President
phone: (510) 549-3300, extension 301
Areas of Specialization
Failure Analysis and Design of Dynamic Structures, Industrial Equipment and Consumer Products: mechanical and electrical systems; compressors, turbines and reciprocating engines; automobile, truck, railcar and aircraft components; pressure vessels, heat exchangers, piping and valves. Analytical and numerical analysis of large dynamic structures, material behavior, heat transfer and structure/fluid interaction are specialties.
Background and Professional Experience
1/86 - Present, Mechanical Engineering Consultant
Provide consultation in the areas of failure analysis and design of large dynamic structures, consumer products and industrial equipment. Failure analysis work has varied from assessing the failure of large cranes, construction elevators and platforms, industrial presses, aircraft turbine engines, US Navy submarine drive systems, and propane/natural gas equipment to the analysis of defective safety devices on compressor/heat exchanger systems. Design projects have included the design of 70 foot tall rotating square array antennas; electro-hydraulic drive systems for climbing wheelchairs and burn victim hospital beds; the analysis and redesign of high temperature/high pressure piping and pressure vessels for fluidized catalytic cracking plants; the design of fire safe storage vaults for electronic media; dynamic analysis and damping devices for tall structures and bridges subject to wind and earthquake loading; the redesign of rolling mill and building structures to eliminate vibration; and bearing analysis of engines, cranes, and large structures.
8/90 - 1/91, Mechanical Engineering Instructor, U.C. Berkeley
Instructor for the Department's senior design course: ME-102B, "Mechanical Engineering Design". Conduct Lectures on the design of bolted joints, springs, gears, bearings, chain drives, wire ropes, and other mechanical components, and guide students through a major design project.
3/82 - 1/89, Engineering Mechanics Specialist, Chevron Corporation
Highly technical projects and provide technical consultation to field engineers in the areas of failure analysis, and design. Projects have included the redesign of compressor and turbine components, and the design of processing equipment for service temperatures above 1400 degrees Fahrenheit. Consultation varied from giving design advise on how to avoid structural vibration to calculating crack growth rates for offshore platforms in the North Sea.
9/81-3/82, Project Engineer, Chevron USA Production
Responsibilities included the design, and construction management of oil/water separation plants and gas recovery plants in the Bakersfield and Colinga oil fields.
Professional Affiliations
Registered Mechanical Engineer CA, WI, OH
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Vibration Institute
Education
5/93, Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Major: Mechanical Engineering Design and Material Behavior; Minors: Dynamics and Controls, and Structural Analysis, Dissertation title: Failure of welds at Elevated Temperatures.
6/81, M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Concentration: Design and Materials; GPA: 4.0/4.0; Research Project: Three Body Abrasive Wear; U.C. Regents Fellowship and Research Assistant.
6/80, B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University
Concentration: Solid Mechanics; GPA 3.85/4.0; Marathon Electric Company Scholarship
Patents
“Thermo-electric Container” for heating and cooling liquids, G.R. Stevick and H. Sherback.
Publications and Selected Reports
Cheng, W., Finnie, I., Stevick, G.R., "Prediction of Stress Intensity Factor for an Internal Circumferential Crack at a Butt-Weld Between Cylinders Using the Plane Strain Solution", Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology, Vol 106, pp. 21-24, 1984.
Stevick, G.R., Soemantri, S., Finnie, I., "An Analysis of the Loaded Abrasive Column type Wear Tester", Wear, Vol 101, pp. 77- 80, 1985.
Stevick, G.R., Burke, B.G., "An Experimental Assessment of The Damping Provided By Chain Dampers on a Tall, Slender Stack", Proceedings of the International Chimney Conference, April, 1988, London, England.
Marsili, D., Stevick, G.R., "Ductile Fracture Protection of the Canyon Reef Carrier Natural Gas Pipeline", Proceedings of the 65th annual Society of Petroleum Engineering Conference, September, 1990, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Stevick, G.R., Finnie, I., "Stress Concentrations Resulting from Longitudinal Butt-Welds in Piping at Elevated Temperatures", Creep in Structures (M. Zyczkowski ed.), pp. 629-636, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991.
Stevick, G.R., Finnie, I., "Failure Assessment of Weldments at Elevated Temperatures", Mechanical Behavior of Materials-VI (M. Jono and T. Inoue eds.), Vol. 2, pp. 149-154, Pergamon Press, 1991.
