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1989

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

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

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

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

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

Smalley, A.J. The Dynamic Response of Rotors to Rubs During Startup. 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.

Smalley, A.J.,  R.M. Baldwin, D.P. Fleming, and J.S. Yuhas. Spray Automated Balancing of Rotors: How Process Parameters Influence Performance. 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.

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

1988

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

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

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1987

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

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

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

1986

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

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

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

1985

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

Evans, B.F., A.J. Smalley, and H.R. Simmons. Startup of Synchronous Motor Drive Trains: The Application of Transient Torsional Analysis to Cumulative Fatigue Assessment. 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.

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

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

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

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1984

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

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

1983

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

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

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

1982

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

1981

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

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