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Abstract
It is commonly accepted that "the better is the mortal enemy of the good" (Montesquieu), a saying that is put into application numerically by the Pareto principle. Applied to engineering, one should strive to achieve the majority of the outcome with the smallest amount of effort, and not waste time and profitably on improving a "Good" design needlessly. Perhaps an infamous example of this is the RBMK reactor, in use at Chernobyl - Powerful, minimalistic and cost-effective concept - but uncommonly unstable and difficult to control. It is not possible to say whether the environmental and human catastrophe that unfolded on April 26th 1986 were directly caused by a fervent application of the Pareto principle; what can be said for certain is that the design could have been "Better" (NIKIET).
The Digital Twin helps us understand and measure the present; simulation and the Virtual Twin Experience bring us perspective and reveal what is achievable in the future.
In this Tech Talk, we will use these twins to challenge this 18th-century adage and the Pareto principle - not in their fundamentals, but rather in our understanding of their implications. Looking at industrial application examples, we will show how the Virtual Twin Experience can be applied to tackle sustainability challenges, and redefine what is "Good Enough" today.
Highlights:
- Concrete applications of the Virtual Twin Experience / Digital Twin
- Tackling sustainability issues through Design, Manufacturing, and Operations & Maintenance
- Leveraging Modelling and Simulation for Design design and manufacturing
Speaker
Charles Luzzato | SIMULIA Industrial Equipment Industry Process Director
Charles is an Industry Process Director at Dassault Systemes SIMULIA, responsible for the worldwide industrialization of Industrial Equipment & Climate System simulation solutions.
After completing his PhD in Thermo-Acoustic Instabilities at Imperial College London, Charles joined Exa Corporation in Germany, working on Aero-acoustics simulation topics for big German OEMs and suppliers. Subsequently to joining Dassault Systemes, he focused extensively on climate system applications across physics domains, throughout the world, and across industries.
This knowledge was later applied in an extended scope, tackling Heavy Machinery and Industrial Equipment simulation-driven design, helping harmonize product, nature and life by revealing the world we live in with the Virtual Twin Experience.
More recently, Charles has been concerned with sustainability topics and de-carbonization. Focusing first on energy efficiency of Building Equipment, his team is now also looking into alternative energy sources and storage mediums, notably with Green Hydrogen production and storage.
