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Prabakaran Annamalai

Prabakaran Annamalai

Cranbourne East,VIC

Summary

CAE Technical Lead engineer with 7.5+ years of experience in Product design, Validation & structural analyses (Static and Dynamic). Experience in prototyping, manufacturing, assembly processes. To work in a competitive and challenging environment where there is enough scope for personal growth through continuous learning and research.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

CAE Engineer- Technical Lead

HCL Technologies
12.2019 - 02.2023
  • Managed projects from beginning to end, documenting results and presenting simulation results to customers.
  • Performed Thermal, Structural, Thermo-Mechanical, Seismic, Modal and Dynamic Simulations in ANSYS WORKBENCH.
  • Understanding loads that component encounters; simulating it in ANSYS to find structural strength of components undergoes structural loading conditions.
  • Application of computational mechanics, numerical modelling to solve engineering problems.
  • Performed material non-linear, geometric non-linear and contact non-linear FEA simulations in ANSYS workbench.
  • Built in various stress-strain curve for various materials.
  • Co-relation of FEA results with experimental results.
  • Report preparation and presenting to clients.
  • Design suggestions will be provided without affecting functionality of structure.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Lakshmi Machine Works
07.2017 - 05.2019
  • Roles and responsibilities were to design and structural FEA analysis of various machine tool components for Lathe machineries using modelling software CREO 3.0 and ANSYS respectively.
  • Design calculation has been carried out to estimate required torque for indexing turret disc from one station to another.
  • Supported engineering design development through analysis and simulation of prototypes and 3D computer models.
  • Preparation of detailed drawings for castings and machining processes as per standards.
  • Creation of bill of materials (BOM) with 100 % accuracy for assembly process.
  • Preparation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) along with assembly drawing for assembly process.
  • Brainstormed with product designers to implement and refine new manufacturing processes
  • Designed and analyzed mechanical systems and mechanisms

CAE/FEA Analyst

ANALYZER CAE SOLUTIONS
05.2011 - 12.2013
  • Find out structural integrity of Pressure vessels subjected to Thermal and Static structural loads.
  • Modelling was carried out in PRO-E from 2D-drawing provided by client.
  • Preprocessing work such as Geometry clean up, assigning material properties and meshing was entirely carried out in Hypermesh.
  • Input file will be taken to ANSYS APDL to perform thermo-structural analysis.
  • Result obtained from analysis will be compared against pre-defined ASME standard values of respective analysis conditions.
  • Design suggestions and optimization to improve strength and performance of pressure vessels.

Education

Master of Science - Professional Engineering- Mechanical

Swinburne University of Technology
Melbourne, VIC
12.2024

Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Chennai, India
05.2017

Bachelor of Engineering - Aeronautical Engineering

Anna University, Chennai
India
05.2010

Skills

  • Creo (CAD)
  • Hypermesh
  • ANSYS Workbench
  • ANSYS Spaceclaim
  • MATLAB
  • Microsoft Excel
  • MS WORD and Power-point

Languages

English
Full Professional
Tamil
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

CAE Engineer- Technical Lead

HCL Technologies
12.2019 - 02.2023

Mechanical Design Engineer

Lakshmi Machine Works
07.2017 - 05.2019

CAE/FEA Analyst

ANALYZER CAE SOLUTIONS
05.2011 - 12.2013

Master of Science - Professional Engineering- Mechanical

Swinburne University of Technology

Master of Science - Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Bachelor of Engineering - Aeronautical Engineering

Anna University, Chennai
Prabakaran Annamalai