(20 min.) Torsional analysis process of 2- stage planetary wind gearbox and its stiffening

Parthasarathy Ravichandran, Mechanical Design Engineer, Suzlon Energy Australia

Description

It is brief description on process of  torsional analysis of complete drivetrain, where focus is in 2 stage 1 helical wind gearbox simulation is carried out. The simulation is performed as per rotor loads as well as testbench case. You will learn how design evolves for gear housing design and behaviours of natural frequency when stiffening process is carried out to keep the gearbox stationary parts away from resonance frequency by rotating shafts.

Bio

Partha Ravi is a Mechanical Design Engineer professional, with expertise in new product development having extensive domain expertise in wind turbine technology and gearbox design. He has a varied level of expertise in Design development of large structural components and vibration analysis simulations (design stage). He has hands on experience in finite element analysis of heavy engineering components and carries out what-if case analysis. Partha has rich experience in pre-processing of wind turbine loads using GH Bladed simulation, and drive-train simulation using SIMPACK and DRESP.