LS - DYNA Training

     - Sivaji Ganesh Thota

    A dynamic leader and an extraordinary engineer, Mr Sivaji Ganesh has an overall 20 years of Industry experience under his belt. Through his career he has taken up various roles from an engineer to a team lead and then to an assistant General Manager. He has served in the field of Aerospace and Automobile as a delivery head and business development.

    He has the experience of working indifferent regions of the world having different languages and cultures; he has over 6 years of work experience in Japan where he served major OEMS like DIPRO, ISUZU, NISSAN, MJET and HONDA R&D AERO ENGINES.

    Also he has worked at various customer locations across the Globe in countries which include Japan, United States, Germany, Paris and has maintaining long term customer relations, participating in bidding process, Conducting customer meetings, discussions, negotiations to bring the business and projects.

    Sivaji has worked with Cyient (Infotech Enterprises Limited) where, he efficiently and successfully led a team of 250 engineers and Managers. As a manger, his work in the areas of customer relationship, associate satisfaction and revenue & Profitability was unparalleled.

    Sivaji has won numerous awards and accolades for his outstanding techno-managerial skills, he won Best offshore service provider for the year 2007, 2008, 2012 from Triumph Vought Aircraft structures, Business excellence and standardization advanced level certification award for year 2013 at Infotech enterprises, Best Manager of the Year for 2012 at Infotech Enterprises, Best Manager Of the Year for 2008 at Infotech Enterprises , Best Associate Of the Year for 2000 at Infotech Enterprises and Long service Award in 2011 Infotech Enterprises.

    Sivaji holds a B. Tech Degree from the Andhra University in Mechanical Engineering.

Students develop the ability to understand and express:

  1. Introduction
  2. The non-linear finite element dynamic equations
  3. Time integration and time step, difference between explicit and implicit integration
  4. Material model technology
  5. Element technology: spring, truss, beam, shell and solid elements
  6. Contact technology
  7. Contact algorithm, Nodal base, segment base contact
  8. Penalty method, friction, modelling technique for contact
  9. Quasi-static simulation using explicit
  10. Damping and dynamic relaxation
  11. Guidelines for FE modelling and simulations
  12. Mechanics of composite materials:
    1. Lamina
    2. Lamina within plane
    3. bending load
    4. failure criteria and strength
    5. Ls-Dyna composite materials
    6. Sandwhich Composites
    7. Woven Composites
  13. General Introduction
  14. History, Potential limitations of technology
  15. Modelling for crashworthiness
  16. Modelling guidelines for small and large displacement problems
  17. Workshop on shell elements
  18. Elasto plastic analysis
  19. Visco-plastic materials for foam plastic and rubber
  20. Overview of foams
  21. Workshop on material models
  22. Modelling of dummies and impactors
  23. Material parameters
  24. Airbag simulations
  25. Reference geometry vs folded bag
  26. Workshop on user subroutine implementation
  27. Simple optimization techniques
  28. Side impact simulations and component models
  29. Barrier modelling and small strain formulations
  30. Fluids:
    1. ALE smooth algorithms, Simple Average, Volume Weighing, Equipotential
    2. Advection Algorithms, First donor SALE algorithm, Second order VAN Leer
    3. Second order + Half index shift
    4. Material and void: Advection algorithm in voided material
    5. Multi-material formulation: Advection in multi material formulation
    6. Pressure Equilibrium
    7. Fluid structure coupling
    8. The ALE fluid/structure coupling
    9. The automatic fluid structure coupling
    10. The momentum coupling
    11. The penalty coupling
    12. Heat transfer
    13. Steady state and transient analysis
    14. Coupled analysis

The course is of 4 months, With 1 hour 30 minutes class each day on all bday of the week.

logo Shigemi Scientific Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Website Designed, Developed & Maintained by 3 Aayaam Technologies.