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Vibration Troubleshooting of Existing Piping Systems
Paper No. 59 J. C. Wachel/D. R. Smith, July 1991. When a vibration problem is reported, the vibration analyst/engineer must...
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Paper No. 57 J. C. Wachel/S. J. Morton/K. E. Atkins, 19th Turbomachinery Symposium, Texas A&M University, September 1990. Excessive piping...
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Paper No. 27 J. C. Wachel, Vibration Institute, Machinery Vibration Monitoring and Analysis Seminar, New Orleans, April 1981, pp. 1-20...
read more Field Investigation of Piping Systems for Vibration-Induced Stress and Failures
Paper No. 20 Field Investigation of Piping Systems for Vibration-Induced Stress and Failures J. C. Wachel, Pressure Vessel and Piping...
read more The New Fifth Edition of API 618 for Reciprocating Compressors
Paper No. 85 J. D. Tison and K. E. Atkins, 30th Turbomachinery Symposium, The Turbomachinery Laboratory, Texas A&M University, Houston,...
read more Dynamic Design Considerations When Modernizing a Pipeline Compressor Station
Paper No. 81 K. E. Atkins, K. S. Watson and V. W. Vaughn, 1998 GMRC Gas Machinery Conference, Denver, CO,...
read more Engineering the Reliability of Reciprocating Compressor Systems
Paper No. 76 J. C. Wachel and J. D. Tison, Fifth International Conference on Process Plant Reliability, Houston, TX, October...
read more Reciprocating Machinery Vibration Short Course – Lecture Notes
Paper No. 69 K. E. Atkins, PCRC 9th Annual Gas Machinery Conference, Denver, CO, September 26-29, 1994 . In recent...
read more Evaluation of Reciprocating Compressor Foundations Using Vibration Measurements
Paper No. 58 K. E. Atkins/S. M. Price, PCRC 7th Annual Reciprocating Machinery Conference, Denver, CO, September 1992. Foundations for...
read more Nonsynchronous Instability of Centrifugal Compressors
Paper No. 26 J. C. Wachel, ASME Paper 75-PET-22, 1975 . The increased use of flexible shaft centrifugal compressors has...
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