The Mechanical and Materials Engineering Division at Southwest Research Institute.
The Mechanical and Materials Engineering Division at Southwest
Research Institute Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is one of the oldest and largest independent, nonprofit, applied research and development (R&D) organizations in the United States. Founded in 1947 by Thomas Slick, Jr. (SwRI), San Antonio San Antonio (săn ăntō`nēō, əntōn`), city (1990 pop. 935,933), seat of Bexar co., S central Tex., at the source of the San Antonio River; inc. 1837. , TX, has promoted N. Sastry
Cheruvu to institute engineer, the highest technical position a staff
member can attain. Since joining the Institute in 1996, Dr. Cheruvu has
performed condition assessment of hot section components of several
large frame and aero-derivative combustion combustion, rapid chemical reaction of two or more substances with a characteristic liberation of heat and light; it is commonly called burning. The burning of a fuel (e.g., wood, coal, oil, or natural gas) in air is a familiar example of combustion. turbines and identified
in-service coating degradation DEGRADATION, punishment, ecclesiastical law. A censure by which a clergy man is deprived of his holy orders, which he had as a priest or deacon. mechanisms for the SwRI-developed
Coatlife[TM] software for remaining life assessment of hot section
coatings.
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