We started with this year’s Northern Forum on the 13th November. Held in the Great Hall of The University of Manchester’s Sackville Street building, the setting was quite majestic.
Around 50 Academic attendees participated in this event. The morning session was split into two presentations. Firstly I gave an overview of DS, SIMULIA and our Academic portfolio, Then Leon Cordingley took the stage and presented our Abaqus v6.13 update lecture.
After lunch we were treated to 4 excellent academic presentations highlighting the use of Abaqus in various areas of Research being undertaken at The University of Manchester:-
Structural Integrity Assessment of Nuclear Pressure Vessels, Sutham Arun, The University of Manchester
Finite Element Modelling of Fibre Bundles, Nilanjan Das Chaklader, The University of Manchester
Dynamic Crushing of Cellular Structures with Entrapped Gas, Yongle Sun, The University of Manchester
Asymmetric Meshing Technique in Shell Buckling, Zia Ul Rehman Tahir, The University of Manchester
Following the Academic presentations Stuart Nixon, Leon Cordingley (from the UK CSE) and myself were subjected to a lively Q&A session!
St Annes College, Oxford - 20th November
Then the Academic Forum roadshow moved to St Annes College, University of Oxford for the Southern Forum on the 20th November.
This event was also well attended with 40 students, Researchers and Staff present. Again we were very fortunate to have a splendid location for this event in the new Tsuzuki Room at St Annes College.
In the morning session DS staff presented; firstly I gave an overview of DS, SIMULIA and the use of our products in industry; then Stuart Nixon presented the Abaqus v6.13 update; followed by Arjun Rajkumar who gave an overview of Isight.
After a superb lunch – including a chocolate cake so rich I couldn’t finish it! - we then had a packed afternoon session with 6 innovative presentations from both Oxford and Liverpool John Moores Universities:-
Investigation of Fretting Fatigue in Turbine Fir tree Blade-to-disc Joints at High TemperatureRodolfo Fleury, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Creating Increasingly Physiological FE Models of the KneeJennifer Boyd, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford
Finite Element Model for Quantitative Analysis of Wear Damage in Metal-on-Metal Modular Hip ProsthesisAriyan Ashkanfar, Engineering Department, Liverpool John Moores University
Evaluation of Single Crystal Elastic Stiffness Constants in Tetragonal Yttria Partially Stabilised Zirconia (YPSZ) Using Abaqus FEM Matching of Neutron Diffraction DataAlexander Lunt, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Advanced Finite Element Analysis of Deep Excavations and Comparison with Case History DataYuepeng Dong, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
Undrained Bearing Capacity of Square, Circular and Ring Footings on Tresca Soil using Adaptive F.E. AnalysisLaith Tapper, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
As at Manchester the previous week the standard of presentations was extremely high and covered many important aspects of engineering study.
The afternoon was finished off with an even more lively Q&A session.
If anyone is interested in any of the presentations listed please let me know and I will contact the author.
These Forums give us at Dassault Systemes the opportunity to share Experiences with our Academic customers, and provide our Academic users with the chance to showcase their innovations and learn from other users.
Once again in 2013 the Forums so far have been a great success and my thanks go to Jess Nicholson, SIMULIA User Advocacy, for making these events easy for me and to Stuart, Leon and Arjun for providing the Technical “Muscle”!
