Curriculum-Vitae
VISHWANATH.N
Contact Details:
Email id: vishwanathdj@gmail.com
Mobile: +91-9901290936
linkedin.com/in/vishwanath-n-
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Address:
#64, 1st main, 5th cross,
Maruthinagar, Kogilu Main Road,
Yelahanka, Bangalore-560064,
INDIA
Personal Data:
Father’s Name : Narayana Swamy
KN Date Of Birth : 05/11/1990
Nationality : Indian
Marital Status: Single
Passport Details: K7150000
Languages Known:
English, German- A1, Japanese –
Elementary Proficiency, Tamil, Hindi,
Kannada, Telugu & Malayalam
Career Summary
 Experienced CAE professional with 6 years of Overall and 5 years of CAE relevant
industrial experience in Automotive full vehicle Crash & Occupant safety domain with
sound product knowledge on Passive Safety devices like Airbags & Inflators, Seatbelts &
Pretensioners, Steering wheel assemblies and Seats.
 Experienced Crash and Safety engineer with knowledge of Model build, setup, debug &
Analysis for FMVSS (208,214,201,216a),ECE (R137,R94,R95,R135,R21) regulations and EURO-
NCAP, U.S-NCAP, C-NCAP, A-NCAP for Full frontal,ODB frontal, Side impact barrier &
head impact.
 Knowledge of Out of position(OOP-FMVSS-208) testing for Hybrid-3Year old & 6 year old,
Q3, Q10 child dummies & Hybrid 5th percentile adult dummy & airbag validation for OOP
load cases.
 Knowledge of analysis like Dynamic (Airbag Deployment, Impact, Drop Test), Modal,
FRF, Static Structural(Linear/Non-linear),Topology, Topography, Free Size Design
Optimization.
 Knowledge of Airbag modeling, stitching, folding, deployment test using Control
volume(UPM) & Particle(CPM) methods for Driver, Passenger & Curtain airbags.
 Hands on Airbags validation through Linear Impactor/Reverse Push away tests and
Inflators validation through Tank tests. Working hands on Dummy positioning, seat belt
routing, seat modeling, positioning & quashing for 4w, 6w, 8w manual seats for various
seats carlines.
 Knowledge of handling different dummies like Hybrid & harmonized-5th, 50th, 95th
percentile, Thor dummy, Hybrid- 3Year old & 6 year old, Q3 & Q10 child dummies.
 Experience in finite element modeling of automotive plastics/body and PT components and
error debugging techniques.
 Assemblies handled – BIW, Roof & Floor Assemblies, Engine Assemblies, Bumper
Fascia, Truck Chassis, Exhaust Assembly, Plastic parts such as Headlamp assemblies,
glove box etc.
 Knowledge in handling explicit & implicit analysis in explicit & implicit Solvers like LS-
Qualification
Dyna, Radioss, Board/University
Abaqus and Optistruct. Year Percentage
 MTECH (Machine
Worked on Crash &Design) VTU
Occupant Safety, - Belgaum
Durability 2013-2015
& NVH projects in Automotive70.91
domain.
Educational Qualification:
B.E (Mechanical) VTU – Belgaum 2008-2012 67.23
Professional Details:
Software Capabilities:
Python Scripting, PERL & C-
Programming, Java Scripting, HTML,
CSS, ISL & UGNX
Preprocessor : Primer, ANSA,
HyperMesh, HYPERCRASH, J-Fold
Solver: LS-Dyna, Abaqus, Optistruct,
Radioss, Ansys
Post-processor: Animator, MetaPost,
Hyperview, Hypergraph, LS-PrePost,
Abaqus CAE
Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
Current Employment:
 Associated with EASI, Chennai as Senior Analysis Engineer since Dec’2018 to till date.
