Raghu Ram Vadali

- Working as Crash and Safety engineer - Material Calibration of CFRP, Metals, Foam, Spotwelds, Seam welds - CFRP crushing, Delamination - CFRP material testing - Side crash and Safety simulations for US and EU - Dummy positioning, Airbag Deployment - Analysing the Structural behaviour under Side crash loads and providing necessary suggestions - Validation with test results - Work flow management and co-ordination

• Methodology for crash simulations from component level to full vehicle • Structural response under IIHS small overlap frontal crash • Concepts, Methodology and Validation for structural components for small overlap crash

Crashworthiness of composite subcomponents for Automotive Industry • Development of methodology • Parametric effects on the numerical results • Determination of the critical locations with damage or delamination • Optimization of sub-component (Fiber orientation and geometry) • Validation with experiments from component level to substructure levels

Draping simulation of dry carbon composites(Meso models) • Development of methodology for draping simulations • Analysing the fibre angles, thickness reduction and rowing failures

Responsible for the structural behaviour of BIW, Analysing results, Validation. Mentoring a team of 4 for crash projects. Communication with the design and simulation teams at Renault, France. Methodologies and Validation Projects •Frontal,Side, Roof Crush, Rear crash, Pedestrian crash and low speed crash(RCAR)

• Worked for clients GM and NISSAN • Linear, Non-linear and Quasi static simulations of automotive components • FE modelling of BIW assemblies for NVH and crash simulations

Computational mechanics of materials, Computational mechanics of structures and shell theory, Micro-mechanics of materials, Theories of plasticity and visco-elasticity, Continuum biomechanics, Computational composite materials

Strength of materials, Machine design, Thermodynamics and Thermal engineering, Fluid mechanics and Hydraulics, Production technology, Heat transfer, FEM