3rd Knowledge Exchange Workshop
This third International Workshop on Validation of Computational Mechanics Models after Shanghai 2011 and London 2013 was held in the Council Chambers of the New Town Hall in Munich on June 12th, 2014 and was hosted by the VANESSA project. Keynote speakers for the event were Eann Patterson (University of Liverpool, UK), Roman Frigg (London School of Economics, UK) and Kristina Shea (ETH Zurich, CH). Other speakers and panelists included representatives from the aerospace industry.
TOPIC ONE: Mechanics model validations
Chair: Erwin Hack (EMPA, CH)
Keynote: Comparison of displacement fields from high-speed impacts
Eann Patterson (University of Liverpool, UK)
Hongbiao Dong (University of Leicester, UK)
TOPIC TWO: Making decisions using mechanics models
Chair: Eann Patterson (University of Liverpool, UK)
Keynote: How not to make decisions with computer simulations
Roman Frigg (London School of Economics, UK)
Eleni Chatzi (ETH Zurich, CH)
The Quest for Truth, particularly in mechanics
TOPIC THREE: Designing with high fidelity simulations
Chair: George Lampeas (University of Patras, HE)
Keynote: Computational Design-to-Fabrication: The Role of Simulation
Kristina Shea (ETH Zurich, CH)
Mark Price (The Queen's University of Belfast, UK)
Virtual process chain for superalloy & titanium sheet metal aero-engine structures - validation and demonstrators