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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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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  • Nonsynchronous Forced Vibration in Centrifugal Compressors

    Paper No. 25 D. R. Smith/J. C. Wachel, Turbomachinery International Magazine, January/February Ed., 1983, pp. 21-24 . Flow instabilities in...

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  • Experiences with Nonsynchronous Forced Vibration in Centrifugal Compressors

    Paper No. 18 D. R. Smith/J. C. Wachel, Rotordynamic Instability Problems in High Performance Turbomachinery -- 1984, Texas A&M University,...

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  • Upthrust Problems on Multistage Vertical Turbine Pumps

    Paper No. 94 By Donald Smith and Stephen Price Presented at the 22nd Pump Symposium Baltimore, Maryland, Feb. 2005 Vertical...

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  • Abnormal Vertical Pump Suction Recirculation Problems Due to Pump-System Interaction

    Paper No. 91 By D.R. Smith, S.M. Price, Bruno Schiavello Proceedings of the 21st International Pump Users Symposium March 2004...

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  • Vibration and Noise in Pumps

    Paper No. 80 F. R. Szenasi, Centrifugal Pumps, Design & Application, Gulf Publishing Co., 2nd Ed., Ch. 18, 1992, pp....

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  • Control-Valve-Induced Pipeline Vibration Corrected by Variable-Speed Pumping

    Paper No. 79 A. L. Lewis, F. R. Szenasi and D. R. Roll, Pumping Technology, The Journal of Advanced Fluid...

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