MSC.Software's 2004
Virtual Product Development Conference

Europe, Middle East, Africa
November 22 - November 24, 2004
Hilton München Park, Munich

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 Technology Track Presentations

Automotive: Components

Day 1 (Mon 22-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

Brembo, Italy
MSC.Brake by Brembo: a complete toolkit for coupled thermal-stress analysis of brakes with pad wear prediction based on MSC.Marc technology

Intier Automotive Closures, Italy
Vehicle Door latch system dynamic response during crash events.

ArvinMeritor, Germany
Prediction of motor torque requirements for Automotive Sun Roof Systems

Bertrandt AG, Germany
Virtual Product Development - the view of an engineering consulting supplier Germany

Aerospace: Components, Buckling & Nonlinear Analysis #1

Day 1 (Mon 22-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

Volvo Aero Corporation, Sweden
Emerging operational needs: Design Process Automation and Product Evaluation

Avio S.p.A., Italy
Multibody nonlinear contact analysis of a five vanes air deflector of the ANTLE concept turbojet engine.

Virtual Engineering Centre, Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
Integrated Design Methods for Aerospace Applications

MSC.Software, Snecma Propulsion Solide, Groupe Snecma, France/USA
Scalable Solution of Flexible Thrust Bearing Component on 17 Processors

Machinery & Packaging #1

Day 1 (Mon 22-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

SIPA, Italy
Using simulation technologies for the development of PET bottles at SIPA

LENAM, Czech Republic
Dynamic analysis of a rotating fibre winding drum assembly

Corus Group plc., Research, Development & Technology, Packaging, Can Design and Realisation, Netherlands
Corrugation Forming and Susceptibility of Corrugation at Die Necking of Cans Based on General Wrinkling Theory

Kosme Group, Italy
Integrated VPD technologies applied to Packaging and Food&Beverage machinery

Automotive: Handling & Performance #1

Day 1 (Mon 22-Nov-04) Session 4 (16:00-18:00hrs)

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Japan
New Approach for Concept Study by CAE

Jaguar Cars Ltd, United Kingdom
Vehicle Dynamics with Active Differential Systems

Adam Opel AG, Germany
Virtual Road Load Data Acquisition with MSC.ADAMS/Car

Volkswagen, Germany
Modeling & Customizing Full Vehicle for intersection between under-body parts & road

Methodologies: Computing & Technologies

Day 1 (Mon 22-Nov-04) Session 4 (16:00-18:00hrs)

Fraunhofer Institute SCAI, Germany
pCCI - Multidisciplinary Simulations through Code Coupling

GridXpert, France
Web enabled Simulation: what the Grid brings to your simulation chain

Aristotle University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Greece
A Critical Comparisson of MSC.Nastran substructuring methods in Large Scale Models.

Transiciel, MSC.Software, France
Using Model reduction to improve loads and boundaries condition accuracy in nonlinear analysis.

Defence, Rail, Marine & BioMedical

Day 1 (Mon 22-Nov-04) Session 4 (16:00-18:00hrs)

RUAG Land Systems, Switzerland
Determination of homogenized material properties of a composite fragmentation body

ISOCOMP SpA, Italy
Comfort and safety in Railway Engineering

Cergol Engineering Consultancy Ltd, Italy
64m sailing yacht quasi static FEM Analysis

Endolab GmbH, Germany
Simulation of balloon-expandable and self-expanding stents using MSC.Marc.

Automotive: Handling & Performance #2

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 2 (11:00-12:30hrs)

Ferrari S.p.A., Italy
Influence of manufacturing tolerances on suspension behaviour: A robust design approach to design suspensions

Audi AG, Germany
Simulation of Chassis Control Systems in MSC.ADAMS

Esslingen University, Germany
New Features and Tools of Ftire

Aerospace: Flight Loading & Aerodynamics

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 2 (11:00-12:30hrs)

Aermacchi S.p.A., Italy
Buffet Loads prediction procedure for military jet trainer aircraft

DLR. Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., Germany
An Integrated Model for Aeroelastic Simulation of large flexible Aircraft using MSC.Nastran

MSC.Software
Interfacing MSC.Nastran with External Aerodynamic Codes - Status and Perspectives

Methodologies: Robust Design, Stochastics & Optimisation #1

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 2 (11:00-12:30hrs)

MSC.Software
Does Optimal Mean Best ?

ETH Zurich - Center for Product Design, Switzerland
Stochastic numerical simulation - an efficient tool for the early phases of product design

K.U.Leuven - PMA, Belgium
Uncertainty analysis in fuzzy dynamic response prediction using MSC.Nastran

Automotive: Engine & Powertrain #1

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

MSC.Software
Thermal-structural fatigue analysis on a cylinder head and engine block

Ricardo, United Kingdom
Hybrid Vehicle Analysis Using MSC.EASY5 Ricardo Powertrain and Electric System Libraries

University of Catania, Italy
Dynamics of an Engine Timing System Using Flexible elements.

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Germany
Multi-body simulation of Common Rail High Pressure Pumps

Aerospace: Components, Buckling & Nonlinear Analysis #2

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

Alcan Aerospace, France
Post-buckling Analysis of Advanced Metallic Aerospace Structure

Airbus España S.L, Spain
Nonlinear post-buckling analysis for a composite panel with bonded stiffeners performed with MSC.Nastran

Gamesa Desarrollos Aeronáuticos S.A., Spain
Non linear buckling analyisis of stiffened structural parts using MSC.Nastran SOL 600

EADS-CASA, Spain
MSC.Nastran SOL106 vs SOL600: two different tools to predict and analyse the post-buckling behaviour of curved composite panels with bonded stiffeners.

