Reference Projects by Andreas Rauschnabel

Industry of customer: Home appliance technology

Location of customer: Berlin, Bayern, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Period of time / length of contract: September to November 2010

Content of the job:

• inventory of CAE simulation methods in four different locations for FEM and multibody simulation
• compilation of typical simulation examples
• elaboration of selected examples in NX Advanced Simulation (Solution 101,103,153, 601 and 701) and NX Motion
• didactical preparation of the calculation results to a method documentation

Industry of customer: Producer of forklift trucks

Location of customer: Hamburg, Germany

Period of time / length of contract: December 2010 to February 2011

Content of the job:

• CFD simulation (NX-Flow) of the flow behavior of cooling air in the motor compartment of two different forklift types
• preparation of the complex fluid geometry with NX functionality
• calculation of pressure loss and fluid velocity between inlet and outlet

Industry of customer: Propulsion technology

Location of customer: Bayern, Germany

Period of time / length of contract: January, July & October 2011

Content of the job:

Multibody simulation of the assembly process (NX-Motion) of a gear for wind power stations

• checking the system for assembly behavior and clearance durign the assembly processes
• analyzing the assemly position of the single gear components

Industry of customer: Knitting Machine

Location of customer: Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Period of time / length of contract: March & May 2011

Content of the job:

• simulation of the dynamic behavior of a selection board during the operation of a knitting machine (Advanced Nonlinear, Solution 601/129, implicit dynamic)
• calculation of elastic/plastic deformation
• analysis of occurring contact forces during the course of a process cycle
• simulation and comparison of additional versions of the selection board

Industry of customer: Shipbuilding Industries
Location of customer: Bremen, Germany
Period of time / length of contract: October 2011

Content of the job:

• midsurface models from the sections of complex solid assemblies 
• validation of preprocessing functionality in the NX Advanced Simulation Software for the creation of large shell models (Synchronous Modeling, Stich-Edge)
• meshing of typical 2D geometries from shipbuilding

Customer: Internal project of Dr. Binde Ingenieure GmbH

Period of time / length of contract: November 2011

Content of the job:

• installation of „MAGNETICS for NX“ Version 2.0.1 under Teamcenter 8.3 and NX7.5
• handling of the CAE data structure and the belonging Items (CAE_Analysis, CAE_Model, CAE_Geometry)
• check for correct data relations (CAE_Target, CAE_Source, CAE_Defining)
• use of CAE Manager
• verification of pre and post processor functionality
• solving and input file transfer
• return of result file, automatic import in Teamcenter
• temporary data filing in the Teamcenter-Temp-Folder
• check for preview functionality
• calculation of some test models

Industry of customer: Automotive

Location of customer: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Period of time / length of contract: April/May 2012

Content of the job:

• Creation of the trainings for design related FEM simulation application
• Development of the training concepts
• Creation of the documentation
• Creation and description of the training examples

Industry of customer: Automotive

Location of customer: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Period of time / length of contract: 2012

Content of the job:

• Automation for applications in the design related simulation
• Product Template Studio (PTS) and NX Open based Automation method
• Development and implementation of the automation methodology
• Creation of automated simulation templates with a particular user interface

Customer: Internal project

Period of time / length of contract: May 2013

Content of the job:

• Development of the methodology for a comfortable use of anisotropic bearings
• Creation of an user-friendly and clear user interface
• Programming the functionality with the NX Open Interface
• Implementation of application and functionality tests

Client: automotive industry

Seat of the client: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Period / duration of the contract: 2013-2015

Content of the order:

• Method development for design-related calculation
• Method development for meshing processes in NX
• Requirements and defect management
• Support and advice
• Automation solutions with NX Open

Client: International electrical company

Seat of the client: Germany

Period / duration of the contract: 2020

Content of the order:

• Simulation of the electric field strength distribution for protection against accidental arcing
• FEM model creation in NX Simcenter including dielectric material properties
• Model simplifications with regard to dielectric field calculations
• Use of the thermal-electrostatic analog, i.e. Using the Nastran Solution 153
• Comparison of variants to optimize the design

Client: International electrical company

Seat of the client: Germany

Period / duration of the contract: 2020

Content of the order:

• Static structure simulation of an outdoor housing for switchgear
• Construction of a shell model of the system with welded connections, screws and rivets in Siemens NX / Simcenter
• Load from possible wind loads depending on the installation location
• Processing of the pressure distribution from given CFD simulations
• Assessment of the results with regard to the formation of gaps and deformation
• Development of improvement measures

Client: heating and air conditioning technology

Seat of the client: Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Period / duration of the contract: August 2014

Content of the order:

• Development and construction of the simulation model
• Examination and evaluation of different possible failure cases
• Testing and evaluation of different geometry variants
• Advice on implementing an optimized solution