 Onsite Deputation to Occupant Safety team at Ford Motor Private Limited
(GTBC), Chennai, since Dec’2019.
 Onsite Deputation to Occupant Safety team at Mercedes Benz Research
and development India, Bangalore since Dec’2018 to Dec’2019.
Previous Employment:
 Associated with Takata India Pvt. Ltd as CAE Engineer in R&D from June’17 to Dec’ 18
 Associated with ANSR Source Pvt. Ltd as Content Programmer from July’16 to June’17
 Associated with Winyasa Technologies as CAE Engineer from May’15 to Dec’15 and
Aug’12 to Sep’13
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 Roles and Responsibilities
 Receiving RFQ request for CAE activity and Evaluating provided inputs from customer.
 Assembly level finite elements model build up by extracting the mid-surface for 2d component (BIW/Plastics) and solid
(Hexa/Tetra) Mesh generation for solid automotive components.
 Assembly level Element Quality check for Jacobian, Warpage, skew angle, & aspect ratio for meshed components in accordance
with the client specifications.
 Updating components material and properties for various sections in the assembly and assembly level connectivity of
meshed components using appropriate 1-d, 2-d & 3-d elements.
 Full vehicle integration of multiple sub includes for creating master deck.
 Dummy positioning based on H-point and seat positioning based on seat reference point (SRP).
 Lap and Torso Seat belt routing on positioned dummy.
 Dummy pre-simulation and seat pre-simulations to remove de-penetrations of dummy with seat. (Seat Quashing)
 Modeling airbag using different techniques like CPM and UPM.
 Validating the airbag using Impactor correlation test/ Push away test and using this validated airbag in our system.
 Modeling the Connection for complete system by using different modeling techniques based on the type of analysis to be carried
out (Crash/Strength and Durability/NVH).
 Modeling different Contacts for complete system using different contact modeling techniques and also updating internal
parameter cards in contacts.
 Resolving errors occurred in the assembly by using intersection & penetration check.
 Running different simulations for Crash and Occupant Safety analysis, Strength and Durability analysis and NVH analysis.
 Debugging and fixing the error occurred and ensuring error free delivery to customer.
 Analyzing & reviewing the results.
 Evaluate occupant injury values as per FMVSS, ECE, SDG, Daimler & Ford internal limits.
 Detailed report generation in ppt and pdf format, Presenting to client and preparation of case studies.
Marketing & Event Management Field Exposure
 Served as marketing research executive in DNA Newspaper Company.
 5-6 years of background in Promotional & Event Management Companies.
 Worked as customer care representative in Act internet Broadband Service (Domestic call centre).
 Being the vendor & providing man power services to many Reputed Event Management Companies like Candid, Hash Connect
and Markelytics etc.
 Served as Promoter, supervisor and as man power for many Event management companies like Candid, Markelytics, Hash
Connect, Encompass, Microsoft, Cisco & Wipro etc
 Worked as Promoter for OLA Shuttle activity and in boosting the sales.
PROJECT SUMMARY

