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Industrial Implementation
Head of Programme: Magnus Langseth
In order to strengthen the industrial implementation of the
research and cooperation between the partners, an industrial
reference group has been established where there is one expert
from each partner. The mandate of the industrial reference
group states that an annual report has to be presented to the
SFI CASA Board about how the implementation is carried out.
A survey has been completed to facilitate the interaction
between the research group and the partners with respect
to implementation. The partners were asked to define what
implementation means, how implementation was carried out
and how the partners disseminated the obtained results in their
own organization. In addition, the partners have been asked to
define what is within and beyond the scope of the Centre and
how they define the characterists of an active partner or a
partner who only follows the research activities.
The answers from the partners show that implementation
is defined as short- and long-term activities. In a short-term
perspective, a key issue is the training of the partners to use
the tools that are developed, whereas for long-term activities
they expect that the technology will be implemented into their
daily processes. Implementation in such processes means for
instance that the models developed are incorporated into the
commercial solvers used by the partners and that the models
are robust, accurate, user friendly and well documented. Figure
13 illustrates how Audi plan the implementation of the SIMLab
Tool Box in their organization and how this is coupled with a
validation strategy.
Figure 14 shows that all implementation in the Centre starts
with the proof of technology through master’s projects at NTNU
linked to the Centre’s activities. The partners launch the topic of
the master’s projects through the industrial reference group. At
a later stage, an internal evaluation of the technology is carried
out by the partners hosting master’s students. PhD candidates
can also contribute here. The proof of technology and the
internal evaluation are within the scope of the Centre, whereas
concurrent projects are outside. Figure 14 also illustrates that
all implementation is followed by training courses at NTNU or at
the partners. These courses are linked to a validation strategy
on several scales.
Figure 13: Implementation at Audi.
Figure 14: Proof of technology, internal evaluation and concurrent projects.
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Master‘s
students
at NTNU
Master‘s
and
PhD
students
at the partners
Outside SFI-CASA
Interest of the partners
Time
Concurrent
Projects
Proof of
technology
Internal
evaluation
Inside SFI-CASA
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Material
Component
Product
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I m p l e m e n t at io n o f M o d e l s an d To o l s
P h a s e 3 : V a lid a t io n a n d A s s e s s m e n t
Main task:
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Assessment of model qualities and limitations.
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Find suitable model configurations for the application domain at
Audi.
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Time window: 2013 - 2015
Main activities:
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Validation activity on coupon and single part level.
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Internship master student.
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Application in full vehicle simulations to asses simulation cost and
model capabilities.
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Cooperation with engineering partner.
NB. It is not a plug and play activity!
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New questions and challenges will pop up along the way.
Arjan Strating, CASA-TechnicalMeeting,March 2016