LS-DYNA Nordic Users’ Forum 2012


Dear LS-DYNA User,

It is a pleasure to invite you to the LS-DYNA Nordic Users’ Forum 2012, October 11, at Hotel 11 in Göteborg, Sweden.

The conference will be an ideal forum to share and discuss experiences, to obtain information on upcoming features in LS-DYNA and LS-OPT, and to learn more about new application areas.

Presentations

Folder: Call for Presentations

We are expecting user presentations from all LS-DYNA and LS-OPT applications. We kindly encourage you to contribute by submitting a paper. We would be very pleased to receive contributions from the following applications areas of LS-DYNA and LS-OPT:

  • Crash
  • Occupant safety, airbag, dummy
  • Metal forming, metal cutting
  • Optimization, robustness
  • Spotweld, bonding
  • Implicit
  • Pedestrian safety
  • Impact, drop test
  • Plastics
  • Composites
  • Ballistics and penetration
  • Massive forming
  • Fluid structure interaction, CFD
  • Seismic analysis
  • Containment analysis
  • CAE processes integration

of the industry areas

  • Automotive
  • Aerospace
  • Mechanical engineering
  • Ship building
  • Offshore
  • Transportation
  • Biomechanics
  • Civil engineering
  • Packaging industry

Registration

Register here: REGISTRATION. If you would like to make a presentation please also submit information about your presentation according to the instructions below under “Conference Presentation Submission”.

Information from the developer

Dr. John Hallquist, the author of LS-DYNA and president of LSTC, has already confirmed his contribution as a keynote speaker on new LS-DYNA features.

Sharing experiences

We schedule time for discussions and personal exchanges.

Conference Presentation Submission

Abstract deadline:  1 June 2012
Notification of acceptance:  20 June 2012
Presentations Length: 20 minutes incl. discussion.
Hotel: For presenters we will pay for the hotel-room at Hotel 11 for the night from the 10th to the 11th October.
Conference proceedings: There conference proceedings will consist of the presentations. Thus there is no need to write a dedicated paper. Collection of the PPT for the proceeding will be done at the conference. If you like, you can have a special version of your presentation for the proceedings.
How to submit: Submit the title, a short abstract, and the name of the author(s) and the person giving the presentation by e-mail to: conference@dynamore.se

Attendance fee

FREE OF CHARGE

Sponsoring

Please request further information.

Accompanying exhibition

The conference will be accompanied by a hardware and software exhibition featuring the latest developments related to LS-DYNA.

Conference language

English

Registration and contact

DYNAmore Nordic, Susanne Dahlstedt
Brigadgatan 14, 587 58 Linköping, Sweden
Tel. +46 (0) 13 -23 66 80
E-Mail: conference@dynamore.se

Questions regarding presentations

Please contact Dr. David Aspenberg, phone: +46 (0)13 -23 66 90, e-mail: conference@dynamore.se
We are looking forward to welcoming you either as presenter, exhibitor, or attendee.

Hotel information

After making your registration to the conference, you will receive a confirmation mail from us. Please use the reference number in that mail when making your reservation at Hotel 11. Details about Hotel 11 is found on their web page: http://www.hotel11.se/

Note: For presenters we will pay for the hotel-room at Hotel 11 for the night from the 10th to the 11th October.

Hotel 11
Maskingatan 11, 417 64 Göteborg, Sweden
Tel. +46 (0) 31 – 779 11 11
Fax. +46 (0) 31 – 779 11 10
E-mail: q.hotel11@choice.se

Alternatively, you may conveniently choose a hotel located on the other side of Göta Älv, and take a four minute boat trip to the conference (20 SEK).

Hotel Majorna: http://www.sparhotel.se/hotell/majorna
Novotel Göteborg: http://www.novotel.se/

The boats leave from Klippan to Eriksberg twice per hour: http://www.styrsobolaget.com/Alvsnabben/Timetable

Travelling to Göteborg

If you choose to travel to Göteborg by plane, you will most certainly come to the Landvetter airport. Airport coaches can take you to the Göteborg Central station in 30 min, from which you can walk 400 m to the Älvsnabben ferry, which will take you directly to Hotel 11 or near the other above suggested hotels.

If you prefer a taxi from the airport, Hotel 11 have favourable prices with Taxi Göteborg (about 400-500 SEK). When reserving, make sure to mention that you wish to have a fixed contracted rate. Reservation can be made by calling: Taxi Göteborg +46 31 65 00 00. See also information from Hotel 11 on how to get there. There you will also find instructions when travelling by own car.