vehicle model build, setup & FEA analysis of first Row driver and first & second Row passenger side Occupant
d/THOR 5th percentile, 50th percentile, 95th percentile, Q10 dummies) for Full Frontal Crash (CNCAP/ANCAP/U.S NCAP/Euro NCAP) for va

Description:
Reduction of full vehicle Crash model to Occupant model.
Integration of main includes like BIW & Windshield, IP, Floor, Headliner & Sun visor, Seat and Dummy to master deck.
Seat positioning based on seat reference point (SRP) for different load cases and dummy positioning based on H-point.
Dummy pre-simulation and seat pre-simulations to remove de-penetrations of dummy with seat.(Seat Quashing)
Validated airbag static deployment test with CPM & addition of this airbag to master deck.
Performing shoulder-lap seat belt routing for driver dummy based on systems anchorage points.
Full vehicle integration by updating Contacts and Connection for complete deck by defining different parameter cards.
Inputting acceleration pulse to system and creating complete run able deck setup with error debugging.
Post processing results in animator, Meta-post, Ls-prepost or Hyperview.

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 Evaluating injuries occurred on dummy upper and lower extremities as per specified target limits & reporting in excel sheet and report genera
CAE results and actual test results correlation
Python scripting & complete simulation report generation.
Tools used: HyperMesh/ANSA, Primer, LS-Dyna, Animator/Meta-post, LS-prepost, MS-Office suite, Python

Project 2: Perl programming(C-language) for generating automation script to run the Model build, setup, integration to generate
assembly file for sled models of various regulations and NCAPs
Description:
Analyzing the modes required and the sub models required in obtaining these modes.
Scripting in Perl language based on required modes.
Running and testing the codes for its effective working.
Integrating these codes for entire module and creating & maintaining module library.
Tools used: Perl Codes, C-Programming, and Notepad ++, MS-Office suite.

Project 3: CAE Out-of Position (OOP) simulation tests on child dummies (3 year old & 6 year old) for child safety& adult dummy
(Hybrid/Harmonized 5th percentile) for internal safety of Full Frontal Crash (FMVSS 208) for different load cases of various carlines
Description:
Reduction of full vehicle crash model to OOP simulation setup.
Integration of main includes like BIW & Windshield, IP, Floor, Headliner & Sun visor, Seat and Dummy to master deck.
Dummy positioning based on H-point and seat positioning based on seat reference point (SRP) for different load cases.
Dummy pre-simulation and seat pre-simulations to remove de-penetrations of dummy with seat.(Seat Quashing)
Validated airbag static deployment test with CPM & addition of this airbag to master deck.
Full vehicle integration by updating Contacts and Connection for complete deck by defining different parameter cards.
Running OOP simulations and debugging and fixing the error occurred.
Evaluate occupant injury values as per FMVSS, Daimler & Ford limits. Post processing results in animator and Ls-prepost.
Python scripting & complete simulation report generation.
Tools used: HyperMesh/ANSA, Primer, LS-Dyna, Animator/Meta-post, LS-prepost, MS-Office suite, Python

Project 4: Dummy Positioning and Dummy Seat belt routing for different carline variants
Description:
Dummy positioning based on H-point.
Lap and Torso Seat belt routing on positioned dummy.
Dummy pre-simulation Analysis and post processing of the result.
Simulation report generation and presentation in PPT format. Tools used: Primer, LS-Dyna, Animator, HyperMesh, ANSA, LS-prepost

Project 5: Seat Modeling and simulation for various 4W, 6W, 8W manual seats for of different carline variants
Description:
FEM Modeling of seats.
Integration by updating Contacts and Connection for complete deck by defining different parameter cards.
Modeling and integrating the material cards.
Running Strength related analysis, debugging and fixing the error occurred.
Using Dummies skin of the positioned dummy based on its H-point.
Seat positioning based on seat reference point (SRP) for different load cases.
Then using dummies skin and positioned seat to perform Seat Quashing simulations
Analysis and post processing of the result.
Simulation report generation and presentation in PPT format.Tools used: Primer, LS-Dyna, Animator, HyperMesh, ANSA, LS-prepost

Project 6: CAE Sled model setup & System simulation of smart car projects driver side Occupant for ODB Frontal Crash(ECER94)
Description:
Fem model creation for IP, Console, Floor panel, passenger airbag compartment, Steering wheel, and windshield.
Assigning material, property to all sub components.
Dummy positioning based on systems H-point and seat positioning based on seat reference point (SRP).
 Performing shoulder-lap seat belt routing for driver dummy based on systems anchorage points.
Inputting acceleration pulse to system and creating complete run able deck setup with error debugging.
Evaluating injuries occurred on dummy upper and lower extremities & reporting in excel sheet and report generation
CAE Sled results and actual sled test results validation on CORA.Tools used: Primer, LS-Dyna, Animator, ANSA, LS-Prepost, MS-Office suite

Project 7: CAE Linear Impactor correlation/Reverse Push away test for Driver, Passenger and Curtain airbags validation

rbag and deck setup for Airbag-Impactor/Push away arrangement.

inflator data and was correlated with the inflator pressure by performing tank test.
y impactor/Push away testing to match the acceleration plot obtained through lab testing for different vent hole diameter by varying the leakage coefficien
test results on CORA.Tools used: LS-Dyna, ANSA, HyperMesh and LS-prepost

