Patents by Inventor Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
Shesh Krishna Srivatsa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9245067Abstract: A method implemented using a processor based device for simulation based testing of materials, includes selecting a first set of points from a data generated from a design space and generating a stochastic metamodel based on the first set of points. The method also includes determining an uncertainty value based on the stochastic metamodel. The method also includes identifying a second set of points different from the first set of points, from the data generated from the design space, based on the uncertainty value. The method further includes combining the second set of points with the first set of points to generate a third set of points, assigning the third set of points to the first set of points. The method also includes iteratively generating, determining, identifying, combining, and assigning steps till the uncertainty value is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Arun Karthi Subramaniyan, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa, Don Beeson, Liping Wang
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Publication number: 20140278310Abstract: A method implemented using a processor based device for simulation based testing of materials, includes selecting a first set of points from a data generated from a design space and generating a stochastic metamodel based on the first set of points. The method also includes determining an uncertainty value based on the stochastic metamodel. The method also includes identifying a second set of points different from the first set of points, from the data generated from the design space, based on the uncertainty value. The method further includes combining the second set of points with the first set of points to generate a third set of points, assigning the third set of points to the first set of points. The method also includes iteratively generating, determining, identifying, combining, and assigning steps till the uncertainty value is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Arun Karthi Subramaniyan, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa, Don Beeson, Liping Wang
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Patent number: 7763129Abstract: A method of forming a component from a gamma-prime precipitation-strengthened nickel-base superalloy so that, following a supersolvus heat treatment the component characterized by a uniformly-sized grain microstructure. The method includes forming a billet having a sufficiently fine grain size to achieve superplasticity of the superalloy during a subsequent working step. The billet is then worked at a temperature below the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the superalloy so as to form a worked article, wherein the billet is worked so as to maintain strain rates above a lower strain rate limit to control average grain size and below an upper strain rate limit to avoid critical grain growth. Thereafter, the worked article is heat treated at a temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the superalloy for a duration sufficient to uniformly coarsen the grains of the worked article, after which the worked article is cooled at a rate sufficient to reprecipitate gamma-prime within the worked article.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Paul Mourer, Brian Francis Mickle, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa, Eric Scott Huron, Jon Raymond Groh, Kenneth Rees Bain
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Patent number: 7138020Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a method for reducing residual stress in a nickel-base superalloy article comprising about 40–70% of gamma prime phase and having a gamma prime solvus temperature is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of super-solvus heat treating the superalloy article about 5–40° F. (3–22° C.) above the gamma prime solvus temperature; and holding at the super-solvus heat treatment temperature for about 0.25–2 hours, wherein the heat-treated superalloy article has reduced residual stress.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 21, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jon Raymond Groh, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Patent number: 7033448Abstract: An article made of a nickel-base superalloy strengthened by the presence of a gamma-prime phase is prepared by solution heat treating the nickel-base superalloy at a solutionizing temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-base superalloy, thereafter first quenching the nickel-base superalloy in a first molten salt bath maintained at a temperature of from the gamma-prime solvus temperature to about 100° F. below the gamma-prime solvus temperature, thereafter second quenching the nickel-base superalloy in a second molten salt bath maintained at a temperature below an aging temperature of the nickel-base superalloy, and thereafter precipitation heat treating the nickel-base superalloy at the aging temperature to precipitate an aged microstructure having gamma prime phase in a nickel-base matrix.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: April 25, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jon Raymond Groh, Edward Lee Raymond, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Patent number: 6935187Abstract: A test method for testing the thermal mechanical fatigue performance of a test material includes preparing a test specimen of the test material, wherein the test specimen has a base, and a rib extending outwardly from the base. The test specimen is thermally cycled through at least one test cycle. In each test cycle the rib is heated to a higher rib temperature and thereafter cooled to a lower rib temperature. The test specimen is evaluated for thermal mechanical fatigue damage.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2004Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Daniel Gorman, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa, Philemon Kennard Wright, III, Christine Govern
