosion Cracking,” N.S. Cheruvu, Proceedings of Conference on Life Assessment of Corroding Structures, Hawaii, Paper 57, November 1991.

“Microstructural Changes in a Service Exposed CrMoV Rotor Steel Subjected to High Temperature Low Cycle Fatigue,” N.S. Cheruvu, Materials Transactions, Japan Institute of Metals, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 135-144, 1991.

“Remaining Life Assessment of the East River 7 High-Pressure Rotor,” V.P. Swaminathan and H.G. Pennick, International Joint Power Generation Conference, PWR-Vol. 15, pp. 69-78, October 1991.

“Remote Condition Monitoring of a Peaking Gas Turbine,” R.E. Harris, H.R. Simmons, A.J. Smalley, R.M. Baldwin, and G. Quentin, Presented at TurboExpo, June 3–6, 1991, Orlando, Florida; ASME Paper No. 91-GT-185, June 1991.

“Effective Tools for Diagnosing Elusive Turbomachinery Dynamics Problems in the Field,” H.R. Simmons and A.J. Smalley, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 112, October 1990.

“EPRI Superalloy Database for Hot Section Gas Turbine Blades,” V.P. Swaminathan, J.M. Allen, and T.R. Sharron, Life Assessment & Repair Technology for Combustion Turbine Hot Section Components Conference Proceedings, R. Viswanathan and J.M. Allen, Eds. ASM International, pp. 129-136, 1990.

“Failures of Steam Turbine Blading and Bolting After Twelve Years of Operation,” G.A. Lamping, S.J. Lukezich, H.R. Simmons, and V.P. Swaminathan, Presented at the 1990 ASME/IEEE International Joint Power Generation Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, October 21-25, 1990. Reprinted from Advances in Steam Turbine Technology for Power Generation, PWR-Vol. 10, Book No. G00518, 1990.

“Life Assessment of an HP-IP Rotor Under Creep Service Conditions,” N.S. Cheruvu, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Transactions of the ASME, Vol. 112, p. 237, 1990.

“Managing Influence Coefficients for Turbomachinery Balancing: The Use of Regression Techniques,” A.J. Smalley, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Rotordynamics, Lyon, France, September 10-12, 1990.

“Metallurgical Characterization of a High-Pressure Rotor for Remaining Service Life Assessment After 26 Years of Service,” N.S. Cheruvu, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 112, pp. 543-549, October 1990.

“Degradation of Mechanical Properties of Cr-Mo-V and 2.25Cr-1Mo Steel Components After Long-Term Service at Elevated Temperatures,” N.S. Cheruvu, Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol. 20A, pp. 87-97, January 1989.

“The Dynamic Response of Rotors to Rubs During Startup,” A.J. Smalley, Presented at the 1987 ASME Design Technology Conferences--11th Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Boston, Massachusetts, September 27-30, 1987; Published in the proceedings, Rotating Machinery Dynamics, DE-Vol. 2, pp. 467-475. Also published in Journal of Vibration, Acoustics, Stress, and Reliability in Design, Vol. 111, No. 3, pp. 226-233, July 1989.

“Elevated Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of a Rotor Steel,” N.S. Cheruvu, Engineering Fracture Mechanics Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 457-463, 1989.

“Flow-Induced Vibration in Safety Relief Valves: Design and Troubleshooting Methods,” R.M. Baldwin and H.R. Simmons, ASME Paper No. 84-PVP-8, ASME PVP Conference and Exhibition, San Antonio, Texas, June 17-21, 1989.

“The Influences of Impurity Content, Tensile Strength, and Grain Size on In-Service Temper Embrittlement of CrMoV Steels,” N.S. Cheruvu, Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol. 20A, pp. 2345-2354, November 1989.

“The NESSUS Software System for Probabilistic Structural Analysis,” H.R. Millwater, Y.-T. Wu, J.B. Dias, R.C. McClung, S.T. Raveendra, B.H. Thacker, Proceedings of ICOSSAR '89, International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, San Francisco, California, August 1989.

“Remaining Life Assessment of Turbine-Generator Rotors Under Planned Maintenance Program,” V.P. Swaminathan, EPRI Conference on Plant Maintenance Technology, Houston, Texas, November 1989.

“Spray Automated Balancing of Rotors: How Process Parameters Influence Performance,” A.J. Smalley, R.M. Baldwin, D.P. Fleming, and J.S. Yuhas, Presented at the 1989 ASME Design Technical Conferences--12th Biennial ASME Conference on Mechanical Vibration & Noise, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, September 17-21, 1989; Published in the proceedings, Rotating Machinery Dynamics, DE-Vol. 18-1, pp. 381-387, 1989.

“Influence of Load Line Shift on SCC Crack Growth Behavior of Type 422 Stainless Steel in NaCl Solution,” N.S. Cheruvu , International Corrosion Forum, Corrosion 88, New Orleans, Louisiana: National Association of Corrosion Engineers, V. 44, No. 10, pp. 755-760, 1988.

“In-Service Degradation of High Temperature Steam Turbine Components,” N.S. Cheruvu, International Conference on Remaining Life Assessment and Extension, The Hague, Netherlands, June 1988.

“Blade Passing Related Problems in Centrifugal pumps,” R.J. McKee and H.R. Simmons, Presented at the EPRI Symposium on Power Plant Pumps, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 1987.

“Life Assessment of an HP-IP Rotor Under Creep Service Conditions,” V.P. Swaminathan, N.S. Cheruvu, and A. Saxena, ASME Joint Power Generation Conference, Miami, Florida, Paper No. 87-JPGC-PWR-33, October 1987.

“Non-intrusive Detection of Turbine Blade Resonance,” H.R. Simmons, Presented at Third EPRI Conference on Incipient Failure Detection in Power Plants, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 10-12, 1987.