Project 8: Airbag FEA Modelling using CPM/UPM & Morphing of Driver, Passenger and Curtain side airbags

stitching using morphing, assigning material and property, using Airbag_Hybrid/Airbag_Particle card for defining inflator properties like mass flow rate, gas
sure method (UPM/CV) and corpuscular particle method (CPM) has been carried out to check airbag parameters like volume, pressure, surface area drop, m
LS-prepost

Project 9: Stitching and Folding of Driver, Passenger and Side airbags using J-fold.

el, stitching using J-Fold, assigning material and property and performing folding step by step by defining folding pressure, airbag contacts and constrains in
e of different tools available in j-fold tool library for performing different sub folds.
es at each stage of sub fold to make the folded airbag free from all cross edges.
d as per the folding pattern and the deployment test has been carried out to validate the volume and shape of airbag.
Primer and LS-Dyna.Role: Thin folding, Tuck folding, Roll folding, Inflator insertion setup and deployment setup

Project 10: Modelling, Stitching and Static deployment (UPM) of 3 chambered Passenger airbag.

ng using morphing, assigning material and property, using Airbag_Hybrid card for defining inflator properties like mass flow rate, gas temperature, gas fillin
carried out to validate the volume and shape of airbag.Tools used: LS-Dyna, HyperMesh v17.0 and LS-prepost

Project 11: Driver Airbag Meshing, Deployment and head impact Analysis.

aterial,property, defining inflator properties like mass flow rate, gas temperature, gas filling, air venting properties.
my head and modelling contacts between airbag and dummy.
d out to find airbag deployment behavior and injury values coming on dummy head.
h v17.0 and LS-prepostRole: Creating mesh, qualities checking, crush folding, assigning airbag properties, creating contacts, defining initial velocity to dumm

Project 12: Drop test on steering wheel to check its strength

Description:
Fem model creation, assigning material, property to steering wheel and modeling of weight for drop test.
Assigning initial velocity to weight and modelling contacts between weight and steering wheel.
Performing dynamic drop test analysis to validate the strength of steering wheel under impact.Tools used: LS-Dyna, HyperMesh& LS-prepost
 Project 13: Dynamic Strength Analysis of Seat belt bracket for w
Description:
Since input was Cad. Creating fem of complete seatbelt assembly using a combination of meshes (Hexa,Tetra&Shell), assigning suitable mater
Dynamic Strength Analysis has been carried out to find von-Mises stress and elastic plastic strain of the structure.
The Structure strength was validated on comparison with UTS stress and EPS strain and suitable design changes were suggested to improve th

Project 14: Material testing of tensile specimen to identify its strength and validation of materials.
Description:
The focus here was to identify the strength and perform the comparison between Maximal59 and ADC material for suitability to specific project.
The dumbbell tensile specimen was prepared for testing tensile strength according to ASTM Standards (E8/B557M).
The results were correlated both on component and system level to validate for suitability of material.

Project 15: Non-linear Quasi-Static structural analysis of Commercial vehicle Steering wheel(Volvo Eicher)
Description:
The input was in IGES format.
Generating complete fem of steering wheel and creating rigid wall.
Assigning the material (true stress strain curve) and preparation of deck by defining required load steps, control cards.
Running structural analysis to obtain displacement, maximum plastic strain for the specified load.
Debugging Contact and convergence issues appeared during run.
Correlation of CAE results obtained with practical testing results to perform validation of model.
Tools used: Abaqus 2017, Hypermesh v17.0, Optistruct and Hyperview

Project 16: Topology, Topography & Free-Size Optimization of Passenger & Commercial vehicle Steering wheel

o obtain an optimized steering wheel that allows certain deflection and stiffness thus passing the acceptance criteria as per customer requirement and thus
ated on the current steering wheel model and optimization setup was created by defining design variable, response, constrains and specified objective.
as performed on the model to identify unwanted material to be removed on design space.
optimization was performed on the model to identify beads & stiffeners location on design space to achieve the objective.
17.0, Optistruct, and Hyperview

Project 17: Strength Analysis of Seat belt shoulder anchor.

