Engineers with a high proficiency in digital mechanics
Engineer’s degree (diplôme d’ingénieur) with a major in Modelling & Computational Mechanics in a French CTI-accredited engineering school
The Modelling & Computational Mechanics major trains engineers to devise, develop and design new complex products and systems, particularly in the aeronautical and automotive fields.
This course is offered on the Paris campus.
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Modelling & Computational Mechanics
ESILV Master’s Degree in Engineering
This major is based on modelling and digital simulation, which helps students to understand the complete digital design chain: interaction with the environment, digital modelling and tools, dynamic optimisation, multiphysics and multiscale approaches.
High-tech labs
Computer simulation software: 3Dexperience, CATIA, Abaqus, EnSight, ANSYS software suite, HyperWorks, ALTAIR software suite, Salomé platform, and more. Analysis and production tools for energy, materials, fluid dynamics, composites, production and manufacturing. A teaching chair with ALTAIR on system computer simulation.
Teaching
- Computational simulation and modelling of structures
- Composite materials and damage
- Multidisciplinary and complex systems modelling
- Turbulence and fluid mechanics
- Computational aeroelasticity
- Vehicle dynamics and transmission systems
- Computer-aided design
- Computational analysis and simulation
- Avionics and systems control
- Design and architecture of self-driving cars
Skills
- Modelling and simulating behaviours of fluids and structures and their interactions
- Modelling and optimising multiphysics systems
- Studying and designing complex systems and products
- Mastering scientific simulation and industrial software
Careers
Design Engineer, Business Engineer, Measurement / Test Control Engineer, Consulting Engineer, Manufacturing Processes Project Manager, Aeronautical Engineer, Scientific Calculation Engineer, Modelling Engineer, Fluid Mechanics Engineer
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Programme Overview
Modelling & Computational Mechanics major
COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS
Finite Element Method
Structural Analysis
Mechanical vibration
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Materials and Behavior
Dynamics of vehicles and powertrains
Fluid flow analysis
SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Machine Learning
Supply chain
MODELING AND SIMULATION
Structural dynamics
Modeling and simulation of manufacturing processes
Numerical computation for fluid mechanics (FVM and CFD)
Structural optimization
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Automatic and control
Artificial intelligence
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Probabilistic fracture mechanics and reliability
Flight mechanics
ADVANCED MODELING AND SIMULATION
Aeroelasticity
Multi-domain Modeling and Simulation
ADVANCED SYSTEM ENGINEERING
Flight mechanics and avionics
Autonomous and embedded systems
Sustainable Automotive Engineering
DIGITAL ENGINEERING IOT/IIOT
Digital twins
Industrial design and design office
Examples of student projects in Modelling & Computational Mechanics
Produced by ESILV engineering students
Modelling & Computational Mechanics News
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