During the MBS Tech Days 2021, Atsushi Tsubouchi from Honda Motor and Gakuto Nakayama from Progress Technologies' presentation called "Vision for Performance-Based Design Using Simpack Vehicle Dynamics as a Digital Innovation".

This presentation showed how digital solution with CAE technology is mandatory in automotive vehicle dynamics, such as handling and ride comfort. Especially, virtual verification with Multi-Body Simulation (MBS) is becoming more and more essential to provide a specification of each component. On the other hand, MBS has a challenge in shortening the entire workflow, including calculation, verification, and its management, due to the complexity of the model structure. The speed and robustness of the Simpack solver are expected to resolve it in combination with an efficient workflow in the design process. This presentation introduces a Simpack workflow for handling and ride comfort and its future vision, bringing efficiency to vehicle development.

Atsushi Tsubouchi is Chief Engineer at Honda Motor. He joined Honda Motor in 1998 and was involved in performance-based design considering automotive vehicle dynamics. After that, Atsushi moved to a Formula One car development department in the UK and was in charge of the dynamic behavior based on the measurements and the CAE results. The experience in the formula car showed him great potential in integrating CAE into IT infrastructure. Currently, Atsushi is responsible for the platform development, performance-based design, and development process re-engineering in chassis design.

Gakuto Nakayama from Progress Technologies Inc. has been successful in many projects to reform the development process of major manufacturers at foreign-affiliated companies. In 2005, Gakuto founded Progress Technologies to promote further reformations from the customer's perspective and develop new technologies.
In addition to supporting the product development of many manufacturers, Progress Technologies also developed and launched the world's first eOneBook reader, designed to give e-book readers a whole new reading experience. Gakuto has a track record of supporting start-up companies such as AI and robotics.

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