Andreas is a senior solution consultant for electromagnetic simulation at Dassault Systemes in Darmstadt, Germany. After receiving his Ph.D. in numerical electromagnetics from the Darmstadt University of Technology in 2007 he has joined CST that later became a part of Dassault Systems. His main interest lies in the simulation of electromagnetic compatibility of electronic systems, ranging from high-speed to power electronics.
EMC Simulation of an Electrical Vehicle Powertrain
The automotive industry has recently experienced a tremendous push towards electrification and all OEMs are planning to develop new electric cars. Especially hybrid (HEV) and battery electric vehicles (BEV) are developed and needed to fulfill ambitious CO2 emission targets faced by OEMs. This paradigm shift poses completely new challenges in the development process of these cars. One of these new challenges is the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) for such a vehicle.
In this webinar, we will demonstrate how to simulate the EMC of the electric power train of an electric vehicle. The simulation will be build up step by step from component to system to full vehicle level. We will start with the inverter then add a filter and demonstrate how the motor influences emission. A special section will be dedicated to cables as careful cable design is one of the keys to a compliant system. Finally, all components will be assembled into a virtual twin of the vehicle for EMC simulation.
Alan is the SIMULIA Sales Director for AP South and is responsible for the Sales Management of the SIMULIA products. Prior to this role, he was also the technical leader for SIMULIA in AP South. Alan Joined DS Japan in 2009 as a presales consultant, progressing to Fatigue Lead in the Asia Pacific.
Prior to DS, Alan worked in a Japanese consulting company responsible for structural and geotechnical analysis. He also worked as a Postdoctoral researcher for the Tokyo Institute of Technology, under the Center of Urban Earthquake Engineering. Before Japan, He was a member of the faculty at the University of the Philippines, teaching Solid Mechanics, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, and Design of Concrete and Steel Structures.
He holds a doctorate from the Department of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and had his Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
Chris JONES graduated from the University of Paderborn (Germany) in 2010 with an electronic engineering diploma, focused on the numerical simulation of electromagnetic waves and waveguides. Following that he spent two years researching plasmonics at the University of Hagen (Germany).
In 2013 he joined Dassault Systèmes in Munich (Germany) working as a solution consultant for systems engineering & numeric simulation. He relocated to the United States in the summer of 2016 to support the simulation market across all industries in North America.
Multiphysics Process for eDrive Engineering
Developing a high-performance eDrive to propel modern electric vehicles is an inherent multiphysics and multidisciplinary problem; involving multiple engineers with various backgrounds working on one design to achieve peak performance. Digital continuity allows the physical behavior of the final product to be virtually evaluated and optimized across multiple domains. These aspects shall be demonstrated within the 3DEXPERIENCE platform by the example of an electric drive development cycle. The engineering typically starts from high-level requirements, which are going to be refined by running 1D simulation models. This information will then be used to create the detailed geometry, which is the basis for multiphysics simulation. Associativity between CAD and CAE and the orchestration of the simulation process will help to easily run loops to optimize the geometry of this complex system until the detailed requirements are validated successfully. When deployed with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, users innovate and accomplish more because they save time on model preparation and results tracking. This allows them to find and focus on the design changes that matter.
CT CHIANG received his B. Eng (Hons) in Electronics, majoring in Telecommunication in 2001 from Multimedia University, Malaysia. From 2001 – 2002, he worked as Manufacturing Engineer in Sony Electronics Malaysia, designing test fixtures and procedures. He then returned to Multimedia University and obtained M.Eng.Sc degree in Microwave Engineering in 2005. In his Master's studies, he was focusing on Anechoic Chamber construction, qualification, Radar Cross Section (RCS) research, and Microwave Imaging.
He worked as an antenna design engineer for Laird Technology, which focused on antenna in handheld devices. He then started with work with CST in 2007, as an Application Engineer. He was involved in technical support for various topics, involving RF / Microwave, EDA, EMC, and low-frequency applications. In 2013, he worked as Sales and Technical Support Manager, which divided his time between Technical Sales and Support Activities in South East Asia countries. Since 2020, In 2017, he worked as SIMULIA Electromagnetic Industry Process Consultant Senior Manager, where he mainly takes care of CST product-related activities, managing, and upbringing technical team in the APAC region to cater for the upcoming electromagnetic market.
