Live Webinar: Reactive Root Cause Analysis for Turbines: Best Practices in High-Stakes Disputes

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Program Overview

Failures in gas and steam turbines can result in significant financial and operational impacts, often leading to complex disputes over causation and liability. In these high-stakes situations, nondestructive testing (NDT) methods play a critical role in both proactive maintenance strategies and reactive root cause analyses. This webinar will explore how advanced NDT techniques including borescope inspections, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and infrared (IR) thermal imaging are applied to turbine failure investigations. Participants will learn how integrating NDT data with predictive analysis tools enhances reliability assessments and strengthens incident resolution strategies. Real-world case studies will illustrate best practices, lessons learned, and the critical role of NDT in navigating uncertainty when inputs and outputs are imperfect.

After attending this presentation, attendees will:

• Understand how nondestructive testing methods support both proactive incident prevention and reactive root cause analyses for turbine systems.
• Explore the applications and benefits of borescope inspections, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and infrared thermal imaging in turbine failure investigations.
• Learn how to integrate NDT findings with risk analysis and damage tolerance design methods to inform incident resolution and performance management.
• Analyze case studies highlighting the role of NDT in steam and gas turbine failure investigations, with a focus on technical insights and dispute mitigation.

Speaker

Richard Hollenbach is a Senior Engineer within Thermal Sciences at Exponent Consulting. Dr. Hollenbach utilizes his aptitude in mechanical engineering to provide technical consulting involving thermal-fluid systems, aeroelasticity, aerodynamics, vibrations, fluid-structure interaction, and turbomachinery. He applies the fundamentals of mechanics, aerospace engineering, physics, and mathematical modeling to investigate performance and failures within thermal and fluid systems. He has performed inspections ranging in size from residential to large-scale industrial facilities and processes, written reports for both domestic litigation and international arbitrations, and conducted both experimental and computational analyses for a variety of projects.

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