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Accelerate Cost-Effective Development of Wind Energy

Realistic Simulation for Wind Turbines

Tuesday, March 23 – 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., EDT

Alongside the ongoing rapid increase in proposed and installed wind energy capacity worldwide, significant development challenges need to be overcome to make wind turbines even more powerful, efficient, and reliable for operation in a variety of conditions. The use of advanced composites technology has allowed the development of large wind turbine blades with much greater reliability than previously possible, but the industry still continues to experience blade failures that can be very expensive and damaging. The use of larger blades places increasing demands on other wind turbine components or subsystems such as the drive train, the tower, and the foundation making it even more critical for not only designing these components suitably but also for increased collaboration between various design groups within a company and between suppliers.

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SIMULIA offers a comprehensive suite of engineering simulation, optimization, and collaboration solutions that are helping wind energy companies address many of the above-mentioned challenges in a cost-effective manner. Abaqus Unified FEA can be used for designing and analyzing everything from composite wind turbine blades to drive trains, bearings, towers, and on- and off-shore foundations. SIMULIA’s Isight tool allows optimization of not only individual components such as composite blades but also allows optimization of subsystems and complete wind turbine systems, while SLM allows collaboration across different groups and companies.

Attend and Learn about:

• Composites simulation capabilities in Abaqus for composite wind turbine blade design
• Advanced contact capabilities in Abaqus for simulating complete gear box assemblies
• Assessment of on-and off-shore foundations using simulations

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• Optimization of various wind turbine components, subsystems, and complete systems
• Improved collaboration and productivity using Simulation Lifecycle Management

About the Presenter:

Mahesh Kailasam – Industry Lead, Energy, SIMULIA

Mahesh has worked with SIMULIA since 1998 in various capacities within Customer Services, Development, Product Management, and Strategy. Mahesh is currently responsible for developing and directing SIMULIA strategy for the Energy Industry, including the wind energy industry. Mahesh closely collaborates with SIMULIA's wind energy customers to understand their workflows and requirements. Information gathered from such collaboration is being used to provide simulation technology, usability, and productivity improvements for the wind energy industries. He has a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.