Dayanidhi has been a part of SIMULIA for the past 12 years. He is part of the industry team and his areas of technical expertise include SIMULIA on 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, Composites, Optimization, and Multi-Body Simulation. He has worked for various T&M and A&D clients such as Bombardier, Tenneco, L&T, Ashok Leyland, Mahindra, TATA, HERO Motor, HONDA, ISRO, Airbus, CSIR, DRDO Labs, etc. He holds Bachelors's Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Masters's in Thermal Engineering.
SIMULIA on 3DExperience Cloud for Realistic Simulation
Presentation on the latest roles and functionality on 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud from SIMULIA. It will update What’s New in R2022X GA & FD01 and What to Sell in 2022, complemented by practical demonstrations using focused use cases. This includes a walkthrough of the latest release of PowerFLOW on 3DEXPERIENCE Cloud.
Dr. Ben PINE is a SIMULIA Electromagnetics Industry Process Consultant with Dassault Systemes, where he is part of the SIMULIA Opera Support and Apps team. Ben has worked at Opera for almost 2 years and specializes in accelerator magnets, MRI machines, the magnetization of permanent magnets, and quench of superconducting magnets. Prior to joining Dassault Systemes, Ben worked for 15 years as an Accelerator Physicist on the ISIS Spallation Neutron Source at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, UK. Ben has a doctorate in particle physics from Oxford University.
Low-Frequency Simulation for Resistive and Superconducting Magnets
Low-Frequency Simulation for Resistive and Superconducting Magnets SIMULIA Opera is a finite element analysis package that can be used to develop 2D and 3D models with the simulation of multiphysics effects including electromagnetics, space charge, stress, and thermal. Opera is developed for accuracy, capability, reliability, speed, and ease of use.
Opera has been used for more than 35 years to design accelerator magnets for both industrial and research applications. Opera has been used to successfully design all types of magnets for accelerators including permanent magnets, DC and AC dipoles, quadrupoles, and higher-order magnets, undulators, and solenoids. Opera can track particles through the simulated fields, with or without space charge effects.
Opera can simulate both low and high-temperature superconductors, including superconducting quench events where a superconducting magnet rapidly transitions to the normal state. This type of simulation accounts for the effects of induced eddy currents and heating.
Opera can simulate MRI machines including the main field and gradient coils necessary for the production of images, as well as the shielding required to keep operators and patients safe. There is a continuous development of requirements for MRI machines, including field magnitude and homogeneity, patient experience and safety, cost and manufacturing, and shielding. A brief overview of the use of Opera for accelerator magnets and MRI machines will be given in this talk.
Dr. Kaustav BHOWMICK specializes in the field of Photonic devices, Photonic materials, and optical technology. Post-PhD (University of Nottingham, UK, 2013), he has worked as Assistant Professor, at the National Institute of Technology, Sikkim (2013-2015) and Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham Deemed University, Bengaluru (2016-2019). During the said period, Dr. Bhowmick has been instrumental in setting up Photonics research laboratory, MoUs with national and international universities, supervising UG, PG, and Ph.D. students, and publishing research in national and international journals and conferences. His project students have been recruited in well-known international and national universities and in companies like Bosch. Dr. BHOWMICK has done research with some well-known names in Photonics, both in India and abroad. Currently, at PES University, his target is to drive research in Photonic and related quantum technologies, preferably in an interdisciplinary manner. Presently Dr. Bhowmick is with PES University as an Associate Professor, in the Dept. of Electronics and Communication Engineering, and also holding the post of Domain Head, VLSI, with running a Photonics Research Laboratory.
From Microwaves to Quantum Technology, Are Materials Catching Up?
The materials evolution from the age of electronics, via photonics, to quantum age, is covered in the talk.
Geetha AVULA started her career with Dassault Systemes in 2004 and has been with the company since then. She started as an Applications Engineer and is now the Senior Technical Manager. As a support engineer, she has provided technical training and support for SIMULIA products primarily Abaqus. She has interacted with many customers giving them guidelines on the issues they are facing, suggestions on their workflows, etc.
In her current role, she’s responsible for driving initiatives such as Electric Vehicles, Additive Manufacturing, Cloud solutions, to be able to guide companies on the technology Dassault Systems has to offer. Interacting with many Electric Vehicles companies in India and working with the global team she is supporting quite a few clients in the EV space.