Description:
The input was Cad data (Step file).
Creating fem model, assigning material (Law36), property, applying BC, and calling engine cards.
Structural Analysis has been carried out to find von-Mises stress and elastic plastic strain of the structure.
Tools used: Radioss, HyperMesh v17.0 and Hyperview Role: Creating mesh, quality checking, assigning property, applying BC & perform strength analysis.

Project 18: Finite Element Mesh Generation and Crash Analysis of Bumper Fascia
Description:
1.Input format was IGES file. User profile was LS-Dyna.
The bumper
2. is of plastic material. Our focus was on good mesh flow & achieving quality as per the client requirement and thus creating fem mode
aterial and preparation
3. of Solver deck and also conducting penetration checks.
ts, Connections, Time
4. step, Mass and velocity for the system. Crash Analysis has been carried out to find crashworthiness of the structure.
5.
Tool used: HyperMesh v14.0, LS-Dyna and HyperviewRole: Creating mesh, quality checking, assigning thickness, Crash analysis.
 Project 19: Fatigue Analysis of Drive Shaft.
Description:
The input was in fem format.
Different cards like FATDEF, MATFAT, FATLOAD and FATSEQ were defined and assigned to define Material, Load-Time history and Sequence o
Fatigue analysis has been carried out to find out the Life and Damage caused to the component.
Validating the Software results with theoretical results and Studying Behavior of Both.
Tools used: Radioss, HyperMesh v17.0 and HyperviewRole: Fatigue analysis, finding Life (N) and Damage at different locations.

Project 20: Vibration (Modal) and Frequency response analysis of Passenger airbag (PAB) Retainer
Description:
Input format was IGES file.
Assigning the material and preparation of Optistruct deck.
Modal analysis has been carried out to find out the mode shapes at different frequencies and to find RF.
Tool used: HyperMesh v17.0, Optistruct and HyperviewRole: Creating fem, assigning property and material, defining BC, load steps & perform analysis.

Project 21: Assembly level Mesh Generation and strength analysis on complete Steering wheel model(X11,XBA,PSA)
Description:
The input was in IGES format.
Geometric clean-up was done in HyperMesh.
Generating complete fem of steering wheel using solid (Hexa, tetra) and shell mesh.
Material and property assignment and defining contacts, Boundary conditions, load steps and control cards.
Running the strength test to validate the FEM modelTools used: Abaqus 2017 , Hypermesh v17.0, and Hyperview

Project 22: Finite Element Solid (Hexa) Modeling & Modal Analysis of Crankshaft, Connecting Rod, Drive Shaft
Description:
The input was in IGES format.
Focus was to capture features like Pockets, Keyways, and Steps and maintain good mesh flow.
Solid Meshing using Hexa and Penta Element.
3D Quality checks to meshed component are conducted as per client specifications.
Assigning the material and preparation of Optistruct deck.
Modal analysis has been carried out to find out the mode shapes at different frequencies. Tools used: Hypermesh v14.0, Optistruct and Hyperview

Project 23: FEM Generation & Modal Analysis of Roof Assembly, CCB, and Complete Chassis Frame Structure.
Description:
Shell modeling of roof/chassis.
Assigning the material and preparation of Optistruct deck.
Connections are given using appropriate 1-d elements (RBE-3 and Welds) wherever necessary.
Modal analysis has been carried out to find out the mode shapes at different frequencies. Tools used: Hypermesh v14.0, Optistruct and Hyperview

Project 24: Mesh Generation of BIW/Plastic Automotive parts such as IP, Fenders, Hood assembly, sun roof, Closure & Door Trim
Description:
The input was in IGES format.
The BIW/Plastic components are meshed using the extracted mid-surface.
Geometric clean up is done in HyperMesh.
Quality checks to meshed component are conducted as per client specifications.
Tool used: HyperMesh v14.0Role: Creating mesh, quality checking, assigning thickness

Declaration: I affirm that the above-mentioned particulars are true and genuine to the best of my knowledge and

belief. Place: Bangalore. VISHWANATH.N