AUTOSIM White Paper
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary 4
1 Introduction 5
2 CAE at Different Stages in Product Development 6
3 The AUTOSIM project (Ref. [8]) 8
3.1 The Three Selected Key Technology Areas Within the AUTOSIM
Project, their Interdependencies, and Overlap. 8
3.2 Integration of Simulation into the Development Process 9
3.2.1 Best Practice Topics Covered Within Working Area INTEGRATION
10
3.2.2 Breakthrough Technology Topics Covered Within Working Area
INTEGRATION 11
3.3 Materials Characterisation 14
3.3.1 Initial Topics 14
3.3.2 Refinement of Topics—Questionnaire and Materials
Matrices 14
3.3.3 Best Practice—Is it already in use? 15
3.3.4 Best Practice—When to use it? 16
3.3.5 Breakthrough Technologies—How to identify them? 17
3.3.6 Development of a Methodology for Materials Characterisation
19
3.4 Improving Confidence in the Use of Simulation 20
3.4.1 Introduction 20
3.4.2 Current engineering perceptions and concerns in CAE
confidence 21
3.4.3 Outcomes from the AUTOSIM project concerning CAE confidence
21
3.4.4 Validation (Physical model) – Current/Best Practices 22
3.4.5 Validation (Physical model) – Breakthrough Technologies
22
3.4.6 Staff training (Human resources and organisation) –
Current/Best Practices 23
3.4.7 Staff training (Human resources and organisation) –
Breakthrough Technologies 23
3.4.8 Material Data (Data validity) – Current/Best Practices
23
3.4.9 Material Data (Data validity) – Breakthrough
Technologies 23
3.4.10 Mesh Discretization (Digital model) – Current/Best
Practices 24
3.4.11 Mesh Discretization (Digital model) – Breakthrough
Technologies 24
3.5 How To Move On 25
3.5.1 Reducing The Number Of Digital Prototypes 25
3.5.2 Becoming Faster in the Conceptual Design Phase 25
3.5.3 Clearly Defined Materials Characterisation Methodology 27
3.5.4 Accelerating the Model Preparation Phase 28
3.5.4 Robust Design 29
3.5.5 Design-to-Cost 30
4 Conclusions 32
5 Appendix 1: Technical Workshop Presentations 33
5.1 1st Technology Workshop 33
5.2 2nd Technology Workshop 35
5.3 3rd Technology Workshop 36
5.4 4th Technology Workshop 38
5.5 5th Technology Workshop 40
6 References 42
7 Annex 1: Glossary Terms 44
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