This case study discusses the identification, troubleshooting, and correction of a torsional instability in an electric motor-driven driveline with variable frequency drive (VFD) for a high-pressure gas compressor test ...

Steam path damage, particularly of rotating and stationary blading, has long been recognized as a leading cause of steam turbine unavailability for large fossil fuel plants worldwide. Turbine problems cost the utility ...

Accurate and meaningful condition monitoring is necessary to prevent both severe equipment damage and unnecessary shutdowns. One of the most important aspects of condition monitoring is the evaluation of startup and shutdown ...

Three courses assessed past, current, and future conditions related to environmental components, demographic make-up, land use development opportunities, transportation and infrastructure analyses and facilities management.

The objective of this research was to determine truck adjustment factors for rural highways. These factors were determined by finding passenger car equivalent values for fourteen different vehicle types under varying traffic ...

When considering the nature of the human being, Descartes holds two main claims: he believes that the human being is a genuine unity and he also holds that it is comprised of two distinct substances, mind and body. These ...

The present work examines the construction of race on reality television through the use of an exemplar in this genre, MTV's The Real World. By the sheer fact of its popularity and ubiquity, as The Real World is nearly two ...

Previous research from environmental psychology shows that human well-being suffers in windowless environments in many ways and a window view of nature is psychologically and physiologically beneficial to humans. Current ...