Richard Arnold

Visiting Associate Professor

(402) 472-4507

Ph.D., 1970 Kansas State University
B.S., 1961 Kansas State University

Dr. Arnold taught at the University of Nebraska - Omaha for eight years, then returned to private industry where he was part owner of a consulting engineering firm and managed projects for numerous industrial and utility clients. Dr. Arnold rejoined the faculty of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UNL in 1995. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society for Engineering Education, American Railway Engineering Association and the American Railway Bridge and Building Association.

Research Interests:

Engineering mechanics, power plant design, vibrations, and railroad support facilities and vehicles.

Selected Publications:

"Condenser, Cooling Tower Optimization Using Geometric Programming", Joint Power Generation Conference, October, 1986, with D. O. Stuart.
"Advisor's Handbook", College of Engineering and Technology, 1979.
"A Theoretical Model for the Work-Effort Ratio of a Large Muscle Group", ASME 1979 Advances in Bioengineering, with M. W. Riley.
"Relating the Coefficient of Friction at the Floor-Shoe Interface and Movement of the Torso Using a Link-System Model", American Industrial Hygiene Conference, May 1979, with M. W. Riley.
"Relating Human Static Work of Standing to the Coefficient of Friction Between Shoe and Floor Using a Link-System Model", Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 1979, with M. W. Riley.
"Stability of an Unsymmetrical Rotating Cantilever Shaft Carrying an Unsymmetrical Rotor", Journal of Engineering for Industry, 1972.