Keynote Speech: How can CAE support Innovation?
Dr. Vasilios Bakolas
Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG.

A new approach on data management for the CAE model-building process at BMW: DCM-GUI
¹Michael Tryfonidis*, 2Hans-Peter Daunhert, 2Marcel Meder
¹BETA CAE Systems, Greece,
2BMW Group, Germany

Complete solution for model build-up
Irene Makropoulou*, George Nikolaidis
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

ANSA DM: simulation data management in pre- and post-processing
Dimitrios Katramados*, Athanasios Roubies, Dimitrios Krontsos
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Data process for CAE – structural analysis: from data hunting to drag & drop
Uwe Krempels
Daimler AG, Germany

Geometry parametrization with morphing boxes and integration in a multi-disciplinary optimization
Paul-Edouard Munch
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Germany

ACP - An optimization product design and development approach
Akbar Farahani
ETA Inc., USA

Morphing strategies library presentation
Joshua Sims*, Sunil Earla, Ravi Nimbalkar, Yatin Kumbhar
BETA CAE Systems USA Inc., USA

Optimization of morphing parameters using ANSA and VR&D Genesis
Nick Kalargeros*, Dr Roger Darlington, Mark McNally
Jaguar Land Rover Ltd, UK

Performance-oriented partners in simulation - engine development as an example
Dr.-Ing. Michael Klein*, Dr.-Ing. Reinhard Helfrich
INTES GmbH, Germany

FEM analysis of a belt conveyor driving drum
A. Mihailidis, E. Bouras*, E. Athanasopoulos
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Development of an automatic procedure for safety analysis of elevator frames following the EN-81 regulation
Dr. Ioannis Zyganitidis
BLAU EI O.E., Greece

Design and topology optimization for additively manufactured structural parts: a formula student case study
H. Bikas*, J. Stavridis, P. Stavropoulos, G. Chryssolouris**
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece | **Corresponding author

Analyzing scatter of crash simulation results using the DIFFCRASH plug-in within MΕΤΑ
¹Dominik Borsotto*, ²Antonios Perifanis, ²Dimitrios Siskos
¹SIDACT GmbH, 2BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Crash CAE in the all new Volvo XC90 and SPA platform
Domenico Macri*, Anders Sandahl, Johan Jergeus, Oscar Centeno, Anders Ericsson, Weijia Wu, Emil Claesson, Per Anders Eggertsen, Mathias Retzlaff, Michelle Khoo
Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden

High-end solutions for CFD with ANSA/META
Vangelis Skaperdas
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

The influence of mesh characteristics on OpenFOAM simulations of the DrivAer model
Grigoris Fotiadis*, Vangelis Skaperdas, Aristotelis Iordanidis
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Sheet metal forming optimization using ANSA and LS-DYNA
Simone Ferrero*, Caterina Tribuzi
Nova Analysis, Italy

Automation Tool for sheet metal stamping using ANSA
Ramesh Venkatesan, Jithesh Erancheri, Nanda Kumar
Kaizenat Technologies Private Limited, India

New technologies for Occupant Safety model set-up and analysis
Athanasios Fokylidis*, Athanasios Lioras
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

ANSA scripting for automated pedestrian marking and simulation input
¹Yogesh Upreti ¹Matthias Erzgraeber ²Thanassis Fokylidis
¹Adam Opel AG, Germany,
²BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Pedestrian protection head impacts in glass correlation FEM test in the new SEAT Leon
Angel Segura Santillana*, Carlos Arregui-Dalmases, Javier Luzon-Narro
SEAT Centro Técnico, Spain

The effect of masticatory loading on the cervical loop region of the incisor in rodents
¹T. Mitsiadis*, ²A.Tsouknidas, ³V. Karatsis, ²N. Michailidis
¹Institute of Oral Biology, University of Zurich, Switzerland,
²Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece,
3BETA CAE Systems, Greece