She holds a Masters's Degree in Computational Mechanics of Materials and Structures from the University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Juan has been working in the SIMULIA R&D organization for over 20 years. During that time he has made many contributions to the advanced mechanic's technology in Abaqus, especially in the area of constitutive modeling of materials. As the leader of Materials Technology, Juan is directly involved in the long-term planning and development of functionality needed to address our customers’ needs in the area of materials modeling. Currently, Juan manages the Nonlinear Mechanics development team, responsible for advanced nonlinear mechanics capabilities in the Abaqus solvers.
Prior to joining SIMULIA, Juan held several positions in academic research institutions, including Professor of Continuum Mechanics at the University of Granada (Spain) and Research Associate at the Division of Engineering at Brown University (USA). Juan holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Seville (Spain) and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University (USA).
Materials/Mechanics Update
Materials modeling technology has been one of Abaqus’ traditional strengths and continues to be an active area of development, driven by customer needs for accurate modeling of complex material behaviors and processes. The 2021 RUM presentation in this video provides an update of new material modeling capabilities that have been added to the Abaqus solver recently.
While these capabilities can be quite powerful, proper characterization of the material model is key to increase the fidelity of the results and achieve optimal designs. Therefore, model parameters should be calibrated from test data to ensure that the model provides a correct representation of the material behavior for the application of interest. To this end, I encourage all of you to take a look at the latest enhancements to the Materials Calibration capabilities in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
Kunal KHOT has been mainly working as a FEA Engineer and Product Engineer for more than 14 years working in the automotive domain for the axle, driveline, transmission, crash protection systems, seating, body structures, suspensions, and chassis. He is experienced in product design and development, validation, testing, project management, and various CAE software.
Realistic Simulation to Reveal the World
Klaus KROHNE received his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany in 2002 and his Doctor of Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland in 2007. From 2007 to 2009 he was a Researcher with the A*Star Institute of High-Performance Computing in Singapore. His research interest is in the area of electromagnetic simulation and component optimization techniques. In 2009 he joined CST (Computer Simulation Technology) South East Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore, which was acquired by DASSAULT SYSTEMES in 2016. Today Klaus is responsible for the SIMULIA sales and technical sales in the Asia Pacific.
SIMULIA Brand Update & Highlight
SIMULIA is a Simulation brand within Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE company. We provide technology for simulation in each domain – covering Structures, Fluids, Electromagnetics, Multibody, Vibro-acoustics, and Automation & Optimization. This presentation offers a brief overview of these technologies and illustrates that you are using the same technology (per domain) whether you are a standalone product user or are a 3DEXPERIENCE platform user. We then highlight multidisciplinary and multiscale solutions of select industry processes and workflows. We also introduce a new unified licensing model that provides access to all solvers from the same license pool. The new model includes a cost-effective approach to encourage simulation-based design exploration. The presentation concludes with a peek into the remainder of the RUM agenda, including deep-dive sessions in each domain.
Kranti TANTWAI is presently working as an EMAG Industry Process Consultant in Dassault Systèmes India. He has more than 15 years of work experience in the field of Electromagnetics and circuit simulation. Currently, he is handling EMAG technical sales, support, and training activities in India.
Previously, Kranti has worked in the Automotive and Semiconductor Industry. He has authored many technical papers in international conferences and holds a US Patent for the Design of Multilayer RF Filter and Balun. Kranti carries a Master of Electrical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, the USA, and B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay.
Electromagnetics is Revolutionizing Our World - EMAG Updates
The trend to develop better products, faster and cheaper, is increasing dramatically in the present economical difficult times. Many decision-makers are facing conflicting objectives such as short-term savings in operational cost, doing the same or even more work in less time, and increase innovation to realize better product KPIs. Electromagnetic simulation in the development process is helping companies to achieve better product KPIs for a wide variety of electronic products.
Communication system products with antenna, microwave components, and associated electronics are getting more challenging, and the performance of such products has to be proven when they are installed in their working environment. SIMULIA CST Studio Suite 2021 introduces a range of new enhancements and improvements to increase the versatility and performance in modeling, meshing, and solver technologies to solve these issues.
This presentation discusses electromagnetic simulation with CST Studio Suite across industries and highlights a few of the updates in the latest release.
