Vignesh Srinivasan

Email : ac0vvg@r.postjobfree.com: Skype: Vikisrinivasan

Mobile No : +1-623-***-****

WhatsApp : +1-623-***-**** / +91-984*******

Wind Energy –Design and Validation of Composite Nacelle & Hub Spinner covers, FEA validation for wind turbine components like blades (structural Strength analysis) /

Tower ( design and validation of Shells, Flanges, Bolted Joints, Flanges, Foundation design and anchor cage design) / CFD Cooling studies for Generators ( Over heating issues) / Bearing – Contact simulations / Fatigue life evaluation / DNV certifications / heat transfer & cure kinetic simulation of polymers / resin flow CFD modelling / GMNIA of tower ovality simulation etc. & Load Simulation Using GH Bladed.

Aerospace - FEM simulation of structural reliability in Turbine rotors (Aero engines). DOE based on new material selection and modal / harmonic study & fatigue life evaluation of turbine rotors. Implicit, Explicit & CEL Based Landing Gear Tyre - road Impact, Bird Hit Impact Study. Composite analysis and ballistic impact study.

Automotive / Ancillaries : FEA of heavy vehicle engineering / Weld life evaluation / Fatigue life calculation / Contact simulation of bearings / axle housings,ROPS & FOPS techniques, Chassis and Frames in OTR vehicles & building construction, Impact Analysis, FEA of Tires / Cure Kinetic Simulation, NES simulations & Hydroplaning & Tyre Road Interaction using CEL techniques.

Medical devices / Hitech / FMCG: Simulation driven product Development of Medical devices and surgical equipment’s. Simulation of urinary incontinence using advanced coupled Eulerian techniques. Drop Tests, Impact Study, Contact Interaction Studies etc.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Post Graduate Course: (May 2008)

Computational Mechanics & Engineering – IIT-Madras

School of Advanced Engineering and Information technology

Bachelor’s Degree: (May 2007)

Aeronautical Engineering- Anna University

Mohamed Sathak Engineering College

Tool Proficiency

ANSYS 15 : Classic APDL / Workbench / CFX / Fluent

ABAQUS 6.8 : Standard Implicit / Explicit / CAE / Material modelling.

Siemens NX 9.0 : Advanced simulations – CAE environment

Pre-processors : Pro E, Pro Mechanica Creo Simulate, Catia, Solidworks, Hypermesh, Gambit, NASTRAN, DAT-K, AutoCAD & Cubit

Adv Post processors : LS-DYNA, Autodyn & Comsol Multiphysics

PLM Tools : Windchill, PDM Link, Enovia and Team centre

Other Tools : MS Projects, MS Excel, GH Bladed, Matlab and VBA.

Experience Portfolio

Vestas Technology R&D Chennai - Wind Energy – Towers & Foundation

October 2014 – November 2016

Technical Team Lead -ISM – Tower & Foundation design – 2MW (V100, V110, V116 & V120) & 3MW (V105, V112, V117, V126 & V136) Platforms.

Provide key technical inputs to the Sales / bid teams needed for the order confirmation.

Project Management: Develop site specific projects in tune with customer requests.

Certification & Documentation of designs at DNV-GL, TÜV Süd & Bureau Veritas

Design & Validation Engineer for V164 – 8MW platform – Offshore Tower project.

Design Engineer for optimization of Tower & Foundation-Anchor cage Designs.

FE & Analytical Verification / review of Large Diameter Steel Towers for Certification.

Part of Global Knowledge Extender Program that exposes engineer to the complete Value Chain of the Product. Have undertaken Cross functional projects in Load Calculation, Pre – Sales, Production & Testing.

Caterpillar – BCP – India - Heavy Vehicle engineering (Automotive) -January 2013 – September 2014

Project Management: Handle & execute product development & Validation solutions- BCP

Team Lead: Mentor and lead team members on technical front.

Cross functional: Liaise with the test teams on correlation of test results with FEA.

Customer Interaction: Root Cause Analysis of components & Field Failure Study.

Customer Briefs, Site Visits & on Field Technical Support.

Key Achievements:

Design & Dynamic Impact on Door analysis, Door Crash & ballistic impact study on Doors.

ROPS ( roll over protection system) analysis of SSL machines / SWL machines

OMSA (on machine stress analysis) of SWL / BHL / SSL / STTT series.

Correlation of Test data with FE simulation using DAT-K tool

Gauge Mapping & Fatigue life calculation / weld life simulation of various components

Engine Mount Design & Vibration Simulation & Life Estimation

BJA (bolted jointed analysis) of components

Composite design of Hood & Counterweight in SWL

Underwent Rotation to Various Other Departments Like Testing, Manufacturing and Lean Engineering through the International Standard Engineer program

Vestas Technology R&D Chennai - Wind Energy – BLADES

November 2011 to October 2012

Thermal Mapping & Heat Transfer study of Negative elongation in the Spar structures.

Energy Optimization of the wind turbine Mould using Cure Temperature Results.

Involved business support functions like Engineering Change Management (ECM) and Non-Conformance (NC) to provide feasible solutions

Key Achievements:

DNV certification of Steel Frame structures of V126 3.3 MW platform.

