Power Plant Design

PRAKUL MITTAL

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KEY SKILLS:

Mechanical Design Thermal Analysis Fluid Structure

Propulsion Lean Interaction

CAD/CAM CFD FEA

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

CATIA V5

MatLab KOMPAS

ANSYS

MATHCAD NX 8.0

SolidWorks

AutoCAD MS Office, MS Visio

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Masters of Engineering (Thermo fluids & Propulsion) Dec. 2014

Concordia University, Montreal

Bachelor of Engineering in Aircraft and Rocket Designing 2011

National Aerospace University “KhAI”, Kharkov, Ukraine GPA 4.3/5

CAREER RELATED EXPERIENCE:

Technical Adviser Nov. 2011-Sep 2012

Engenious Aerospace LTD, Nagpur, India

Provided design Support for Ultra-Light Aircraft and UAV system.

Performed Aerodynamic modification, power plant installation design, Airframe and rear fuselage design

Created 2D and 3D CAD models using CATIA V5 and AutoCAD

Created performance reports and documentation from customers and Airworthiness regulation Authority.

Jan 2010–July 2011

Junior Designer (R&D of UAV System)

Bharuk Aerospace LTD, Ukraine

Performed preliminary Designing of UAV system, and collaborate with other departments for design improvement.

Assisted in documentation and certification i.e. manuals for engineering staff, management and customers.

Assisted the designing team in Drafting and Modeling using CATIA V5.

Formulated conceptual designs and trade studies of UAV systems to meet customer requirements.

Team Leader, Propulsion, Rocketry Division Dec. 2012 to Jan. 2015

Space Concordia, Concordia University. Montreal, Canada

Designed and fabricated Hybrid Rocket motor capable of 10 Lbs. payload and range of 10000 ft. for IREC.

Computed mathematical model for designing and predicting performance of motor, Nozzle design, Grain design

perform FEA and CFD analysis.

Performed bench testing and fabrication of motor for safety and performance analysis.

Organized meeting schedule, presentation for sub sections and design review

Team Member, Mechanical System, Satellite Division Dec. 2012 to Dec. 2013

Space Concordia, Concordia University.

Responsible for thermal analysis of satellite for the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge

Developed FEA models for static and transient thermal analysis in space environment using NX 8.0, Predicting

Hot Case and Cold Case.

Calculated thermal conductance and heat transfer from joints and bolts.

Summer Intern, Aircraft Maintenance and Technical Service of Helicopter 2010

Rotor Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine Total 120 Hours

Studied Maintenance activities of helicopters 480B & Mi8, Aircrafts An-24 & Diamond star DA40-TDI.

Performed pre-flight and post flight hanger and maintenance procedures, and review documentation and checklist

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

Sep 2012-Dec 2014

Teaching Assistant (Mech. Engineering Design Project & Machine Design & Drawing)

Concordia University, Montreal.

Mentored 3ed year students in mini–Capstone project “Landing Gear design”.

Marked assignments, introducing aerospace design philosophy, standards related to project.

Provided office hours and consultation on FEA analysis, CAD modeling using SolidWorks.

Taught machine design & drafting to 2nd year students using AutoCAD.

Teaching GD&T, conventional tolerances and mechanical drawing conventions.

Trainee, NII PFM Ukraine Sep. 2009

Training in the field of Composite Material Manufacturing, Assembling and Designing of

UAV’s, Wind tunnel testing.

Sept 2011–Feb 2012

Professional Trainee, CADD Center, India

Training in the field of professional CAD/CAM courses with CATIA V5 and ANSYS.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Bachelor degree thesis: Business Jet: Design of Wing spar, Power plant System & Engine mount design

Designed Intercontinental Transonic Business Jet capable of 15 passengers. Main prototype were Challenger 850,

Challenger 300.

Performed flight dynamic, aerodynamic, stress analysis, assembly design, and manufacturing technique calculation.

Designed and analyzed all sub-systems e.g. Airframe, fuselage, Power Plant system, Landing gear etc. according to

FAR/JAR regulations. Used CATIA and Ansys for 3D modeling and engineering analysis.

Performed CFD analysis of wing and FEA of critical load carrying structures.

Mini-UAV system ‘SPARROW-S’ (personal project) Sep. 2009

Developed and designed UAV system for Cartography and monitoring mission for prescribed agriculture

by collecting data for GIS software.

Published papers in “International Conferences of Students and Young Scientist (POLIT), Kiev”

Project was selected by company and became commercial project. I was hired by this company.

Flight Performances and comparison of B737-800 vs. A320 for a specific flight mission. Sep. 2012

Computed flight performance of B737-800 and A320, using Matlab and MS Excel.

Predicted flight velocity graph and operation cost of both aircraft.

Lean Advancement in Aerospace Summer 2013

This project had been lead with SONACA, Montreal collaboration. The product family chosen was wing panels for the

Challenger 605 and CRJ 700,900

Improved lead times through a winning combination of first in/first out strategy, supermarket pull systems, Kanban

systems, continuous flow, and other methods.

Performed value stream mapping for each phase of the wing panel assembly process, including machining,

debarring, NDTs, saturation shot blasting, and other steps.

Performance Analysis of Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade with different Airfoil at Root & Tip sections.

Redesigned the blade with a more efficient airfoil at various section of blade geometry to achieve better aerodynamic

performance.

Performed computational fluid dynamic analysis by using Ansys CFX to validate the numerical result.

Parametric Modeling, Kinematic Simulation and FEA of Differential Gear for Automotive Applications

● Performed Parametric designing of differential gear Assembly using CATIA V5.

● Engine transmission power was 2400 rpm.

● Provided Proof of concept by performing kinematic simulation in DMU Kinematic bench of CATIA V5

● Performed FEA in Ansys Workbench to predict part failure and operation ability of product.

Graduate Research Project: FSI of Centrifugal Compressor using Ansys Fall 2014

Performed FEA and CFD on compressor blade using ANSYS WB, ANSYS CFX, and ANSYS Mechanical.

Created mesh in TurboGrid and Ansys Mechanical. Discovered critical operation criteria for design improvement.

Solved aero and structural behavior problems using fluid structure interaction to investigate flutter and vibrations.

In process of Publishing Paper in various science journals.

LANGUAGES: English, Hindi, Russian, French (basic).

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