TECOSIM develops simulation process for acoustic assessment of sloshing noise in fuel tanks
Program of the 5th International Human Modeling Symposium online
ANSYS acquires SpaceClaim Corporation, a leading provider of 3-D modeling software
Deadline for submission of entries for this year’s Altair Enlighten Award ends May 23, 2014
New multi-CAE TestPaks® from DatapointLabs deliver data for injection molding and crash simulations with several codes
asc(s welcomes Dr. Detlef Schneider as fifth member of its board
New seminar on Robust Design in car body development at carhs.training
Seminars for CAE experts of automotive industry in carhs.training
carhs.training in-house Seminars: The most efficient method of knowledge transfer

7th European Altair Technology Conference held June 24 - 26 in Munich, Germany

Altair recently announced further details for its 7th European Altair Technology Conference (EATC). The EATC will feature keynotes from Jaguar Land Rover, Porsche, Scania, Stadler Rail, GKN Aerospace, Valeo, Voith, Magna Steyr, and MAN Truck & Bus. Additionally the 2014 conference agenda will contain about 100 technical presentations from various industries, highlighting topics such as Lightweight Design, Lead Time Reduction, Crash & Safety as well as Impact Simulation, Multiphysics & CFD, Design for Additive Manufacturing, System Simulation, Architectural Design, and Noise & Vibration. Participation in the conference is free of charge. Interested parties are, however, requested to register on the conference website. >>

European COMSOL Conference 2014 held September 17 - 19 in Cambridge, UK

In addition to the European Conference in Cambridge other events of the series of conferences will be held in Boston, Curitiba, Bangalore, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul and Tokyo. The worldwide COMSOL Conferences each year attract more than 2,000 participants. The conference series whose main focus is on the modern, multi-disciplinary, multi-physics simulation techniques, offers participants keynote lectures by leading industrial companies and numerous user presentations and several hands-on mini-courses. In addition, participants have the opportunity to exchange directly with the developers of COMSOL Multiphysics ®. >>

13th LS-DYNA Forum 2014 held 6 - 8 October 2014 in Bamberg, Germany

DYNAmore GmbH invites to its German User Meeting held in Bamberg, Germany, October 6 - 8, 2014. This year’s event will be expanded by a half-day LS-DYNA Developer Forum. The central part of the event, however, remains the two-day user forum. Over 300 participants attended the last User Forum. In 81 lectures and in a hardware and software exhibition they could gather information on applications, developments, trends, hardware and accessories products around LS-DYNA and LS-OPT. The comprehensive information provided the possibility for an exchange of knowledge and experience and the opportunity for discussion and makes the German LS-DYNA Forum an event worth participating. >>

Optimus release introduces new Particle Swarm Optimization

Optimus 10.14 introduces a new Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm that can be used for both single-objective and multi-objective optimization. The new algorithm is inspired by swarm intelligence typically found in animal flocks, fish schools and ant colonies. All swarm individuals continuously adjust their positions by making compromises between the ‘local best positions’ pursued by the individuals and the ‘global best positions’ indicated by the entire flock. The new PSO algorithm efficiently handles high-dimensional optimization challenges, supports parallel execution of experiments, and delivers a highly accurate optimal design point or Pareto front. When processing time is most critical, the PSO algorithm is able to match the results of existing genetic and evolutionary algorithms using far less experiments. Additionally, this new Optimus algorithm is extremely easy and robust to use, both for single-objective and multi-objective optimization applications. >>

Forming Technologies releases FormingSuite 2014 and FTI CATIA V5-Based Software

Forming Technologies Inc. announced the release of FormingSuite 2014 and FTI CATIA V5-Based software. Aimed at all sheet metal forming and costing engineers, designers, and estimators in the automotive and other industries, the main objective of FormingSuite 2014 and FTI CATIA V5-Based software is to introduce new leading edge technology to stamping simulation and to provide continuous improvement to all users in a unified collaborative environment. This new release delivers major productivity and usability gains and allows companies to spend more time on knowledge-centric tasks that win new business and more efficiently execute existing projects. "FormingSuite 2014 and FTI CATIA V5-Based software is the classic example of developers listening to what the users want and need, and making that a reality” said Dan Marinac, FTI Director Business Development. >>