MFAT - A basic fatigue module for META-post
¹Anders Jonsson*, ²Martin Sjöberg, 2Johnny Grenwald
¹DynaMORE Nordic AB, Sweden,
²BAE Systems, Sweden

FEMZip compression and faster MΕΤΑ visualization of CFD results
¹Pinaki Banerjee*, Stefan Müller, ²George Kalaitzidis, ²Dimitrios Siskos
¹SIDACT GmbH, Germany,
²BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Thermal simulations with THESEUS-FE and ANSA: Optimizing thermal comfort in an office building environment
Dr. Daniel Köster
P+Z Engineering GmbH, Munich, Germany

Design optimization with ANSA morph
Tobias Eidevåg*, David Tarazona Ramos*, Mohammad El-Alti
Alten AB, Sweden

SPDRM implementation in a European automotive OEM
¹Irene Makropoulou*, ²Niclas Dagson, ¹Menelaos Pappas
¹BETA CAE Systems, Greece,
²ALTEN AB, Sweden

A new approach on processing large scale computer tomography data in conjunction with high-end CAE pre-processing
¹Daniel Heiserer*, ²Michael Tryfonidis
¹BMW Group, Germany
²BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Design improvement through enhanced processes available within NVH Console
Tassos Sarridis*, Vasileios Pavlidis
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Pleasure vessel vibration and noise finite element analysis
¹Sergio Macchiavello*, ²Angelo Tonelli
¹D’Appolonia S.p.A., Italy
²Rina Services S.p.A., Italy

Global damping validation and a new modal contribution feature for squeak & rattle simulation
Samy Bazine, Jens Weber*
Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden

The benefit of ANSA tools in the Dallara CFD process
Simona Invernizzi
Dallara Engineering, Italy

Automated optimization of a CAE external aerodynamics for aero-drag reduction
¹Andrea Serra*, ¹Massimiliana Carello, ²Marco di Nonno
¹Politecnico di Torino, Italy
²BETA CAE Italy Srl, Italy

Numerical simulations of flow through S-Duct
¹Pravin Peddiraju, ¹Arthur Papadopoulos, ²Vangelis Skaperdas, ³Linda Hedges*
¹BETA CAE Systems USA, Inc., USA,
²BETA CAE Systems, Greece
³CFD Consultant, USA

Customization of META post for display of results from a molding simulation
¹Prasanna Kondapalli*, ¹James McGuire, ¹Damiano LaRosa, ²Deepak Lokesha, ²Joshua Sims
¹BASF Corp., U.S.A.
²BETA CAE Systems USA Inc., USA

Increased accuracy in squeak &rattle simulations by enhanced material properties, damping values and aligned evaluation directions
¹Mehrdad Moridnejad, ^1,2Casper Wickman, ¹Jens Weber, ²Lars Lindqvist, ²Rikard Söderberg
¹Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden
²Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Improving efficiency of ACMS and AMLS domain composition methods for large vibratory systems using re-analysis concepts
¹Zissimos Mourelatos*, ²Santosh Patil, ²John Skarakis
¹Oakland University, Rochester MI, USA
²BETA CAE Systems USA Inc., USA

Importance of accuracy in CFD simulations
Vedat Akdag
Metacomp Technologies, USA

CFD analysis of supersonic and hypersonic wings using ANSA and META tools
Kaleeswaran Balasubramaniam*, Shivakumar Biradar
Xitadel CAE Technologies, India

Laminated composite products: simulation process made easy
Ioannis Nerantzis
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Analysis of pressed composite automotive tailgate using ANSA & META
Andy Ngai, Mark Arnold
PENSO, UK

3D shape recognition using ANSA scripts
Koji Otani
Integral Technology Co., Ltd., Japan

Automatic generation of multibody simulations in ANSA by usage of graph-based design languages
Constantin Diez
Adam Opel AG, Germany

