Rob Swindell

Background

About Rob Swindell

Rob is a mechanical engineer with over 40 years’ professional consulting experience in the marine, oil & gas and energy sectors. Areas of particular expertise include vibration and fatigue relating to structures, static plant, piping and rotating machinery. This includes topsides, subsea and onshore production systems. Rob has been involved in the provision of specialist plant integrity and engineering consultancy to a large number of operators and engineering contractors. This has included advice at the design stage as well as troubleshooting problems on operational plant, often at short notice and to tight timescales in Europe, the Middle East, North America and Australasia. Rob has also acted as an Expert Witness in cases relating to vibration and acoustics, including giving evidence under cross-examination at the London Court of International Arbitration. Specialties: Vibration and fatigue associated with process equipment, piping and structures Structural dynamics Flow induced vibration (FIV) Flow induced pulsation (FLIP) & 'Singing Risers' Acoustically induced vibration (AIV) Measurement and monitoring system specification & development