The 30 years experience of our senior consultants provides the capability to recognize and explain how the different mechanisms that affect turbomachinery become involved in the sequence of initiation, propagation, and fracture. Once this sequence is established, we associate the relevant damage mechanisms to the stresses, temperatures and loads they cause during service. Approached in this manner, we show how service life is consumed and, in the case of a failure, whether this was a consequence of design inadequacy, substandard materials, improper operation or unexpected damage encountered during service.

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT - Since 1998, consultants at TTI have been supporting organizations such as the Electric Power Research Institute with multi-year programs dedicated to the life extension of critical components in both gas & steam turbines (fossil & nuclear).

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS - Showing exactly how and why a particular failure occurred using finite element analysis (FEA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation.

DAMAGE AND RISK ASSESSMENT - Optimize the timing for unplanned maintenance.

STEAM PATH ENGINEERING - Verifying if proposed performance upgrades are achievable.

LIABILITY SETTLEMENT - Assigning accountability to the initiation, propagation and final fracture of critical components.