EUROMOTOR: Body development and Passive safety, 28.-29.11.2001, Aachen



Program

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About the Course

In October 1995, the first Euromotor Course "New Advances in Body Engineering" took place at the Institut für Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (ika) with speakers and participants from the automotive and supplier industry and research institutes.
Due to the great success of the first event, the course has been held every year since then. This time it will take place at the ika on November 28th and 29th.

As the conference has an international orientation, all lectures, discussions and proceedings are exclusively held in english.

This year's conference deals with the two main themes body development and passive safety. Therefore we expect interesting discussions about trend-setting lightweight body design as well as the application of modern development methods in vehicle engineering process.

Focussing on passive safety one main topic will be the crash performance of the total vehicle and its subsystems. On the other side the lecturers will discuss the topic passenger safety and give you an insight into the use of numerical methods in body development.

The event is organized for a limited number of participants. For each lecture there is a time limit of 30 minutes with additional 10 minutes left for discussion after each presentation. The limitation of participants and relatively long periods for lectures and discussion ensure an intense analysis of each subject.

A visit of the traditional Aachen christmas market and a dinner in a typical Aachen restaurant will conclude the evening of the first day. After the lectures of each day a presentation of ika`s test rigs is scheduled.

In case you are interested in participating in the conference, please send us the enclosed registration form. It will be a pleasure for us to welcome you as participant. Come and spend some informative days in Aachen!

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Wallentowitz Dr.-Ing. M. Philipps
Director of the Institute Head of Body Department

Program Wednesday 28th November 2001

8.30 - 9.00 Registration
9.00 - 9.10 Introduction
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. H. Wallentowitz
ika - RWTH Aachen
9.10 - 9.50 The body in white of the new BMW 7er series
Dipl.-Ing. A. Poweleit
BMW AG, München
9.50 - 10.30 Advanced steel body concepts - exploration of steel potentials
Dipl.-Ing. O. Hoffmann
ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, Duisburg
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 - 11.40 Tools for the development of optimized structures with regard to robustness
Dipl.-Ing. M. Wunsch
Audi AG, Ingolstadt
11.40 - 12.20 Bead pattern optimisation for structural body blanks under combined load
Dipl.-Ing. D. Schwarz
ika - RWTH Aachen
12.20 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 14.40 New approaches for plastic-metal-hybrides
Dipl.-Ing. M. op de Laak
Rhodia Engineering Plastics, Freiburg
14.40 - 15.20 Analysis of frontend systems in frontal crash configurations
Dipl.-Ing. T. Parr
ika - RWTH Aachen
15.20 - 15.40 Coffee break
15.40 - 16.20 Crash calculation - from a puzzleto a network
Dr. B. Fachbach
Magna Steyr Engineering, Graz (A)
16.20 - 17.30 Demonstration of ika testing facilities
19.00 Evening event

Program Thursday 29th November 2001

9.00 - 9.40 Body design analysis of the new VW Polo
K. Staerker
Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
9.40 - 10.20 Parametric study on compatibility betweencars in lateral accidents
Dipl.-Ing. T. Kreuzinger
Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Bergisch Gladbach
10.20 - 10.50 Coffee break
10.50 - 11.30 RCAR-Crash: The basis of car insurancerating - effects on car development
Dr.-Ing. J. Redlich
Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft, Berlin
11.30 - 12.10 From the idea to the product - systemdevelopment on automotive bumpers
Dr.-Ing. A. Kröning
Benteler Automobiltechnik, Paderborn
12.10 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.10 Fuel tank component crash simulationin a virtual car
Dr. rer. nat. Z. Penzar
SiemensVDO Automotive AG, Schwalbach
14.10 - 14.50 On a coupled CFD/FE method for detailedsimulation of the airbag inflation process, with experimental verification
Dr. ir. S. Steenbrink
TNO Automotive, Delft (NL)
14.50 - 15.20 Coffee break
15.20 - 16.00 Influence of manufacturing parameterson vehicle crash performance
Dr.-Ing. H. Lanzerath
Ford Forschungszentrum Aachen
16.00 - 17.00 Demonstration of ika crash test facilities
17.00 End of course