Human Solutions introduces RAMSIS NextGen

RAMSIS is the world’s leading ergonomics tool for the automotive industry when it comes to customizing the interior of vehicles to match the requirements of the driver and passengers as closely as possible. RAMSIS NextGen provides flexibility, efficiency and a better representation of the population. The user gets results faster thanks to the parallel study of several human models (manikins). Body shapes of the models have been improved on the basis of real, three-dimensional scans and graphical visualization options have also been expanded. The reusability of data and the better operability of RAMSIS NextGen lead to a much more efficient process. >>

Terence J. Rhoades, President of Mechanical Simulation Corporation, honored with SAE International Medal of Honor

Mr. Terence J. Rhoades, President of Mechanical Simulation Corporation, is the recipient of the 2014 SAE International Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor, established in 1986, is presented annually and is SAE International’s most prestigious award. The award recognizes an SAE International member for his or her unique and significant contributions to SAE International and is funded through the SAE Foundation. Mr. Rhoades has served as President of Mechanical Simulation Corporation since 2004. Mechanical Simulation develops and distributes vehicle dynamics simulation software under the trade names CarSim, TruckSim, BikeSim, and SuspensionSim. >>

Simufact grows and moves into new office building

At the end of April Simufact moved into a new office building on Tempowerkring 19 at the hit-Technopark in Hamburg. The new premises offer 880 square meters spread over two floors, with spacious and modernly equipped offices. “We are glad to have found new office space that gives us the opportunity to expand within the hit Technopark”, said Michael Wohlmuth, Managing Director of Simufact. “Therefore, we can continue to profit from the Technoparks' excellent infrastructure. The significant office space expansion provides a new perspective for further growth in the coming years”. >>

Vehicle Dynamics International Magazine awards Driver in Motion as Development Tool of the Year 2014

VI-grade, provider of best-in-class software products and services for advanced applications in the field of system-level simulation, announced that Driver-in-Motion (DiM), the new motion platform developed by VI-grade and Saginomiya, has been awarded “Development Tool of the Year 2014” by the Vehicle Dynamics International magazine. The prestigious award has been assigned to DiM out of a short list of five finalists through a voting process undergone by an international and independent judging panel composed by 27 automotive professionals from 19 countries. >>

TECOSIM develops simulation process for acoustic assessment of sloshing noise in fuel tanks

Acoustics in the vehicle interior has steadily improved in recent years. Occupants are becoming less burdened by engine, wind or tire noise. But while their roar and whistle has been reduced other sounds receive more awareness. This includes the noises generated by contents sloshing in tanks. Even in a conventional vehicle these noises are sometimes heard when the gasoline beats against the wall of the tank during starting or holding. Occupants of vehicles with start-stop function or hybrid drive will realize these noises much more due to reduced or eliminated engine sounds. TECOSIM has been intensively working on this subject within a public funded research project and has developed an approach for the optimization of tank structures and built-in obstacles.

Program of the 5th International Human Modeling Symposium online

On 16 and 17 October, 2014 carhs.training organizes, again in collaboration with the Bioengineering Center at Wayne State University (Detroit, USA), the 5th International Symposium "Human Modeling and Simulation in Automotive Engineering" in Munich, Germany. As in the previous symposia internationally recognized experts of digital Human Modeling will report on their work and give participants the opportunity to obtain comprehensive information on the status and use of virtual humans models in automotive development. The program includes presentations from Autoliv, BASt, Ford, PDB, PSA, Toyota, Volkswagen and many others.

The program, information on the symposium and sponsoring opportunities can be found on the Websites of the event. There you can also register on-line. Employees of universities and research institutions receive a discount of 40% on the conference fee.

