USA LS-DYNA Users’ Meeting 2018

  • Wed 14th Mar 2018
  • 7 Hours
  • Free

Invitation to the first LS-DYNA users’ meeting for building and civil applications

LSTC and Arup are delighted to invite you to the first LS-DYNA Users’ Meeting for Building and Civil applications that will take place in Livermore on Wednesday 14th March 2018.

This event is designed as a complementary communication and information platform for the LS-DYNA community with a particular focus on building, civil infrastructure, offshore, geotechnical and seismic applications.

This Users’ Meeting will be a special opportunity for Consultants, Engineering companies, Contractors, Researchers, Industry Experts and LSTC Developers to learn about and share experiences on:

  • The use of LS-DYNA on large building and civil projects
  • The latest developments in concrete, structural steel and construction material modelling
  • The latest developments in soil and geo-seismic material modelling
  • Soil-structure interaction applications and seismic performance based analysis
  • General simulation trends, hot topics and current challenges for Building and Civil applications
  • Key speakers will include Experts from the industry and developers from LSTC and Arup.

Preliminary Agenda

8:30 – 9:00 : Registration

9:00 – 10:30 : LS-DYNA applications on projects by industry experts TBC

10:30 – 11:00 : Break and networking

11:00 – 12:30 : Material models and special features for Building and Civil applications

Confirmed speakers: Richard Sturt (Arup), Ushnish Basu (LSTC), Len Schwer (SE&CS), Yuli Huang (Arup) TBC

12:30 -13:30 : Lunch, sponsored by Arup

13:30 – 15:00 : On-going research and validation studies – Presentations by academic researchers and industry players TBC

15:00 – 15:30 : Break and networking

15:30 – 16:30 : Open discussion – Current simulation challenges in the built environment – Next steps

We invite all attendees to contribute to the sessions by showcasing their LS-DYNA project work or research. Please send us a short abstract of your presentation for review and selection to [email protected].


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