Methodologies: Robust Design, Stochastics & Optimisation #2

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs) - Part 1

LEGO, Denmark
Design optimization of plastic parts at LEGO

CAE Evolution/ESTECO, Germany / Italy
Design for quality: systematic exploration of design options and rational decision making through modeFRONTIER in conjunction with MSC.Nastran

Civil & Structural Engineering

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs) - Part 2

IGT Geotechnik & Tunnelbau, Consulting Engineers, Austria
Design of a Metro Station in Soft Soil using a nonlinear 3-D-FE-model

TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Structural Dynamics of Street lights hanging on wires

Automotive: Engine & Powertrain #2

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 4 (16:00-18:00hrs)

Audi AG, Germany
Validated Valve Train Simulation

DaimlerChrysler AG, MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Germany
Dynamic Durability Analysis of MTU and Mercedes-Benz Diesel Engines

Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Lehrstuhl für Verbrennungskraftmaschinen, Germany
Dynamic Simulation of mechanical fully variable Valve Trains

Piaggio & C. SpA, Italy
Multi-body Analysis of a CVT toothed belt

Aerospace: Space Applications, Optimisation & Robust Design

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 4 (16:00-18:00hrs)

Israel Aircraft Industries, MLM Division, Israel
Analysis of a Satellite Solar Array deployment using MSC.ADAMS

Sun Space And Information Systems, South Africa
Lessons Learned using MSC.Patran Thermal with Nevada to do In-Orbit Thermal Analysis

Bóreas, Ingeniería y Sistemas (Grupo Sener), Spain
Weight saving opportunities in composites structures using MSC/Robust Design

S.R.S. Engineering Design S.r.l., Italy
Enhanced method for specifying delay in dynamic aerospace applications

Machinery & Packaging #2

Day 2 (Tue 23-Nov-04) Session 4 (16:00-18:00hrs)

Promatech SpA, Italy
Study of a loom rapier mechanism

Fimtextile S.p.A., Italy
Virtual Prototyping in Textile Industry. Simulation and Validation of a Rotary Dobby

Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering at RWTH Aachen, Germany
Coupled Simulation of Structural Dynamics and Control Loops with MSC.ADAMS for the Development of high-dynamic Machine Tools

Bundesantalt fur Materialforscung (BAM), Germany
Improve Testing by Simultaneous Simulation During the Development of Pumps

Automotive: Fatigue & Durability

Day 3 (Wed 24-Nov-04) Session 2 (11:00-12:30hrs)

COMAU S.p.A. - B.U. Engineering - UTS, Italy
Chassis fatigue life analysis on a Pavè test

TU Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Lifetime prediction of rubber parts under stochastic loads

Fundación Cidaut, Spain
Methodology for the fatigue analysis on automotive components

Aerospace: Impact & Crash

Day 3 (Wed 24-Nov-04) Session 2 (11:00-12:30hrs)

Aermacchi, Italy
Recent enhancements in Bird-Impact simulations with MSC.Dytran. Design Of Experiment and test-CAE results correlation validated on a Real-World Bird Impact analysis on a canopy of the new M346 jet trainer of Aermacchi

Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH, Germany
Composite Helicopter Crashworthiness Development with the Aid of MSC.Dytran

ITD (ITD Stress Team), Spain
Applications of MSC.Dytran Nonlinear Transient Dynamics Tool for Impact Analysis on Aeronautical Structures at ITD

Automotive: Autosport & Motorcycles

Day 3 (Wed 24-Nov-04) Session 2 (11:00-12:30hrs)

Ducati Corse, Italy
Integrated Simulation and Data Acquisition for a Racing MotorCycle Development, Italy

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica per l'Energetica - Universit di Napoli, Italy
A Motorcycle virtual model

TR Engineering GmbH, Germany
Dynamic Simulation im Motorsport with MSC.ADAMS

Automotive: Crash, Data-Management and NVH

Day 3 (Wed 24-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), Germany
Data Mining on Crash Simulation Data: Design Modifications and Results

MSC.Software
SOL700 – The Explicit Nonlinear Solution of MSC.Nastran

Rieter Automotive Systems, Switzerland
Effective FE-Methodology for full trimmed body NVH analysis in the mid-frequency range applied to a Genetic Algorithm Optimisation Process

Audi AG, Germany
CAE-Data Management at Audi AG

Materials & Manufacturing Simulation

Day 3 (Wed 24-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

Parker Hannifin GmbH, Germany
Constitutive Modelling of Highly Filled Rubber Components and Utilisation in Nonlinear FEA.

Thyssen Krupp Sofedit, France
Hot Stamping Simulation with MSC.Marc 2003

MG Technical Solutions, Netherlands
Integration of casting simulation and finite element calculation

AV Engineering A.S., Czech Republic
Simulation and optimization of forging process - virtual process development

Automotive: NVH, Acoustics & Ride

Day 3 (Wed 24-Nov-04) Session 3 (13:30-15:30hrs)

BMW AG, Germany
Influence of car body interior on acoustic properties

Renault, Treves, FFT, France/Belgium
Using MSC.Actran for predicting the sound transmission loss of curved trim panels

BMW AG, Germany
Leveraging Multi-body-Based Suspension Models for Full-Vehicle NVH Simulation

Centro Ricerche FIAT, Italy
Ride-comfort evaluation of Ag. Tractors using MSC.ADAMS and Virtual Reality simulation

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