STRUCTURAL DESIGN EXPERTISE IN

RENEWABLES SECTOR: THE CURRENT AND THE

FUTURE

Nimish Prabhukhanolkar
 Agami Engineering is a structural-engineering firm, active in sectors – Solar Energy,
Real Estate and Industrial Structures.

PRODUCT DESIGNS TRACKER COMPLEX SOLAR GROUND-MOUNT

STRUCTURES STRUCTURES ENGINEERING
Help companies
refine/engineer their Structural Carports, Elevated Foundation Studies,
conceived products Engineering for Canopies for rooftops MMS Designs,
and take it to Tracker-MMS based and other similar solutions for difficult
production on Wind-tunnel structures soils.
studies

MAJOR CLIENT-LIST:
An Open fact that most times, structures are designed by fabricators themselves.
Reviews by Structural Experts are non-existent.
Designs suffer from lack of depth of engineering beyond the bare-bones basics.

GOOD STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FIRMS: Have we heard

INT’L CONSULTANTS ACTIVE IN TIER 1 CITIES: of them?

WSP | BURO HAPPOLD | THORNTON TOMASETTI | WALTER P MOORE

TOP INDIAN CONSULTANTS IN TIER 1 CITIES:

VAKIL MEHTA SHETH | CAPSTONE CONSULTANTS | STERLING ENGINEERING | TANDON
CONSULTANTS | CAPSTONE | STRUCTWELL | MAHIMTURA | EPICONS | AXIS | RAJE CONSULTANTS
 Load distribution in actual wind events will be non uniform. 99% designs use
uniform pressure.
 Correct way of application given as a footnote.

 No awareness or use of Int’l Standards

IS801 is an outdated code for design of cold In Flat Rooftops(RCC), MMSes
formed steel. Recommend AISI-2016. are stuck to Screed Layer
(“brickbat-coba”) instead of a
 Foundation Engineering :- structural connection to the
slab.
Too little , too late. If site has problem soils , then
time and budget for corrections or solutions is
never available.
What are the root causes of most Performance Issues in Solar Installations ? “SOLAR UNDER
Is it – STORM” report
a) Modules Failure due to bending of frames
b) Modules failure due to clamp being under-sized
c) Joints failure by tearing of holes
d) Members failure by bending and buckling
e) Foundations Failure
f) Do certain type of systems or choices always perform better than others?

Need for data collection post major wind events across multiple installations and
publication of Guidance books for future projects.
Designing More Complex Structures in India’s continuous march towards renewable
energy revolution:

 CARPORTS AND CARPARKS

 EFFECTS OF WIND IN WIND-SOLAR HYBRID FARMS

 AGRO-SOLAR STRUCTURES THAT SPAN LONG DISTANCES

 USE OF ALTERNATE MATERIALS FOR MOUNTING STRUCTURES THAT CAN FLEX IN WIND –
Glass Reinforced Nylon or Fibre-reinforced plastics in general

Need of the hour, for Solar and Renewable Sector to up the Engineering
Design Skill-set.
Contact us at:
nprabhukhanolkar@agami.co.in | structural@agami.co.in