| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R35735/01 |
| Title: |
Point-based plug-ins to enhance the Quality of Geometric Data for Computer Aided Engineering |
| Principal Investigator: |
Ball, Professor A |
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| Department: |
Mechanical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Birmingham |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
21 September 2001 |
Ends: |
20 January 2005 |
Value (£): |
289,957
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Design Engineering |
Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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| EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications: |
| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Manufacturing |
| Information Technologies |
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CAE is, in a sense, a mature technology. It is taken for granted that we can create photo-realistic images of the most exotically shaped components, analyse the performance using FEA and CFD, manufacture the tooling and control the production. The technology has transformed engineering over the past twenty-five years but widening access and increasing expectations of accuracy and reliability are exposing fundamental problems. There are also expectations of automation and integration which need to be met. The research programme will establish a new methodology for the development of robust design tools for CAE and will address specific issues in creep forming simulation, quality surface machining and NURBS representation. The algorithms will exploit the capability to construct automatically an interpolating surface of optimal quality through a specified grid of points.There is a tacit assumption that high quality CAD surfaces are a fundamental requirement for successful CAE integration and the plug-ins will guarantee the quality, with the point-based surface construction.
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http://www.bham.ac.uk |