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2008 GT-SUITE Conferences
The 2008 GT-SUITE European Conference was held at the Steigneberger Airport Hotel in Frankfurt, Germany, on October 20, 2008. Despite travel restrictions that limited the attendance of several major manufacturers, this year's conference was a huge success, and was attended by a record 201 attendees. The conference was organized into split sessions, in order to accommodate the large number of interesting and diverse topics submitted for presentation by the GT-SUITE community. The morning joint session was capped by two presentations which effectively illustrated the power of integrated simulations. FPT Powertrain (formerly Fiat CRF) presented the results of their integrated simulation of the engine, hydraulic, and mechanical system describing the UNIAIR VVT/VVL system. Daimler Truck presented work along similar lines related to their hydraulic engine brake system. This kind of groundbreaking, integrated simulation is only possible with the GT-SUITE simulation, which is the only simulation that combines the capabilities of the market's leading engine simulation tool (GT-POWER), with state of the art multiphysics models of mechanical and hydraulic systems.
Participants in the main session room at the European GT-SUITE Conference
Presentation of integrated simulation by FPT Powertrain
After a morning break, the conference broke into a split session format. One session focused on GT-POWER applications, in which three presentations related to turbocharger modeling were given. The other session focused on mechanical modeling in GT-SUITE, and at that session GTI presented exciting work it is doing in the area of multi-body dynamic modeling in GT-SUITE. This new MBD feature will be available starting in V7.0.
Mechanical modeling split session
During lunch and the intermediate breaks, demonstrations were given in a dedicated room, in which GTI presented many of the new features to be released in the upcoming V7.0. Receiving special attention was the demo of our new GEM CAD based modeling tool, which will have the capabilities of the 3DSlicer tool integrated within GEM. The functionality of the 3DSlicer has been greatly enhanced within GEM, providing for fast, easy, and very intuitive importing and discretizing of 3D CAD geometry into GT-SUITE models. Another new capability of V7.0 that received a lot of interest was the new GT-POST, which includes the first interactive post-processing capabilities within GT-SUITE. Dynamic plotting, drag and drop of plot attributes, interactive data viewing, etc., were all features of great interest to the attendees.
User interactions and demos during a coffee break
The afternoon sessions continued in split format, with another session dedicated to GT-POWER, while the other session was focused on cooling, hydraulic, and lubrication system modeling in GT-SUITE. Finally, the day wrapped up with a final joint session, with one user presentation, followed by the presentation of new V7.0 features to the entire audience.
Cooling, hydraulic, and lubrication modeling split session
On November 10, 2008, the U.S. GT-SUITE Conference was held in Birmingham, MI. This conference too was quite successful, with around 100 attendees and seven customer presentations. Beyond the traditional GT-POWER presentations, there were interesting presentations made on chain drive modeling, as well as a presentation from Earnhardt Childress Racing discussing how GT-SUITE is used in the race engine design process.
In total, over 20 presentations were given at the two conferences. They can be accessed in our Conference Archives.