3rd VI-grade Users Conference
The 3rd VI-grade Conference, which took place on October 13th-14th, 2010 in Bad Nauheim, Germany, was dedicated to all upcoming development challenges and opportunities today’s engineers and developers face.
120 engineers, managers, and simulation experts from more than 50 companies and research centers gathered from all over the world to discuss the latest simulation trends and to exchange their experience with other users of the VI-grade technology during the event that took place on October 13th – 14th, 2010 in Bad Nauheim, Germany. The event, characterized by the motto “Visualize Future Challenges Today”, offered to the participants a very comprehensive agenda, featuring 35 presentations and 5 workshops dedicated to the latest technology in advanced system simulation in the following industries: Automotive, Motorsports, Motorcycle, Aerospace, Rail, Real Time, Controls, Driver-In-the-Loop, Engine, New Drive Concept.
"Thanks for a wonderful conference!" said one of the participants from the automotive industry. "I could learn a lot about the latest trends and works done by European OEMs, especially in the area of vehicle dynamics." Another participant from the automotive industry added: “I particularly enjoyed all aspects related to SIL / HIL – as well as of course the networking with other manufacturers and suppliers.” A participant from the aircraft industry concluded: “I really enjoyed the conference and the workshops. It was a great experience and I hope there will be more opportunities like this in the future.”
“A special highlight of this year's conference has been the introduction of VI-DriveSim, our revolutionary turnkey solution for testing virtual vehicle missions with a real driver who can ‘feel’ the behavior of the car by driving a highly accurate digital surrogate in a realistic environment” said Diego Minen, Technical Director of VI-grade GmbH. “We have received great reviews about VI-DriveSim by all participants to the event – including major automotive OEMs as well as Tier1 and racecar companies – not only from engineers, but also from test drivers!”
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Official program and available proceedings - Day 1 - October 13th, 2010
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration | |
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Juergen Fett (VI-grade) | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Vehicle Dynamics | |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Vehicle Dynamics Christian Schimmel (TU-München) Simulation of Vehicle Dynamics to Predict the Subjective Assesment of Handling Performance Martin Euchler (AES-FES) SiL with VI-CarRealtime: An efficient Tool for Designing Torque Vectoring Systems Lorenzo Pinto (MIRA) From Concept to Field Demonstration: The Development of MIRA's Electric Dynamic Control | Railway Jarosław Seńko (Warsaw University of Technology) Influence of Dither Generated by Rolling Contact of Wheel and Rail on Friction Damping in Europeans Freight Wagons and its Implementation in VI-Rail SK Choi (AHTTI) Optimization of Tilting Bogie Systems for Rail Vehicle Stability Improvement Frantisek Domanicky (Tatravagonka) Simulation of Running Characteristics of the TVP 2007 Bogie in VI-Rail |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Vehicle Durability Prof. Michael Gipser (COSIN) New High Performance Stiff and Deformable Digital Roads for F-Tire Marc Luckenbach (BMW) Realistic durability Prediction Using a Closed Loop Driver Model on Realistic Road Profile Prof. Peter Pfeffer (University of Munich) Modelling and Simulation of the Elastomer and Hydromount Models (Generation 2) and their implementation in ADAMS | VI-Rail Workshop |
| 17:30 | Closing Day 1 | |
Official program and available proceedings - Day 2 - October 14th, 2010
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Giorgio Stirano (Albatech Monaco - Keynote) The Role of Simulation in the Vehicle Development Process in the last 20 Years | |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | General Interest | Motorcycle Nicolay Ruffo (BMW Motorrad) Parametric Study of a Turn Maneuver with a Racing Motorcycle for Improving Grip, Traction and Stability Andrea Tonoli (Politecnico of Turin) Electromechanical Dampers for the Stabilization of Wave and Wobble Modes Martin Schratz (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) Development of a Driving Dynamics Model for a HIL-System |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | High Performance Vehicles | VI-Aircraft - Workshop Patrick McNally & Gabriele Ferrarotti (VI-grade) Development Directions and Round Table Discussion |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30 - 15:00 | High Performance Vehicles Toshiyuki Takahashi (Nissan Motorsports Int.) Vehicle Dynamics Simulation of a Racing Car by NISMO Lars Ogilvie (Multimatic) Dynamic Lap Simulation Using Highly Detailed Variable Profile 3D Roads Stefano Varisco (Ferrari GT) The Improvement of Performance by Means of Reducing the Vehicle Lateral Stability to Gain Maneuverability | FEV Powertrain Yuwu Yao (VKA) Dynamic Simulation and Fatigue Analysis of a Hybrid Transmission via FEV Virtual Engine Riccardo Testi (Piaggio) CAE Simulation of a Starter Support Cavri Cevik (VKA) Prediction of Hydrodynamic Bearing Behaviour for Pre-Layout of Cranktrain Dimensions |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Driving Simulator Birgit Grossmann (Concurrent Computers) Empowering Real-Time with a Muliticore Architecture Alessandro Beghi (University of Padua) New Perception-Driven Strategy for High Fidelity Motion Cueing Alessandro Piemontesi (SimCoVR) New Graphic Environment and Model Visualization for Real Time Vehicle Simulation | FEV Virtual Engine - Workshop |
| 17:00 | Closing Day 2 | |