With the Scenario Editor, IPG Automotive has developed a powerful tool that can be used to quickly and efficiently generate realistic virtual driving scenarios. These are required in the areas of driver assistance and automated driving, where the detailed vehicle environment plays an important role.

Lightweight design is increasingly applying trend-setting hybrid structures made of fiber composite materials and lightweight metal alloys, combining the advantages of both types of materials in hybrid construction techniques. In the current state of the art, the joints are bonded or riveted. In recent years at Fraunhofer IFAM, a new type of joining technology has been developed for various types of hybrid joints in high pressure die casting.

The Grand Challenge is the only conference dedicated to the current challenges of automotive CAE. These were determined by a survey among the CAE experts of the international automotive industry. The strict focus prevents that there are countless, isolated lectures on individual topics which give you little information for your own work.

The automotive CAECompanion 2017/2018 provides information on our conferences and seminars in CAE and related areas. 49 pages of CAE knowledge provide invaluable information about the theory and application of numerical simulation in the CAE-based automotive development process.