2nd MATFEM Conference

A forum for advanced material modelling

The second MATFEM conference took place on 17 October 2012 at Schloss Hohenkammer, a conference centre some 30 km off Munich airport. Like the first conference in 2010, this conference was a forum for discussing material modelling as well as a get-together of MF GenYld + CrachFEM users.

We would like to thank all participants for joining the conference and all speakers for their invaluable contributions to he conference.

Programme

The lectures are linked to a full abstract. A PDF document with all abstracts is also available.

8:30: Welcome and introduction
H. Gese (MATFEM)
8:55: Testing methods for fracture modelling of sheet steel
C. ten Horn (Tata Steel Research)
9:20: Validation of constitutive laws for industrial applications in the field of forming technology
I. Heinle*, A. Lipp (BMW Group)
9:45: Aerospace applications of MFGenYld + CrachFEM
S. van der Veen*¹, M. Groß², M. Reißner², H. Gese² (¹Airbus, Toulouse, ²MATFEM)
10:10: Coffee break
10:40: New features in MF GenYld + CrachFEM Version 4.1
G. Oberhofer, M. Oehm (MATFEM)
11:10: MF GenYld + CrachFEM in the automotive virtual development process
M. Buckley*¹, D. Hollingdale¹, M. Oehm² (¹Jaguar Land Rover, ²MATFEM)
11:35: Investigation of a Boron bumper beam using CrachFEM
R. Schwarzer*¹, A. Bach² (¹Kirchhoff Automotive GmbH, ²Ford R&A Europe)
12:00: Lunch
13:30: Simulation approaches for efficient design of ultra high strength steel lightweight structures
A. Bach*, H. Cakir, H. Lanzerath (Ford R&A Europe)
13:55: Multi-disciplinary integrated approach to design crash components in the automotive sector
F. Fracasso*, A. Ortalda, N. Gramegna (EnginSoft S.p.A.)
14:20: Failure prediction with CrachFEM at Volvo Cars Safety Centre
J. Jergeus (Volvo Cars Safety Centre)
14:45: Coffee break
15:15: Experiences in using optical strain measurement for the identification of polymer parameters for finite element analysis
J. Förster*, S. Engel, R. Paßmann (EDAG GmbH & Co. KGaA)
15:40: Characteristics of polymers in crash tests
V. Yelisseyev*¹, H. Dell², A. Stroukova³ (¹MATTEST, ²MATFEM, ³Voronezh State Technical University)
16:05: Integrative crash simulation of fibre reinforced thermoplastics
M. Franzen*¹, G. Oberhofer², M. Thornagel³ (¹Ford R&A Europe, ²MATFEM, ³SIGMA Engineering GmbH)
16:30: Conclusion

Speakers are marked with an asterisk.