ANSYS acquires SpaceClaim Corporation, a leading provider of 3-D modeling software

ANSYS has acquired SpaceClaim Corporation, a leading provider of fast and intuitive 3-D modeling software for engineers, for a purchase price of $85 million in cash, plus retention and an adjustment for working capital. SpaceClaim offers the first powerful and easy-to-use 3-D modeling tool that can be utilized by any engineer during the product development process. This process, called "direct modeling," differs dramatically from traditional CAD software, which is used by a relatively small percentage of engineers – typically late in the development process, to document the detailed design. SpaceClaim and ANSYS have already partnered in the past to offer customers the ANSYS® SpaceClaim Direct Modeler. ANSYS' longtime vision is "Simulation Driven Product Development"™, in which organizations can derive tremendous value by harnessing computer simulation early in the design cycle to predict how a product will perform in the real world. With the addition of SpaceClaim, ANSYS will provide customers with a powerful and intuitive 3-D direct modeling solution.

Deadline for submission of entries for this year’s Altair Enlighten Award ends May 23, 2014

The AltairEnlighten Award, presented in collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), is the automotive industry’s only award program created specifically to acknowledge innovations in vehicle lightweighting. The award winner will be announced on the first day of the 2014 CAR Management Briefing Seminars (MBS) taking place Aug. 4-7 in Traverse City, Michigan. The Altair Enlighten Award aims to recognize achievements in weight reduction across the automotive industry from motorcycles to passenger cars, light-trucks to commercial vehicles and buses. The competition is open to automotive OEMs, systems, parts and materials suppliers from all automotive industry segments. The award is a powerful platform to showcase success stories. The 2013 award was won by BASF Corporation for the development of a weight-saving composite front seat pan for Opel.

New multi-CAE TestPaks® from DatapointLabs deliver data for injection molding and crash simulations with several codes

If you support a variety of CAE/FEA codes in your work, DatapointLabs introduces new Multi-CAE TestPaks to more efficiently meet your need for the right data, in the right formats to accomplish injection molding and crash simulations. Now you can get a single set of tests to generate all of the required data for a specific purpose, no matter which supported software package - or packages - you might be using. Multi-CAE Molding test results include the data required to create material input files for injection molding simulation with several codes. Multi-CAE Crash test results include the data required to create material input files for LS-DYNA, Abaqus, and PAM-CRASH simulations.

asc(s welcomes Dr. Detlef Schneider as fifth member of its board

At the annual General Meeting of asc(s held on May 6, 2014 Dr. Detlef Schneider (Altair's senior vice president EMEA) was elected to the board. The other board members were confirmed unchanged for an additional term of two years and consist of the Chairman Prof. Dr. Wolfram Ressel (Rector of the University of Stuttgart), the Deputy Chief Executive Officer Christoph Gümbel (Dr.-Ing. hc. F. Porsche AG), Dr. Steffen Frik (Adam Opel AG) and Jürgen Kohler (Daimler AG). With its 24 current members from academia and industry the asc(s promotes and focuses in its network the expertise around simulation and high performance computing for the virtual vehicle development tomorrow.

New seminar on Robust Design in car body development at carhs.training

The aim of the seminar is to enable designs engineers to take uncertainties into account and to assess the robustness of their design regarding the functional requirements within their virtual development process. All loading and design variables of a product are subject to variations. Nevertheless, it must be ensured that a design is satisfactory not only for a combination of ideal values but also when taking into account variations of parameters. The fulfillment of this development objective is called Robust Design. To provide the knowledge necessary for this job first the theory is explained in the seminar using examples from practice. Then, methods are presented that are adapted to the special requirements of car body development. To this end, examples of crash, NVH and other disciplines are considered. Prof. Dr. Fabian Duddeck (Technical University of Munich), the lecturer of the seminar, is working on optimization and robustness since many years.

Seminars for CAE experts of automotive industry in carhs.training

In 2014, we again offer a wide range of interesting seminars for analysis engineers of the automotive industry. Below you will find our offer of seminars in English Language for the coming months

7. - 8. July 2014 "Material Models of Plastics and Foams for Crash Simulation" - Prof. Dr-Ing. Stefan Kolling, Technical University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen

9. July 2014 "Material Models of Metals for Crash Simulation" - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Helmut Gese, MATFEM

10. July 2014 "Material Models of Composites for Crash Simulation" - Prof. Dr. Anthony Pickett, ESI Engineering System International GmbH

11. July 2014 "Simulation of Automotive Components from Short-Fibre Reinforced Plastics" - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Stommel, Technical Univeristy Dortmund

