Multi-Disciplinary Simulation in Engineering Analysis

21st – 22nd April 2009, Helsinki, Finland

Invitation

Today, engineers working on the development of products are increasingly faced with multi-disciplinary modelling. The equations governing mechanical behaviour of solids and fluids, acoustics, electricity and magnetism, chemical reactions etc. are often coupled. However, in the same way as we tend to ignore non-linearities, we, as engineers, tend to simplify the coupling in our simulations.

Many industrial problems request to consider multi-disciplinary coupling – in building the model, and in running the simulation – taking into account true interactions between the quantities. Easy to say, more difficult to accomplish because of the lack of experience and confidence most engineers have in commercial software.

Multidisciplinary simulation is a new challenge that industry, vendors and analysts are taking up. Making dedicated software for different modeling disciplines to work together - simultaneously ensuring convergency - may need new thinking. Are we going into a general multi-disciplinary software or is it more efficient to expand pre-existing software to cover multi-disciplinary applications?

This seminar aims to clarify these critical issues through keynote presentations and contributed papers.

Who Should Attend?

The event is aimed at engineers and managers who are involved or interested in engineering simulation.

Exhibition

The seminar will be accompanied by an exhibition of leading software and hardware suppliers and vendors. The exhibition will enable these to feature the latest developments and give all attendants the opportunities to discuss technical topics.

Technical coordinators of this seminar

Jouni Freund (Helsinki University of Technology) and
Kenneth Eriksson (Process Flow Ltd Oy)

Agenda

Tuesday, 21st April 2009

10:30 – 12:00
Optional tour: CSC - IT Center for Science

12:30   
Registration

13:30   
Welcome and NAFEMS presentation

14:00   
Keynote-Presentation:
Prospects and Challenges in the Computational Modeling of MultiphysicsProcesses and Systems
M. Cross (Swansea University - GBR)

14.40   
Advanced Multiphase Models for Process Simulation
P. Koukkari (VTT Process Chemistry - FIN)

15:05   
Multi Disciplinary Simulation for Collaborative Robust Design
O. Tabaste (MSC.Software - FRA)

15:30   
Coffee Break

16:10   
Invited Speaker:
Numerical Modeling of Heavy Construction Machinery - Common Challengeswith Examples
P. Beierer (Sandvik Mining and Construction - FIN)

16:35   
A Combined Simulation Method Applied in Development of Semi-Active CabinSuspension System for an Agricultural Tractor
P. Hannukainen , T. Virtanen (Valtra - FIN)

17:00   
Invited Speaker:
An Industrial Perspective on Modelling of a Rotary Kiln for Lump Lime Production
M. Eriksson (Nordkalk - FIN)

17:25   
FSI Simulations for the Drying Section of a Paper Machine
– An Overview of the Challenges and the State of the Art
E. Immonen (ProcessFlow - FIN)

17:50   
Discussion

18:30 – 20:00
Beverages & Snacks in the Exhibition

Wednesday, 22nd April 2009

08:20   
Keynote-Presentation:
Usage and Possibilities of Simulation in the Paper Industry
M. Karlsson (UPM)

09:00   
Simulation as a Tool to Develop the Papermaking Process and Equipment
R. Talja (Metso Paper - FIN)

09:25   
Design and Development of Chemical Production Processes
J. Aittamaa (Neste Oil - FIN)

09:50   
Coffee break

10:20   
Applications of Fluid-Stucture Interaction Simulations
M. Hermodsson , H. Ekman (Altair Engineering - SWE)

10:45   
IOSO Optimization Technology Application Examples Aimed to ImproveTechnical Objects Efficiency in Industry and Engineering
I. Egorov (Sigma Technology - RUS)

11:10   
Combined Visualization
T. Alstad , T. H. Hansen (Ceetron - NOR)

11:35   
Lunch

12:35   
Acoustic Simulations for a Head-and-Torso Model
T. Huttunen (Kuava - FIN); T. Avikainen, J. Cozens (Nokia - FIN)

13:00   
Explicit Analysis of a Mineshield Behaviour of a Military Vehicle
A. Yanchukovich, J. Rinnevalli (Stressfield - FIN)

13:25   
Link-Arm Mooring Stability Study
M. E. Hyötyniemi (Lujax); M. Soininen (Elomatic Marine - FIN)

13:50   
Coffee break

14:10   
Multi-Attribute Robustness Optimization of a Vehicle Suspension Using Multibody and Durability Simulation
R. d’Ippolito , M. Hack (LMS – ITA/GER); N. El Masri, N. Tzannetakis (Noesis Solutions - BEL)

14:35   
Manufacturing Oriented Design Optimization of Layered Composite Structures
A. Mönicke, H. Katajisto , M. Palanterä (Componeering - FIN)

15:00   
Closing

15:15   
End