Rotordynamics

Information
Date: March 6-9, 2012 (1/2 day)
Tuition: $2,250.00
CEU Credits: 2.8

Location
Hilton Westchase
9999 Westheimer Road
Houston, TX 77042-3802
PH: (713) 974-1000
Links
Registration Form
Online Registration
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Additional Information:

Instructed by A Leading Industry Expert:
Malcom Leader

Malcolm E. Leader, P.E. is a Turbomachinery Consultant and Owner of Applied Machinery Dynamics in Dickinson, Texas. He is currently involved in the design, testing, modification, and installation of rotating equipment. He spends time doing theoretical design audits and working in the field implementing changes and overseeing installations. Mr. Leader has written several papers on the subjects of experimental rotordynamics, bearing design, design audits for rotating equipment, and practical implementation of rotordynamic programs.

Why You Should Attend
This course is for beginning and intermediate level engineers in the petroleum, chemical, power, and gas industries or anyone interested in the dynamics of rotating machinery. The emphasis is on turbomachines such as turbines, compressors, expanders, motors, pumps, and generators. The intent is to understand the rotordynamics of these machines and their subcomponents to help select, analyze, troubleshoot and repair them for maximum reliability and minimum vibration problems. This is not a math intensive course. Case histories and several workshops for hands-on evaluation of actual machines will be given.

Course Agenda
The following list of topics will be covered:

  • Bearings and Seals
  • Critical Speed Analysis
  • Unbalance Response
  • Rotor and System Stability
  • Time Transient Analysis
  • Application Examples
  • Torsional Vibration Analysis and Coupling Selection
  • Torsional Foced Response Analysis
  • Transient Torsional Analysis
  • Modal Analysis use in Rotordynamics Analysis
  • Overview of API RP 684

A comprehensive short course presented by the Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University, a part of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station.

Preliminary Daily Schedule

7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. Course Begins

10:00 a.m. Break

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. Course Resume

3:00 p.m. Break

5:00 p.m. Dismiss

 

Course Outline

March 6, 2012
  1. Practical Lateral Rotordynamics
  2. Basic Rotordynamics Workshop
  3. Understanding Journal Bearings
  4. Overview of API 684
March 7, 2012
  1. Vibration Problems
  2. Bearings Workshop
  3. Torsional Analysis
  4. Torsional Testing
  5. Semi-Rigid and Overhung Turbo
March 8, 2012
  1. Modal Testing and Analysis
  2. Modal Workshop
  3. Time Transient and Non-Linear
  4. Case Histories
March 9, 2012 (1/2 day)
  1. Time Transient and Non-Linear Rotordynamics Analysis
  2. Case Histories - Using Rotordynamics to Solve Serious Machinery Vibration Problems
  3. Rotordynamics Analysis Software Overview (optional)

Contact

Rhonda T. Johnson
Marketing Director
Turbomachinery Laboratory
Texas A&M University
509 ENPH/3254 TAMU
College Station, TX  77843
979.845.8943 Direct
979.845.7417 Main
979.845.1835 Fax
Rhonda@turbo-lab.tamu.edu

 

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