Here you can find all documents from 2018, which will be made available during the Aachen Body Engineering Days. If individual submissions are not yet available or will not be available at all, this is marked accordingly.
You will find the user name and password for the downloads in your conference proceedings.
09/18/2018
07:00 am
Welcome and introduction
Prof. Dr. Lutz Eckstein
Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika), RWTH Aachen University
09/18/2018
07:30 am
The change of the body structure from ICE to BEV
Dr. Stefan Floeck
BMW AG
09/18/2018
08:00 am
Automotive market trends from an aluminium perspective
Nunzio Cuppoletta
Hydro Extruded Solutions Europe
09/18/2018
08:30 am
Challenges and design potentials of automated vehicles
Prof. Lutz Fügener
Hochschule Pforzheim
09/18/2018
09:30 am
The new Jaguar E-Pace body structure
David Hoadley
Jaguar Land Rover
09/18/2018
10:10 am
The all-new BMW X3. On a mission. Launch worldwide.
Roland Rill, Rolf Selent
BMW AG
09/18/2018
12:20 pm
The all new CUV family from OPEL/PSA
Bernd Pohl, Dr. Stephan Fell
Opel Automobile GmbH
09/18/2018
01:00 pm
The new Bentley Continental GT – Implementation of a design orientated multi material construction body
Dr. Christian Schübeler
Volkswagen AG
09/18/2018
02:10 pm
Application of simulation technology in car body development using the example of vertical closures
Andreas Cousin
Ford-Werke GmbH
09/18/2018
02:50 pm
Material failure modeling of self-piercing rivet joints in crash simulation
Tony Porsch
Volkswagen AG
09/19/2018
07:00 am
BENTELER Electric Drive System (BEDS) – The new modular platform for BEV
Leo Leypoldt
Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH
09/19/2018
07:40 am
Development and manufacturing of Al-Structural components along the value chain
Dr. Andreas Hennings
Nemak Europe GmbH
09/19/2018
08:20 am
Collaborative concept for innovative vehicle structures / Bertrandt and SGL Group present „Carbon Carrier“ technology demonstrator
Klaus Gerst – Bertrandt Ing.-Büro GmbH
Patrick Berger – SGL Group
09/19/2018
09:30 am
Design4Flexibility - Body structures qualifying for flexibility
Dr. Georg Bergweiler
PEM - RWTH Aachen University
09/19/2018
10:10 am
Structural reinforcements for minibusses based on Volkswagen Crafter
Dr. Ulrich Berges, Joris Spronck
Volkswagen AG
09/19/2018
12:00 pm
New hot rolled steel grades for electric vehicle body structures
Dr. Chris Lahaije
Tata Steel
09/19/2018
12:40 pm
Innovative aluminium alloys with highest strength and improved formability
Xavier Varone
Novelis
09/19/2018
01:20 pm
L7e vehicle with enhanced passive safety by aluminium space-frame structure
Rainer Wolsfeld
Institut für Kraftfahrzeuge, RWTH Aachen University