The 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics (ECCM 6) and the 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics (ECFD 7) jointly took place in Glasgow on 11-15 June 2018. A wide range of subjects, covering structural mechanics and fluid dynamics all the way to coupled problems of any sort, were presented over the course of these 5 days.
Reduced order modeling was of course a big topic. Two plenary lectures were given regarding the subject. The opening talk of Professor Francisco Chinesta, which was on Hybrid twins and the importance of combining big data with reduced order modeling and Professor Antonio Huerta’s semi-plenary, that delved into low and high-order
methods for the computation of vademecums and their employment in the industrial environment.
AdMoRe was present as well. All members presented in the “Model reduction, big data and dynamic data-driven” minisymposium. Our talks covered reduced order modeling approaches for structural mechanics and composite materials, simulation of manufacturing procedures, electromagnetic waves, computational fluid dynamics and coupled magneto-mechanical problems. All the talks received very positive feedback from the audience.
AdMoRe was also part of the “Young investigators” minisymposium with a joint presentation introducing the consortium and its aim to introduce advanced methodologies, currently used only in academia, to the industry. The talk was well-received and led to conversation with other investigators and members of the industry attending.
All in all, it was an exciting week. There were numerous interesting and informative talks on every research field. It was an excellent opportunity to introduce and explain our work to a larger audience, as well as our network. What we can take back as a group, judging by the reception of our talks and our conversation with attendees, is that reduced order modeling is becoming increasingly popular and members of both the academia and the industry were interested in seeing how our work progresses.