“Development of Computer-Aided Solutions for Rotating Equipment Vibrations,” R.M. Baldwin, A.J. Smalley, and H.R. Simmons, Presented at the EPRI Rotating Machinery, Dynamics, Bearings, and Seals Symposium, St. Louis, Missouri, September 9-11, 1986.

“Mechanical Properties of Advanced Technology 1CrMoV Steam Turbine Rotor Forgings,” V.P. Swaminathan, R.I. Jaffee, and J.E. Steiner, Steel Forgings, ASTM STP 903, E.G. Nisbet and A.S. Mellili, Eds., ASTM, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pp. 124-142, 1986.

“A Non-Intrusive Method for Detecting HP Turbine Blade Resonance,” H.R. Simmons, ASME Paper No. 86-JPGC-Pwr-36, 1986 Joint ASME/IEEE Power Generation Conference, Portland, Oregon, October 19-23, 1986.

“Life Analysis of Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company Mustang 3, HP-IP Rotor,” N.S. Cheruvu, ASME/IEEE Power Generation Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper 85-JPGC-Pwr-29, October 1985.

“Power Plant Fan Dynamics: The Influence of Shaft Thermal Bow,” H.R. Simmons, R.M. Baldwin, D.L. Coke, and J.D. Bricker, Presented at the Joint Power Generation Conference, Milwaukee, WS, October 20-24, 1985.

“Startup of Synchronous Motor Drive Trains: The Application of Transient Torsional Analysis to Cumulative Fatigue Assessment,” B.F. Evans, A.J. Smalley, and H.R. Simmons, Presented at the ASME Design Engineering Division Conference and Exhibit on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 10-13, 1985; ASME Paper No. 85-DET-122, 1985.

“Significant Improvements in the Properties of CrMoV HP Rotors by Advanced Steel Making,” V.P. Swaminathan, R.I. Jaffee, and J.E. Steiner, Life Assessment and Improvement of Turbo-Generator Rotors for Fossil Plants, R. Viswanathan, Ed., EPRI CS-4160, Pergamon Press, 1985.

“Vibration Measurements for Determining Plant Component Reliability,” H.R. Simmons and A. Lifshits, Presented at American Power Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 23-25, 1985.

“Lateral Gear Shaft Dynamics Control Torsional Stresses in Turbine Driven Compressor Train,” H.R. Simmons and A.J. Smalley, International Gas Turbine Conference and Exhibit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ASME Paper No. 84-GT-28, June 4-7, 1984.

“Subsynchronous Vibrations in a High Pressure Centrifugal Compressor:  A Case History,” B.F. Evans and A.J. Smalley, Presented at Rotordynamic Instability Problems in High-Performance Turbomachinery-1984 Workshop, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May 28-30, 1984.

“Disk-Wobble Resonance May Confuse Fan-Balance Task,” H.R. Simmons, Power Magazine, September 1983.

“Squeeze Film Damper Technology:  Part 1–Prediction of Finite Length Damper Performance,” J.W. Lund, A.J. Smalley, J.A. Tecza, and J.F. Walton, ASME Paper No. 83-GT-247, 1983.

“Torsional System Damping,” A.J. Smalley, Presented at the Vibration Institute Machinery Vibration Monitoring and Analysis Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 19-21, 1983.

“The Balancing of Flexible Rotating Shafts Which Have an Initial Bend,” A.G. Parkinson, M.S. Darlow, and A.J. Smalley, AIAA/ASME/ASCE 23rd Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 1982.

“Structural Stiffness and Mode Shape Identification by Regression Analyses,” H.R. Simmons, Proceedings of the 1981 Advances in Aerospace Structures and Materials--AD-01, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Structures and Materials Conference, November 1981.

“The Effects of Strain and Temperature on the Dynamic Properties of Elastomers,” M.S. Darlow and A.J. Smalley, ASME Paper No. 79-DET-57, 1979.

“Elastomer Mounted Rotors--An Alternative for Smoother Running Turbomachinery,” J.A. Tecza, A.J. Smalley, M.S. Darlow, S.W. Jones, and R.E. Cunningham, ASME Paper No. 79-GT-149, 1979.

“Spline Coupling Induced Nonsynchronous Rotor Vibrations,” R.A. Marmol, A.J. Smalley, and J.A. Tecza, ASME Paper No. 79-DET-60, 1979.

“Critical Speeds and Response of a Large Vertical Pump,” M.S. Darlow, A.J. Smalley, and J. Ogg, ASME Paper No. 78-PVP-34, 1978.

“Demonstration of a Supercritical Power Transmission Shaft,” M.S. Darlow, A.J. Smalley, and D.P. Fleming, National Conference on Power Transmission, November 7-9, 1978, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978.

“Design and Test of a Squeeze Film Damper for a Flexible Power Transmission Shaft,” M.S. Darlow, and A.J. Smalley, Presented at 1978 ASME Design Engineering Conference, 1978.

“The Stability of an Asymmetric Rotor in Damped Supports,” A.J. Smalley, J.M. Tessarzik, and R.H. Badgley, ASME Paper No. 78-GT-172, 1978.

“The Dynamic Characteristics of O-Rings,” A.J. Smalley, M.S. Darlow, and R.L. Mehta, ASME Paper No. 77-DET-27, 1977.

“Vibration Energy: A Quick Approach to Rotordynamic Optimization,” H.R. Simmons, ASME Paper No. 76-PER-60, ASME International Joint Petroleum Mechanical Engineering and Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference, Mexico City, Mexico, September 1976.

“The Narrow Groove Theory of Spiral Grooved Gas Bearings: Development and Application of a Generalized Formulation for Numerical Solution,” A.J. Smalley, Journal of Lubrication Technology, pp. 86-92, January 1972.

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