Vivek Varkal Email & Phone Number

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Managing presales and post-sales activities for SIMULIA solutions (Simpack, Abaqus, fe-safe, Tosca) across India.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

 MBD, FEA, Durability, NVH Business Unit: Electric motor, Gear-shift systems, Actuator systems Tools: Ansys workbench, Ansys Motion, Simcenter Motion• Test the mechanism design and functionality of gear shifters and actuators; Correlation with test results• Failure assessment of different plastic and metal components of shifter and actuator like lever, snapfits, press fits, housing, rivets, gears, bearings etc. using component/assembly level nonlinear FEA • Durability of electric motor components like rotor, stator, welds, housing, carrier, cover plate, press fits etc. • Rotordynamic analysis of electric motor components and test rig subjected to unbalance and vibration loads

India

• Developed State of Art and Proof of Concept (PoC) solutions to challenging industrial problems for SIMULIA (Abaqus, fe-safe, Tosca) customers• Supported customers from Automobile, Defense, tyre and Heavy Engineering industries in developing standard FEA workflows and best practices by understanding their technical challenges• Expertise ino Material modelling for plastics, rubbers and metal componentso Debugging the convergence issues for nonlinear/contact problems and large assembly level simulationso Drop test of electronic components using Abqus/Explicito Vibration analysis of some automotive components such as bracket, steering mechanism, tyreso Fatigue life (LCF, HCF) simulation of components subjected to static, dynamic and random loadingo Topology/shape optimization for weight reduction & stiffness increaseo Analytical methods and simulation of manufacturing processes like electromagnetic forming, induction heating, sheet metal forming, ring rolling, metal cutting, resistance spot welding & so on • Trainings and workshops on nonlinear/contact FEA, explicit dynamic, thermo-mechanical, fatigue and topology optimization courses

Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for new product design confirmation of agriculture and off-highway tyres through FEA and physical test validation• Worked with New Product Development (NPD) team from conceptual design to detailed design of new tyre• Performed FEA assignments on tyre durability analysis for meeting in-service loads; and suggested design changes based on FEA results• Coordinated and conducted trainings for new joiners (GET) on “Tyre Rolling Contact Mechanics and Design”• Taken new initiatives and developed FEM workflows for evaluating tyre performance parameters such as rolling resistance (RR), tyre wear and tyre internal components temperature Tools: Abaqus/Standard, Abaqus/Explicit, Hypermesh

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Stress analysis of aero-engine fan blade components subjected to centrifugal and aerodynamic loads• 2D and 3D meshing of complex geometries (Hypermesh)

Master Of Technology - Mtech, Mechanical Engineering

Study and research focused on analytical and numerical analysis of manufacturing processes like electromagnetic forming, ring rolling.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering