Topics & Responsibilities
One of the responsibilities of the Consortium Steering Committee
(CSC) is to determine which topics the project should focus
on. The CSC has regular meetings throughout the course of the
project to decide which subjects are of greatest priority and
relevance. Members of the project then explore these subjects and
exchange information on the current state of practice and state of
the art.
Current Thoughts on Areas which Autosim Should Cover
Integration Best Practice Topics
- CAD-Integrated CAE Tools
- Simulation data management (SDM/PDM)
- Data integration (CAD/CAE/CAM/CAT)
- Collaborative product development
Integration Breakthrough Technology Areas
- Concept simulation models
- Knowledge data mining and assessment of data
- Automatic model generation
- Homogenous vs. heterogeneous model environment
- Multi-disciplinary optimisation and multi-physics
Materials - Subject Areas Considered by the Project
- Best practice - is it already in use?
- Best practice - when to use it?
- Breakthrough technologies - how to find them?
Materials - Areas giving difficulty to automotive CAE
engineers
- New Ultra High Strength Steels
require new constitutive models
- Strain Rate Sensitivity
for all materials (short duration transient loading)
- Composites
(all load cases) for material properties, modes, failure or damage
connections, and the even effects of forming
- Failure/Fracture/Damage
involving most materials for all load cases; understanding the
differences and how to best model them in CAE
- Effects of Forming
for all materials for short duration loading and non-metals for
other cases; effect of assembly also highlighted, particularly for
metals.
- Choice of Constitutive Models
for non-metals—complexity vs. ease of use
- Modelling Connections
for all materials and most load cases
Improving Confidence in the Use of Simulation
- Current engineering perceptions and concerns in CAE confidence
- Validation - physical model
- Staff training - human resources and organisation
- Material data - data validity
- Mesh discretization - digital model
Assignment of CSC responsibilities
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Integration
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Materials
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Confidence
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Best Practices
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Herbertus
(Gino Duffet)
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P & Z
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Renault
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Breakthrough Technologies
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VIF
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Labein
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Enginsoft
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Rapporteur
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CAEvolution
(Raimund Schweiger)
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NAFEMS
(Trevor Dutton)
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TRL
(Mike Neale)
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