European Conference:  Multiphysics Simulation 

NAFEMS European Conference:

Multiphysics Simulation 2012

16 - 17 October 2012, Frankfurt, Germany

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>>>  Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2012  <<<

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Call for Papers & Announcement

NAFEMS is pleased to announce the first European Multiphysics Conference. The aim of the conference is to give an overview of advances in state-of-the-art methods and to demonstrate the benefits to industry of Multiphysics Simulation within the context of CAE.

The conference will address the development of numerical methods for strongly coupled physical processes in industrial and advanced research applications.

Conference contributions may deal with coupling of physical models, but also realisation of multi-scale models, combinations of 1D and 3D simulations and extending multiphysics simulation to system levels.

The ultimate goal is to bring together the multiphysics community consisting of researchers from academia, engineers from industry and commercial solution providers to discuss the current status and to drive the future of multiphysics and multi-scale simulations.

The conference will be organized by NAFEMS in collaboration with Fraunhofer NUSIM and The International Society of Multiphysics.

 

Fields of interest

Multiphysics modelling and simulation has a number of constitutive components: numerical methods, physical models, software issues and application areas. Contributions to this NAFEMS Multiphysics Conference should deal with these different aspects and clearly demonstrate how different models, numerical representations and scientific domains have been combined for the targeted application.

Multiphysics combination methods
Multiphysics simulation means that data, models, and software from a variety of engineering or scientific domains need to be combined in a single solution environment. Depending on the available tools and methods, there are different levels of multiphysics solution integration:

• Model Integration: In system or functional modelling, it is quite common to export physical models and import them into other simulators for execution. This integrated solution provides a strong coupling of all integrated models and very stable runtime behaviour. Such a physical model export/import however cannot be done for all domains and software tools.
• Strong Co-Simulation: New concepts which deal with the exchange of solution matrices between coupled models. The expected advantages would be in the stability of both, the solution process and the coupling-convergence behaviour when compared with loosely coupled systems.
• Weak Co-Simulation: For most commercial software packages such an exchange of solution matrices will not be possible. The standard co-simulation technique is based on communication of boundary conditions in a loose coupled scheme (explicit or iterative).
• Multi-Scale Parameter Coupling: If local material properties depend on the ongoing solution at the macro level, the micro-scale (or MD) code performs sub-scale modelling whose results are repeatedly incorporated into the macro-scale simulation.
• Coupled Process Chains: The simplest but nevertheless probably the most widely used method of multiphysic simulation is the 1-way transfer of results in an integrated simulation workflow. Such integrated workflows may require compatible material models to be used in the ‘coupled’ simulation steps.

Simulation domains
Various computational science branches and simulation paradigms have been developed over the last decades and have reached a sufficient level of acceptance in the engineering community (both industrial and research).  However it is still a fact that combining software solutions, physical models and even numerical methods from different domains is still a difficult task and is limited to a (small) group of ‘multiphysics experts’. One major goal of this conference is to show how such interactions between the domains have been solved successfully:

• Domains at the system level: hydraulics, multi-body kinematics, electric networks, control systems, fluid pipelines, etc
• Continuum level: structural analysis, fluid mechanics, electro-magnetics, hydro-dynamics, crashworthiness, manufacturing codes, NVH, etc
• Micro models: friction, diffusion, tribology, micro-fluidic, etc
• Material design: nano-scale materials, smart materials, …

General issues
Multiphysics modelling and simulation in general raises a lot of challenges and questions at different levels:

• Numerical methods applied in a coupled simulation context need to be re-investigated with respect to their convergence and stability properties.
• Physical models need to be compatible to each other such that the coupled model gives a more realistic representation of natural behaviours.
• Software modules should either provide open programming interfaces or, even better, follow available software standards for co-simulation and model integration.
• Application expertise from various engineering domains (and different departments inside a company) needs to be coordinated to reach the common project goals.

Exhibition and sponsoring
The conference will be accompanied by an exhibition of software and hardware vendors, solution providers, and consultants. There are several exhibition and sponsoring opportunities available.

Download: Exhibition_Sponsoring (pdf)

The conference will include keynotes, exhibits and breakout sessions with user presentations.

You are cordially invited to submit an abstract.

 

Scientific committee

Henrik Nordborg, Chair, HSR Rapperswil, Switzerland
Klaus Wolf , Vice-chair, Fraunhofer Institute SCAI, Germany
Moji Moatamedi,  Vice-chair, Narvik University College, Norway
Alfred J. Svobodnik, Vice

-chair, Konzept-X, Germany 

 

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Call for contributions

Abstract
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 15 June 2012
Please send by e-mail to roger.oswald@nafems.org.

Manuscript
After review and acceptance of your presentation, we will ask you to send an extended abstract (2-4 pages) for the conference proceedings. Deadline: 17 September 2012.

Presentation time
25 minutes including discussion.

Conference language
English

Conference venue and hotel accommodation

Conference venue
Holiday Inn Frankfurt Airport-North
Isenburger Schneise 40, D - 60528 Frankfurt, Germany
http://www.frankfurt-airport-hi-hotel.de
Easy access from Frankfurt Airport by free hotel shuttle service. Delegates traveling by train can travel to Frankfurt airport and use free hotel shuttle service.

Hotel accommodation
Please book your hotel accommodation for reduced room rates by using the keyword „NAFEMS“.

Registration fees

• NAFEMS members: Free
  NAFEMS members can use seminar credits towards free attendance at this event.
  This event will charge four seminar credits per delegate.
• NAFEMS member without seminar credits: 460 Euro.
• Non NAFEMS members: 690 Euro.

The registration fee includes conference attendance, proceedings, lunches, break refreshments and­attendance at the evening function on the first day. Hotel ­accommodation is not included.
All plus VAT if applicable.

Cancellation policy
Delegate cancellation before event:
Up to 3 weeks: free of charge;
up to 1 week: 75% non-refundable, all seminar credits non-refundable;
no show at the event: 100% non-refundable.

 

Contact and further information

NAFEMS Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz GmbH
Osterham 23
D-83233 Bernau am Chiemsee
Tel. +49 (0) 80 51 - 96 59 3 49
Fax +49 (0) 80 51 - 96 74 3 37
e-mail: roger.oswald@nafems.org