Technical papers

Advancements of Virtual Prototyping in the World of Demanding Regulations

Regulations in safety and fuel efficiency are putting more and more pressure on the Automotive Industry to move towards lightweight solutions. Consequently, innovative research and a 3G engineering approach (gage, grade…

Hybrid strategy to simulate millimeter-wave RADAR devices for automotive ADAS

A multiscale hybrid strategy is proposed to simulate Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in both Short Radar Range (SRR) and Long Radar Range (LRR). The first development stage was focusing on small sized radar…

Advancements in tailored hot stamping simulations: cooling channel and distortion analyses

Hot stamped components have been widely used in the automotive industry in the last decade where ultra high strength is required. These parts, however, may not provide sufficient toughness to absorb crash energy.…

Aero Forming - An Introduction of Collaborative Engineering

The decrease of physical prototypes and the growing power of simulation in the design process require greater control in the design chain calculation. This is the main reason for the arrival of SDM in the perimeter of…

Virtual prototyping of lightweight designs made with cold and hot formed tailored solutions

Tailored hot and cold formed solutions are one key to the lightweight construction challenges of the future. Only tailored solutions allow the combination of soft and hard zones for the best possible crash performance…

Development of system identification technique for the control of structually flexible SMT machines

Acquiring dynamic characteristics of a system is an important issue for predicting and evaluating the system’s performance in early development stages in order to shorten the development time as well as to meet required…

Analysis of influence of plastic bumper on radio wave characteristics

From the standpoint of vehicle appearance, vehicle radar units should be located behind plastic bumpers. Plastic bumpers are made of dielectric material, which causes reflection, scattering, refraction, and diffraction…

Estimation of the threat of IEMI to complex electronic systems

The threat of ultra wideband (UWB) sources is interesting for military issues. This paper summarizes information concerning the voltages generated from some commercially available UWB generator systems and their…

RCS predictions for electrically large complex structures

Radar Cross Section (RCS) prediction of electrically large complex structures is a technical challenge. This paper presents the study carried out to examine the applicability of PAM-CEM Solutions, the simulation package…

Numerical simulation of powder metal forming process using the SPH Method

The method of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) is used for the numerical simulation of compaction of iron powder. The character of SPH allows for accurately tracking relevant material properties within a Lagrangian…