Robert W. Loomis Consulting Engineer
Robert W. Loomis Consulting Engineer is a small firm with an extensive range of experience in a variety of engineering fields. These fields include structural, piping, and materials. Work within each of these fields include components of the theoretical, experimental, and practical engineering problem solution methods. A major strength of the company is the ability to apply analytical and numerical methods in order to ultimately provide practical engineering solutions to real world problems.
We perform finite element analyses, but our expertise is defining the problems and performing an analysis to understand the structure so a fix can be implemented or a simplified procedure can be found. These simplified procedures may be in the form of graphs, FORTRAN programs or Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with micros. These procedures are then documented in a report.
The firm was established in 1992 and has worked largely in the power industry. We believe that the interests of our clients are best served by a small, competent staff that has a sufficient general knowledge of structural mechanics to understand how to properly apply its specialized knowledge to real world problems. Our field is constantly changing as better methods evolve. A major strength of the company is the ability to apply analytical and numerical methods in order to ultimately provide practical engineering solutions to real world problems. Our strength is helping the client to define the problem and then apply the appropriate solution.
We have analyzed problems such as
- Fatigue in piping, headers, and water walls
- Stress-to-rupture failures
- Pulverizer vibration and stress problems
- Generator retaining (end) rings
Most of our work has been solving problems involving high temperature, high pressure, rotating equipment or large thermal gradients.
Type of Units:
- Heat Exchangers
- Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG)
- Chemical Recovery Units (CRU)
- Fluid Bed Boilers
- Coal Fired Units
- Fuel Cells
-Generator End Rings
We perform finite element analyses, but our expertise is defining the problems and performing an analysis to understand the structure so a fix can be implemented or a simplified procedure can be found. These simplified procedures may be in the form of graphs, FORTRAN programs or Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with micros. These procedures are then documented in a report.
The firm was established in 1992 and has worked largely in the power industry. We believe that the interests of our clients are best served by a small, competent staff that has a sufficient general knowledge of structural mechanics to understand how to properly apply its specialized knowledge to real world problems. Our field is constantly changing as better methods evolve. A major strength of the company is the ability to apply analytical and numerical methods in order to ultimately provide practical engineering solutions to real world problems. Our strength is helping the client to define the problem and then apply the appropriate solution.
We have analyzed problems such as
- Fatigue in piping, headers, and water walls
- Stress-to-rupture failures
- Pulverizer vibration and stress problems
- Generator retaining (end) rings
Most of our work has been solving problems involving high temperature, high pressure, rotating equipment or large thermal gradients.
Type of Units:
- Heat Exchangers
- Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG)
- Chemical Recovery Units (CRU)
- Fluid Bed Boilers
- Coal Fired Units
- Fuel Cells
-Generator End Rings