Failure Analysis & Redesign of Cracked Ductwork
Reinforced ductwork failed shortly after being placed in service
Civil / Structural Engineering Projects
Performing civil and structural design, analysis, troubleshooting and repair of civil and structural components.
Finite element analysis is often used to determine stresses on components due to wind, vibration and seismic loadings.
$63 M Award in Litigation over a Newly Constructed Collapsed Paper Rack Storage Facility
Longer than two football fields and 80 feet wide, a large steel paper rack storage facility was constructed with 110 foot tall hollow steel columns to hold over 100 million pounds of pallets of paper products. After two months in service, the automated facility collapsed and sparked a fire that burned over three weeks
Finite Element Analysis of Mining Bulkhead Doors
Finite element analysis (FEA) to perform a structural assessment of mining bulkhead doors including the stress transfer cylinder (STC).
Forensic Investigation – $16 Million Award for Collapsed Bauxite Conveyor System
Forensic Investigation – $16 Million award in U.S. District Court over Collapsed Bauxite Conveyor System.
Structural Analysis of Fabrication Issues of a Water Treatment Film Evaporator
Structural analysis to determine the impact of oversized holes in the tube support plates of a film evaporator in a water treatment plant
