Technical papers

Assessment of Aircraft Pilot Seat Performances with Digital Human Models and Virtual Prototypes

Abstract. In the aeronautic industry, some research is currently carried out to improve pilot seating and lying comfort, as well as cockpit ergonomics and accessibility. Pilots spend indeed a lot of…

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…

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…

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Influence of Computational Grid and Deposit Volume on Residual Stress and Distortion Prediction Accuracy for Additive Manufacturing Modeling

Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing offers unique advantages in terms of cost, lot size and manufacturability of complex products. The energy used however leads to distortions during the process. The distortion of single…

Integration of Machine Learning and Visualization for Effective Design Exploration

The world of CAE is experiencing continued growth in the number of variables involved in a Design of Experiments, either from combining various domains or expanding the complexity of models. Engineers are now facing…

ESI VPS multiscale performance simulation for laser structured Composite-Metal joints

An economic utilization of modern engineering materials can only be achieved through a combination of different materials depending on the local design requirements. This further leads to questions about the joinability…

Modelling Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing Defects

The qualification of powder bed fusion processes is based on lengthy and expensive experimental trial and error. If models can be applied to predict process details and determine the probability of manufacturing defects…

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…