Mechanical Engineer with 14 years of experience in simulation-driven product design and development in the fields of medical devices, Aerospace, and Power generation. Completed M. Tech in mechanical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchchirappalli in the year 2007. Started career with the GE gas turbine division at John F welch tech center. In this role performed thermomechanical simulations for rotors and casings. Played a key role in NPI and engineering activities. Key programs include F class Rotor life management, E class secondary flow management. As part of the design, improvement worked in the team and filed a patent as a coinventor. Received Project of the Month award recognized at the center level. After 6.5 years, moved to the Tech lead role at the mechanical group in Honeywell. Worked on Full Engine Thermal Deflection Modelling, NPI program - design of convection shield. In 2017, joined SMT as Principal Engineer – R&D and lead the virtual simulation group in adopting simulation-driven product development. Developed and mentored the virtual simulation team in adopting simulations for product development and implementing robust design principles. Adopted virtual simulations in class 2 and class 3 medical devices from conceptual to regulatory phases of the product life cycle. Design guidance from ISO 255392, USFDA guidelines, and ASME V&V40 frameworks were incorporated. Leading in-silico trials (Virtual Simulations): Translated physiological loadings to the virtual simulations for coronary and peripheral stents and performing fatigue analysis to ensure product safety and life per regulatory guidelines. Six Sigma Green Belt certified from GE and Honeywell. Successfully implemented six sigma principles DoE, RCA, Robust design, FMEA, and lean principles in product development. In my free time interested in volunteering activities, teaching. Worked as a state-level content coordinator for the Sri Sathya Sai Vidyavahini program in developing teaching material for teachers and students.
Realistic Simulation to Reveal the World
Nilesh holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University.
He has over 7 years of experience in the CAE domain. He has worked in areas such as Powertrain simulations, seating system design, BIW, Interior, Plastics, Underhood Thermal Management, etc.
Currently, he works as a CAE Manager in Sujan ContiTech AVS Pvt Ltd. As a part of his current responsibilities, Nilesh works on the design & simulation of engine and suspension mounts, dampers, twist arm bushes, etc. Structural and durability requirements of chassis components, understanding failure modes of components, and correlation simulation results with tests.
Prakash PAGADALA is an Industry Process Consultant with the Customer Process Experience team at Dassault Systemes India Pvt Ltd. His domains of expertise include Process Automation and Customization, Fatigue Simulation, Advanced Dynamic Analysis, Automotive Engine, and Powertrain Durability. He works with clients across various industries including Life Science, Transportation, and Mobility, Tire, and Industrial Equipment segments. Prior to joining DS, he was working with Altair Engineering India Pvt Ltd for six years. Prakash completed B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering from Kakatiya University and holds a Masters in Mechanical Design.
Brake System Engineering
The Brake system is a critical part of vehicle architecture. A good brake system design will ensure reliability, durability, efficiency, performance, and safety where and however the vehicle is operated. When the design is inadequate, the vehicle operator may be inconvenient to the occupants and in the worse case, no longer safe. The Brake System Engineering Industry Process from Dassault Systemes provides designers and engineers with realistic design & simulation solutions that, when used to drive the engineering process, ensures a perfectly designed brake system that meets the customer’s expectation for safety and a comfortable ride experience
Prof Punit MAHAJAN is a professor at IIT- Delhi’s Department of Applied Mechanics. He specializes in Solid Mechanics but his domain also includes Snow Mechanics, Helmet impact and heat transfer, Helmet impact and heat transfer, Precision glass moulding, Applications of Finite Elements and Composites- and their homogenization and mechanical behaviour, machining, low and high-velocity impact.
He completed his graduation and post-graduation from Delhi University in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, U.S.A.
He currently serves as a TRIPP Chair Professor at IIT Delhi but has also worked as a Visiting Faculty, Institute of Low-Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan, Research Scientist, CEMEF, Sophia Antipolis, France and Science, and Technology Agency Research Fellow, National Research Institute for Metals, Japan.
Rain Erosion and Repair of Wind Blades
Wind energy in India has grown intensively in the last decades. Wind turbines are subject to degradation and failure caused by rain and dust leading to a reduction in energy output. The blade degradation includes leading and trailing edge erosion, matrix cracks, delamination and structural damage. Predictive computational modelling of monsoon and dust caused degradation of WT blades and subsequent repair can help in deciding maintenance schedules.
