Abstracts

MSC.Software VPD Conference 2006, CENTRAL EMEA
September 2006, Frankfurt Marriott Hotel

Bill Weyand
Chairman of the Board & Chief Executive Officer, MSC.Software
"First to Enterprise Simulation"
The companies that excel in a global economy will be those that can respond quickly to changing customer expectations, business opportunities, economic conditions, and technology advances. In his opening address Bill Weyand, Chairman and CEO of MSC.Software, will describe the industry trends, technology advances, & customer relationships which are continuing to drive the evolution of MSC.Software to lead the market in Enterprise Simulation.

Glenn Wienkoop
President & Chief Operating Officer, MSC.Software
"Evolution to Enterprise Simulation – Accelerating Engineering Productivity"
SimEnterprise is a revolutionary technological approach for the industry, and has been created to enhance the way engineering teams can access and work with data, sharing simulation information across the extended enterprise. Providing built-in connectivity to MSC.Software's leading solver technology, including MD Nastran, SimEnterprise solutions allow companies to easily deploy role-based simulation applications and tools - including existing MSC applications such as MSC SimDesigner and MSC SimManager, and to seamlessly integrate with third party applications and in-house or custom applications - to speed simulation and design processes.

Reza Sadeghi
Vice President Enterprise Computing, MSC.Software
"MD Overview: Multi-Discipline Simulation"
MD Nastran combines the best-in-class technology platforms including MSC Nastran, Marc, Dytran and LS-DYNA into one fully integrated multidiscipline solution for the enterprise.

Pierre Bachelier
Head of Modelling Simulation, Airbus, France
"Modelling and Simulation Strategy at Airbus"
Modelling and Simulation are key enablers to improve the design and the development process of aircraft. They are intensively used at Airbus in most of the disciplines: aerodynamics, loads, performance, acoustics structure analysis, system design,.. all along the development cycle. A specific project called Common Virtual Bird has been set up to address the key challenges towards the Virtual Product based development concept. Collaborative system engineering must be Architect driven.

Dr. Ulrich Widmann
(I-EK 5), Dr. Bernd Mlekusch, (I/EK-55), Audi AG, Germany
"AUDI Q7 – Virtual Development of an SUV of the 3rd Generation"
One of the major tasks for Audi is to satisfy the market demands for new products, with premium quality and reduced product cycles. Added to this is there is an increasing pressure on cost. Besides our module and platform strategy inside the Volkswagen group, the improved use of virtual techniques in our product development is one of the main driving forces for success. Virtual development today is not only a new-fashioned term – it's reality. This speech will underline Audi's activities in this area, based on our Q7 car project. Q7 is a SUV crossover combining functionality, luxury and sportsmanship. In the presentation we will show how we have introduced virtual techniques in our development process, especially by synchronising development activities of the distributed working groups. More than 250 virtual methods have been successfully used for our Q7 development.

Mr. Giorgio Bacicchi
Executive Manager, Technical Design Department Merchant Shipbuilding Division, Fincantieri , Italy
"Structural Analyses in Fincantieri : Past & Present & Future Trends"
In the paper, after a brief description of Fincantieri shipbuilding capabilities, the static and dynamic performances of the vessels designed and delivered by the company are related to the internal capabilities of analyzing, since the preliminary design phases, the ship structures by MSC software codes. This capacity is connected with the past experience of a pioneering use of FE techniques and codes available since the 70s. It is described how the practical difficulties of that original experience gave rise to a culture which allowed Fincantieri designers to face new challenging and innovative designs. Concerning the present practice it is highlighted how the use of structural analysis is giving technical advantages both in normal design, research activities and occasional cases. A conclusion is drawn with reference to the future action plans to improve Fincantieri use of MSC software codes.

