The Project
CoMModO (Complex Material Modeling Operations) has been a research project with the aim of a systematic combination of methods from Computational Mechanics (especially FEM) with selected Soft Computing techniques (Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Evolutionary Approaches, etc.) as described in section The Solution to set new standards in the prediction of material behavior for the application in advanced light weight design as described in section The Challenge.
The project was funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (www.ffg.at) and the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation, and Technology under the initiative "ModSim Computational Mathematics" within the program "Research, Innovation and Technology in Information Technology".
The project started in autumn 2009 and lasted for two years. After the successful project finish the research and development is still continued and the results are available in the form of The Services under The Contacts.
Awards
In June 2010 CoMModO has been awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology for the best FIT-IT project in the category "Computational Mathematics".
The Consortium
The consortium of the initial CoMModO research project has been consisting of the following parties.
Andata Entwicklungstechnologie GmbH
Hallburgstraße 5
5400 Hallein
Austria
www.andata.at
ANDATA Development Technology GmbH is initiator and driver of the project and contributes with its expertise in Soft Computing. ANDATA is an engineering office, specialized in the development and application of Data Mining, Computational Intelligence as well as Soft Computing techniques in combination with numerical simulation and stochastics for technical product development.
Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics - Vienna University of Technology
Gusshausstraße 4
1040 Vienna
Austria
www.ilsb.tuwien.ac.at
The Institute of Light Weight Structures and Structural Biomechanics of Vienna University of Technology is responsible for the implementation of the new material modeling approach within the Finite Element Method.
Dassault Systemes Simulia Austria GmbH
Euro Plaza
Wienerbergerstraße 51
1120 Vienna
Austria
www.simulia.com
Dassault Systemes Simulia is provider of the high quality Finite Element solver Abaqus. DS Simulia has a prominent tradition in Finite Element Simulation and provides the target platform enabling a rapid integration into industrial solutions.
BMW group
Knorrstraße 147
80877 Munich
Germany
www.bmw.de
BMW is one of the leading car manufacturers and pioneer in the application of Finite Element simulation to structural design. BMW is industrial advisor and pilot user of CoMModO, delivering realistic requirements and material test data to validate the approaches.