| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L73128/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA: COMPUTER AIDED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN USING BOUNDARY ELEMENTS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Bettess, Professor P |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering and Geosciences |
| Organisation: |
Newcastle University |
| Scheme: |
ROPA |
| Starts: |
01 July 1998 |
Ends: |
30 June 2000 |
Value (£): |
70,614
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| Design & Testing Technology |
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The research will provide a tool which will enable designers to change the shape of their structure and see the effects on stresses and displacements in real time. This will be an effective tool for preliminary design of engineering components. Use of the Boundary Element Method for engineering computations will allow rapid modification of the mathematical model. A partial reanalysis scheme, combined with design sensitivities, will rapidly revise the stresses and displacements. Such a tool will integrate readily with computer-aided design, manufacture and cost-estimating tools, and will guide a designer to a sensible engineering optimum early in the design process.
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http://www.ncl.ac.uk |