Final Agenda
e-Xstream is honored to welcome Jean-Pierre Lombard, Composites Product Manager at Safran Composites as Keynote Speaker. Jean-Pierre Lombard will bring out the computational challenges faced for aero-engine technologies development. The distinguished panel of speakers from all industries will provide best-in-class technical value presentations highlighting their experiences and covering a wide range of DIGIMAT multi-capabilities:
Please consult the final agenda below or download the .pdf version and join The material modeling conference!- multi-materials: chopped, UD, continuous fiber, aluminium, nano ...
- multi-performances: creep, failure, fatigue, stiffness, ...
- multi-physics: thermic, electric, mechanic, ...
- multi-processing: injection, draping, ...
- multi-industries: auto, aero, biomedical, chemical, research, ...
Monday, October 1
Welcome reception
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Tuesday, October 2
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration & Welcoming Coffee |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION |
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| 9:00 - 9:40 |
e-Xstream engineering - Dr Roger Assaker e-Xstream : status & outlook |
| 9:40 - 10:30 |
e-Xstream engineering - Dr Jan Seyfarth & Dr Bernard Alsteens DIGIMAT 4.3.1 and 5.0 : release highlights & live demo of major capabilities |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Break & Partners Exhibition |
CHOPPED FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | DuPont USA - Dr Alan R. Wedgewood Strain rate dependent material response of an injection molded short GF reinforced thermoplastic beam |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Hutchinson - Dr Karine Le-Gorju, Mr Bundi Donguy Development of technical reinforced thermoplastic parts at Hutchinson: experimental and numerical aspects |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | DSM Engineering Plastics - Dr Lucien Douven Evaluation of failure criteria for short glass fiber reinforced thermoplastics in DIGIMAT |
PARTNERS PRESENTATION |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | MSC Software - Dr Omar Ait-Salem Duque Nonlinear simulation and optimization applied in the design of functional plastics components for the packaging DYNAmore - Dr Christian Liebold Composite modeling capabilities in LS-DYNA – “State of the Art” and future challenges |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
PARTNERS PRESENTATION |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | ANSYS - Dr Ansgar Polley Modeling layered composites the simple way Dassault Systemes B.V. - Arie Platschorre & Dirk Benade Expanding the ecosystem and technology for simulating advanced composites |
MULTI-MATERIALS |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | Huntsman - Mr Mark Brennan Micromechanical modeling of polyurethane composites using Digimat-MF and Digimat-FE |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Hyundai-Kia Motors - Dr Kyung Lee The effect of stiff particles on elastic properties in Al composite and borides formed Al alloy by Digimat-MF |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Kanazawa Institute of Technology & UES Software - Dr Masahero Seto & Dr Yasufumi Kanki An application of DIGIMAT to conductive resin injection molding |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break & Partners Exhibition |
MULTI-MATERIALS |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Psylotech - Dr Alex Arzoumanidis DIGIMAT experimental validation using digital image correlation |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | e-Xstream engineering & EASi - Dr Bernard Alsteens First step to the multi-scale modeling of MuCell plastics with DIGIMAT |
| 17:30 - 18:15 | Open Q&A session |
Gala evening
Time: 18:30 - 00:00
Wednesday, October 3
| 8:00 - 9:00 | Registration & Welcoming Coffee |
GENERAL INTRODUCTION |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 | KEYNOTE Safran Composites - Dr Jean-Pierre Lombard |
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
e-Xstream engineering - Dr Laurent Adam e-Xstream research & development initiatives |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Break & Partners Exhibition |
CONTINUOUS FIBER COMPOSITES |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Airbus - Mr Sjoerd van der Veen Micromechanical modeling of failure in plain and open hole test coupons under tensile and compressive loading |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Hexcel USA - Dr Sanjay Sharma Comparison of failure indicators in thermal residual stress analysis of a carbon epoxy composite sub-structure |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Solvay / Rhodia Engineering Plastics - Dr Jérôme Bikard Multi-scale modeling of the orthotropic behaviour of PA6-6 overmoulded composites using MMI™ approach |
| PARTNERS PRESENTATION |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | LMS International - Mr Jean-Pierre Delsemme & Mr Christophe Liefooghe LMS Virtual.Lab Durability and SAMCEF now together in the LMS product portfolio HBM n'Code - Dr Peter Heyes Multiaxial fatigue analysis of composite components using nCode DesignLife and DIGIMAT |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break |
| PARTNERS PRESENTATION |
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| 14:00 - 14:30 | MF-Software - Mr Sven Theissen Autodesk Moldflow Simulation Technology, Current Advances and Future Directions Materialise - Dr Sebastian De Boodt Software and services for 3D non-destructive micro-CT based fiber orientation quantification |
CHOPPED FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | Medicrea - Mr Thomas Mosnier History of spinal disc prosthesis & Design of a new implant using short fiber reinforced PEEK |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | JSOL Corporation - Mr Noriyo Ichinose Digimat-CAE/LS-DYNA application for full vehicle crush |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | L&L Products - Dr Frank Braymand Best practices to use Digimat-CAE and MMI ConfidentDesign efficiently, for failure prediction with FPGF method |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break & Partners Exhibition |
CHOPPED FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Toyota Research - Dr Umesh Gandhi Development of material model for over molded unidirectional tape |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Solvay - Rhodia - Dr Gilles Robert Damage characterization & mechanical consequences in short glass fibers reinforced polyamides |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Valeo Powertrain - Rodrigo Benevides Towards a better prediction of the mechanical behavior |
| 18:00 |
Closing remarks & adjourn |
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Time: 8:00 - 17:00
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