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Nagasai V

Hyderabad

Summary

  • Technical specialist Engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in frontal crash structural analysis and occupant safety for the automotive industry.
  • Proven expertise in utilizing advanced CAE tools like LS-DYNA to develop and validate vehicle structures that meet and exceed global safety regulations.
  • Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive design improvements from concept to production, ensuring optimal vehicle performance and occupant protection.
  • Led the development and analysis of full-frontal, offset-frontal, and small-overlap crash simulations over all seven major vehicle programs using LS-DYNA. Also have experience on working of HBM modelling and positioning.
  • Performed detailed structural analysis and identified key areas for design optimization to improve crashworthiness and energy absorption, resulting in a 15% reduction in vehicle weight while maintaining safety performance.
  • Have good knowledge on assessment and testprotocols of ENCAP/FMVSS 208 and RWD NCAP. Responsible for effective project coordination and deliveries of compact SUV and luxury sedans for European market.
  • Prediction of occupant performance and rating using FEA approach by using LS-DYNA tool. Improve the rating performance of dummy after
    simulation tests and developing methods in LS- DYNA.
  • Development of optimization proposals for restraint system & vehicle structure to meet legal requirements & consumer metrics.
  • Collaboration with suppliers for full vehicle/sled level simulations and testing reviews. Involved in generation and execution of Knowledge-based Engineering programming tools. Proficient with the Vehicle Development and new launch process tools.
  • My skill set encompasses advanced analytical methods and innovative problem-solving, making me a valuable asset in enhancing safety standards and performance in automotive design.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical specialist

Satven engineering services Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
04.2023 - Current
  • Hands on Experience in handling group of team members to execute different projects in effective time manner for Crash simulation for occupant restraint system analysis for BMW as direct customer.
  • Worked onsite for BMW Munich client side for certain period and coordinate the complete occupant simulation activities with customer for method and optimization developments and handle the offshore team activities to coordinate and deliver.
  • Responsibilities includes model deck preparation activities using CB2 tool and ANSA for LS-DYNA Deck setup for different standard analysis for occupant safety, evaluating results using Animator and prepare detailed reports and check for injuries in point of dummy and optimize the results for whole individual carlines.
  • Run the model after the model build up for all the positions of occupant P1//P3/P4/P6 for the given 1D and 3D motion pules considering the initial velocities. Also check with DAB/PAB/KAB/CAB/SAB airbag deployments and give optimized solutions for airbag when it’s not deployed.
  • Successfully Handled Complete Programs individually for different phases, Load cases performed for all the regulations (FMVSS208/ECER94/ECE131/KNCAP/CNCAP/IIHS).
  • Used hybrid H3 dummies both of active(50% dummy H350) passive (5% dummy HF05) and perform articulation/seat squashing and belt routing considering these dummies.

Senior Analyst

LNT technology services
Bengaluru
04.2019 - 04.2023
  • Responsible to work on proof of concepts in executing the project from scratch at initial stage of acquisitions to get the projects.
  • • Been technical consultant for execution and acquiring projects from major automotive clients TESLA and VOLVO at the initial stage of technical aspects and present it to the customer by preparing the DOU’s and final closure with SOP.
  • Lead team of 7 which includes responsibilities of resource management/billing/invoicing/KRA’s and appraisal cycles with in the team.
  • Perform full frontal analysis of vehicle by generating the pulse/measurement track with all the assemblies in passenger cars for FMVSS regulations using LSDYNA as solver.
  • Post process the results by observing the load path and consider the failures from the intrusion locations specified according to the standard regulation.
  • Worked on electric vehicle sun visor /center floor/ door decors/IB release functionalities/semi console assemblies on agile basis to give design optimized solutions through FEA with the failures obtained using ABAQUS as solver.
  • Prepare the reports and discuss them with the client to achieve better results, and provide optimized solutions where failures occur.

Senior Simulation engineer

Brose India automotive ltd
Pune
05.2015 - 05.2019

• Travelled multiple times to head quarters in Wuppertal in order to execute product life cycle from design phase to end of series production to provide solutions through FEA methods.

• Perform Static, Quasi-static and Dynamic simulation to evaluate strength of parts at different boundary conditions and recommending design changes to enhance safety performance of latch assembly.

• Compare and correlate FEA results with Multi body simulation and test results and perform iterations by implementing design changes in case of failure and recommend changes to designer.

• Post processing with standard and non-standard criteria. Developing methods and processes.

• Perform all the misuse and standard load cases on latch to achieve the safety in point of crash based on FMVSS206 regulation.

• Need to validate the simulations based on the process developed and suggest the best improvements for the product release for the production in the simulation point of view.

• Had to analyse, suggest and take the decisions based on the product developed with in the latch. Setting the new standards according to the requirement basis ofproduct.

• Had to meet design constraints and discuss with the designers to have product validation with complete quality of output.

Education

B-tech - Mechanical Engineering

RVR & JC College of Engineering
Guntur
05-2010

Skills

  • Front Crash simulation
  • Front Occupant and restraint systems
  • LS-DYNA analysis
  • FEA expertise
  • Model preparation
  • Accident safety analysis
  • Project management
  • ANSA 2510/2312
  • CAE 2 Bench (CB2) a BMW tool
  • ANIMATOR/METAPOST

Languages

Telugu
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
kannada
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Tamil
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
German
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Technical specialist

Satven engineering services Pvt Ltd
04.2023 - Current

Senior Analyst

LNT technology services
04.2019 - 04.2023

Senior Simulation engineer

Brose India automotive ltd
05.2015 - 05.2019

B-tech - Mechanical Engineering

RVR & JC College of Engineering
Nagasai V