Finnie, I., Stevick, G.R., Ridgley, J.R., "Influence of Impingement Angle on the Erosion of Ductile Materials", Wear, Vol. 152, pp. 91-98, January 1992.
Stevick, G.R., "Failure of Welds at Elevated Temperatures", Welding Research Council Bulletin 390, Welding Research Council, April 1994.
"Tension Leg Platform Production Riser Crack Growth Analysis", Chevron Engineering Department, by G.R. Stevick and B.G. Burke, May 1984.
"Gaviota, CA - Fatigue Analysis and Redesign of the 40.5 inch Diameter Gas Compressor Pistons", Chevron Engineering Department, by G.R. Stevick, January, 1985.
"Richmond, CA - Isomax Plant Compressor Valve Failure and Redesign, K-950, K-960", Chevron Engineering Department, by G.R. Stevick, April, 1986.
"El Paso, TX - Failure Analysis and Design of a New FCCU Flue Gas Cooler", Chevron Engineering Department, by G.R. Stevick and W.A. Ebert, May, 1986.
"Fiberglass Underground Storage Tank Design Methodology for External Loads", Chevron Engineering Department, by G.R. Stevick, November, 1986.
"DNL Construction Crane Failure", by G.R. Stevick for Ashford & Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 1987.
"Gaviota, CA - Onshore Pipelines Weld Flaw Acceptance Criteria", Chevron Engineering Technology Department, by G.R. Stevick, June, 1987.
"Recommended Practice, RP-33, Vibration Guidelines", Chevron Engineering Technology Department, by G.R. Stevick and W.A. Ebert, December, 1987.
"El Segundo, CA - Buckling Integrity of Column C-6 for Wind and Earthquake Loads", Chevron Engineering Technology Department, by G.R. Stevick, June, 1988.
"Crane Turrett Bolt Failure Analysis", by G.R. Stevick for Crane Services, Lost Hills, CA, June 1988.
"High Pressure Toxic Filter/Pressure Vessel Design", by G.R. Stevick, for Filterdyne Systems, Inc., Jan 17, 1990.
"Structural Analysis of Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Unit Regenerator Internals", by G.R. Stevick, for Chevron USA El Segundo Refinery, June 22, 1990.
Redesign of an 8000 psi Test Vessel using Bolted Construction, 2 reports by G.R. Stevick, for SAIC Rock Mechanics Laboratory, September 5, 1990, December 12, 1990.
"Stress Analysis of Hospital Bed Frame Components", by G.R. Stevick for American Life Support Technology, July 1, 1991.
"Whitney Canyon/Carter Creek, WY - Gathering System H2S Risk Assessment", Engineering Technology Department, by G.R. Stevick, November, 1988.
"Batch-Reactor Heater-Coil Thermal & Fatigue Analysis", by G.R. Stevick and B.R. Cuzzillo, for Chevron Research and Technology Company, Inc., Richmond, CA, August 25, 1993.
"Structural Servicability of the Salcha River Crossing" for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, by SSD Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., November 17, 1993.
"Fracture Evaluation of Fillet Welded Pipe Sleeves" for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, by SSD Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., July 1, 1994.
“Coke Drum Material Crack Growth Tests”, for Chevron Research & Technology Company, by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., August 2, 1995.
“Energy Dissipation Device Testing” for Golden Gate Bridge District by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., February 12, 1996.
"An Independant Review of Structural Methods Used to Evaluate the Integrity of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline" for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., July 1, 1995
“Excel Spreadsheet-Based Fitness For Service Model Providing Inspection Interval and Remaining Life of Coke Drums”, for Chevron Research & Technology Company, by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., January 12, 1996.
“Computation of Stresses in EC Shaft Due to Torsion”, for EC Engine Components, Inc., by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., August 19, 1996.
“Study of Effects of Vibrations Due to Pressure Pulses on the Integrity of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline”, for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, by J.A. Maple & Associates, SSD Engineering Consultants, Inc. and Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., January 26, 1997.
“Main Propulsion Unit, Aft Second Reduction Gear Bearing Failure Assessment”, for Northrup Grumman and the US Navy, by Mr. Paul Warner, Northrup Grumman; Dr. Glen Stevick, Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc.; and Prof Thomas Eager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science, April 9, 1999.
“Effect of the Windshield on Roof Strength and Displacement”, for James Collins and Associates, by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., October 6, 2000.
“Rolling Mill Structure and Mandrel Finite Element Analysis” for USS-POSCO Industries, by Berkeley Engineering And Research, Inc., August 20, 2002.