W-Face

Wisconsin Forum On Advanced Computing In Engineering - 2014

W-Face 2014

Focus of the event:
1) Collaborate on a pre-competitive basis to identify and investigate modeling, simulation, and validation techniques that place us collectively in a position to address machine-ground interaction grand challenges, including the following:
           a) Accurate and efficient terrain/soil modeling
           b) Tire modeling for off-road analysis
           c) Characterization of vehicle/terrain interaction for wheeled and                     tracked vehicle mobility
           d) Characterization of implement/terrain interaction for                                   applications such as digging, drilling, etc.
2) Serve as a forum that aligns academic research with industry needs
3) Facilitate university-to-industry technology transfer
4) Train a new generation of engineers in theoretical, computational, and practical aspects related to the topic of machine ground interaction.
Logistics
Full Schedule
Madison
1513 Engineering Drive, Room 2188
LOCATION TBD
May
13
14
7
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4
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May
14
4
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Date TBD
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Event Schedule - Tuesday May 13th

9:00 - 9:30

Welcome, introductions, logistics and goals of the meeting. (Professor Negrut, UW-Madison)

9:30-10:30

Keynote talk: Mobility Modeling & Simulatuion Strategy at USArmy TARDEC (Dr. Jayakumar)

10:30-11:00

Networking break

11:00-12:00

Keynote talk: Virtual Product Development at Caterpillar (Dr. Alsaleh)

12:00-13:30

Lunch (catered)

13:30-14:30

Keynote Talk: Multi-Body Dynamic Simulation in the Motorcycle Development Process
at Harley-Davidson (Barry Hoff, Harley-Davidson)

14:30-15:00

Networking break

15:00-15:30

Advances in Tire/Terrain Modeling and Simulation (Dr. Justin Madsen, Postdoc, UW-Madison)

15:30-16:15

An Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation Tire Model for Ground Mobility Simulation
Professor Hiroyuki Sugiyama, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Event Schedule - Tuesday May 13th

8:30-9:15

Chrono, a Software Capability for Computational Dynamics Problems (Professor Tasora, Italy)

9:15-9:45

TBA - Steven Peters, Open Source Robotics Foundation, Mountain View, CA

9:45-10:15

Networking Break

10:15-12:30

Round Table Discussion [Brown Bag Lunch]: MaGIC – The Machine-Ground Interaction Consortium:

Discussion points:
            o Is there a need?
            o What would the vision be?
            o Strategic details: milestones, deliverables
            o Operation details: pre-competitive basis participation, consortium structure, meeting                   frequency, etc.

12:30-13:00

Consortium Wrap up (Negrut, UW-Madison)

13:00-17:00

Chrono Interest Group Meeting