| Injection molding | flow, spiral flow, imbalanced flow, weld line, pressure, shrinkage/warpage, porosity, buckling, fiber orientation (anisotropy, model parameters, ...), thermal hesitation, mold cooling, validation approach, moldflow&moldex, undercut demolding, thin parts, PVT data, inductive heating (Roctool), micro-injection molding, compressibility effect on pressure prediction, ... |
| Insert overmolding | Thermal shock, core shift, 2K molding (workflow), "adhesion" and tightness (TP on TP, TP on metal), heating (Joule effect), residual stresses, warpage, thermal conductivity and thermal expansion, ... |
| Reactive molding (injection, compression, capillary underfill) | Epoxy Molding Compound (semi-conductors), reactive injection molding applied to Tecnoflon, reactive compression molding applied to Tecnoflon, overview of MOLDFLOW capabilities for Capillary Underfill (CUF) using thermoset resin ... |
| Electrical | PDIV, EMI, Slot liners in e-motors, piezoelectricity (macroscopic), dielectric constant of CF/GF compounds (+moisture), dielectric constant and loss factor for bilayered structures, Joule heating, skin&proximity effect in busbars, electro-corrosion in bearings... |
| Fluid dynamics (CFD) | introduction, electrostatic spray coating, polymer extrusion of Solef (rheological model&validation), visco-elasticity (melt), melt spinning line (BLT), ... |
| Thermal | simulation capabilities, conductivity with special fillers, thermal conductivity and thermal expansion, ... |
| NVH | visco-elasticity, vibration, acoustic, Model identification,Non material damping |
| High speed (impact...) | model identification & validation |
| Short-term (mechanical) predictions | stiffness and strength, water-freezing, intrinsic stiffness of compounds |
| Long-term (mechanical) predictions | creep, fatigue |
| Mechanical instability (buckling) | pipe reeling (buckling/permanent deformation), liner collapsing, slot liner insertion, ... |
| Anisotropic prediction for fiber reinforced polymers (Digimat) | digimat suites, anisotropy, the different models we have and the related characterization tests, database, model identification (TEP), introduction of a weld line strength knock down factor, validation, application to really thin parts, use of flakes/platelets applied to Kalix 7650, tension-compression differentiation for plasticity (Drucker-Prager), ... |
| Long fibers thermoplastics | mechanical behavior (calibration, validation) and in-mold fiber breakage analysis in MOLDFLOW (sensitivity study), ... |
| Single-screw modeling (extrusion) | flows in a single screw extruder (basics), capabilities of Compuplast, ... |
| 3D print | FFF |
| Gas permeability | of multi-layer structures (CheFem), ... |
| Topology optimization | example with validation |
| Friction & wear | very limited contribution (so far) |
| Systems | Gears, compressors, small implantable screws, µ-needles insertion in human skin, e-motors, EV charging plugs, generic M2P support, sub-modeling approach applied to electrolyzer frames, ... |
