November 2004
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078-5016
http://moretti.ceat.okstate.edu/
California Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, B.S. 1957; M.S. 1958.
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany, Fulbright Scholar 1958-1959.
Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1965.
Stanford University & NASA-Ames Research Center, Summer Faculty Fellowships 1972, 1975 & 1976.
Alexander von Humboldt Forschungs Preis awarded 2001;
Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany, Sabbatical 2002 and 2003.
Flutter in Moving Webs (Paper, Plastic Films, or Textiles).
Fluid/Structure Interaction.
Flow-Induced Vibrations in Heat Exchangers.
Multi-Stable Flows.
Professor, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 1976-present; Director of MAE Graduate Studies, 1987-1990; Associate Professor, 1973-1976; Assistant Professor, 1970-1973.
Vice-Chair of the Graduate Faculty, Oklahoma State University (OSU), 1999-2002; Chair of the Faculty, OSU, 1996/97; Member, OSU Faculty Council, 1992-97; Chair, Graduate Faculty Group III (Physical Science and Engineering), 1991-1993.
Lecturer, Three-Week Seminar on Flow-Induced Vibration in Heat Exchangers, Tianjin University, P.R. China, Sept. 1987.
Program Manager (through Inter-Governmental Personnel Act), ERDA and U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, D.C., 1977-1978.
Consultant to WADCO, Westinghouse-Hanford, Foster-Wheeler FEA, ERDA, DOE, Sandia, HTRI, YUBA, Therma Tech, SERI, Rockwell International, Celanese, Litwin, H.T.E., and ABB Lummus Global, 1970-present; registered Professional Engineer.
Senior Engineer, Westinghouse Advanced Reactor Division, responsible for Flow-Induced Vibration Problems and Experiments, 1968-1970.
Development Engineer and later Project Manager, INTERATOM, for Nuclear Ship Reactor, 1964-1968.
Research Assistant, Stanford University, NSF contract, 1963-1964; Instructor, 1962-1963, Mechanical Engineering Department.
Staff Engineer, National Engineering Science Company, Consultants on Ocean Wave Action, Summer 1960.
Test Mechanic, Liquid-Fuel Rocket Engines, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Summer 1956.
Lab Technician, Metallurgy, California Institute of Technology, Summer 1955.
Peter M. Moretti, "Tension in Fluttering Flags," International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, Vol. 8, No. 4 (December 2003), pp. 227-230; ISSN 1027-5851.
Y.B. Chang & P.M. Moretti, "Flow-induced vibration of free edges of thin films," Flow-Induced Vibration, Proc. of 7th Int. Conf. Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV2000), Lucerne (Switzerland), 19-22 June 2000, ed. S. Ziada & T. Staubli, Publ. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, ISBN 90-5809-129-5, pp 801-810.
Young B. Chang, Chang H. Cho, & Peter M. Moretti, "Edge Flutter," ASME Int. Mech. Engrg. Congress & Expo., Nashville (Tenn.), Nov. 14-19, 1999, publ. in Noise Control and Acoustics Division - 1999, NCA-Vol. 26, ASBN 0-7918-1637-0, pp. 413-423.
Peter M. Moretti, Young-Bae Chang, & Krishna Vedula, "Vibration Intensity Measurement of Fluttering Webs by Laser-Doppler Sensors," Proc. SPIE (Int. Soc. Optical Engrg.) v. 2358, 1st Int. Conf. On Vibr. Meas. by Laser Techniques: Advances and Applications, Ancona (Italy), Oct. 3, 1994, ASBN 0-8194-1697-0, pp. 409-420.
Y.B. Chang, S.J. Fox, D.G. Lilley, & P.M. Moretti, "Aerodynamics of Moving Belts, Tapes, and Webs," ASME Symposium on Dynamics of Axially Moving Continua, Miami, Florida, September 22-25, 1991, publ. in DE-Vol. 36: Machinery Dynamics and Element Vibrations, ASBN 0-7918-0627-8, pp. 33-40.
P.M. Moretti, "Lateral Deflection of Webs in Air-Flotation Ovens," Trans. ASME, J. Applied Mechanics, Vol. 71, No. 3 (May 2004), pp. 314-320.
Y.B. Chang & P.M. Moretti, "Aerodynamic Characteristics of Pressure-Pad Air Bars," Trans. ASME, J. Applied Mechanics, Vol. 67, No. 1 (March 2000), pp. 177-182.
