Vijay Kumar Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas Area

Modification of the External Turret Mooring System on an FPSO to avoid bow contact• Developed a 3D model of the mooring system in Orcaflex using data from UWILD survey• Modified the top chain configuration and carried out interference analysis to check for bow contact• Dynamic Analysis of the modified mooring system (intact and damaged) in a frequency domain solver, SPMsim to calculate the maximum turret offsets, maximum loads on the turret and tension in mooring lines.Sensitivity analysis on Out of Plane Bending (OPB) of mooring chains• Literature review to understand the phenomenon of OPB in mooring chains• Sensitivity of OPB moment and hawse pipe rotation, to the frictional coefficients and 6DoF vessel motion is analyzed in OrcaFlex.

Visakhapatnam

Modification of terminal pontoon to Ro-Ro vessel, Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) project• Led team of three on project worth $ 17,000 to redesign pontoon for river use as per IRS rules• Designed structural modifications, general arrangements and ramp lowering mechanism• Checked stability using Maxsurf and estimated the cost of modificationInvestigation of cause of vibration in 500 Pax passenger vessel• Determined the hull girder natural frequency using 2-D beam elements in HyperWorks• Conducted parametric analysis of the propeller performance and checked for cavitation• Calculated wake distribution and hydrodynamic force on propeller disk using SHIPFLOW• Determine forcing matched aft body frequency; suggested change to heavily skewed propellerMiscellaneous Projects• Prepared detailed report comparing international rules as applicable to inland vessels• Suggested improvements to Inland Waterways Authority of India’s modal rules• Developed a MATLAB script to compute shear flow in ship cross sections as per CSR rules• Verified scantling calculations of a 10000T bulk carrier as per IRS rules

Mumbai Area, India

Senior Engineer, Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai, India June ‘10- August ‘11Design Engineering Group• Prepared layout and production drawings of different machinery compartments using Tribon M3• Supervised bill of materials preparation of various pipe fittings in SAP; verified vendor compliance Propulsion System Integration Special Group• Analyzed shaft vibration in P15A warship using Shaft Designer; validated results with available data• Documented detailed procedure for modeling and analysis; Suggested purchase of ShaftDesigner• Analyzed the effect of increase in chock size on loads on bolts securing gas turbine

Master In Ocean Engineering, Ocean Engineering

B.Tech, Naval Architecture And Ocean Engg

Intermediate

Ssc