Engineering Office
The section is in charge of mechanical design activities for CERN detector-related projects. Designers and engineers cover a wide range of disciplines in mechanical engineering, construction, and numerical simulation fields.
Section Leader: Andrea Catinaccio
Deputy Section Leader: Christophe Bault
The core competencies of the section include design studies, 3D modeling and drafting, integration studies, structural and thermal analyses, composites, fluid-dynamics, multi-physics and structural verifications according to relevant standards and codes.
Activities are carried out relying on a large range of CAD, Finite Element and analytical tools and rapid prototyping techniques (3D Printing)
The section covers as well activities of project engineering, manufacturing support and follow-up, relations with external suppliers, installation and first commissioning.
The section supports Micro-System engineering activities, with expertise and process follow up at the EPFL cleanroom (Lausanne) and with other external partners.
The section has competencies in the following domains:
- Design Solutions (CAD): 3D Modeling and 2D Drafting, Rapid Prototyping (3D printing) and Reverse Engineering
- Advanced FEA Simulation: Structural Mechanics, Thermal, Fluid, Multi-physics
- Static Structural
- Modal analysis
- Transient dynamics
- Harmonic analysis
- Shock &Vibrations: Spectrum Analysis, Random Vibration Analysis, Shock Response Spectrum
- Buckling analysis
- Material and Geometrical non linearities
- Composites
- Fracture Mechanics
- Thermal Analysis
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Analytical methods and Mathcad library
- Identification of technologies and advanced materials related to particle detectors
- Code compliance verifications
- Metrology, Production follow up, QA, Documentation
- Management of project engineering activities
| Simulation tools: | Design tools: |
|---|---|
| ANSYS Classic and APDL programming | Catia V5 and Smarteam |
| ANSYS / LS-Dyna | Autodesk Inventor |
| ANSYS WorkBench | Geomagic |
| Scia Engineer Structures | Catalyst 3D for 3D printer Elite |
| EsaComp | |
| Exagon bolted assemblies | |
| Vibration SRS |