Design and study of door components for a two-seater electric vehicle in side impact conditions
P. Bazios*, P. Spanoudakis, N. Tsourveloudis
School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete, Greece

Multiobjective duct optimization with open source CFD solver
¹Fabio Vicenza*, ¹Daniele Obiso, ²Stamatina Petropoulou, ¹Daniele Speziani
¹Phitec IngegneriaSrl, Italy,
²ICON Technology & Process Consulting Ltd, United Kingdom

On vortex shedding from trailing edge of a full-scale marine propeller blade
Saeed Javdani*, Nicholas Mitroglou, John S. Carlton
City University London, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, UK

Simulation of carbon-roving-structures-extreme light and strong by filament wound reinforcement
¹Dirk Dreißig*, ²Peter Faßbänder, ¹Ulrich Hindenlang
¹LASSO Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Germany
²FS Software & Konstruktionen GmbH, Germany

Execution and evaluation of the optimization process for a multi-material damping treatment
¹M. Jaber*, ¹A. Baum, 1H. Schneeweiss, ²J. Bös, 2T. Melz
¹BMW Group, Germany
²Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Size and shape optimization of overmolded continuous glass fiber laminate with short glass fiber reinforced polyamide for maximum impact resistance using ANSA, LS-OPT, and LS-DYNA coupled with ULTRASIM®
Praphulla Chandra*, Rodrigo Orozco
BASF Performance Materials, USA

Keynote Speech: Introduction of active safety technology into new car assessment programmes
Prof. Sadayuki Ujihashi
Chair of JNCAP, Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Institute of Technology

The evolution of BETA CAE Systems suite scripting capabilities into a full CAE development platform
Yianni Kolokythas*, Michael Giannakidis
BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Process automation tools for accelerating CAE processes in ANSA environment
Umesh Mallikarjunaiah*, Mrityunjaya Yeli, Prakash Krishnaswamy,
Xitadel Group, India

Multistage optimization of automotive control arm through topology and shape optimization
¹Duane Detwiler, ²Emily Nutwell*, ³Deepak Lokesha
¹Honda R&D Americas, USA,
²Ohio State University SIMCenter, USA,
³BETA CAE Systems USA Inc., USA

Application of non-parametric sizing optimization for car body parts using Simulia Tosca structure and ANSA
¹Georgi Chakmakov*, ²Serafim Chatzimoisiadis
¹Dassault Systèmes, Bulgaria
²BETA CAE Systems, Greece

Connecting rod optimization integrating modeFrontier with ANSA
¹Alberto Clarich*, ¹Marco Carriglio, ²Giulio Bertulin, ²Günther Pessl
¹ESTECO SpA, Italy,
²BMW Motoren GmbH, Austria

Morphing, optimization and automation strategies in ANSA - The efficient way to optimization
Onkar Mande*, Ravi Nimbalkar
BETA CAE Systems USA Inc., USA

CFD comparison for the SARM rotary engine with a conventional reciprocating Otto cycle engine
¹V. Gkoutzamanis *, ²D. Mertzis, ¹S. Nikolaidis, ¹S. Savvakis
¹the SARM Project, Greece,
²Lab. of Applied Thermodynamics, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Prediction of resistive soot sensor behavior in diesel exhaust via 3D simulation of soot deposition
P. Fragkiadoulakis*, D. Mertzis, S. Geivanidis, Z. Samaras
Lab. of Applied Thermodynamics, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

A numerical simulation of single  and two-phase flow in porous media; A pore-scale observation of effective microscopic forces
M. Aboukhedr*, Dr. K. Vogiatzaki, Prof. M. Gavaises, Dr. N. Mitroglou,
City University London, UK

Mesh curving techniques and parallel simulations of high order discontinuous Galerkin schemes on unstructured meshes
¹F. Hindenlang, ²G. Gassner, ³C.-D. Munz
¹Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching
²Mathematical Institute, University of Cologne
³Institute for Aero- and Gas dynamics, University of Stuttgart