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Design and Nonlinear Finite Element Convergence Analysis of Engine Gasket
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Numerical Simulation of Deepdrawing Process of a Sheet Metal (March 2017- May 2017)
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Design and Nonlinear Finite Element Convergence Analysis of Engine Gasket (Jan 2017- March 2017)
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• Performed nonlinear FE analysis of the conventional geometry of engine gasket to observe parameters like Von Mises stress & modified the geometry of gasket to prevent leakage of oil and to maintain uniform contact pressure (S/W: Abaqus)
Design and Fabrication of flexural based linear guideway for microdrilling work station (Oct 2015- April 2016)
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• Analyzed the working of the proposed microdrilling system under different loading conditions (S/W: ANSYS)
• Fabricated the system prototype costing 40% that of systems currently available for microdrilling (S/W: MS Project)
Analyzed bending and spring back effect in a beam to calculate residual angles generated due to Elastoplastic behavior of materials
Currently working on simulating the process in FEA software (Abaqus) to verify the results obtained analytically
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