Simcenter Digital Twin User Forum
by Siemens & Maya HTT
24 April 2024 | 9:15 am – 4:30 pm
The Manufacturing Technology Centre
Coventry, United Kingdom
Coffee & Registration
Opening Remarks
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Siemens & Maya HTT
Simcenter Strategy and Direction
9:30 am - 9:55 am
Joel Davison, Siemens Digital Industries Software
By leveraging AI and making the move to SaaS, Simcenter is redefining engineering simulation and test, driving productivity and enabling innovation. Find out how the Simcenter portfolio of tomorrow is responding to changes and challenges to drive engineering transformation.
Space Forge – Thermal Analysis at the edge
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Neil Monteiro & Marcia Silva, Space Forge
Come along with us on a journey. Listen to the story of Space Forge's fast technological development and rapid growth as well the importance of simulation in our work.
Engineering Solutions for Safety and Sustainability
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Bruce Kakimpa, Element Digital Engineering
Product safety, sustainability, and competitiveness in the face of technological and regulatory change require an integrated approach. Insights from physical testing can underpin confidence in high-fidelity simulations of complex phenomena and expedite the development of emission-reducing solutions.
Morning Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Thermo-Mechanical Analysis of Rolls-Royce Gas Turbine Engines
11:15 am - 11:40 am
Chris Barnes, Rolls-Royce plc
Delve into the requirements that Rolls-Royce have for component temperature and displacement calculations. Then, discover the Simcenter 3D functionality that has been exploited to create component, assembly and whole-engine level thermo-mechanical models which achieve those requirements.
AI-Enabled Engineering
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
Nicolas Haag, PhysicsX
Simulation helps companies speed up and reduce costs, but still the pressure is on to develop better products faster at a fraction of the cost. Where existing tools in discrete and process manufacturing can only marginally improve productivity and performance, AI promises a disruptive leap forward.
Consolidated CAD and Simulation Journey at Rotork
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Nick Whitehead, Rotork
As a result of growth through acquisition, Rotork's teams were using a variety of simulation tools at varying levels of sophistication. Discover our journey and the benefits of standardising on a globally available toolset from designer-level Solid Edge simulation to advanced Simcenter capabilities.
Lunch
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
AFTERNOON TECH TRACKS
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Fluids & Thermal
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Vehicle Performance: Optimizing FECM & HVAC with STAR-CCM+
Ana Herrero Martinez, REE Automotive
Learn how we, at REE Automotive, improved the FECM of our vehicles and how we plan to validate our results. STAR-CCM+ played a key role in developing our HVAC system, particularly pertaining to demist/defrost performance and passenger comfort.
Greener fume cupboard performance testing with CFD
Andrew Manning, Clean Air Limited
CFD is a force for good! Using advanced modelling techniques could remove SF6, the greenhouse gas with the highest global warming potential, from the fume cupboard testing process. Imagine eliminating 3,000 kg CO2e per test and achieving a net-zero test method – come along and find out more.
Capitalising on the Opportunity Value with Simcenter STAR-CCM+
Gerson Garsed-Brand, Sabe Fluid Dynamics
At Sabe, we deliver high-performance engineering, and we deliver it fast. From our experience in motorsport, we learned that speed – of assessment and of design improvements – offers huge opportunity and value to our clients. Find out how Simcenter STAR-CCM+ has been key in this fast-moving environment.
Afternoon Break
STAR-CCM+ at Framatome Limited - Cranfield Business Unit
Denis Bertolaso, Framatome Limited
Find out why STAR-CCM+ is the tool of choice for us at Framatome Limited for delivering solutions to our clients' computational fluid dynamics challenges.
