Highlights of HTC08

Like the last few years events, we received a overwhelming response to the 4th India/ASEAN HyperWorks Technology Conference 2008 held between July 31 – August 2, 2008 in Bangalore. The India/ASEAN HTC08 is part of Altair’s global conference series, with similar events in North America and Europe. Partnering withDELL, HP, AMD, Sun Microsystems, nCode, Metacomp, nVIDIA, Gemstone, Think3 and NAFEMS, the theme for this year’s conference was focused on HyperWorks-A Platform for Innovation. The conference showcased customer success through Altair’s advanced applications viz. Altair HyperWorks suite of solutions – OptiStruct, RADIOSS, MotionSolve, HyperMesh and allied technologies - PBS GridWorks and HiQube.

The conference witnessed a packed house, like last year - over 1000 CAE engineering professionals from all over India and South Asia attended the conference, who got to experience expert industry keynote speaker sessions, Technical paper presentations, Poster sessions which were introduced for the first time, besides exciting Contests and Quiz sessions. The conference received over 65 abstracts compared to 56 last year.

The keynote sessions (HTC08) were addressed by the following speakers :
• Nitin Ranade– Vice President (Virtual Validation and Current Products),M&M (Auto Sector)
• Regu Ayyaswamy (Regu), Vice President & Global Head of Engg & Industrial Services, TCS
• Dr. Ravi Guttal, Head, Engineering Services, John Deere
• Ashok Kumar, COO - Manufacturing Services, Infotech Enterprises
• Y. Prakash, Manager – Safety, Volvo

Altair Speakers covered a wide range of subjects of interest to CAE engineers and decision makers

  • Case Studies on use of HyperWorks across different verticals like RAIL, Consumer goods, Bio-Medical besides Aerospace and Automotive.
  • Engineering Intelligence –n-dimensional view of engineering data which is displayed as a dashboard of engineering performance metrics that supports insightful decision-making across the enterprise.
  • Recently launched HyperWorks Community Partner program
  • Integrated CAE Driven Vehicle Development within a HyperWorks Framework
  • RADIOSS – Non-linear Solver applications across different Verticals
  • HyperWorks Futures – A look at the future applications & product roadmap for Altair HyperWorks

Additionally Partner Presentations included DELL, HP/AMD, nCode, Metacomp Technolgies and NVIDIA.
Two parallel conferences were also organized at the same venue

  • GRID08 (focused at the HPC community) and
  • Analytics08 (Business Intelligence)

Besides this ~35 customers presented papers covering applications of HyperWorks within their CAE – Virtual Validation Process. The papers covered a range of application domains and were assigned 5 different tracks viz. - FEM/ FE Linear Solver, Non-Linear , Multi-Body Dynamics, Optimisation, Process Automation & CAE Data Mgmt .
30 papers were also presented in the Poster presentation category.
The judges’ panel consisting of,

  • Dr. Varuna Reddy, Head-Technical Audit & Functional Excellence, Suzlon Energy Ltd.,
  • Dr. K.S Ravichandran, Head, Advanced Engineering, Ingersoll Rand Engineering Center,
  • Mansinh Kumbhar, General Manager-NVH, Mahindra & Mahindra,
  • Dr. Sarma S R Akella, Head-CAE Product Development, Ashok Leyland, and
  • Manjukant Thareja, Dy. General Manage (Product Engg) & Head of Vehicle Engg, Bajaj Auto had a tough job in evaluating the top papers in each category.

1. The Best Paper Awards in the FEM/ FE Linear category were presented to:

  • Tata Motors - Use of Morphing Tool to Build Parametric Finite Element vehicle Model
  • M&M Nasik - NVH Optimization of connection stiffness using Dynamic Reduction
2. The Best Paper Awards in the Multi-Body Dynamics category were presented to:
  • Robert Bosch - Simulation of active Steering System Mechanism using Multi Body Dynamics
  • L&T Switchgear - Energy transfer and distribution in Low voltage switchgear
  • M&M ( Auto Sector) - Modelling and Analysis of SUV Front Suspension
3. The Best Paper Awards in the Optimisation category were presented to:
  • CCAD / NAL - Structural Optimization of Typical Light Transport Aircraft Components
  • ISAC - Robust Design and Realization of Spacecraft Payload Elements using OptiStruct
  • TVS Motors - Optimization of Two-wheeler Handle Pillion using Altair OptiStruct and Experimental Verification
4. The Best Paper Awards in the Process Automation & CAE Data Mgmt category were presented to:
  • Maruti Udyog - CAE Process & Data Management Using Altair Data Manager
  • ARAI - Automated process tool for Pre/Post processing of BUS rollover analysis in compliance with ECE R66
5. The Best Paper Awards in the Non-Linear Solver category were presented to:
  • TVS Motors - Assessing the Crashworthiness of a Three-Wheeler Passenger Vehicle
  • HCL Technologies - Drop Simulation of USB Flash Drive
  • IIT Bombay - Dynamic Analysis of Tumour Knee Prosthesis

The top two Poster Awards selected via audience polling were presented to:

  • Tata Motors - INCAT- EAG - Integration of CATIA V5 and HyperMesh using MS-Excel to accelerate FE modelling
  • AVTEC - Finite Element Analysis of Critical Components of the 2.6L Gasoline Engine

TECH Zone Quiz Awards :

  • Users from General Motors, TVS Motors, Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, TI , Robert Bosh won prizes in the Quiz and Contest sections covering different HyperWorks domains viz.
      • o FEM- HyperMesh/Hyperiew,
      o Linear & Non-Linear Solver- RADIOSS,
      o Optimisation – OptiStruct/HyperStudy,
      o MBD-MotionSolve,
      o Mfg- HyperForm

The top two Calendar2008 image Awards selected via audience polling were presented to:

  • TELCON
  • Al Fanar

A key feature of the conference were 7 technical workshops for HyperWorks users covering best-practices and application of different HyperWorks modules within different industry verticals for virtual validation. The workshops covered -

  • Optimisation Workshop using OptiStruct and HyperStudy
  • Multi-Body Dynamics Workshop using MotionView and MotionSolve
  • RADIOSS for Automotive Applications
  • RADIOSS for FSI Applications
  • Process Automation/ CAE Data Management Workshop using HyperWorks Process Manager
  • Modeling / Visualization Workshop using HyperMesh and HyperView
  • Sheet Metal Forming Workshop using HyperForm

All presentations and workshops were well received by the attendees and we sincerely thank all our speakers, paper authors, conference attendees, partners and their organizations for their time and support to yet another success of this conference.

To receive detailed information on the conference as well as paper presentations, kindly register here for receiving a complimentary copy of the “HTC08 Post Conference Proceedings CD”.