Cenaero presentation

1. Who are we?
– Research Center in Simulation,
Optimisation, Data analysis & exploitation
• Aerospace & Transport
• Manufacturing & Process Industry
• Energy & Built Environment
– Stakeholders
• Technological & Numerical industries
• Public & private decision makers
• Scientific and business networks
– Walloon HPC infrastructure Operator
Safran Partnership 2007
2002 creation
HQ in Gosselies Subsidiary in Paris
Composite
workshop
1 Start-up
50+ FTE
50+ % PhD
5+ Mio € Turnover
Incl. 40% industrial revenues
(2015)30+ R&D
projects
(2015)
20+ regional SME
collaboration (2015)
Tier-1 HPC operator
(14,000+ cores)
Contact: cecile.goffaux@cenaero.be
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2. Why simulation and data-driven solutions ?
Understand & predict Reach the market faster
Control and operate safer
Enhance performance & cost models
while thinking green
Re-Invent functionalities & impact scales
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3. Our actions
• Competitive collaborative research with universities, research centers and
industry (pre-competitive stage, cost and risk sharing)
• Research contracts with large companies and SME (covered by non
disclosure and intellectual property agreements)
• Expertise, technological transfer, dissemination
• HPC access and support services
• One-stop-shop composite lab
https://tier1.cenaero.be/zenobe
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4. Our skills in a nutshell
• “Multi” physics, scale, fidelity simulation
Fluid, structure, thermal, acoustic, composite, e-m
Process, Products, Services
Design, operation, lifetime
• Robust Optimisation & Design exploration platform
Surrogate-based approaches
Data analysis & exploitation (diagnostic, decision, classification,…)
• Data-driven simulation
Predictive Maintenance and fault diagnostic
Process & Infrastructure near real-time management (control & DSM)
• Tailored made simulation chains
In-house, commercial, Opensource
Open Interoperability & ERP integration
High Performance computing
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5. Our positioning in Industry 4.0
Official partner
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6. A few examples of industrial projects
Model-based predictive control and differentiated diagnostic of
buildings operation and fast fault detection
HPC for the robust design of lightweight & efficient products and processes
Lifetime and damage-to-crack prediction of metallic and concrete parts
CFD simulation in ERP managment tools for building and city applications
Energy & storage systems for building & micro-grid: from design, sizing to
control support
Micro-climate urban assessment
Bio-based composites
Process virtual twin for plant operational managment support
Data analytics (Surrogate, classification) for decision in real-time
process control
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7. Which processes are we talking about?
Fusion
Welding
Complex
flow (multi-
phase, non-
newtonian,
reacting)
Curing of
Composites
Cladding
Selective
Laser
Melting
Hydro-
dynamic
Combustio
n
Friction
(Stir)
Welding
Metallurgy
Machining
Quenching
Thermal
Processing
Induction –
Autoclave –
Recovery
Draping
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8. Cenaero in the TEKK workshops
Workshop 4 : Sustainable energy
From traditional wood stove to NZEB warming/ECS solution
Workshop 5 : Optimisation of Industrial process
Additive manufacturing process support
Workshop 8: Data Management
How building and city design challenges can be addressed
with collaborative tools
Workshop 10 : Analysis & Data Management
Control interface in Buildings & Grid
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