GNANAPRAKASH A

Ph: (+**) – 766**-*****/860**-*****

Email: ac7n8o@r.postjobfree.com

Objective:

Seeking an opportunity to horn my skills in my field for contributing towards the organization's growth through hard work, dedication and total commitment. Fields of Expertise:

5 years of experience in Product Development & Vehicle Integration of LCV & MHCV. Present & Previous Employment:

Job Profile III: DAIMLER INDIA COMMERCIAL VEH PVT. LTD, Chennai. Department: Product Engineering - Entire Vehicle Management (Vehicle Integration

+ R&D Project Management)

Project: MITSUBISHI FUSO - LIFT (Light Duty International Future Trucks) Product Name: TF TITAN – Wide & Narrow cab –Single & Crew cabin Markets: Asia, GCC & Latin America.

GVW Range: 5 Tonner to 8.5 Tonner Trucks

Responsibilities in Entire Vehicle Management & Product Design:

Detailed planning for new vehicle development, test plan, bench marking and preparation of the vehicle for Homologation certifications.

Product specification finalization based on market inputs, technical feasibility

& Homologation requirements.

Responsibility for conducting Design and Development reviews meeting with CFT members.

Responsible for DMU management and package proposals of Powertrain, Electric harness and Brakes routing in DMU and Proto type fitment.

DMU concept designing and DMU checking (Static & Dynamic condition).

Modeling of parts and complete lifecycle in both PLM and PDM Software.

Endorsing engineering drawings with GD&T, Assembly Overview Instructions.

Preparation of Concept design for Fuel tank & Engine mounting brackets, Suspension hanger brackets and fuel hose routings.

Devising design, assembly, manufacturing and installation solutions.

Carrying out DFMEA. Competitor vehicle benchmarking for new ideas packaging with DFA & DFM feasibility.

# Designation Company Period

3

Design Engineer DAIMLER INDIA COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LTD

(Deputing through AXISCADES)

From May 2016

2 Engineer ASHOKLEYLAND LTD - TECHNICAL CENTER

(Deputed through HINDUJA TECH Ltd)

Mar 2015 – May2016

1 CAD Engineer CADD CAMM Solutions Sep2013 – Feb2015

Hard-point finalization based on packaging and responsible to give counter measure with respect to packaging standards & Stack up analysis.

Vehicle Proto built & Vehicle Testing support. Addressing proto build concerns

& Field Failures. Responsible to implement counter measures.

Process Sheets & Assembly Sequence preparations.

Responsible for Localization studies and making part readiness for fitment trial with proto Team.

Cost Reduction Ideas Generation & related Feasibility Studies.

Timeline preparation & Project Management.

Vehicle performance calculation (RAR, TCD,TCCD,Propeller shaft drive angle

& Suspension deflection)& CBD preparation.

Co-ordination with Proto, manufacturing and testing team for completion of the projects.

Job Profile II: ASHOKLEYLAND LTD (Technical Center), Chennai. Roles and Responsibilities

Design and Build a vehicle in chassis level with required aggregates based on marketing and tender requirement with respect to Bus body (eg: FOH door, ROH door, Wheel base door and TARMAC application)

Preparation of concept design for Electric & Air brake routings and Head Lamp mtg brackets

Responsible for generation of Coach builder drawings with Vehicle level tolerances, bill of materials Preparation, Data management and release process activities.

Responsible for Entire vehicle and aggregates level DFA, DFM and DVVP.

Responsible for analysis and close proto build Signoff issues before vehicle production release.

Analyze the vehicle field issues and apply corrective action as needed.

Providing spec feasibility check report with vehicle level DMU to lead designer and proto team.

Responsible for vehicle BOM stage release in LEAP & ENOVIA.

VAVE and ACHIVE More Projects : Simplified brackets designed for head lamp and Front Direction indicator used in LC vehicles. Implementation of shorter exhaust tail pipe in LCV.

Projects

LYNX Smart and LYNX strong – LCV application

Vehicle Tonnage platform – 10 & 11 T

Job Profile I: CADDCAMM Solutions, Chennai.

Roles and Responsibilities

Tutor for 3D CAD modeling software (CATIA-V5, ANSYS and NX8)

Responsible to complete Industrial and Engineering students project in CAD and CAE Platform for Aeronautical and Automobile field.

CFD project - Flow analysis in automobiles outer body and predict the Drag values for different Profiles (Hatch back and Sedan) with ANSYS-Fluent.

CAD model had been created by CATIA V5, NX or SOLID Works and analyzed based on structural, thermal and fluid flow aspects with ANSYS Fluent.

Have to present a demo in 3D- sheet metal & Surface tools,2D – drawing & Stack up analysis and CAE – Structural, Thermal and Fluid analysis to visiting industrialist candidates.

Projects with CAE tools

Design and numerical study of fluid flow over different platform of Automotive commercial and passenger vehicles.

Structural analysis of load distribution over Cantilever beam (aircraft wing) in max load at take-off, landing and in cruise control.

Thermal analysis – predicted temperature variation range in HVAC pipelines. UG career projects

Design project :

Derived 10-20 seat business jet aircraft with the following basic parameters of aircraft layout . Lift to drag ratio, thrust argumentation, fuel efficiency, rate of climb, aerofoil selection, engine efficiency and range value with benchmarking of Boeing and Bombardier business class jet.

Main project:

Numerical Study of wake formation in wind turbine as in single and in group Designing horizontal axis wind turbine (HAWT) blades to achieve satisfactory levels of performance starts with knowledge of the aerodynamic forces acting on the blade.

Wind turbine blade design: S809 Aero foil

Software used: Gambit –Fluent, CATIA V5 and CFD

Educational Qualifications:

Software Skills:

Pro- E, Creo,CATIA V5 & V6, Unigraphics NX12.0, PDM Enovia V5 VPM, Smaragd,NED, Team center & ANSYS-FLUENT

Personal Information:

FATHER’S NAME : M. Arumugam

MOTHER’S NAME : K. Palaniammal

DATE OF BIRTH : 15-02-1992

LANGUAGES : Tamil & English

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above furnished details are true to my knowledge. Place: Chennai, India. (GNANAPRAKASH A)

Date :

2013

B.E, Aeronautical Engineering

Jaya Engineering College Anna University – Chennai 6.91 CGPA

2009

H.S.C

Vetri Vikaas. Hr. Sec. School – Salem

85.5 %

2007

S. S. L. C

St.Joseph’s Boys. Hr. Sec. School -Cuddalore

73.5 %

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