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NAFEMS 2019 World Congress Edition

Guest Editors: 

  • Francisco Chinesta (PIMM Laboratory, Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, HESAM Université, Paris, France)
  • James Wood (University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland)
  • Ian Symington (NAFEMS Ltd, Springwood - Booths Park, Knutsford, UK)

This special issue will contain papers developed using material presented at the 2019 NAFEMS World Congress. Authors of papers which are deemed to be of special merit will be invited to submit an extended version of their conference paper, which is to be consistent with the requirements of Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences


  1. In the last years, the automotive engineering industry has been deeply influenced by the use of «machine learning» techniques for new design and innovation purposes. However, some specific engineering aspects ...

    Authors: Etienne Gstalter, Sonia Assou, Yves Tourbier and Florian De Vuyst
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:17
  2. “When I use a word, it means whatever I want it to mean”: Humpty Dumpty in Alice’s Adventures Through The Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll. “Digital twin” is currently a term applied in a wide variety of ways. Some d...

    Authors: Louise Wright and Stuart Davidson
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:13
  3. Analysis benchmarking is used to evaluate new algorithms for automated VCCT-based delamination growth analysis. First, existing benchmark cases based on the Single Leg Bending (SLB) specimen for crack propagat...

    Authors: Ronald Krueger, Lyle Deobald and Haozhong Gu
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:11
  4. Steering columns for column assist Electric Steering are one of the main elements of the passive safety restraint system in a passenger vehicle. It is designed to collapse applying an optimized ride down force...

    Authors: Didac Costas Muñoz and Michał Majzel
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2020 7:7
  5. Aircraft structural analysis is a process that involves several engineers working concurrently to analyze in detail all structural elements of an airframe, as well as the behavior of the aircraft structure as ...

    Authors: Rodrigo Britto Maria, Marcus de Freitas Leal, Edgard Sousa Junior, Vinicius Leite Lemos, Patrick Magalhães Cardoso, Leonardo Cosme de Oliveira, Saullo Giovani Pereira Castro, Marcelo de Lima Marcolin and Darshan Joshi
    Citation: Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences 2019 6:12