Computational models for prediction of degradation due to rain on turbine blade coating combine the stochastic representation of rain at a location with impact and fatigue modeling to obtain damage in the blade. The rain model provides the size and velocity of the raindrop depending on the intensity of the rain. The stress distribution on the coating due to the impact of raindrops is analyzed as a fluid-solid interaction problem. The coating is modeled as a solid using continuum element and SPH (Smoothed particles hydrodynamics) or CEL (Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian) is used to model the water drop. A comparative study of the two methods shows that they give similar results with the highest stresses close to the stress surface. Coating sometimes contains voids near the surface and sub modeling can be used to evaluate stress concentration due to these. Repeated impacts of raindrops is analyzed using fatigue equations to predict the erosion in the blade, damage in the laminate, and life of the blade. The modelling is carried with Abaqus combined with Python coding.
The damaged blade can be repaired by scarf repair using adhesives. Effect of scarf angle, stiffness of adhesive, localized voids are some of the factors which can affect the post-repair lifetime of the blade and have been briefly analyzed. Attempts are also on to incorporate adhesive curing and post-curing behaviour into the computational model for repair.
Ranjit is Industry Process Consultant at SIMULIA India. Ranjit has been with SIMULIA India for 5 years and has a total of 10 years of work experience. In his previous experience, he owned the design and manufacture of critical subsea oil drilling equipment for major off-shore drilling providers with his designs still operational off the coasts of Norway & Sao Paulo. His areas of expertise are non-linear mechanics, design automation & computational programming. He holds a master's degree in computational mechanics from University at Buffalo, New York, and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NIT Calicut. He is passionate about helping users built the best products possible in the shortest time by enhancing the capabilities of the SIMULIA portfolio using the latest automation and artificial intelligence tools
New Enhancements in Optimization & Durability from the SIMULIA Portfolio
SIMULIA Portfolio of products Tosca, Isight and Fe-safe provide best in class optimization and durability tools to the simulation engineer. SIMULIA Tosca is updated with industry-leading non-linear non-parametric topology and shape optimization tools that allow users to take their FEA solutions further to obtain fast and accurate light-weighted designs. SIMULIA Isight has the latest optimization, DOE, approximation algorithms and results in analytics plug-and-play tools that easily combine with all popular FEA and numerical computing software. SIMULIA Fe-safe provides the latest fatigue life algorithms for durability assessment in a time domain and frequency domain for structures, welds & elastomers interfacing with all FEA solvers.
Renuka SRINIVASAN is currently SIMULIA Sales Director for India. In her current role, she is responsible for the SIMULIA business in India. Prior to this, she was WW Services Director for SIMULIA. Renuka has over twenty years of experience in the simulation business and was instrumental in setting up the SIMULIA business in India.
She was worked with customers across a variety of industries including automotive, aerospace and defense, industrial equipment manufacturers, civil engineering, engineering services providers, among others. She was a Bachelors in Civil Engineering from BITS, Pilani, and a Masters from Duke University.
SIMULIA Technology Update and Highlights
SIMULIA is a Simulation brand within Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE company. We provide technology for simulation in each domain – covering Structures, Fluids, Electromagnetics, Multibody, Vibro-acoustics, and Automation & Optimization. This presentation offers a brief overview of these technologies and illustrates that you are using the same technology (per domain) whether you are a standalone product user or are a 3DEXPERIENCE platform user. We then highlight multidisciplinary and multiscale solutions of select industry processes and workflows. We also introduce a new unified licensing model that provides access to all solvers from the same license pool. The new model includes a cost-effective approach to encourage simulation-based design exploration. The presentation concludes with a peek into the remainder of the RUM agenda, including deep-dive sessions in each domain.
Rijin holds a master's degree in Microwave and Radar Electronics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, India and has industry experience of 8 years in electromagnetics with many publications and a patent. Working as Industry Process Consultant at Dassault Systemes, Rijin has an interest in high-frequency electromagnetic applications and EMC simulation and worked with customers across several industries.
Prior to the current role, he worked as Solution Consultant in Dassault Systemes and as an Application Engineer in Computer Simulation Technology. He has work experience of over two years in GE (General Electric) Global Research Centre, where he worked on various electromagnetic projects and holds a patent for wireless power transfer.
Sairamesh RAGHURAMAN is an electrical engineer with a Ph.D. in MR physics from the University of Wuerzburg, with 15 years of experience in MR hardware and systems. He is currently employed as a Principal Engineer in MR RF, in Voxelgrids Innovations Pvt Ltd., a start-up located in Bangalore, India, where a next-gen MRI scanner is being developed.