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Patent number: 6932877Abstract: A forging blank of a forging nickel-base superalloy is forged in a forging press having forging dies made of a die nickel-base superalloy. The forging is accomplished by heating the forging blank to a forging-blank starting temperature of from about 1850° F. to about 1950° F., heating the forging dies to a forging-die starting temperature of from about 1500° F. to about 1750° F., placing the forging blank into the forging press and between the forging dies, and forging the forging blank at the forging-blank starting temperature using the forging dies at the forging-die starting temperature, to produce a forging.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2002Date of Patent: August 23, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edward Lee Raymond, Richard Gordon Menzies, Terrence Owen Dyer, Barbara Ann Link, Richard Frederick Halter, Mike Eugene Mechley, Francis Mario Visalli, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Patent number: 6909988Abstract: A process for positioning at least one defect in a billet being forged into an article is described. The size and location of the billet is first determined, using a non-destructive test such as ultrasonic inspection. The movement of the defect under selected forging conditions is then predicted, using a finite element analysis model. The billet can then be positioned and forged under conditions which cause the defect to move to a non-critical area of the article. In this manner, a billet which might otherwise be discarded or set aside can often be retained for a useful purpose. Related articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2002Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas James Batzinger, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Jr., Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Patent number: 6908519Abstract: A superalloy made of a forging nickel-base superalloy such as Rene™ 88DT or ME3 is forged in a forging press having forging dies made of a die nickel-base superalloy. The forging is accomplished by heating to a forging temperature of from about 1700° F. to about 1850° F., and forging at that forging temperature and at a nominal strain rate. The die nickel-base superalloy is selected to have a creep strength of not less than a flow stress of the forging nickel-base superalloy at the forging temperature and strain rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2002Date of Patent: June 21, 2005Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Edward Lee Raymond, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Publication number: 20040221927Abstract: A superalloy made of a forging nickel-base superalloy such as Rene™ 88DT or ME3 is forged in a forging press having forging dies made of a die nickel-base superalloy. The forging is accomplished by heating to a forging temperature of from about 1700° F. to about 1850° F., and forging at that forging temperature and at a nominal strain rate. The die nickel-base superalloy is selected to have a creep strength of not less than a flow stress of the forging nickel-base superalloy at the forging temperature and strain rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2002Publication date: November 11, 2004Inventors: Edward Lee Raymond, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Publication number: 20040084118Abstract: A forging blank of a forging nickel-base superalloy is forged in a forging press having forging dies made of a die nickel-base superalloy. The forging is accomplished by heating the forging blank to a forging-blank starting temperature of from about 1850° F. to about 1950° F., heating the forging dies to a forging-die starting temperature of from about 1500° F. to about 1750° F., placing the forging blank into the forging press and between the forging dies, and forging the forging blank at the forging-blank starting temperature using the forging dies at the forging-die starting temperature, to produce a forging.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2002Publication date: May 6, 2004Inventors: Edward Lee Raymond, Richard Gordon Menzies, Terrence Owen Dyer, Barbara Ann Link, Richard Frederick Halter, Mike Eugene Mechley, Francis Mario Visalli, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Publication number: 20040073401Abstract: A process for positioning at least one defect in a billet being forged into an article is described. The size and location of the billet is first determined, using a non-destructive test such as ultrasonic inspection. The movement of the defect under selected forging conditions is then predicted, using a finite element analysis model. The billet can then be positioned and forged under conditions which cause the defect to move to a non-critical area of the article. In this manner, a billet which might otherwise be discarded or set aside can often be retained for a useful purpose. Related articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2002Publication date: April 15, 2004Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas James Batzinger, Michael Francis Xavier Gigliotti, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa
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Patent number: 6652226Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a non-rotatable member that includes a honeycomb seal that reduces wear to rotor seal teeth disposed within the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine also includes a rotatable annular member including a sealing assembly disposed between rotor and stator components. The rotatable annular member includes seal teeth that extend radially outward from the rotatable annular member. The stator components include a non-rotatable member that includes a honeycomb seal that extends radially inward. The honeycomb seal is fabricated from a material that has a melting temperature less than approximately 2000° F.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2001Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: General Electric Co.Inventors: Richard William Albrecht, Jr., Joseph Charles Kulesa, Robert Paul Czachor, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa, Daniel Edward Wines, Thomas Tracy Wallace
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Publication number: 20020110451Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a non-rotatable member that includes a honeycomb seal that reduces wear to rotor seal teeth disposed within the gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine also includes a rotatable annular member including a sealing assembly disposed between rotor and stator components. The rotatable annular member includes seal teeth that extend radially outward from the rotatable annular member. The stator components include a non-rotatable member that includes a honeycomb seal that extends radially inward. The honeycomb seal is fabricated from a material that has a melting temperature less than approximately 2000° F.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2001Publication date: August 15, 2002Inventors: Richard William Albrecht, Joseph Charles Kulesa, Robert Paul Czachor, Shesh Krishna Srivatsa, Daniel Edward Wines, Thomas Tracy Wallace