NAFEMS Americas and Digital Engineering (DE) teamed up (once again) to present CAASE, the (now Virtual) Conference on Advancing Analysis & Simulation in Engineering, on June 16-18, 2020!

CAASE20 brought together the leading visionaries, developers, and practitioners of CAE-related technologies in an open forum, unlike any other, to share experiences, discuss relevant trends, discover common themes, and explore future issues, including:
-What is the future for engineering analysis and simulation?
-Where will it lead us in the next decade?
-How can designers and engineers realize its full potential?
What are the business, technological, and human enablers that will take past successful developments to new levels in the next ten years?

Resource Abstract

Over the past year, the adoption of generative design and optimization technologies has significantly picked up steam as a growing number of industry-leading companies invest in the “Factory of the Future” and “Industry 4.0”. There is no doubt they see the benefits associated with automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies, which are the same benefits and principles clearly evident for design and simulation in generative design. Generative design captures all of the best practices from a previously disjointed process and reduces the amount of time for engineers to identify new shapes that can maximize their business needs, weight, and development time.

Additionally, there are cost savings associated with consolidating and optimizing parts in the context of how they will be manufactured, including constraints and optimization functionality suited for milling, casting, and additive manufacturing.

With the newest trend for optimization technology being flow optimization, there are a new set of challenges to understand and address, such as finding feasible flow paths that form complex networks throughout a product, while ensuring consistent maximum flow rates. Additionally, simulation plays a critical role in understanding and assessing the manufacturability of these parts.

This session will cover:

• Potential use cases and industries who can benefit from flow optimization

• The challenges and benefits of flow design and optimization

• Deep dive into an end to end flow optimization case study for a passenger vehicle HVAC system, including an assessment of the methods available to simulate the additive manufacturing process of the part