Most demanding components–for example heavy rotor forgings for the energy sector–are
inspected with volumetric and surface detection NDE methods–either manually or using …

Forgings, being usually one of the most critical components especially in power generation
machinery, require intensive volumetric inspection to guarantee a sufficient lifetime. This is …

Part of the confusion comes from it being a long journey with an ever-changing destination
and new pathways emerging all the time. All of us can only see a small fraction of the vast …

We developed and successfully applied a direct simulation Monte Carlo (MC) scheme to
quantify the risk of fracture for heavy-duty rotors commonly used in the energy sector. The …

Heavy rotor forgings for land‐based power generation turbines and generators are
inspected ultrasonically. Several decades ago the first inspections were conducted using …

Several decades ago the first ultrasonic inspections were introduced to assure component
integrity. Those were, in the beginning, manual, straight beam, contact probe inspections …

We present a probabilistic model for quantifying the number of load cycles for nucleation of
forging flaws—for a 3.5 NiCrMoV high strength low alloy rotor steel—into a crack under gas …

We present a probabilistic rotor life prediction framework that combines the forging flaw
crack nucleation process and the subsequent crack growth to failure. Experimental fatigue …

We developed and successfully applied a direct simulation Monte-Carlo scheme to quantify
the risk of fracture for heavy duty rotors commonly used in the energy sector. The developed …

Die in dieser Arbeit beschriebenen Ansätze und Methoden ermöglichen es, eine
konservative Abschätzung der Versagenswahrscheinlichkeit (PoF) von großen, stationären …