Assignments of Kiron Bhaskar

Completed numerous projects for all major car manufacturers involving Design, Development and Analysis of Powertrain Mounts.

Developed new and improved technique for analyzing hydraulic mounts for dynamic stiffness & damping characteristics incorporating the effect of bulge in the elastomer due to fluid pressure.

Currently involved in rolling out customized first order CAE tools within the division, for Designers and Product Engineers.

Was actively involved in a project funded by NIST – “Enabling Technologies for Lean Manufacturing of Critically hardened Steel Application”. Responsibilities include identifying the need / requirements, help implement, test and validate the product and process.

Completed numerous projects involving optimization of various Chassis Components for mass reduction / cost savings.

Involved in design and development of a cam to deactivate a piston in a multi cylinder reciprocating compressor by reversing the direction of rotation of the crank shaft.

Stability analysis done to relocate the center of mass of the reversing cam mechanism to move the mechanism to a region of stable equilibrium in meta-stable system.

Computer codes were written in MATLAB for optimization of mass and location of center of mass and for the stability analysis.

Bearing Analysis to determine the oil film pressure distribution for various angular positions of oil feed on the journal for two cylinder reciprocating compressor.

Performed dynamic (vibration) analysis on various structural components.

Obtained mode shapes of a bladed disk assembly using finite element methods (ANSYS).

Setup and maintained equipments in the Vibrations and Fluid dynamics lab such as the Fourier Analyzers, Impulse hammers, Vibration exciters, Accelerometers, Waveform generators, Pumps, Blowers, Wind tunnels.

Extensive research work on “Free response of bladed disk assemblies to mistuning”.

Developed finite element models using ANSYS to carryout static and dynamic analysis.

Was teaching assistant for the following graduate level courses : Computational methods for structural dynamics (ME710), Advanced finite elements (ME712), Finite elements (ME612), Mechanical Vibrations (ME660) & Fluid Dynamics (Under Graduate level).

Complete annual turn around inspection of the Engine Compressor (Cooper Energy Services, USA) unit of ammonia plant at Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Ltd., India.

Refurbishment and Commissioning of 13 stage BFW (Shin Nippon Machinery, Japan) pump.

Annual turn around inspection of CO2 booster compressor (Kawasaki, Japan) and drive turbine (4.5 MW, Mitsui Brown Boveri, Japan) at SPIC, India.

Annual turn around inspection of various rotating machines at SPIC, Tuticorin plant in 1995 & 1996.

Health Study of various rotating machines of Hydrogen plant, ISRO, LPSC.




			AT DELPHI Completed numerous projects for all major car manufacturers involving Design, Development and Analysis of Powertrain Mounts. Developed new and improved technique for analyzing hydraulic mounts for dynamic stiffness & damping characteristics incorporating the effect of bulge in the elastomer due to fluid pressure. Currently involved in rolling out customized first order CAE tools within the division, for Designers and Product Engineers. Was actively involved in a project funded by NIST – “Enabling Technologies for Lean Manufacturing of Critically hardened Steel Application”. Responsibilities include identifying the need / requirements, help implement, test and validate the product and process. Completed numerous projects involving optimization of various Chassis Components for mass reduction / cost savings. AT TECUMSEH PRODUCTS Involved in design and development of a cam to deactivate a piston in a multi cylinder reciprocating compressor by reversing the direction of rotation of the crank shaft. Stability analysis done to relocate the center of mass of the reversing cam mechanism to move the mechanism to a region of stable equilibrium in meta-stable system. Computer codes were written in MATLAB for optimization of mass and location of center of mass and for the stability analysis. Bearing Analysis to determine the oil film pressure distribution for various angular positions of oil feed on the journal for two cylinder reciprocating compressor. AT WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY Performed dynamic (vibration) analysis on various structural components. Obtained mode shapes of a bladed disk assembly using finite element methods (ANSYS). Setup and maintained equipments in the Vibrations and Fluid dynamics lab such as the Fourier Analyzers, Impulse hammers, Vibration exciters, Accelerometers, Waveform generators, Pumps, Blowers, Wind tunnels. Extensive research work on “Free response of bladed disk assemblies to mistuning”. Developed finite element models using ANSYS to carryout static and dynamic analysis. Was teaching assistant for the following graduate level courses : Computational methods for structural dynamics (ME710), Advanced finite elements (ME712), Finite elements (ME612), Mechanical Vibrations (ME660) & Fluid Dynamics (Under Graduate level). AT SOUTHERN PETROCHEMICALS, INDIA Complete annual turn around inspection of the Engine Compressor (Cooper Energy Services, USA) unit of ammonia plant at Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Ltd., India. Refurbishment and Commissioning of 13 stage BFW (Shin Nippon Machinery, Japan) pump. Annual turn around inspection of CO2 booster compressor (Kawasaki, Japan) and drive turbine (4.5 MW, Mitsui Brown Boveri, Japan) at SPIC, India. Annual turn around inspection of various rotating machines at SPIC, Tuticorin plant in 1995 & 1996. Health Study of various rotating machines of Hydrogen plant, ISRO, LPSC. Contact Me Comments ?