A. M. Birk, P.Eng.: Consulting Clients

Dr. Birk has worked as a consultant under contract with:

W. R. Davis Engineering Ltd. (Ottawa)

• IR suppression of military vehicles.
• specialized exhaust components for gas turbines
• research planning
• prototype development
• systems analysis and modelling

Alcan Canada Products Limited (Kingston)

• water spray for coil interpass cooling.

Consumers Gas Company Limited (Toronto)

• blast and projectile hazards from ruptures of buried pipe

Alupower Canada Limited (Kingston)

• computer simulation of a passive cooling system based on a single-phase thermosyphon

Shell LNG and Petroleum Companies, Houston

• hazard analysis of a large scale LNG storage site.

FRONTEC Logistics, Calgary

• measurement and characterization of a pool fire simulator for firefighter training.

RCMP Canadian Bomb Data Centre, Ottawa

• technical guidance and experimetal analysis of bomb effects on propane tanks.

Chadwick Engineering Ltd., Kingston

• analysis of a chilled roller system for aluminum sheet cooling.

TransSys Research Limited, Kingston

• review of thermal analysis of nuclear waste transportation casks

Province of Quebec,

• thermal modelling of a propane tank near a burning building

Zelle and Larson , Minneapolis

• expert wittness on a large Industrial accident and BLEVE

Transport Canada, Montreal, Ottawa

• development of thermographic inspection technique for tank-car insulation
• analyze insulation deficiences on tank-cars
• develop thermal model off tank in fire with thermal protection deficiencies
• develop insulation deficiency assessment criteria
• provide training course to inspectors

Cozen O'Connor, Atlanta

• computer modelling of propane tank near burning house
• expert witness
• deposition

Williams, Montgomery and John, Chicago

• computer modelling of steel and aluminum propane cylinders in fires
• analysis of failure
• expert services

IPSCO , Regina

• review of process and failed components
• heat transfer analysis of high speed cutting process
• recommendation for improved cooling

All of the contracts ended in the delivery and acceptance of engineering reports.

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