Cure Kinetic based Resin Flow Model Helped prediction of Cure time of Resins.

Developed automated model generation of turner tool configuration for FEA Validation.

Testing & Validation of Blade spar/ mould heating configuration.

Design & analysis of Composite Nacelle cover, Spinner - V126 3.3 MW platform .

HCL Technologies- Engineering R&D services – Energy /Medical Devices / FMCG / Hi-tech - April 2011 to October 2011

Handle the CAE Simulation & correlation Platform individually.

Interact with Client; formulate the Statement of Work, Project billing & method Formulation.

Project Management and resource planning.

Client Liaising engineer for Energy & medical devices domain.

Key Achievements:

Technical Leader for Wind energy product platform / client handling & Liaising.

DNV certification of Steel Frame structures – WinWinD & Vestas

Testing of Composite samples for Nacelle cover – IIT M & WinWinD

Project Leader for P&G Femcare Solutions.

Technical Leader for Endopharma Medical devices simulation.

Project Lead: Simulation of Urinary Incontinence using CEL Method - Endopharma.

Thermal Mechanical Analysis of a SNAP-LED using APDL Macro in ANSYS – Phillips.

Development of a New Material Model in ABAQUS using MD & CD Data Samples – P&G.

Dynamic drop test of a Caridian-BCT Flogenics Frangible Automated Opener Assembly.

Project Management & Technical Client Liaising (FEA / CFD) – KLA Tencor

WinWinD Power Energy Pvt Ltd – R&D Department – Wind Energy

November 2009 to March 2011

Handle Structural Mechanics and Fluid Dynamic Calculations Related to the Steel Frame, Nacelle Cover, Hub Spinner, Blades, Towers, Gear Box and Test Bed Equipment’s.

Expertise in Composite & Metal components – design & analysis.

Mentor Graduate Trainees and Deliver Product Knowledge.

Was part of the International Rotation Program that lets the selected candidate to work in Various departments like Production, Load Calculations, Lean Manufacturing, Localisation, Testing and QC

Key Achievements:

Composite Design & FE Analysis of Hub spinner & Nacelle Cover - DNV Certification.

Structural Analysis of the Steel Frame structure in Wind Turbines – CWET Certification.

FE Modelling & Analysis of Tower Ovality & Structural Damage using GMNIA technique.

Tower Design for Structural & Dynamic feasibility – DNV Certification.

FE structural Analysis of the Hub Spinner Turnbuckle- Failure Study.

FE structural Analysis of the Hub Crack & its strength verification.

CFD Study of Air flow inside the Nacelle cover – Heat Transfer Study for cooling options.

Transportation Feasibility study for 60m blade transport & handling.

Work closely with engineers on producible study, selecting and sizing up hardware specification, during design and sourcing stage.

In-house Static Testing Of Blades ( WWD 1)

Full-scale static rotor blade testing, including load application with hydraulic winches

Composite Material Selection and Testing for Nacelle cover and Spinners

Load Calculations Using GH Bladed for WWD 1

Localisation of S70 tower and Nacelle cover ( Alternate Supplier Development)

MRF Tyres –R&D - Advanced Design Groups – Auto Ancillary

July 2008 to June 2009

Handle Cure Kinetic Simulation, NES simulations, perform in-house Thermocouple tests to understand the polymer kinetics of materials, indoor testing of tires in the AKRON Machines, Hydroplaning using CEL techniques.

Vehicle Dynamics : Indoor testing of Tyres on Akron Machines to study prominent dynamic Characteristics of the Tyre

Mathematical Modelling & Simulation of Curing process in Tires.

Shape Optimization/ NES & Inflation Of tires.

Vehicle Testing & Road handling & Indoor Testing

Hydroplaning /CEL aquaplaning Analysis & Thermocouple Study of Tires

BHEL-R&D- PG Student Research Project Associate (June 07 –June 08)

Perform CFD & FEA studies as a part of the study program and support the BHEL team in Numerical analysis using commercially available tools.

Multiphase heat transfer study in a super Critical Boiler .The Thermal study includes a Multi-Phase Heat Transfer of the working Fluid from Water to steam in a Radiation Transfer Background. Design Of supports & code compliance study was done using FEA code - Caesar & ANSYS.

Academic Assignments

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd- ETBRDC- Project Trainee – (Jan07 – April 07)

Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of a Turbine Rotor of a Turbo-Jet Engine for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Turbine Blade Material (IN600, IN718 & Udimet720) analysis at high temperatures (800 -1200 deg C) & Foreign Object Impact damage Study using Explicit Dynamics – Autodyn – LS Dyna

Mini Projects: Jan06– Jan07 (Funded by Defence Research and Development Organisation)

Impact & Ballistic analysis on a composite Bullet proof jacket: Explicit Dynamics – Autodyn – LS Dyna

Analysis of Aircraft Landing Gear for Static & Impact Loads ( G, Landing Impact study & Gradual Load study)

Personal details:

Language Skills - Tamil, English, Hindi and Bengali {German –1 level}

Marital status - Married

Relocation - Willing to relocate

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