Abstract

Computing in a New Era of Engineering 

To remain competitive in a new era of engineering, oil and gas service companies must innovate and develop reliable products faster at lower cost to meet the industry technological challenges. Computing intensive virtual simulation tools such as FEA and CFD using High Performance Computing (HPC) are become necessity than an option to make engineering development of new products faster and reliable. Expandable liner hangers used for wellbore construction within the oil and gas industry are complex mechanical systems.  Finite Element Analysis (FEA) based engineering simulation for design and development of expandable liner hanger systems is an important activity to reduce the time and cost to introduce a reliable and robust product to the competitive market. The complex nonlinear plastic material behavior and physical interaction during setting of the expandable liner hanger requires powerful High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure to solve the complex and large FEA simulation models.  

This presentation summarizes HPC infrastructure at Baker Hughes and how it is being used to perform engineering simulations to drive the product design for Expandable Liner Hanger Systems.  The HPC resource at Baker Hughes adds value to the design process by enabling greater simulation throughput. Using HPC resources, engineering teams can analyze not just a single design idea, but many design variations faster. By simulating multiple design ideas concurrently, design teams are able to identify dramatic engineering improvements early in the design process, prior to and more effectively than physical prototyping alone. HPC specifically enables parallel processing to obtain the speedy solution of the toughest, higher-fidelity FEA models - including more geometric detail, larger systems and more complex physics.

In summary, HPC helped us to understand detailed product behavior with confidence in the engineering design and to achieve significant reduction in product development time and cost.  

About the Speaker

Mr. Ganesh Nanaware, Baker Hughes Incorporated

Ganesh K. Nanaware is a Staff Engineer/Project Manager at Baker Hughes’s Center for Technology Innovation in Houston, TX. Since joining Baker Hughes in 2009, he has been managing the engineering analysis & development projects for Liner Hangers & other wellbore construction tools used in oil and gas industry.Prior to joining Baker Hughes, Ganesh led and managed CAE teams at automotive companies Chrysler, Magna International, and Mahindra and Mahindra during his 19 years of professional career.

His expertise includes Structural analysis and optimization, Fatigue analysis,Metal forming simulation, Reliability evaluation, New Product Development, and Engineering Project Management.  Ganesh graduated with Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from VJTI, Mumbai University in 1994.In addition he holds a MBA and PMP certification.

He enjoys traveling and exploring places, trekking, biking, and playing tennis.