Technical Working Groups

The technical activities of NAFEMS are coordinated by a number of specialist working groups, drawn exclusively from the NAFEMS membership. These working groups identify areas of interest to the analysis community that require new educational materials to be developed. This process is based on a combination of the results of surveys and the personal knowledge of the committee members.

Currently, the following working groups are active within NAFEMS.

• analysis management

  Analysis Management Working Group The primary focus of the AMWG is the Quality Assurance of engineering simulation and the management of the simulation process. This is predominantly a management responsibility in as much as it demands the development of appropriate procedures and organizational support. The Terms of Reference more

• CAD CAE integration

  The CAD CAE Working Group is concerned with improving the design process through the integration of numerical analysis and CAD for use across a full range of disciplines. The group also provides input to ISO TC184/SC4 , which is concerned with standards for engineering data representation and exchange including STEP (STandard for more

• composites

  Aims The NAFEMS Composites Working Groups was formed in 2010, following strong demand from within the NAFEMS membership for a high level of activities related to the application of numerical methods to the analysis and assessment of composite materials. Prior to this date, NAFEMS had already developed a number of publications and hosted more

• computational fluid dynamics

  The CFD working group was founded in 1995 with the objective; "to promote the safe and reliable use of CFD and to provide guidance and information for CFD users of all levels. " The work of the group is aimed at encouraging and supporting the increasing application of CFD in industry and the expansion of applications and situations to more

• computational structural mechanics

  Terms of Reference The Computational Structural Mechanics Working Group provides a forum for everyone with an interest in Computational Structural Mechanics to discuss issues of mutual interest, while at the same time initiating and directing activities of benefit to NAFEMS members as a whole through publications, seminars, and workshops. The more

• dynamics and testing

  The DTWG aims to bring together analysts and experimentalists to form a common body of understanding in dynamics. It is the belief of this group that the integration of test and analysis is at the core of engineering understanding. Although the background of the members of the group is primarily in the field of structural dynamics the theme of more

• education and training

  Aims & Objectives NAFEMS Education and Training Working Group has three main tasks. These are: To produce educational documents To oversee the Registered Analyst (RA) scheme To accredit training courses and to monitor their delivery Technical Areas Covered All educational aspects of FE and CFD technology Terms of more

• geotechnics

  Geotechnical Committee Aims The NAFEMS Geotechnical Committee has been formed in November 2008 with the aim of developing guidelines for the practical application of numberical methods in geotechnical engineering. Initial Priorities It is felt that there is a substantial requirement for further guidelines to be more

• high performance computing

  The NAFEMS High Performance Computing Working Group (HPC-WG) was formed in 2011, in response to increasing demand from NAFEMS members for activities related to High Performance Computing. The mission of the HPC-WG is: “To provide a vendor-neutral, end-user driven consortium that promotes the effective use of High Performance Computing more

• multi body dynamics

  Terms of Reference Involving industrialists, consultants, vendors, and academia researchers, the Multi-body Dynamics Working Group (MBD-WG) will: Provide a framework for fostering discussions on the state-of-the-art of multibody dynamics theory and for sharing lesson learnt of simulating from different applications Benchmark different more

• multiphysics

  The Multi-Physics Working Group (MPWG) has been set up with the objective to promote the understanding and competent use of multi-physics analysis (MPA) within industry and the more general engineering community. At this initial stage, besides multi-physics applications, the remit of the group will also include issues arising from more

• simulation data management

  NAFEMS Simulation Data Management Working Group (SDMWG) Today, many manufacturers are facing tremendous challenges related to the storage and retrieval of simulation data. Product Data Management (PDM) systems are not capable of handling the terabytes of information which are generated as a result of performing these complex simulations. more

• stochastics

  Stochastics Extract significantly more business value from your investment in engineering analysis and simulation through the implementation of stochastic applications - Produce repeatable, realistic and rapid results Reduce design cycle times through faster iterative analysis Reduce the number of physical more

• technical liaison group

  Technical Liaison Group The technical activities of NAFEMS are directed by the Technical Liaison Group (TLG). The TLG currently consists of the chairmen of the Technical Working Groups. The TLG focuses on two primary activities: a) Managing and co-ordinating the pipeline of membership deliverables currently being developed by more

• vendor advisory board

  Although NAFEMS remains vendor-neutral, we would like to be even more effective for the vendor community as a whole by aligning future NAFEMS activities more closely with the general needs of the global CAE vendor community. To this end, NAFEMS has established a Vendor Advisory Board (VAB) to bring supportive vendor top management together to more