Durability & Life Extension Advanced FE Contact Benchmarks IV Background to the FENET Contact Benchmarks A. A. Becker (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) FENET Contact Benchmarks - Solutions A. Konter (Netherlands Institute for Metals Research, The Netherlands)

Some Results for Procedural Benchmarks for Modelling Common Fabrication Details in Plate/Shell Structures FENET_E&D2 FENET Workshop Majorca 25th and 26th March 2004 Jim Wood University of Strathclyde FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME FENET_E&D2 R1 = 50 mm; R2 = 1000 mm t = 15mm; L = 15.1mm (leg length) 45 degree fillet Neglect self-weight FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIV

Industry Sector Consum G ods / Biom cal er o edi RTD Them ic A ea at r M lti Physics and Analysis u Date 02.12.2004 Materials Modeling in Dynamic (Acoustic) Simulations: Measurement and Simulation Models with a Special Emphasis on Damping Alfred J. Svobodnik NAD ­ Numerical Analysis and Design GmbH & Co KG, Wien, Austria http://www.NADwork.at as@NADwork.at Summary Modeling of damping for assemblies (e.g. loudspeakers) Retrieving FE damping parameters from measurement FENET THEMATIC NETWO

Industry Sector Consum G ods / Biom cal er o edi RTD Them ic A ea at r M lti Physics and Analysis u Date 02.12.2004 Materials Modeling in Dynamic (Acoustic) Simulations: Measurement and Simulation Models with a Special Emphasis on Damping Alfred J. Svobodnik NAD ­ Numerical Analysis and Design GmbH & Co KG, Wien, Austria http://www.NADwork.at as@NADwork.at Summary Modeling of damping for assemblies (e.g. loudspeakers) Retrieving FE damping parameters from measurement FENET THEMATIC NETWO

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The ma tic Are a Da te 7 ok t 04 The extrapolation of finite element results to hot spot stresses Jack Reijmers IV Nevesbu, Papendrecht, The Netherlands Summary Finite element analysis raises in discontinuities excessive stresses. Proper assessment shall result in an acceptable result FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Nevesbu Shell expansion FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The m a tic Are a Da te 13-11-2001 Review on the workshop on 13 November 2001 Jack Reijmers Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands Summary The on-going story about the workshops FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Topics covered · Low uptake · Marvelous examples by leading companies · State of practice arbitrary small company ??? Denominator: Barriers to dissemination and uptake of technology Readiness

LIMITATIONS OF THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF TRAUMATIC INJURY Mike Neale Senior Research Engineer Biomechanics and Injury Prevention Group TRL Limited FENET Technology workshop, Multi-physics and analysis 27-28 Feb 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark AGENDA · Brief background to TRL Limited · Detail limitations of modelling human biological system · Multi-physics modelling problems FENET Technology workshop, Multi-physics and analysis 27-28 Feb 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark TRL LIMITED Resear

LIMITATIONS OF THE FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF TRAUMATIC INJURY Mike Neale Senior Research Engineer Biomechanics and Injury Prevention Group TRL Limited FENET Technology workshop, Multi-physics and analysis 27-28 Feb 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark AGENDA · Brief background to TRL Limited · Detail limitations of modelling human biological system · Multi-physics modelling problems FENET Technology workshop, Multi-physics and analysis 27-28 Feb 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark TRL LIMITED Resear

Multi-Physics and Analysis · Needs for multi-physics in each of the sectors - aerospace, defence, marine and offshore · Current limitations of commercial analysis tools · Features of coupled problems at the leading edge · Compute performance & parallelisation issues FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Multi-Physics and Analysis · Define a validation & verification strategy for MPA simulation · Benchmark problems ­ identify & select

Industry Se ctor Marine & Offs hore RTD The m a tic Are a Da te 13-11-2001 Review on the workshop on 13 November 2001 Jack Reijmers Nevesbu, The Hague, The Netherlands Summary The on-going story about the workshops FENET THEMATIC NETWORK COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH (GROWTH) PROGRAMME Topics covered · Low uptake · Marvelous examples by leading companies · State of practice arbitrary small company ??? Denominator: Barriers to dissemination and uptake of technology Readiness