Guy-Bernard Mazet,
IT Technical & Stress, Thermal & Dynamic Simulation Senior Manager, Messier-Bugatti , France
"Dynamic Simulation: How to Increase Productivity?"
Messier-Bugatti, a SAFRAN group company, develops braking equipments for aircrafts. Simulations are used to predict carbon brakes performance. Dynamic analysis permit to reduce induced vibration levels. Complex modal analysis takes into account friction. A new procedue was developed : MSC Nastran SOL600 Brake Squeal. One run based on non linear contact analysis is able to obtain modes instead of two. Then, it permits to increase quality and reduce simulation cost with a ratio of 30.

Ed Miller
President, CIMdata, USA
"Simulation and Enterprise Value"
The domain of simulation and analysis has traditionally been "unknown" to most people in the enterprise – it was isolated and considered to be more of an "art" than a "science." In today's worldwide markets and economy, companies seek to create internal product development environments that are more effective and successful. A key opportunity is to transform simulation and analysis so that knowledge can be captured, best practices can be repeated, and the area can be managed for more effective operation. Substantial value results as efforts can be more effective and resources allocated more productively. This session focuses on this transformation and its role and value within the enterprise's overall product development process.

Doug Peterson
Vice President, Sim Software Development, MSC.Software
"SimEnterprise Architecture – Enabling Simulation for the Enterprise"
SimEnterprise is the Service-oriented architectural platform deployed by MSC Software for its new suite of simulation solutions. This Open, Multi-Discipline Simulation Architecture leverages component-based services to allow the development and integration of simulation solutions that tie together the people, processes and information for enabling simulation for the complete enterprise.

Alfred Boulos, Olivier Tabaste, Antoine Soeiro
EMEA Technical Group, MSC.Software
"SimEnterprise – Delivering Enterprise Simulation"
A complete End-to-End user scenario demonstrating the power of SimEnterprise. This presentation will describe the deployment of software solutions for Designers and Expert Analysts, together with the effective management of simulation processes and data. See how an enterprise can fully exploit their company's knowledge base to improve productivity and increase the ability to innovate, while maintaining a competitive edge in today's market place.

Sandro Cambruzzi
Technical Specialist Unix Migration, Microsoft Corporation, USA
"HPC Goes Mainstream"
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 brings together the power of commodity x64 computers, the ease-of-use and security of Active Directory, and the Windows operating system to provide a secure and affordable high-performance computing (HPC) solution.The presentation will cover Microsoft's vision on high performance computing as well as a technical introduction of Windows Compute Cluster Server (CCS) 2003. We will briefly outline current industry and research trends that led to the development of Windows CCS, its usability, strengths, visions and plans for the future.

Erich Buergel, Bert Knops,
Director of Manufacturing Industries, EMEA, Director ESG, MSC.Software
"Economic Assessment – The Method for Successful VPD Implementation Projects"
The added value obtainable in the creation of a VPD environment heavily depends on the quality of the implementation. This presentation describes how a managed assessment, including objective metrics, identified technology gaps, and an effective ROI calculation, can enhance the VPD process and can significantly increase its potential for success.

Dr. Jean-Noel Bricout
Head of Structures and Mechanical Engineering Office, Toulouse, CNES, France
"Trends in Mechanical Analyses for Space Applications at CNES"
During the past few years, mechanical analyses activities at CNES have seen an important evolution due to the new capacities of the analysis softwares and to the increasing power of the computational tools.This allows to improve the quality of the computations that were already performed 30 years ago with much coarser models at that time and today to perform new kinds of analyses such as balloons inflating simulations, non linear thermo-mechanical buckling studies on large structures, flexible appendages deployment simulations... In order to get access to all the new simulation capacities, CNES has chosen to change from the old MSC/Nastran fixed licence system to the Masterkey licence system which allows the use of the different tools provided by MSC.Software.

Tom Hawk
General Manager, Global Industrial Sector, IBM Sales & Distribution
"Innovation in PLM : Beyond Boundaries"
More than ever, companies in a wide variety of industries must drive accelerated innovation in their products, processes and business models to sustain competitive advantage. This poses new challenges everyday for the partners and suppliers to automotive, aerospace, heavy equipment and industrial products manufactuers, who must help clients look beyond traditional spaces and explore every possible avenue to reduce time-to-market and seize share. IBM works with a wide variety of partners to bring the benefits of integrated PLM solutions to bear on existing product development processes, while enabling improved coordination, enhanced innovation, and overall increased productivity across the enterprise.

