About SEAT - Hewlett Packard

Side impact simulation of the new SEAT
Leon with PAM-CRASH 2G
Courtesy of SEAT
The Challenge
Perform multiple crash test
scenarios to validate the design
of new cars
Bring safe and light vehicle
structures to the market
Shorten the vehicle development
cycle by 15%
Leverage the best price/
performance servers in a
compute-intensive environment
“We operate in a very straightforward
and streamlined engineering
environment, focused on cost and
quality. CAE methods combining
PAM-CRASH 2G software on HP
Integrity servers with Intel ® Itanium ®
2 processors help us improve vehicle
designs and occupant protection. This
speeds up crash test processes, reducing
the number of physical prototypes.”
Mr. Agustín, Head of the Simulation
Department, SEAT
SEAT shortens its vehicle
development cycle by 15%
thanks to PAM-CRASH 2G
on Intel ® Itanium ® 2 based
HP Integrity servers
In order to bring safe, light and sport-oriented vehicles
to the market, SEAT performs multiple realistic crash
test scenarios with PAM-CRASH 2G, ESI Group’s virtual
crash test simulation solution. Using HP Integrity servers
based on Intel ® Itanium ® 2 processors, SEAT benefits
from the best price/performance compute-intensive
environment. This hardware/software combination
helps SEAT shorten their development cycle
by 15% leading to substantial cost reductions.
New SEAT León – Courtesy of SEAT
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Key Benefits
Time optimization with overnight
calculations
Cost reductions
Increase in the number of predictive
physics-based virtual crash testing scenarios
Better control of the different process
parameters leading to safer cars and fewer
prototype phases
Pedestrian Protection
performance of the
latest SEAT Leon car
model, simulated by
PAM-CRASH 2G
Courtesy of SEAT
“PAM-CRASH 2G and our new cluster help
us to improve our product lifecycle on the
latest car model Leon while saving time and
money. Most of the development is done
virtually using computer models, we can
then crash virtually SEAT Leon several
thousand times in different environments
(speeds, size of occupants...).
PAM-CRASH 2G contributes to bring on
the market a safer, lighter and sportiveoriented
product while enhancing the product
design and manufacturing process.”
Mr. Agustín, Head of the Simulation
Department, SEAT
SEAT performs realistic crash
simulation using PAM-CRASH 2G...
In the highly competitive automotive industry, Computer Aided Engineering
applications (CAE) leverage carmakers’ industrial know-how and help them
speed-up time-to-market, increase the number of variants within tight
development cycles and controlled budgets.
SEAT, the Spanish car company member of the Volkswagen Group, produces
cars known for their excellence in design and their sporty positioning. By
performing multiple virtual crash test scenarios with PAM-CRASH 2G on an
Intel Itanium 2 based HP cluster, SEAT has developed a solid experience and
knowledge in passive safety. PAM-CRASH 2G helped SEAT in the creation of
safer, lighter and sport-oriented cars such as Altea, Leon, Toledo and Ibiza,
while enhancing the product design and manufacturing process.
Leveraging cutting edge engineering with simulation
SEAT’s Research and Development center located in Martorell (Barcelona,
Spain) is heavily focused on the use of outstanding technologies in order to face
fierce competition. Engineers compute vehicle structures using PAM-CRASH 2G
for frontal, side, rear and offset crash impacts. Process parameters range from
material properties to links between the various structures’ components, rupture
prediction and structure deformation during the crash. For a full car model of
around 1 500 000 Finite Elements, PAM-CRASH 2G achieves significant time
optimization with overnight calculations. PAM-CRASH 2G’s technology enables
SEAT to obtain realistic and reliable results. The DMP parallel version based on
the explicit solver for detailed crash simulation offers SEAT extremely accurate
contact algorithm, detailed failure modeling, optimal computer hardware
utilization, and reduced time computation.
Outperforming pedestrian protection regulations
The environmental pressure from regulations like FMVSS and Euro NCAP directly
linked to pedestrian safety and airbag interaction with occupants has encouraged
the development of advanced safety and crash features for which CAE is
required. Consumer tests (Star ratings) have become a key sales driving force,
contributing to company profitability. Therefore, this field of knowledge has been
especially reinforced using the most recent technologies.
SEAT engineers have made significant progress in the field of pedestrian
protection, taking into account regulations and consumer tests. The objectives
are to minimize lower and upper leg injuries as well as head impacts by
identifying the most relevant parameters. Using PAM-CRASH 2G, SEAT has
achieved a high level of performance to protect pedestrians.
Regarding occupant safety, the use of PAM-CRASH 2G has allowed SEAT
engineers to optimize all restraint systems (front airbags, curtain airbags, side
airbags and seat belts) and also the performance of all relevant interior parts
in case of an impact (door panel, cockpit, etc...). Thanks to this simulation
technology, front and side impact requirements were taken into account in the
early phases of the project.
Combined with HP servers based on Intel Itanium 2 processors,
PAM-CRASH 2G has offered SEAT best-in-class performance, robustness
and stability in real crash testing conditions. Using intensively other Virtual
Development Technologies such as Virtual Reality, Digital Mock Up and Virtual
factory, PAM-CRASH 2G delivers SEAT the best solution for car design and
shortens their vehicle development cycle by 15%.

S U C C E S S S T O R Y
… and benefits from the best price/performance
in a compute-intensive environment
Industry-leading HP Integrity servers, based on Intel Itanium 2 processors,
deliver powerful throughput, flexible operation, and easy system management
while supporting hundreds of CAE users running your complete suite of
ESI-CAE applications. Running the HP-UX 11i version 2 Technical
Computing Operating Environment (TCOE), HP Integrity servers support
all ESI-CAE solver codes today, at the fastest possible performance.
Powered by Intel Itanium 2 processors, HP Integrity servers outperform
competing server architectures on the market, with lower memory latency,
massive memory capacity, and a blazing I/O subsystem. They enable high
data processing capacity in order to generate rapid and cost-effective results.
Based on the EPIC Architecture with a 64-bit instruction set specifically
developed to optimize parallels executions, the Intel Itanium 2 processor
family makes it possible to replace expensive, proprietary RISC-based and
mainframe platforms with more flexible and cost-effective HPC solutions.
The result is a server family that uniquely balances a wide range of
performance, security, scalability and cost requirements for high computing
environment.
“Being able to run the number of virtual crashes that every project
requires to guaranty the strict passive safety requirements imposed
by SEAT”
Offset crash test, simulated with PAM-CRASH 2G, New SEAT Leon
Courtesy of SEAT
This statement was the tough challenge faced by Mr Agustin’s team.
Following benchmarks, it was clear that the system for running jobs had
to be based on two-processors nodes. They opted for an HP cluster based
on Integrity servers running with 36 Intel Itanium 2 processors at 1.6Ghz
with the HP-UX OS.
It only took his team a couple of weeks to install, configure and tune its
cluster before the first crash tests. From the first crash tests made with
PAM-CRASH 2G, it was clear that their new cluster was bringing various
benefits such as:
Quality Increase in crash test details,
Reduced Costs,
Improved Decision Making,
Reduced time to market.
“The HP Integrity Servers based
on Intel Itanium 2 processors have
provided an excellent price/performance
ratio and great scalability combined
along with PAM-CRASH 2G.”
Mr. Agustín, Head of the
Simulation Department, SEAT
Key Benefits
Breakthrough Performance with massive
execution resources (128 floating point,
128 general registers, integrated larger
L3 caches)
Very efficient with PAM-CRASH Code
and car models
2-way to 2,048-way Scalability
HP Integrity servers based
on Intel ® Itanium ® 2 processors
Courtesy of HP

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