Overview
The event was organized by LaunchTech, the official authorized partner of Dassault Systémes in the Middle East. The goal of the seminar was to explore how lightweight engineering can be used to achieve sustainable innovation. The seminar featured a number of speakers from Dassault Systémes France HQ, and from the leading UAE innovators like Strata Manufacturing and Technology Innovation Institute (TII).
The speakers discussed a variety of topics related to lightweight engineering, including:
- The use of CATIA to create lightweight designs
- The use of Abaqus FEA to analyze structures and materials
- The digital manufacturing environment for sustainable innovation
- Sustainable innovation in the UAE, for industry, start-ups and academia
The seminar also included interactive sessions, virtual reality booth by HTC, where participants could learn more about the latest lightweight engineering technologies.
The story: a drone bracket
Four Dassault Systemes experts walked the room through one problem end to end: a drone bracket that had to lose weight after extra batteries pushed the aircraft over its limit.
Dominique ran topology optimisation in CATIA to find the lightest shape that still held the bolt areas. Erwan set the result up for powder-bed 3D printing in DELMIA. Melad simulated the print itself in Abaqus, predicting the residual stresses and distortion before any metal was made. Dominique then morphed the design to compensate for that distortion, so the printed part would land inside tolerance first time.
All of it on one platform, with no handover between tools.
Written by
Besma Benzamia · Senior Solution Consultant
Besma is a chemical engineering graduate with a focus on separation processes, materials, and chemical reactions. She is currently working as a senior solutions consultant, focusing on molecular modeling and simulation using Materials Studio and COSMOsuite.