HTC09 - Highlights

Altair successfully conducted the 5th edition of the  annual India/ASEAN HyperWorks Technology Conference 2009, held between September 14-16, 2009. This was the first time the HTC was held in Pune and like our previous events we received an overwhelming response from our all our users.

This conference is part of Altair’s global conference series, with similar events in Asia and Europe. The theme for this year was focused on Driving Innovation with Enterprise Simulation and the conference papers showcased customer success using Altair’s HyperWorks suite of solutions – OptiStruct, RADIOSS, MotionSolve, HyperForm, HyperMesh and  allied technologies - PBS GridWorks and HiQube. The conference was also well represented by the Altair Partner community with Dell, Sun, Microsoft, Metacomp, nVIDIA and Magna Powertrain

The conference witnessed a packed house, with over 800 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, besides exciting Contests and Quiz sessions. The conference received over 78 papers compared to 65 last year.

The keynote sessions were addressed by the following speakers:

• Dr. Sathya Prasad, Section Head- Advanced Engineering, Ashok Leyland
• Dr. A. K. Jindal, Head Engg (Commercial Vehicles) ERC Pune, Tata Motors
• Milind Shahane, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Voltas
• Dr. Ramakrishna R. Sonde, CTO & Vice President, Thermax Ltd.
• Y. Prakash, Deputy Manager (Cab Engineering) Volvo
• Dr. K. H. Sancheti, Chief Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sancheti Hospital, Pune
• Alok Jaitley, Deputy General Manager, Maruti Suzuki India

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

• Preparing for the Next Evolution of CAECase 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.
• Integrated CAE Driven Vehicle Development within the HyperWorks Framework
• HyperWorks for NVH – A Complete NVH Solution
• Why leading OEM’s are transitioning to RADIOSS
• RADIOSS – Non-linear Solver applications across different Verticals

Additionally Partner Presentations included DELL, Sun Microsystems, Metacomp Technolgies and Magna Powertrain.

3 parallel conferences were also organised at HTC09;

• Accelerating Business Productivity using PBS & HiQube (focused on Altair’s HPC and Business Intelligence solutions)
• CAE in Engineering Education
• Leveraging Simulation in Product Development for Defence & Aero/Space

Besides these ~53 customers made presentations for papers covering applications of HyperWorks within their CAE – Virtual Validation Process. The papers covered a range of application domains and were assigned to 7 different tracks viz. – FE Linear Solver/FEM, Radioss Linear/Non-Linear , Multi-Body Dynamics, Optimisation, CAE Process Automation & Data Mgmt and Sheet Metal Forming .
~20 papers were also presented in the Poster presentation category. The judges’ panel consisting of;

• S. Raju, Sr. Deputy Director, ARAI
• Dr. Badari Narayana, Engineering Manager, Goodrich Aerospace Services
• Makarand Joshi, Scientist-R&DE (E), DRDO, Pune
• Rajendra Prasad P. A., Senior Manager- Engineering Research Design & Development, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
• Stefan Shwarz, Div. Manager, Product Engg-CAE, Daimler India Commercial Vehicals Ltd.
• Vincent Brun, CAE Manager, TACO Fourecio Design Center
• Shankar S. Mantha, Vice Chairman, AICTE, had a tough job in evaluating the top papers in each category.

1. The Best Paper Awards in the Optimisation category were presented to:

• Mahindra & Mahindra - A Systematic Approach For Weight Reduction of BIW Panels through Optimization
• NetShape International - Bumper System Design for Lower Leg Pedestrian Impact: A Simplified Parametric Spring Model Approach
• General Motors Technical Center - Multi-Discipline gauge Optimization of Automobile BIW

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

• GE India Technology - 3D Mesh Morphing Technique Using 2D Geometry for Quick Design Studies
• AAM Services India Pvt. Ltd - Virtual Testing Of Automotive Rear Axle
• L&T e- Engineering Solutions - ROPS: FEA-Test correlation for excavator cabin

3.  The Best Paper Awards in the Process Automation category were presented to:

• Tata Motors – Automation of Pre & Post Processes in CAE durability using HyperWorks Process Manager
• Bajaj Auto – Establishing Durability Analysis Process using Altair Durability Director

4. The Best Paper Awards in the Radioss Non-Linear Solver category were presented to:

• Naval Science and Technology Laboratory - Damage estimation of floating structure in water due to under water explosion
• Hindalco Industries Ltd - Hindalco Models the Hot Rolling Process of Aluminium Alloys Using RADIOSS
• Piaggio - Frontal Impact Analysis of Light Commercial Vehicle as per AIS-029 

5. The Best Paper Awards in the Radioss Linear Solver category were presented to:

• Maruti Suzuki India Limited - Reduction of Cabin Noise –An Integrated Approach of Physical and CAE Techniques

6. The Best Paper Awards in the Multi-body Dyanamics category were presented to:

• Voltas Limited - Simulation and analysis of synchronisation and engagement on transmission gearbox

7. The Best Paper Awards in the Sheet Metal Forming category were presented to:

• Tube Investments of India Ltd - Finite element analysis and experimentation of external pin tube drawing operation
• Asia Motor Works - Multistage Forming Validation using Altair HyperForm
• Godrej & Boyce Mfg.Co.Ltd - Formability, web stretching analysis and feed level finalization in progressive tool for Filler Body SI Inner Panel using Hyperform

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

• Proton, Malaysia - Application of Plackett-Burman experimental design through Hyperstudy for sensitivity study in Frontal crash performance
• Independent FE Consultant - Validation & design modification of seat structure using Radioss
•  Minda Industries Ltd. – HyperMesh - Pre Processor for Moldflow & MSC Nastran

The User Choice Paper Awards were won by:

TECH Zone Quiz Awards :

Users from Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, M&M, DRDO 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 Manufacturing- HyperForm

The top two Calendar 2009 image Awards selected via audience polling were presented to:

• Volvo
• L&T

The key feature of the conference were  8 different technical workshops for HyperWorks users covering domain training combined with  best-practices and application of different HyperWorks modules within different industry verticals for virtual validation. The workshops covered following topics:

• HyperWorks for NVH
• HyperWorks for Crash/Safety
• MotionView, MotionSolve for MBD
• HyperForm for Sheet Metal Forming
• OptiStruct, HyperStudy for Optimisation
• HyperWorks for Vehicle Dynamics & Durability
• HyperWorks for Defence & Non-Auto
• HyperWorks for CFD

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.