5th Mikkeli Computational Mechanics Workshop'2010 Results
5th Mikkeli Computational Mechanics Workshop (CompMechWorkshop'2010) organized by Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences Research Centre YTI, Tampere University of Technology and the Computational Mechanics Laboratory (CompMechLab®, with Prof. Alexey Borovkov as its Head) of St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University was held from August 2nd till 6th, 2010. This Workshop is notable by its unique form. University specialists, experts from research and industrial companies and CompMechLab® employees are able to productively communicate at the Symposium, which motto is "СAD / FEA / CAE in Action!". 14 CompMechLab® employees assisted the organization and work of the Symposium.
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During the 5-year period of CompMechWorkshop holding (from 2006 till 2010) financial, informative and program support to the Symposium initiators was given by such companies and institutions: The European Union (annually), Tekes - the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, Centre of Small Business of Helsinki (since 2009 – Aalto University School of Economics), The Mikkeli Centre of Expertise, TE-keskus, Livermore Software Technology Corporation, FEA Information, Inc., NEi Software, Visual Collaboration Technologies Inc.
Such companies were the customers of Finite Element studies in years 2006-2010: Composite Technology Centre and Airbus, General Electric Healthcare, Ahlstrom, Tehomet Oy, Rocla, Stainton, Siteco Lighting Systems, Mikkeli Technology Centre Ltd., Research Material Technology Centre of Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences.
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Within the frames of the 2010 Symposium the following problems were considered by CompMechLab employees according to the Finnish industrial companies requests:
- Mechanical Design of an Automatic Outdoor Gate;
- Finite Element Simulation of Plastic Sewage Pipe Explosion Test;
- Finite Element Stress Analysis of the Granny Square - King Cross Lighting Mast;
- Finite Element Stress Analysis of Tehomet Wind Turbine Pylon, and
- Finite Element Simulation of Crack Propagation.
Opening of the Symposium, formulation and discussion of the problems, moments of work
CompMechLab employees visited testing laboratories of the Centre of Materials and Technologies
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Within the frames of the Symposium CompMechLab employees together with the Research Centre YTI of the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences (Finland) experts performed finite element analysis of stress-strain state of a steel lighting mast by the request of Siteco Lighting Systems (UK) and Tehomet (Finland). This lightning mast is planned to be mounted in central London. In particular, the metal structure analysis was done considering the wind load influence in accordance with the international standards ANSI / ASCE 7-88 and ANSI A58.1-82.
The final meeting with CompMechLab employees presenting their solutions to the representatives of the Mikkeli University of Applied Sciences as well as of scientific and technological companies of Finnish industries
Evening at the lake where CompMechLab employees' cottages were located
The information about the Symposium can be found at the official web-site - http://www.CompMechWorkshop.com. At the web-site, in the section named "Photo Gallery", you can find the photos illustrating Symposiums working and freestyle programs in 2006-2008, as well as the photos of the hospitable and beautiful "Land of a Thousand Lakes". 2010-08-15
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