Turbine & Generator Rotor Bore Inspection & Life Assessment

Overly conservative assessments of the probability of turbine and generator rotor bore catastrophic failure can lead to unnecessary repairs or replacements. This SI Webinar discusses a balanced approach to inspection and life assessment to maximize the life of rotors, covering inspection, identification of damage mechanisms, operating condition assessment, material properties, acceptance criteria, and repair/replace/reinspect scheduling. SI's Webinar also includes information on new NDE techniques and new analysis tools for rotor bore applications.

Presented on: February 6, 2008

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Larry Nottingham holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, and has over 35 years of experience in design, maintenance, and nondestructive evaluation of turbines, generators, and other power plant equipment. He also has extensive experience in development and delivery of advanced nondestructive evaluation systems and procedures for numerous power plant applications, with emphasis on turbine and generator components and high-energy piping.

Scott Rau, PE has a MS in Structural Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has extensive experience in stress analysis, including finite element analysis and modeling of structures and components with linear or non-linear behavior; dynamic system response and time history analysis; and transient thermal elastic-plastic analysis. Rau has performed remaining life evaluations of over 50 high-energy piping systems, and of similar numbers of steam turbine and generator rotors.