Following are a few example projects highlighting a diversity of engineering and legal cases we have worked on.
For over 40 years, we have assisted numerous clients solve complex problems enabling them to increase production performance, and become more cost-efficient.
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We were asked to perform an API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness For Service Evaluation of…
Longwall mining is used to more efficiently remove underground coal deposists in large rectangular blocks.…
O'Donnell Consulting performed ASME Code Section VIII Division 2 calculations on feedwater heaters. In modelling…
ASME B&PV Code Section VIII Division 2 (Part 5) analysis was performed using ANSYS finite…
O'Donnell Consulting was asked to provide an assessment of the welding metallurgy and details on…
A client that designs and fabricates a variety of electrical power distribution systems asked us to…
We were requested to perform a forensic investigation on a steel tube chair that had failed…
O'Donnell Consulting Engineers investigated the cause of an accident due to a failed threaded closure…
Turbine blades made from subject castings were in need of weld repairs caused by machining…
During startup of a desulfurizer at an oil refinery in the Virgin Islands, piping failed…
A manufacturer had contacted us to perform a structural analysis of an "S" type ladle…
The growing need for efficient electric power generation led to the use of pulverized coal…
A 9 foot diameter, 60 foot long Stripper Vessel was designed and fabricated to…
A comprehensive engineering analysis was performed on a coke oven battery roof and heating…
A manufacturer of water and wastewater treatment products, systems, and chemicals as well as high…
Wear and distortion of the copper plates in the mold is a major concern in…
An independent analysis was performed to determine the cause of the failure of quartz tubes…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a seven-year program to recertify pressure vessels and pressure systems for the…
O'Donnell Consulting performed failure analyses of a barge mooring that had broken during a flood condition on…
Tullio Lombardo's Adam is one of the greatest Venetian 15th-century works of art. The…
A number of cracks were found around the bolt holes of the inlet and outlet…
We performed API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness For Service on Overheated Boiler Tubes. The boiler tubes…
Cracks had developed on tube-to-tubesheet welds on a chemical reactor. We were asked to…
The structural integrity of bulkheads was a very important issue in safely operating mines…
A West African bauxite company was awarded $16 million in a U.S. District Court after…
Cracking and failure of Control Rod Guide Tube (CCRGT) Support Pins (Split Pins) was encountered…
Premature weld cracking had occurred in exhaust ductwork. The cracking occurred in corner weld joints…
A propane pump explosion had killed one worker and injured three others at a central…
We performed a forensic investigation on a forklift accident (that resulted in serious injuries) -…
After fire/explosion occurred at pipeline LPG Dehydration facility, we were asked to investigate. The explosion…
O'Donnell Consulting was retained by an attorney to provide forensic engineering services (fire cause…
A manufacturer of a Thin Film Heat Exchanger (TFHE) - which is used in conjunction…
An 18-inch replacement cylinder liner was manufactured for an engine used to compress natural gas. During…
For a client that manufactures components for Formula One Race cars, we performed analysis…
O'Donnell Consulting investigated a fifth-wheel device to determine the cause of the separation of a…
A buckling analysis was performed on an elevated temperature stainless steel vessel subjected to a vacuum…
An investigation was performed on a 1-inch stainless steel (SS) ball valve in a pipeline to…
We were asked to investigate the failure of a key component on a Boeing 737…
A stress and buckling analysis was performed on a decanter, which is used to transfer…
A coupling end of a 6-inch bore hydraulic cylinder from a 30 ton forming…
A client had designed and fabricated two types of above-ground tanks, originally intended to be…
Westinghouse Power Generation Business Unit (PGBU) Combustion Turbine Division (CT) had developed an Advanced Combustion…
OCE performed a vibration analysis on an industrial impeller (constructed of ASTM A514 Grade B…
Excessive wear and leakage was discovered on three nickel cemented tungsten carbide (WC) pump seals.…
We were asked to perform a failure analysis to determine the cause of corrosion on…
For a major food processing company, we performed a failure analysis of a horizontally mounted…
Numerous ASME Section VIII Code Pressure Swing Absorber Vessels were found to contain about 1300…
O’Donnell Consulting Engineers, Inc. performed a failure analysis, repair and modifications of a contactor vessel.…
A supplier of large diameter Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) abrasion-resistant piping contacted O'Donnell Consulting as…
When reinforced ductwork failed shortly after being placed in service, we were asked to…
Cracks had occurred on Large Capacity Fuel Heaters (LCFH) during a…
A client had determined that in very dusty environments where their base-ported pressure filter was…
We performed a structural analysis of a base skid, which supported a condensor exhauster system in…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a structural analysis to determine the impact of oversized holes in the…
We performed a finite element stress analysis on condensate receiving tanks - including the…
A de-resining unit storage drum located at a refinery was evaluated in accordance with ASME…
We investigated the cause of leaking/failure in a 2" diameter floating ball valve in a…
O'Donnell Consulting performed an analysis and redesign on a heater that had a limited…
We performed (finite element) design and thermal, stress and fatigue analysis of an elevated…
Failure of panel coil components in a large sterilizer was investigated. A failure specimen was…
O'Donnell Consulting Engineers evaluated the nature of vibratory conditions on the framework…
O'Donnell Consulting investigated a hunting bow incident that resulted in an injury. We performed…