Pressure Drop Prediction for Off-set Fin Heat Exchangers
Gary Guangxu Yu, DENSO Marston Ltd
Case study: Simulating the performance of off-set fin heat exchangers using Star CCM+’s porous media model. Comparison: Finding porous media resistance by micro-scale detailed CFD study on iso-thermal flows vs using non-dimensional correlation between friction factor (FF) and Reynolds (Re) number
Computational Wind Engineering at ArcAero
Joseph Osman, Architectural Aerodynamics
Find out how we use STAR-CCM+ to provide valuable insight to our clients and help them design and deliver enjoyable and safe urban habitats. From an outline of the problems at hand, we look at the way various tools (including simulation and experimentation) are combined to maximum effect.
Closing Remarks
Siemens & Maya HTT
Systems
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
HaloDrive - Rethinking Aerospace Propulsion
Kynan Fletcher, RogersEV Limited
The HaloDrive system is a completely new look at propulsion within aerospace reintroducing motor and rotor from first principals in a rim-driven solution with a completely redesigned motor and rotor architecture.
Powertrain evaluation for electric sports cars
Vlad Rosu, Lotus Engineering
Transition from using legacy CAE tools to using Amesim in evaluating the electrified powertrain of sports cars (creation, correlation, exploitation)
Validation of Plant Control Systems using a Simcenter Amesim Digital Twin
Martin Jones, Practicon
Validating PLC control software for a complex plant can be difficult, time-consuming, and risky. We will share how Simcenter Amesim Plant Models help us validate our PLC control and HMI software before on-site commissioning.
Afternoon Break
Executable Digital Twin
Gabriel Amine-Eddine, Siemens
Take simulation beyond design and engineering and into manufacturing and service by leveraging Simcenter as an Executable Digital Twin. Reduced Order Modelling enables the real-time live execution and the benefits of connectivity with live data of physical systems.
Parallel Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems for UAM Rotorcraft
Ioannis Roumeliotis, Cranfield University
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aims to improve urban transportation and its environmental impact with novel gas turbines that use electrification or hydrogen. Find out how Cranfield Gas Turbine Engineering used Simcenter Amesim to simulate solutions based on gas turbines for rotorcraft UAM applications.
Digital Twins: AI & System Sim Drive Operational Effectiveness
Adam Martin, Maya HTT
Deep learning (DL) can make digital twins and simulation models more relevant to the manufacturing process or end-product operational conditions. Now, AI agents can learn from “playing” with a Simcenter Amesim model, yielding amazing ways to optimize complex operations at a system level.
Closing Remarks
Siemens & Maya HTT
Simcenter Learning
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
CubeSat Power System Design Workflow
Arjun Rajkumar, Maya HTT
CubeSats: less expensive satellites in less time | A digital twin workflow to determine the thermal loads a CubeSat will experience during orbit and how that informs the sizing of its power system. Automating processes and modeling thermal performance with HEEDS, Space Systems Thermal and Amesim.
Simulation Data Management and Automation
Stephen Boot, Siemens
Explore a better way to connect and store simulation and test data with a dedicated framework for managing it in a consistent way. Find out how Teamcenter consolidates simulation data with CAD data, materials data, requirements definitions, and program planning to define a single source of truth.
Realising Simulation Driven Design
Arjun Rajkumar, Maya HTT
A practical case study of how to leverage topology optimization early in the design process and then use parametric design optimization and validation simulations to keep mass to a minimum while meeting performance and shape constraints. See the benefits of the latest upgrades to NX in action.
Afternoon Break
Industry Spotlight: Marine
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Integrated Design and Simulation Workflows at BAR Technologies
David Jonson, BAR Technologies
BAR Technologies uses advanced design and simulation tools to optimise product performance while meeting safety and reliability requirements and reducing risks. An integrated design approach makes it easy to transfer and share design data seamlessly in the context of real world problems.
Integrated CAE workflow for efficient design of fast boats
Emile Arens, Siemens
Design an optimal marine propulsion system (propellers and waterjets + diesel and electric powertrain) for a fast search and rescue vessel using simulation in an integrated digital framework. Plus, verify performance in a virtual wave tank and assess its structural integrity and occupant safety.
Closing Remarks
Siemens & Maya HTT