14. - 15. July 2014 "Car Body Design for Analysis Engineers" - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Schumacher, University Wuppertal

For more information on the contents of the seminars and the speakers, please visit our website via the links provided.

carhs.training in-house Seminars: The most efficient method of knowledge transfer

If it is your job to qualify several members of staff in a certain field, our in-house seminars and workshops provide the most efficient method. We will deliver the course onsite. You will save traveling time and costs. Moreover, you will benefit from considerable cost advantages through our attractive pricing model for in-house seminars. Choose the topics you need from the selection provided in our SafetyCompanion or on our web site and ask for a proposal. Together with you, we can adapt the seminar contents to your individual requirements. Contact Dr. Dirk Ulrich directly via e-mail.

Seminars and Events

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carhs.training seminars and events for automotive safety.

All seminars are available as in-house trainings in both German and English!

Introduction to Passive Safety of Vehicles 26.06.2014 - 27.06.2014 in Alzenau	Dipl.-Ing. Rainer Hoffmann, carhs gmbh	EUR 1290
9th PraxisConference Pedestrian Protection 2014 02.07.2014 - 03.07.2014 in Bergisch Gladbach	Industrie Experten, Industry Experts	EUR 1390
Head Impact on Vehicle Interiors: FMVSS 201 and ECE R-21 04.07.2014 in Alzenau	Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Gärtner, Adam Opel AG	EUR 740
Material Models of Plastics and Foams for Crash Simulation 07.07.2014 - 08.07.2014 in Alzenau	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Kolling, Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen	EUR 1290
International Safety and Crash-Test Regulations: Current Status and Future Developments 07.07.2014 - 08.07.2014 in Alzenau	John Creamer, GLOBALAUTOREGS.COM	EUR 1290
Euro NCAP and global Tests for Consumer Protection through Active and Passive Safety 09.07.2014 - 10.07.2014 in Alzenau	Direktor & Professor Andre Seeck, BASt - Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen	EUR 1290
Material Models for Metals for Crash Simulation 09.07.2014 in Alzenau	Dr.-Ing. Helmut Gese, MATFEM - Partnerschaft Dr. Gese & Oberhofer	EUR 740
Material Models of Composites for Crash Simulation 10.07.2014 in Alzenau	Prof. Dr. Anthony Pickett, ESI Engineering System International GmbH	EUR 740
Simulation of Automotive Components from Short-Fibre Reinforced Plastics 11.07.2014 in Alzenau	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Stommel, Technische Universität Dortmund	EUR 740
Car Body Design for Analysis Engineers 14.07.2014 - 15.07.2014 in Alzenau	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Schumacher, Bergische Universität Wuppertal	EUR 1290
Knee Mapping Workshop 16.07.2014 in Alzenau	Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Ambos, DEKRA Automobil GmbH	EUR 740
Robust Design and Stochastics for Car Body Development 17.07.2014 - 18.07.2014 in Alzenau	Prof. Dr. habil. Fabian Duddeck, Technische Universität München , Giulia Antinori, Technische Universität München	EUR 1290
Side Impact - Requirements and Development Strategies 21.07.2014 - 22.07.2014 in Alzenau	M.Sc. Bart Paul Peeters Weem, BMW AG, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Stephanie Wolter, BMW AG	EUR 1290
Development of Frontal Restraint Systems meeting Legal and Consumer Protection Requirements 23.07.2014 - 24.07.2014 in Alzenau	Dipl.-Ing. Kai Golowko, Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH	EUR 1290
Introduction to Data Acquisition in Safety Testing 28.07.2014 - 29.07.2014 in Alzenau	Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Wild, Continental Safety Engineering International GmbH	EUR 1025
Automotive Safety Sensors - Requirements, Features, Functions and Applications 30.07.2014 - 31.07.2014 in Alzenau	Dr. rer. nat. Lothar Groesch, Groesch Automotive Safety Consulting	EUR 1290
Euro NCAP CRS-Installation Workshop 25.08.2014 in Alzenau	Dipl.-Ing. Britta Schnottale, BASt - Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Dipl.- Wirt.- Ing. Tobias Langner, BASt - Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen	EUR 740

Please find the full list of seminars at our website.

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