Delgado, Adolfo
individual record
Associate Professor
Positions:
- Faculty Affiliate, Energy Institute, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Division of Research
- Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
overview
My research focuses on rotordynamics, structural vibration, energy dissipation mechanisms, thin film lubrication and fluid-structure interaction applied to the design, modeling and improvement of rotating machinery systems and components.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2008
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2005
- B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Simon Bolivar - (Barranquilla, Colombia) 2002
selected publications
Academic Articles28
- Vandervort, J., Lukasik, G., Ayyildiz, B., Solom, M., Delgado, A., Kirkland, K. V., & Patil, A (2021). Performance evaluation of a Terry GS-2 steam impulse turbine with air-water mixtures. Applied Thermal Engineering. 191, 116636-116636.
- Ertas, B., Gary, K., & Delgado, A. (2021). Additively Manufactured Compliant Hybrid Gas Thrust Bearing for Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Turbomachinery: Experimental Evaluation and Fluid–Structure Model Predictions. 143(8),
- Kerr, T., & Delgado, A. (2021). Novel Approach for Optical Characterization of Thrust Collar Lubricated Area: Experimental and Numerical Results. 143(1),
- Patil, A., Kasprzyk, M., Delgado, A., & Morrison, G. (2020). Effect of Leakage Flow Path Wear on Axial Thrust in Downhole Electrical Submersible Pump Unit. 142(5),
- Jarroux, C., Dufour, R., Mahfoud, J., Defoy, B., Alban, T., & Delgado, A. (2019). Touchdown bearing models for rotor-AMB systems. 440, 51-69.
Conference Papers36
- Kerr, T., & Delgado, A. (2021). Optically Observed Turbulence In Thrust Collars at Low Critical Reynolds Number Including Numerical Predictions.
- Gary, K., Ertas, B., & Delgado, A. (2020). A General-Purpose Test Facility for Evaluating Gas Lubricated Thrust Bearings.
- Ertas, B., Gary, K., & Delgado, A. (2020). Additively Manufactured Compliant Hybrid Gas Thrust Bearing for sCO2 Turbomachinery: Experimental Evaluation and Fluid-Structure Model Predictions.
- Kerr, T., & Delgado, A. (2020). Novel Approach for Optical Characterization of Thrust Collar Lubricated Area: Experimental and Numerical Results.
patents
Patents13
- Delgado, A., Van Dam, J. D., Sakamoto, S. M., & Garcia, R. J. (2020). Load-sharing bearing system and an associated method thereof.
- Delgado, A., Van Dam, J. D., Nobrega, K., Sakamoto, S. M., & Marvel III, R. L. (2019). Downhole electric submersible pumps with high rotordynamic stability margin.
- Wolfe, C. E., Delgado, A., Gibson, N., Trivedi, D., & Ertas, B. (2019). Machine thrust bearing assembly.
- McCabe, J. J., Hebert, M. S., Hunt, I. S., Triscari, A. T., Kruse, K. S., Ryan, A. T., & Delgado, A. (2019). System and method for reducing relative bearing shaft deflection in an X-ray tube.
researcher on
Principal Investigator1
- Developments Towards Oil-Free Turbochargers for UAVs awarded by DOD-Army-Army Research Office 2019 - 2024
recent teaching activities
- MEEN363 Dynamics And Vibrations Instructor
- MEEN363 Dynamics And Vibrations-qatar Instructor
- MEEN485 Directed Studies Instructor
- MEEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- MEEN491 Research Instructor
Email
adelgado@tamu.edu
First Name
Adolfo
Last Name
Delgado
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Mechanical Engineering; 3123 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3123
USA