During the MBS Tech Days 2021, Ludovic Grandjacques from Stellantis held a presentation titled "The Stellantis Automated Workflows for Multibody Analysis with Simpack".

In his presentation Ludovic talks bout how the wide use of multibody simulation in the company by non-expert users has always required the use of middleware, making it possible to adapt the calculation tool to the group's standards, methods, and ways of working. 
Today, around 150 people use Simpack every year, almost exclusively handling these middlewares as an entry point, allowing the fusion of calculation expertise and automotive design processes without having to adapt one to the other direction.

@LG obtained his engineering degree in 2007 from SUPMECA Paris, gaining with it a solid mechanical knowledge merged with recognized expertise in IT development.

He has since been working at Stellantis (ex PSA) as a Numerical Methodology and Multibody Simulation Specialist Engineer. His dual expertise has enabled him to develop various middlewares, which perfectly adapt to different MBS and FEA software, meeting the needs and constraints of end-users.

These developments cover many automotive scopes, especially where multibody simulation needs an accurate and performing solver (Chassis, Powertrain Mount, Full Vehicle Load Predictions) and where standardized design processes require strong automation of calculation and post-processing. 

Thanks to a brand-new API, provided in a record time by Dassault Systèmes, these middlewares are interfaced since 2017 with SIMULIA Simpack. 

Ludovic’s favorite pastime is to help his fellow engineers by solving complex engineering problems by providing simple technical applications, getting his reward out of knowing that every single car produced by “his” company has been designed with the help of his solutions.

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