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title: "Virtual Engineering"
description: "Virtual Engineering. Value Added Engineering Service: Predictive R&D Process as Part of the Virtual Development.   These are the advantages of the virtual development process („VIRTUAL ENGINEERING“): faster and high-quality development process and lower R&D costs. early detection of critical and"
url: https://dev.laschet.com/en/engineering/virtual-engineering/
date: 2017-02-13
modified: 2026-06-24
author: "Dr. Andreas Laschet"
type: page
lang: de-DE
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# Virtual Engineering

# Virtual Engineering

## Value Added Engineering Service: Predictive R&D Process as Part of the Virtual Development

![Conception of the Virtual Engineering / (c) Laschet Consulting](/wp-content/uploads/LC-VirtualEngineering_EN.jpg)

These are the advantages of the virtual development process („**VIRTUAL ENGINEERING**“):

- faster and high-quality development process and lower R&D costs
- early detection of critical and weak points or technical restrictions
- significant quality improvement
- achievement of fundamental know how before finishing the product development (prediction of technical characteristics); systemizing the development process
- comparison of various engineering solutions and evaluation of different configurations; enabling alternative development steps in good time in advance
- minimizing the test periods and commissioning procedure (reducing the test series while improving the test quality)
- efficient team work when providing digital CAE models and the corresponding results
- better understanding of acquired experiences (measurements, field testings, calculations, observations and subjective evaluation); objective access to the results
- generating special evaluation functions for an objective grading of the system behavior (OSE = Objective System Evaluation)
- reasonable basis for strategic decisions in the product development process
- application of powerful simulation tools while keeping the model complexity limited („Learning by experience from the past, secure planning for future projects“)

![Rotordynamic Analysis of a Compressor Drive Shaft / (c) RBTS](/wp-content/uploads/ARMD-Compressor-3D-02-e1487098327355-150x150.png)

*An impor~tant prin~ciple of such a work:* It is not pri~mari~ly about the ad~ver~tis~ing effective and color~ful presen~tation of R&D efforts in im~pressive 3D pre~sen~ta~tions. In the first step, I al~ways pre~fer struc~tur~ed de~ve~lop~ment planning with power~ful simu~lation tools as aids. This in~volves an **engi~neer~ing eva~luation** and **prac~tical assess~ment** of the re~sults with regard to the spe~cified pro~duct develop~ment and pro~duct opti~mization. 3D com~puter mo~dels are certain~ly use~ful, but they do not re~place the main work of the de~ve~lop~ment engi~neer.

Use my engineering services to create and realize your own virtual engineering environment: this is the so-called „**Virtual Engineering On Demand**“.

I would like to get into [contact](https://dev.laschet.com/en/contact/) with you. Ask for a non-binding customer presentation realized by an online meeting. In many cases I take the opportunity to involve further external partners in such projects (like design and develop~ment engineering offices or measure~ment service providers).

## Further Information on Special Sites

Please visit the following special sites for more detailed information ...

### [Torsional Vibrations in Drive Systems](/en/engineering/torsional-vibrations/)

*Analysis and simulation of torsional vibrations in drive systems (drivelines, powertrains) of rotating machinery, vehicles, ships. [Learn more …](/en/engineering/torsional-vibrations/)*

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### [Rotordynamics, Lateral + Flexural Vibrations](/en/engineering/rotordynamics/)

*Analysis especially of lateral and flexural vibrations including a stability analysis of rotor bearing systems in rotating machinery supported by the software ARMD. [Learn more …](/en/engineering/rotordynamics/)*

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### [Technical Papers, Publications, Conferences](/en/engineering/publications/)

*Publications by Dr. Andreas Laschet: technical papers in journals, conference papers, book contributions. [Learn more …](/en/engineering/publications/)*

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### [International Engineering Seminars & Short Courses](/en/seminars/)

*International engineering seminars in preparation.*

## Further Information as Download

You may download further information (PDF):

- [Conception of the VIRTUAL ENGINEERING and Laschet’s CONSULTING SERVICE](https://dev.laschet.com/wp-content/uploads/AL-Consulting_EN.pdf)