Longer than two football fields and 80 feet wide, a…
After a fan used to cool electronics failed within the first two months or approximately…
A Plaintiff general mechanical contractor with a history with a petrochemical company was involved in…
We performed engineering analyses of nuclear propulsion plant components for Virginia Class submarines. This work…
O'Donnell Consulting was asked to perform an independent safety review of paving equipment that was…
We were requested to performed a structural analysis and remaining life assessment of a turbine…
When ball-type control valves in a reactor coolant system were found to be sticking during…
Stress and fatigue analysis was performed on a crane seat to ensure it would…
O'Donnell Consulting was asked to design a welded connection between a wind turbine monopole tower…
O'Donnell Consulting was retained to perform failure analysis, repair and re-design on a vessel used…
A client had designed and built four shell and tube heat exchangers for use in…
O'Donnell Consulting was engaged to perform a comparison of a Saudi Aramco Engineering plant layout…
O'Donnell Consulting was retained by an insurance company to perform a root cause analysis…
OCE has developed elevated temperature design criteria which have become part of the ASME Boiler…
For the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Advanced Reactors Division, a method of bounding the accumulated plastic…
The head of a pressure vessel used to manufacture crystals for use in devices including…
Cracks were occurring in the running surface of the Newark International Airport monorail guideway. Some…
O'Donnell Consulting investigated a failed a turbine exhauster, which is part of a high speed,…
Stress corrosion cracking can occur on low pressure (LP) turbine disks which operate at or…
During a shutdown of the Kuosheng 1 plant, Taiwan, operation of the LPCI system for…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a third party engineering review of the Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) analyses…
We developed an analytical procedure for predicting thrust chamber life on the Space Shuttle Main…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a finite element analysis of a refractory lined autoclave, for use in…
Induction heating is caused, as the name implies, by induced electric currents in a material.…
A Fitness-For-Service evaluation of a steam drum pressure of a wood-fired boiler was performed to…
We performed a structural analysis on a skid mounted system (aboard a floating offloading and storage…
For a major utility, O'Donnell provided engineering analysis of replacement reactor coolant pump seals. In…
A Fitness-for-Service evaluation was conducted on a tank for a brewery. The evaluation was conducted…
A commercial heating and air conditioning (HVAC) company had a closed loop chilled (40…
A Monel Series 3800 Pressure Relief Valve in oxygen service was destructively evaluated to determine…
We served as technical consultants in an International Chamber of Commerce ($ 560 M) binding…
We were asked to investigate defects on the blades of a 304 Stainless Steel…
Two Type 316L SS rotary valve impellers that were used in cheese curd production…
After a gas well accident in which a worker lost a leg at a plant,…
We were asked to perform a failure analysis on a threaded joint casing at a…
An engineer was seriously burned when a thirty-nine inch expansion joint ruptured while workman were…
During the delivery of a shipment of resin, damage occurred to a storage tank at…
After cracks were found in during qualification testing on an aluminum actuator arm on…
O'Donnell Consulting performed an investigation of a Shipboard Compressor System Fire incident that occurred on…
An incinerator recuperator in a chemical plant developed severe leakage due to cracks through the…
The studs connecting the outer head cover to the stay ring of an electric-generating…
New and failed sections of a conveyor chain used for material transfer in a…
We were asked to perform a fatigue analysis on a rail coupler, in accordance with…
A 1,400 ton hydraulic press frame had experienced cracks in high stress critical locations. Structural…
A third stage blade on a gas turbine had failed after 11,00 hours in…
O'Donnell Consulting performed the design and structural analysis of two large scale containment pressure vessels…
We were requested by a client to perform a stress, vibration and fatigue analysis on a bellows…
O'Donnell Consulting was asked to assess the structural integrity of a base skid containing…
O'Donnell Consulting performed the design calculations for the piping system of a skid mounted heat transfer…
We performed design and thermal, stress, vibration and fatigue analysis on vessels and components to…
A manufacturer of systems which filter a mixed inlet gas stream to produce virtually pure…
A failure analysis of a commercial sprinkler pipe system was performed. The investigation included…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a failure analysis of elevation gearboxes used to control an earth-station antenna. Related…
An air compressed system used to control the engine and steering controls for…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a failure analysis on a mining lift hook. A three dimensional finite…
We were asked to perform a failure analysis on a pump used in fracking operations.…
O'Donnell Consulting was engaged to investigate corrosion in various structures of a…
Tin-copper alloy bearing surfaces obtained from an air compressor were examined using visual, metallographic and…
Chemical, microstructural, and mechanical property characterizations were performed on three continuous miner drive…
O'Donnell Consulting performed a vibration (modal and spectrum) analysis for a manufacturer's linear variable…
We were asked to perform a design analysis of a high temperature pressure…
O'Donnell Consulting performed finite element design and static/vibration analysis on a 2 foot…
After a manufacturer found permanent deformations in one of its skate ramps, they asked O'Donnell…
For a client that designs and installs fire protection systems, O'Donnell Consulting performed a seismic…
Turbine blades made by a particular manufacturer are a complex shape that requires them to…
Cement kilns are for the pyroprocessing stage of manufacturing various types of cement, which calcium…