Mahesh Bamane

An Engineering Analyst with 17+ years of experience in design, thermal and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) in Aerospace & oil and gas industries focusing on - • Structural integrity checks by advanced Finite Element (FE) analyses using Hypermesh, Optistruct, ANSYS Workbench, ANSYS Classics, LSDYNA and Abaqus for different aero-engine and subsea components. • Working Experience on Pratt Whitney and Rolls-Royce Aero-engines likes BR725, Trent XWB, Adour, EJ200 and TP400. • Impact dynamic analysis using LSDYNA for containment analysis of HPC casing and Bird Strike analysis. •Experience of working from early stages of project from concept Stage FEED through to detailed design. •Experience of working with varied metallic and non metallic composite materials, manufacturing processes and validation FEA models outputs against physical testing data and ‘real-life’ scenarios. Working knowledge of Pressure Vessel Codes and Standards • ASME BPV Code Section VIII - Div-2 & Div-3, ASME B-31.8, ASME B31.3 and PD5500. • Good understanding of design codes (US and European) for subsea systems and API standards. Specialized in Fracture Mechanics, Fatigue and Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA) •Fitness-for-Service (FFS) Structural Assessments, Welding procedures and NDT. •Working Knowledge of Design Code and Standards used for FFS - BS7910, BS7448, ASME VIII, R6, API579, DNV-OS-F101, DNVGL-RP-C203 & DNV-RP-F108. •Material testing procedure for Tensile Test, SENB, SENT and Fatigue Testing for Engineering Critical Assessment (ECA). •Fitness-for-Service Assessments Tools: Crackwise, LINKPIPE, FlawPro and FE based ECA. Analysis Techniques Handled Linear and Non-linear Static Analysis (Geometric, Material Non-linearity & Contact); Dynamic Analysis (Modal, Vibration, Drop test and Crash), Creep, Buckling, Pressure Containment Analysis, Frequency Response Analysis, Steady State and Transient Thermal Analysis, LCF & HCF, Fatigue & Damaged Tolerance Analysis, Blade off and Bird Strike Explicit Analysis using LSDYNA, Exposure to Composite material, Lateral and Upheaval Buckling, Pipeline walking analysis, On-bottom roughness Analysis, pipe-in-pipe Reeling Analysis and pipeline design. Programming Skill •FORTRAN, Python and ANSYS APDL Scripting. Analysis Tools Knowledge •MSC Nastran & Patran, Abaqus LSDYNA, ISight, Hypermesh, Optistruct, Radioss, ANSYS Classic and Workbench, SC03, Zencrack, SolidWorks, Mathcad and Unigraphics.