CONFERENCE THEMES

SCIENTIFIC TOPICS

• Computational Solid and Structural Mechanics, including modelling in material science, multibody or non-linear dynamics, non-linear materials and structures, soil and rock mechanics, bio-mechanical simulations, composites, contact mechanics, structural stability;
  
• Computational Fluid Dynamics, including combustion, turbulence and transitions, unsteady flows, LES, heat transfer, multiphase flows;
  
• Computational Acoustics, including vibro-acoustics and environmental acoustics;
  
• Process simulation, including casting processes, forging processes, sheet metal forming, injection moulding processes, welding processes and heat treatments;
  
• Optimisation, including process automation and parametrisation, design space exploration, robust design, multi-objective optimisation, strategies for resources optimisation, cross-disciplinary integration, multi-criteria decision making, advanced design optimisation techniques;
  
• CAD/CAE interaction, including data exchange tools, model quality identification, model repair and healing, drawing repair, web security techniques, distribution processes;
  
• Durability and Life Extension, including damage, fatigue and fracture;
  
• Crash simulation;
  
• Computational Electromagnetics,
  
• Multidisciplinary topics, including coupled problems involving any combination of previous research topics.
  

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION TOPICS

Experience reports and industrial applications in different industrial sectors, including:

• automotive industry,
  
• aeronautics and aerospace,
  
• manufacturing industry in general,
  
• foundry and industrial forming processes,
  
• naval engineering,
  
• turbo machinery,
  
• bio-engineering,
  
• structural engineering,
  
• off-shore engineering,
  
• geomechanical and environmental engineering.
  

PERSPECTIVE

Topics can be dealt with according to different perspectives, including:

• the scientific/technical or research point of view,
  
• the manager's perspective,
  
• continuing vocational training and education in general,
  
• technology transfer,
  
• web-based engineering and training