Tata Technologies | A Concept Model for Voltage Drop Simulation in Wire Harness Crimping

We were honored to have Ankur Kumar from Tata Technologies present at the 2026 SIMULIA Americas Users Conference in Novi, Michigan, May 13-14, 2026.

Abstract: 

This session covers a methodology to simulate the voltage drop in the process of crimping a bundle of wires in a cable. Such models are multi-physical in nature that couple electrical, thermal and structural domains. 

The session explains fundamentals of information flow between multiple physical domains as well as input data required. The simulation roles available on the 3DExperience platform are used to set up the model. 

Such applications are useful in transportation and mobility industry to design and simulate harness cables, windscreen defoggers and more. 

 

Presenter: 

Ankur Kumar

Senior Applications Engineer - Simulation - Tata Technologies

Ankur Kumar's professional role for almost two decades has been to help manufacturing companies bring products to market at less cost and time using Physics based numerical simulations. I am a business development manager at TATA Technologies North America for Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA brand of products that include standalone simulation tools primarily Abaqus as well as simulation on 3DExperience platform. I have had similar role in past at TATA Technologies Asia Pacific to support business of MSC Software suite of products. I started my career as a technical support engineer of Non-Linear structural simulation solutions at MSC Software Corporation. I hold a Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from University of Massachusetts.