Allan
Bliemeister is a senior staff engineer with Kohler Power
Systems-Americas. He holds a BSME from the University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a MSME from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. He’s been with Kohler since 1988, and
specializes in International Building Code issues, finite-element
modeling, stress and fatigue analysis, and vibration. This article is
based on a white paper written and distributed by Kohler. It is also
available on the Mission Critical
website.