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Lawrence Goland
Principal Engineer
B.S., Civil Engineering, Cornell University, 1976 Mr. Goland is an experienced project manager, structural analyst, and designer. Mr. Goland has managed large and small projects relating to undersea structures, pressure vessels, and other types of components. Studies, which Mr. Goland performs include static, dynamic, thermal, and buckling analyses of structural systems. He also designs and analyzes structures such as load frames, pressure vessels, and natural gas transmission compressor systems.
Mr. Goland has worked on a wide variety of structural systems, which include pressure vessels, compressor systems, offshore drilling platforms, diving systems, reaction frames and towers, overhead transmission towers, building framework, and structural steel forms for concrete structures. Mr. Goland's involvement with pressure vessels and ocean related structures has led to a knowledge of the interpretation and use of various rules and regulations governing these structures. Some examples of these rules and regulations are the ASME's Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Divisions 1 and 2, the American Bureau of Shipping's (ABS) "Rules for Building and Classing Underwater Systems and Vehicles," and the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard requirements for manned hyperbaric facilities. He has worked on several underwater pressure hulls for the U.S. Navy using their design rules. His past work has also included failure studies of structural and thermal insulation systems. Because of Mr. Goland's involvement with structural steel projects, he is also familiar with structural steel codes, such as the AISC's "Specification for the Design, Fabrication, and Erection of Structural Steel for Buildings."
A notable large program that Mr. Goland has been involved with is the U.S. Navy's new submarine rescue vehicle. Mr. Goland assisted with the structural design and testing of the vehicle's pressure hull, capable of operating at a maximum depth of 2,000 feet of seawater. The design of the pressure hull required the use of both the ABS and U.S. Navy's design rules for submersible hulls. The duration of this program was approximately 6 years (2000 to 2006).
PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS: Registered Professional Engineer, State of Texas.
MEMBERSHIPS: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Member of Subcommittee on Design of ASME "Safety Standard for Pressure Vessels for Human Occupancy (PVHO)," Tau Beta Pi.
For more information about compressor system and pump system analyses capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Buddy Broerman at ebroerman@swri.org or (210) 522-2555. We can offer you the best approach for solving your compressor system or pump system analysis problem.
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