RF Simulations of a Closely Shielded MR Body Coil – Effects on Efficiency and SAR
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanners have an elaborate RF chain, very similar to the ones found in a typical Telecom or Aerospace communication network. The system consists of RF power sources that deliver energy over the front end & Transmit antennae, and sensitive receive antennae to pick up signals from patients. These signals are amplified and eventually digitized to form high-resolution anatomical images. The transmit antennae (or coil) while generating the RF B field, required for imaging, deposits power in the human body due to concomitant E fields and currents induced in the conductive regions of the human body. This power that is typically characterized by Specific Absorption Rate (SAR), if left uncontrolled, can cause changes in the temperature of the human body, which can be harmful. This talk, apart from giving an intro to the RF sub-system of an MRI scanner and simulations involved in their designs, presents initial results of changes in local and global SAR due to change in Transmit coil loading, especially the one due to RF shield.
Shripad TOKEKAR has been working with Dassault Systemes for close to 13 years. Over the decade-plus career in Dassault, Shripad has been working with various customers across industries to deploy industry best processes for simulation. He started a career as an applications engineer providing technical support, training, and services and further closely worked with Automotive Industry to develop best practices, workflows & methodologies.
In his current role as an Industry Process consultant manager, he is leading a team of experts from various domains such as Structures, fluids, EMAG, MBS & Optimization. Shripad has a keen interest in understanding the Industry processes and deploys the best practices.
He has a Master’s Degree (MTech) from IIT Delhi in Applied Mechanics with a specialization in structural mechanics.
Sureshkumar is an Industry Process Consultant with the Customer Process Experience team at Dassault Systemes India Pvt Ltd. He joined SIMULIA in Aug 2008. His domains of expertise include Process Automation and Customization, Fatigue Simulation, Advanced Dynamic Analysis, Tire Analysis, Automotive Engine, and Powertrain Durability. He works with clients across various industries including Life Science, Transportation and Mobility, Tire, and Industrial Equipment segments. Prior to joining DS, he worked with Robert Bosch Engineering and Business Services Pvt Ltd for two years. Sureshkumar has completed B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Anna University and Computational Engineering from the School of Advanced Engineering and Information Technology.
Integrated Modeling and Simulation for People, Processes and Performance
This talk covers the different levels of MODSIM - starting with modeling and simulation automation, managing physical and virtual tests, discussing process automation, managing requirements, and finally, performing project management. We have taken an example of designing a smartphone from the Hi-Tech Industry to discuss MODSIM. We have also covered some industry examples where we have deployed MODSIM.
Suyog SHINDE has a Masters's Degree in Machine Design Engg. from IIT Roorkee. He is leading a mechanical engineering and development group at Product Development and Process Technology Centre in Larsen & Toubro, Heavy Engineering IC. His focus areas are new product and technology development, Mechanical design of process equipment, Advanced Finite Element Analysis, Studies related to creep and Fracture Mechanics, Simulation of fabrication processes such as welding and forming, technical support & failure studies. He has more than 15 years of experience in these areas. His contributions include new product developments in the areas of process, nuclear & aerospace industry. He has filed three patents. He has also authored many papers and has been an expert speaker at reputed institutes. He has contributed as an expert faculty from the industry at the Indian Institute of Welding.
Advanced Analysis in Process Industry
In the present era of dynamically advancing technology, the operating conditions and hence construction of equipment in the process industry including Heat Exchangers, Boilers, and Reactors are becoming complex.
Advanced analysis has been useful during the complete lifecycle of this equipment starting from design up to maintenance and modification. As per the design guidelines, such equipment is to be designed by intricate Finite Element Analysis. Advanced features of Abaqus had been used to handle various such design cases with complex geometry, involvement of creep behavior, and creep-fatigue interaction type of evaluations. Specialized analyses have been carried out to simulate various fabrication-related processes such as welding, forming, and Post Weld Heat Treatment for effective fabrication of this equipment. In addition to these, analyses are performed to simulate transportation and installation conditions. L&T has also been involved in various site fabrication and revamp-related projects and advanced FEA has been performed for various of these projects to simulate complex thermos-structural behaviors during such activities.
Advanced features of the Abaqus tool have been used effectively for all of the above types of evaluations.