Technical papers

Overcoming Interior Design Challenges to Improve the Comfort of Future Vehicles

Abstract The automotive industry is experiencing a major transformation driven by societal and environmental trends leading to an acceleration of autonomous driving, electrification and new mobility solutions. Therefore…

Advanced modeling and simulation of Sheet Moulding Compound (SMC) processes

Abstract SMC processes involve a highly concentrated dispersion of chopped fibres into a resin, placed into a preheated mould, that closes rapidly (about 40 mm/s) squeezing the reinforced resin, inducing the mould filling…

Virtual Temperature Controlled Seat Performance Test

The demand for seating comfort is growing – in cars as well as trucks and other commercial vehicles. This is expected as the seat is the largest surface area of the vehicle that is in contact with the occupant. While it…

Developing and testing control unit software using virtual models

In the development process of new components, new systems or new machines, the integration of different disciplines, such as hydraulics, mechanics or electronics, is becoming increasingly important in the development…

System Simulation of Belt Conveyors

Belt conveyor systems belong to the category of continuous conveyors and are used all over the world for bulk material handling over long distances, for example in open-pit mines, such as the lignite areas in Germany,…

Compression Resin Transfer Molding (C-RTM) Simulation Using a Coupled Fluid-solid Approach

Composite materials are being used at an increasing rate in the automotive industry due to their superior mechanical properties at low densities leading to lightweight components.  Continuing this trend requires the…

End-to-End Seat Virtual Prototyping from Manufacturing to Performances

Today, in the transportation industry, two antagonist phenomena lead the OEMs to change radically their design processes. On the one hand, the technical constraints which influence the design of the vehicles and…

Virtual Seat Manufacturing and Testing for FMVSS 202a Backset Prediction

CAE capabilities have long been used for performing static and dynamic structural analysis during the seat design process. More recently, the soft parts of the seat including foams, trim and suspension have also been…

New finite element human models representing elderly, disabled and overweight people for aircraft seat comfort simulation

In the growing but highly competitive market of the airline industry, airliners have to differentiate themselves from their competitors while increasing or maintaining their profitability. They request innovations in…

Inverse Characterization Method For Draping Simulation Based On Automatic Measurement Of Fiber Orientation

FibreMap project aims at the development of an automatic quality control and feedback mechanism to improve draping of carbon fibers on complex parts. There is a strong need in the automotive industry for automatic…