Mr. Ben Oudman
Manager Micro Machining & Metal Forming, Philips Domestic Appliances, Netherlands
"VPD: the Linking Pin of Concurrent Engineering"
Philips DAP is one of the 4 product division of Royal Philips N.V. with its focus on the highly competitive markets for personal care products and domestic appliances. DAP has an annual turn over exceeding 2 billion Euro, of which about 6% is spent on R&D. DAP typically makes mono-functional appliances which centre around a one or two key components which determine to a large extend its technical performance, quality and Philips' brand image. Substantial amount of R&D effort is successfully put into pushing performance, cost and durability parameters of these components above and beyond those of competitor's appliances. Finite Element Modelling is an important tool in our R&D work to quantify progress during the design, product- and process development stages of our component creation processes. Our particular strength lies in the predictive modelling of the behaviour and interaction of materials and manufacturing processes. Time to market and globalisation of R&D are of paramount and ever increasing importance in our markets. Hence we are continuously looking into ways to reduce the throughput time of our component and product creation processes and defining new ways to collaborate with R&D and industrial partners globally. Concurrent Engineering, the parallel execution of phases of our component and product creation processes, is the way forward to achieve this. However to execute it, a fast, simple and quantitative "language" is required amongst our R&D engineers to guard over the interaction between the parallel phases. Virtual Product Development, using FEM as this language, is seen by Philips DAP ATC as a potential linking pin for concurrent engineering.

Mr.Yves Baudier
Research Programmes Manager – Engineering, VIVACE "Advanced Capabilities" Sub-Project Manager, EADS Corporate Research Center, EADS CCR, France
"VIVACE - Value Improvement through a Virtual Aeronautical Collaborative Enterprise"
VIVACE (www.vivaceproject.com) is an Aeronautical Collaborative Design Environment with associated Processes, Models and Methods. This environment will help to design an aircraft and its engines as a whole, providing to the aeronautics supply chain in an extended enterprise, virtual products with all requested functionality and components in each phase of the product engineering life cycle. This presentation intends to illustrate the various simulation activities considered in the project, and to demonstrate that a global management of design and analysis information and processes, supported by a set of advanced capabilities, is a key enabler to reach the targeted business benefits (lead time and cost reduction).

Eur Ing Martin Pittilo B.Sc CEng
Manager, Ship Design Systems, Marine Business, Lloyd's Register , UK
"The Finite Element Analysis Process used in Ship Hull structure Classification"
This presentation will describe the processes and extensions which are used by Lloyd's Register for the Classification of ship Hull structures. A brief outline of the types and complexities of the structures involved will be presented. The types of analysis undertaken will be described in outline, followed by the specifics of the process used to work with the shipyards for work.

Mr. Daniel Burrus
Burrus Research, USA
"Futureview®: Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage"
Significant technology-driven forces are converging to create more change in the next five years than we have seen in the past ten. Emerging technologies provide opportunities for creating new, high margin products and services as well as increased productivity and efficiency. In addition, innovative companies are creatively applying enterprise simulation and new collaborative tools to drive process innovations that have the power to change the rules of competition, rendering many traditional business strategies and processes obsolete. Knowing what these technology-driven change accelerators are and how to use them to create new competitive advantage is rapidly becoming a key business imperative. In this eye-opening presentation, Daniel Burrus will share the latest technology-driven trends and powerful strategies for creatively applying technology to drive growth as you develop new products, services and customer experiences that can propel your organization far ahead of the competition. You will learn how to anticipate the future of technological change and turn a rapidly changing business environment into a competitive advantage.

Amir Mobayen, Senior VP, EMEA, MSC.Software
"Closing Remarks"