AdMoRe · Empowered decision-making in simulation-based engineering: Advanced Model Reduction for real-time, inverse and optimization in industrial problems

Empowered decision-making in simulation-based engineering: Advanced Model Reduction for real-time, inverse and optimization in industrial problems

Computational mechanics tools are well integrated in the technological industrial practice. Nonetheless, simulation-based techniques are not extensively used in real-time for decision-making, due to their overall cost (preprocess, solve and postprocess). Real-time (fast-queries) is critical for control of manufacturing processes, non-destructive testing and fast decision-making at production phases. This is also the case for multiple-queries: optimization and parameter identification with uncertainty quantification. Addressing fast and multiple queries is crucial in applications of major industrial interest, independently of the manufactured product (engines, cars, planes, helicopters, medical devices). The actual bottleneck lies in the computational effort to be furnished in solving each of the queries with the desired accuracy. AdMoRe focused on frontier research on reduced order models – in particular, the proper generalised decomposition - to develop innovative algorithms to solve fast and multiple queries in industrial problems. To maximise the impact of the project, AdMoRe industrial partners identified four strategic sectors for the European industry: composites and forming technology; fast simulations for geometrical design; inverse problems and identification; integration of reduced order models into commercial codes. The following five actions were performed: 1. Development of innovative solutions targeting specific needs of the industry by means of fundamental and application-oriented research. The proactive participation of the industrial partners in the definition of the research goals and their continuous interaction with the academic partners were crucial for addressing current and future needs of the European industry. 2. Strengthening of the position of European industry in simulation-based engineering via the training of a new generation of research engineers, their integration in the R&D departments of the industrial partners and the consolidation of long-time strategic collaborations with the academic partners. 3. Production of original research by the eight ESRs and the senior researchers from academia and industry. 4. Realization of code demonstrators to illustrate the capabilities of novel methodologies to provide added value to existing software, fostering faster transfer of knowledge from academia to industry. 5. Empowering of the eight trainees on translational research and entrepreneurial skills by immersing them in a dynamic industrial environment and by exploiting business incubators within academic institutions. The major outcomes of AdMoRe are the successful training of a new generation of engineers on industrially-oriented research topics, the continuous interaction and mutual transfer of knowledge between academia and industry and the consequent reduction of the time required to incorporate new research solutions in a daily industrial production environment.

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