Engineering Analysis And Design
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Engineering Analysis And Design
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Q-Metrics' personnel support a wide range of disciplines as well as a large number of related services.
Specialized Fields:
Nuclear Packaging For SafetyQ-Metrics provides thermal analysis and design of equipment for the handling, transport, and storage of nuclear material. This work ensures compliance of the candidate designs with the requirements for certification under Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 71 and 72. Q-Metrics’ extensive experience in this area allows it to quickly assemble the necessary support data and to select the design and analysis approaches that have the highest probability for acceptance by the regulatory agencies. The specific services provided include the numerical analysis of the proposed designs and consultation on design changes to optimize the system for performance and/or fabrication costs, the planning of support thermal tests and the reduction of data obtained, the preparation of the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) documentation which meets the requirements of the NRC or DOE, and the technical presentation/defense of the analyses before the NRC/DOE review boards. Q-Metrics is also available to perform independent reviews of safety analysis reports developed by others.
Electronic PackagingThe analysis and design of electronic equipment for the computer, aerospace, and defense industries is a major area of emphasis for Q-Metrics. Thermal management within advanced electronic equipment through proper design and material selection is required to prevent premature failures from a range of thermal-mechanical based failure mechanisms. Q-Metrics provides computerized heat transfer and fluid flow analysis, shock and vibration analysis, cold plate design, and reliability and failure mode analysis. Specialties include advanced cooling techniques for multi-chip modules, including the use of micro-channel forced cooling and composites. Energy ConservationQ-Metrics provides energy conservation analysis services to the designers, owners, and/or operators of new or existing commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. The analysis involves the computer simulation of the heat transfer processes for the building envelope, HVAC systems, and lighting/power systems. This data, together with equipment efficiency curves and operating schedules, and occupancy schedules, are use to arrive at the predicted energy consumption for the facility. Services include field surveys of existing facilities, review of past energy consumption records, the computerized evaluation of yearly energy consumption for the existing and/or new facility, evaluation of heat recovery and thermal storage systems, and predicted performance of alternative energy strategies such as heat pumps, heat recovery chillers, gas-fired equipment, daylighting, etc. Design alternatives are stacked or grouped together in logical packages to determine the inter-action between the alternatives.
Industrial ProcessesServices provided include the use of computerized analysis for heat transfer, fluid flow, and energy balance to optimize equipment operating efficiency, heat exchanger design and sizing, thermal expansion control, and instrumentation and control system design. Structural EvaluationQ-Metrics provides static and dynamic stress analysis using finite element software. Services include applying a combination of classical mechanics, dynamics and physics along with advanced computer simulation to provide answers to issues involving integrity and durability.
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