W-Face 2014
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.
Event Schedule - Tuesday May 13th
Welcome, introductions, logistics and goals of the meeting. (Professor Negrut, UW-Madison)
Keynote talk: Mobility Modeling & Simulatuion Strategy at USArmy TARDEC (Dr. Jayakumar)
Networking break
Keynote talk: Virtual Product Development at Caterpillar (Dr. Alsaleh)
Lunch (catered)
Keynote Talk: Multi-Body Dynamic Simulation in the Motorcycle Development Process
at Harley-Davidson (Barry Hoff, Harley-Davidson)
Networking break
Advances in Tire/Terrain Modeling and Simulation (Dr. Justin Madsen, Postdoc, UW-Madison)
An Absolute Nodal Coordinate Formulation Tire Model for Ground Mobility Simulation
Professor Hiroyuki Sugiyama, University of Iowa, Iowa City
Event Schedule - Tuesday May 13th
Chrono, a Software Capability for Computational Dynamics Problems (Professor Tasora, Italy)
TBA - Steven Peters, Open Source Robotics Foundation, Mountain View, CA
Networking Break
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.
Consortium Wrap up (Negrut, UW-Madison)
Chrono Interest Group Meeting