The EuroNorth SIMULIA Regional Meeting (RUM) returned on September 14-15 to the Midland Hotel in Manchester.
This was an extra special conference as this was the first in-person RUM we hosted in EuroNorth since the pandemic and it was our 35th Anniversary of the conference!
It was lovely to see so many of you again after two years! We were honored to have customers, keynotes and staff back in the same room again.
The agenda was superb, and we welcomed on-stage, customer presenters, keynote speakers, Dassault Systemes experts and R&D. We also hosted Breakout sessions which provided opportunities for those focused on specific disciplines to spend quality time with experts and dive deeper into such topics. Additionally, we reintroduced the Round Table session, delegates were able to attend 3 out of 7 round tables with each round table lasting 20 minutes. Delegates were able to have closer conversations, network and explore a variety of topics.
This User Conference has grown from the traditional Abaqus Conference, which means it is exciting to see customers and keynotes covering all aspects of simulation, not just structural. Even more so, the audience warmly received those keynotes and customer presentations demonstrating the power of simulation on the 3DEXPERIENCE and generated lively debate and interest during the breakout sessions.
We also had additional presentations from 21 other customers across 3 user paper sessions:
User Papers Session 1
1. Material orientation mapping based on structure tensor segmented 3D x-ray tomography, Lars P. Mikkelsen | DTU Wind and Energy Systems
2. EMC Specialist How to simplify power converter RF Conducted Emission models, Jason Watkiss | Rolls Royce Control Systems
3. Combining measurement and simulation using a hybrid model, Kilwa Ärölä | Rand Finland
4. A parametric model of the human knee optimised for contact Mechanics Laurence Marks | Oxford Brookes University
User Paper Session 2
1. Computational Wear Analysis of Different Activities of Daily Living for Reverse Shoulder Replacement, Jessa Mae Canas | Liverpool John Moores University
2. A Finite Element Study of the Effect of Cross-link Stabilisation in A Lumbar Spine Tumour Model, Juntong Lai | University Of Sheffield
3. Establishing Model Credibility through VVUQ – the Key Element for in-silico Medicine, Vincent Bouwman, | 4REALSIM BV
User Paper Session 3
1. Koroyd® tubular core structure inside helmet to improve safety and comfort - Use of simulation to optimize the performance, Filippi Romain, Quentin Jorry | EC2 MODÉLISATION & Mathilde Nais | Koroyd
2. Conservatisms in equivalent static assessment of Dynamic Events, John Sawyer | Atkins
3. Brake System Limit Performance Prediction using CFD A simulation of the Grossglockner Mountain Descent with a Bentley Continental GT Speed, Stamatis Angelinas | Bentley
User Paper Session 4
1. Finite element modeling of interlaminar fracture of thin carbon fiber/polyamide6 laminates with stiffening beams, Sepehr Simaafrookhteh | KU LEUVEN
2. Aircraft community noise prediction in 3D environments, Furkat Yunus| Technische Universiteit Delft
3. A workflow for developing surrogate models for fast prediction of welding induced residual stress using Abaqus and Python, Zeyuan Miao | University of Manchester
User Papers Session 5
1. Development of a generalized wear algorithm in ABAQUS environment, Shawn Toh | Liverpool John Moores University
2. Finite element model of Specially-shaped partially encased composite columns under cyclic loading, Qiuyu Xu | University Of Lancaster
3. Micromechanics of yarn-level hybrid composites, Giuseppe Romano | The University Of Manchester
4. Aeroacoustics Simulation using SIMULIA PowerFLOW across Dyson Technology Ltd, Dr Kondwani Kanjere CEng MIMechE | Dyson Technology Ltd
User Paper Session 6
1. A thermo-mechanical model of prestressed concrete hollow core slabs under fire, Waleed Hamad | WSP UK Limited
2. X-ray Computed Tomography and Finite Element Analysis of the Great White Pelican Beak for Lightweight Vehicle Part Design, Will Harrison | Swansea University
3. Fatigue life prediction of antivibration products using Abaqus user subroutine, Robert Luo | Trelleborg AVS
4. Strategies for Automation of High Variability and Low Repetition Analyses, Matt Clarke | TECHNIA
Finally, the highly anticipated banquet challenge, a competition of skill and problem-solving.
– The aim was to build a winch mechanism using only the materials provided. The winch had to be designed to carry as much weight as possible to a height of 40 cm without breaking! We hope you enjoy the pictures below of the winning team!
Huge thanks go to the SIMULIA EuroNorth team for putting on another fantastic event.
