Andreas Rauschnabel

Dipl.-Ing. (FH)
CAE-Consultant

Studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Hochschule RheinMain (University of Applied Sciences). Employee since 01/2010 as a trainee, Diploma Student and since 12/2010 as Engineer.

Emphases: Trainings, Support and Simulation Projects for Structural and Multibody Simulation as well as CFD Flow Analysis, NX-CAE implementation for Design Accompanying Simulation.

Industries: Household Appliances, Fork Lift Trucks, Drive Technologies for Renewable Energies, Automotive, Aerospace, Shipbuilding, Mechanical Engineering.

Reference Projects:

Reference project 11: Introduction of NX for design-related calculation and simulation departments

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

Reference project 10: Static simulation of a valve with maximum flow around

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

Reference Project 9: Development of a tool for defining anisotropic bearing conditions for NX Nastran

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

Reference Project 8: Automation of FE-Analyzes for vehicle components

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

Reference Project 7: Development of the FEM-training concept for an automotive customer

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

Reference Project 6: Installation and test of an external solver under Teamcenter

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

Reference Project 5: Evaluation of NX preprocessing tools for FE-Simulation in shipbuilding

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

Reference Project 4: Dynamic Simulation of a selection board

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

Reference Project 3: Multibody simulation of the assembling of a gear

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

Reference Project 2: Flow simulation of a motor compartment

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

Reference Project 1: Diploma thesis: Creation of a method collection for FEM and MBD

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