Marine Structures and Engineering Section

The Marine Structures and Engineering Section performs systems design, analysis, fabrication and test programs emphasizing the technologies in the marine and offshore petroleum industries. Marine systems design/development capabilities include autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV); remote operated vehicles (ROV), pressure vessels for human occupancy (PVHO) and Deep Ocean pressure vessel and umbilical design and fabrication. Fabrication experience includes PVHO's, deck decompression chambers, submarine models and deep ocean pressure vessels. Fabrication codes met include PVHO, ABS, DNV, USCG, ASME (Section VIII, Divisions 1 & 2) and U.S. Navy. Testing services include pressure testing, large scale/full scale structural testing, functional/operational testing and burst/collapse/failure testing. A specialty area in structural systems is highway barrier testing with a 2,000/4,000-pound pendulum impact and full-scale testing to NCHRP Bulletin 350.

Hal Burnside, Acting Manager, (210) 522-2332
Joe Crouch, Program Manager — Oil and Gas, (210) 522-4295
B.K. Miller, Program Manager — Marine Systems, (210) 522-3442
George K. Wolfe, Technical Advisor, (210) 522-2428

Technical Strengths and contacts in the section include:

• Underwater Vehicle Design and Subsea Systems Engineering
  Jerry Henkener or B.K. Miller
  
  
• Large Scale/Full Scale Structural Testing
  Joe Crouch
  
  
• Oilfield Equipment Testing/Failure Analysis
  Matt James
  
  
• Marine Systems Engineering
  B.K. Miller or Jerry Henkener
  
  
• Pressure Vessel Design and Fabrication
  Joe Crouch or Mark Waldron
  
  
• Highway/Vehicle Systems Testing
  Steve Gomez-Leon or Mark Waldron
  
  

Related Sites

• Structural Integrity and Reliability
  
  
• Test and Evaluation

Applicable Brochures and Flyers

Offshore and Marine Operations Brochure

Services for the Oil and Gas Industry Brochure

Pressure Vessel Design and Fabrication

Marine Systems