Young B. Chang, Ronald .P. Swanson, & Peter M. Moretti, "Longitudinal and out-of-plane stiffness of a web in an air-flotation oven," ASME Int. Mech. Engrg. Congress & Expo., Nashville (Tenn.), Nov. 14-19, 1999, published in Noise Control and Acoustics Division - 1999, NCA-Vol. 26, ASBN 0-7918-1637-0, pp. 435-443.
Peter M. Moretti, "Flow-Induced Vibrations in Arrays of Cylinders," Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 25 (Jan. 1993), ISSN: 0066-4189, pages 99-114.
P.M. Moretti & M. Cheng, "Instability of Flow through Tube Rows," Trans. ASME, J. Fluids Engineering, Vol. 109, no. 2 (June 1987), pp. 197f.
Research experiments (e.g., water-table tests of flow through tube rows) have been used not only for graduate-student research, but also for undergraduate laboratory projects and teaching demonstrations.
Results of research have been incorporated into undergraduate and graduate classes, by authoring the textbook Modern Vibrations Primer (CRC Press, ©2000, ISBN 0-8493-2038-0).
For a wider audience, overviews of research have also been published in popular magazines covering science (Scientific American, June 1986) and engineering (Mechanical Engineering, Dec. 1986).
Developed a practical method of estimating natural frequencies in heat-exchanger tube bundles, which has been incorporated into at least 10 text and reference books by other authors.
Impact: Scientific publications have been cited by other authors in more than 100 technical papers.
Collaborators: Prof. Y.B. Chang, Oklahoma State University; Mr. C.H. Cho, Korea; Prof. T. David, University of Canterbury, New Zealand; Prof. P. Hagedorn, Technical University Darmstadt; Mr. R.B. Swanson, 3M Corporation.
Advisor: Professor W.M. Kays, Stanford University.
Advisees - current PhD candidates: Mr. Hyun-Ki Cho; Mr. Eui-Yeol Hong; Mr. Suck-Min Kang.
Advisees - current MS Candidates: Mr. Thomas G. Ballas; Mr. Adam H. Martin.
Advisees - recent MS graduates: Mr. Vijay Aravamudhan; Ms. Brigitte Busch; Mr. Ung-Chung Chang; Mr. Xiang-Ming Fang; Mr. Corbin T. Grimsley; Mr. Chee-Loon Ng; Mr. Paramjit Singh; Mr. Sathia Thirumal; Mr. Krishna Vedula; Mr. Zi-Jing Wang; Mr. Gembong Wibowanto.
Advisees - past PhD graduates: Dr. A.S. Abu-Mostafa, Borland Software; Prof. A.A. Busnaina, Northeastern University; Dr. J.Q. Cai, Fractionation Research Inc.; Prof. Y.B. Chang, Oklahoma State University; Prof. M. Cheng, Feng Chia University (Taiwan); Prof. J. Cutbirth, Oklahoma Christian College; Prof. B.W. Jones, Kansas State University; Dr. D.C. Nguyen; Prof. Y.I. Sharaf-Eldeen, Florida Institute of Technology; Dr. H.K. Yoon.
Board Member, NorthCare, Oklahoma City, 1999-2004.
Trustee, First Christian Church, Stillwater, 1998-2000.
Asst. Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, 1993-1997.
Chair, OSU Retirement & Fringe Benefits Committee, 1993-1994.
Honor Standing at Caltech, 1955.
Fulbright Scholarship to Germany, 1958/59.
OSPE Outstanding Engineering Achievement Award, 1977.
L.E. Tinker Service Award, Boy Scouts of America.
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2001/2002.
Fluent spoken and written English and German; some knowledge of French and Italian.
Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Member, TAPPI.
Fellow, Institution of Diagnostic Engineers (U.K.).
Member and Testing Proctor, Mensa.
Registered Professional Engineer, and National Engineering Certification.
Fulbright Alumni Association.
Alexander von Humboldt Association of America.
Dr. Moretti is credited with the discovery of reverse transition (suppression of wall turbulence) of boundary layers in accelerating flows. He has extensive research and consulting experience in fluid/structure interactions. His method for obtaining natural frequencies in tube bundles is widely used in industry, and his identification of unsymmetrical flow patterns at small pitch-to-diameter ratios has changed our understanding of flow instabilities in heat exchangers. He is carrying out research on the aerodynamics of flutter in webs, and the structural tensioning of webs dynamically induced by out-of-plane motion.