Mr. Ted Pawela
Vice President, Marketing - MSC.Software Corporation
Presenting: Welcome and Opening Remarks

Ted Pawela is VP of marketing at MSC Software, responsible for MSC's "go-to-market" strategy and planning. Ted has been involved in the CAE industry for over 20 years, having held previous positions in the ANSYS organization, LMS International, and MARC Analysis Research Corporation. Prior to MSC's acquisition of MARC in 1999, Ted was responsible for MARC's regional business & technical operations within the central U.S. Before becoming directly involved in the CAE software industry, he led a modeling and analysis team within the underwater defense industry and was responsible for development of coupled finite element / boundary element methods used to analyze submarines, torpedos, and sonar equipment. Ted holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Florida Institute of Technology and a Master of Science Degree from Michigan State University in Engineering Mechanics.

Dr. Reza Sadeghi
Chief Technology Officer. MSC.Software Corporation
Presenting: MSC Product Roadmap and Competitive Advantages

Dr. Sadeghi is currently the CTO of MSC Software, with responsibility for strategy and development of all MSC core technologies (Nastran, Marc, Adams and Dytran). Prior to the merger of MARC Analysis Research Corp. and MSC Software, he was responsible for the company's overall operations. Before joining MARC Analysis Research Corporation, he was responsible for the simulation methods group at Goodrich aerospace, where he led the development of a number of math based tools for design and manufacturing of commercial and military jet engine nacelle structures. He has more than 10 years of teaching experience in the filed of Computational mechanics and math based modeling. He has been asked to serve on a number of science and technology review boards, among them the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as authored a number of papers in the field of computational mechanics and math based modeling.

Pascal Chezzi & Patrick Sarouille
Airbus France
Presenting: Use of SimXpert in the Context of the Colossus Femix Project

Pascal Chezzi and Patrick Sarouille are Airbus senior engineers. They are members of the structural analysis department in Toulouse, and contribute to the multi-displinary project Colossus regarding FEM applications.

ABSTRACT:
This presentation deals with SimXpert developments done by Airbus for global finite element model generation. The general concept, but also specific realisations, are described.

Thomas Krueger
Project Manager, Airbus Bremen (Germany)
Presenting: Virtual Testing of Highlift Systems

Thomas Krueger graduated as Aerospace Engineer from University of Stuttgart in 2002. He is currently one of the validation and verification project managers within the Airbus High Lift System Test in Bremen. He has been working for Airbus Highlift System Test since 2002. Mr Krueger is responsible for the development and deployment of the Highlift Virtual Testing strategy for System Certification. In 2003 was the start of Virtual Testing activities with R&T programs parallel to A380 certification tests on physical test benches (EU project VIVACE). Since 2007 he has been responsible for the A350XWB Highlift Virtual Test Workpackage and R&T activities related to Virtual Testing.

ABSTRACT:
Improving the verification and certification process of the highlift system by introduction of virtual testing is a cornerstone of the Airbus testing strategy future aircraft. The quality of the applied modelling methods itself and the guarantee of a completely traceable simulation lifecycle management along the aircraft development are essential. The first part of the presentation will give an overview of the modelling process for virtual testing where multibody simulation models of an aircraft highlift system are used complementary to existing physical test benches. The workflow, starting from existing CAD geometry, then implementing flexible structures and finally identification of critical parameters like friction, damping or free play, will be demonstrated. The second part shows how existing processes for the management of all test related data have to be extended to cover the specifics of using multibody simulation models for virtual tests of highlift failure cases. MSC Software GmbH and Airbus developed the "Highlift Virtual Test Portal" based on MSC SimManager to verify and demonstrate the technical feasibility. This demonstrator had to fulfil on the one side global requirements like data management, data traceability and workflow management. On the other hand, also specific requirements coming from the highlift test department had to be fulfilled. The major requirements were connection to the existing test management system (TMS), starting the execution of test procedures within MSC ADAMS, feedback of relevant data to the TMS. The presentation will give an overview of the virtual test integration and customization within the Highlift test environment.

Steve Minter
Global Engineering ISIT Director, GKN Driveline
Presenting: Knowledge-Based Engineering in GKN Driveline

Steve Minter is the Global Engineering ISIT Director at GKN Driveline. He is responsible for all Engineering applications, such as CAD, PDM, Simulation and KBE. Previously he was the Engineering Technology Director for Europe responsible for CAD, Simulation, Test, Prototyping and Laboratories. Mr. Minter has been with GKN for 9 years.

Prior to joining GKN, Mr. Minter held positions as Design Manager at Tallent Engineering (Thyssen Chassis) responsible for automotive chassis design; as Senior Experimental Engineer at Nissan European Technology Centre responsible for vehicle test; and as Product Development Engineer at BMW SA responsible for development of powertrain components.

ABSTRACT:
Some years ago, GKN Driveline Engineering identified reduction of physical test work as a strategic goal. This was to be achieved by improving the speed and accuracy of simulation, and the re-usability of simulation data. Further goals were to substantially shorten time to respond to customer enquiries, and improve quality and consistency by use of standardized methods and tools.

MSC.Software was selected as a strategic partner, and a large-scale Knowledge-Based Engineering (KBE) project, based on MSC SimManager software, started. The project was christened ViPeR, for Virtual Product e-Realization.

ViPeR consists of Product Selection Engine, CAD Automation, Virtual Toolkit and Physical Test Engine. Product information and specifications required for simulations are retrieved directly from the GKN Driveline PDM system, Windchill. It is web-enabled, and available to GKN Engineers worldwide via secure Internet access, around the clock.