Timeous prevention of, and recovery from, downtimes due to in-service failure of
crucial power plant components, like turbine blades, portends huge consequences in the form
of operational and financial viability concerns. ...
Salifu, Smith; Desai, Dawood A.; Kok, Schalk(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2021-12)
In a bid to minimise the cost of electrical energy production through the reduction in the quantity of coal usage, the power generation companies resolved to operate different daily cycles characterized by peak and off-peak ...
Calitz, Jacques; Kok, Schalk; Delport, David(Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2021-10)
Altering the microstructure in order to improve the tensile properties of bow shackles resulted in
inconsistency in the fatigue performance. This raises the question whether the inconsistency in fatigue
life can be ...
