CAE-Companion-2018-2019

Engineering

Crashworthy Car Body Design for new and classic vehicle concepts - Design, Simulation, Optimization

Course Description In the development of a car body different - sometimes con- flicting - design requirements have to be met. Depending on the intended drive unit, the fulfilling of the crash regulations is a key task. Therefore it is mandatory that designers have a good understanding of the crash behavior of mechanical structures. The combination of knowledge about mechanics and the ability to use modern design tools allows for an efficient development process without unnecessary design iterations. The objective of the seminar is to present new methods for crashworthy car body design. At the beginning of the course the mechanical phenomena of crash events will be discussed. Subsequently modern development methods (CAD design and crash simulation) will be treated. Thereafter modern implementations of safety design measures will be presented. Mathematical optimization of structural design - which is increasingly used in industry - will be covered at the end of the course. Who should attend? This 2 day course addresses designers, test and simulation engineers as well as project leaders and managers working in car body development and analysis.

Course Contents „ „ Mechanics of crash events „ „ Accelerations during collisions

„ „ Structural loading during collisions „ „ Examination of real crash events „ „ Stability problems „ „ Plasticity

„ „ Design methods

„ „ Function based design „ „ Car body design „ „ CAE conform design

„ „ Crash simulation

„ „ Finite Element modelling of a car body „ „ Finite Element analysis with explicit methods „ „ Possibilities and limitations „ „ Technical implementation of safety measures „ „ Energy absorbing members „ „ Car bodies „ „ Electric car bodies „ „ Safety systems „ „ Pedestrian protection „ „ Post crash „ „ Use of mathematical optimization procedures in real world applications „ „ Approximation techniques

„ „ Optimization software & strategies „ „ Shape and topology optimization

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Schumacher (University of Wuppertal) studied mechanical engineering at the universities of Duisburg and Aachen. He received his doctorate on structural optimization from the Uni - versity of Siegen. Following research projects for Airbus were focused on the optimization of aircraft struc - tures. Thereafter he worked in the CAE methods development department of Adam Opel AG as project lead - er for structural optimization. From 2003 - 2012 he was a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg and taught structural design, passive safety and structural optimization. Since 2012 he has been professor at the University of Wuppertal, where he holds the chair for optimization of mechanical structures.

Instructor

DATE

COURSE ID

VENUE

DURATION PRICE

LANGUAGE

07.-08.05.2018 69/3135

Alzenau

2 Days 1.290,- EUR till 09.04.2018, thereafter 1.540,- EUR

Facts

10.-11.09.2018 69/3136

Alzenau

2 Days 1.290,- EUR till 13.08.2018, thereafter 1.540,- EUR

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