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Computational Engineering & Design

Prof. A.J Keane

 Research Interests/Staff
 Areas of Research
 Optimisation and Design Search
 Applied Computational Modelling
 Computational Methods

This spans design optimisation, solid material modelling,

computational electromagnetics, control systems,
repetitive structures, contact mechanics, structural
dynamics and computational methods.

A particular focus for our activities over the next few

years will be the development of grid-based problem-
solving services for use by academia and industry

Computational Engineering and Design

 Optimisation & Design Search

 Stochastic and hybrid search methods

 Knowledge extraction and approximation methods
 Sensitivity and modification studies as applied to
design
 Integration of CFD and FE with design search and
optimisation

Computational Engineering and Design

 Applied Computational Modelling

 Continuum properties of repetitive structures

 Dynamics of periodic structures

 Modelling of photonic, electro-optic and

superconducting devices

 Modelling of thermomechanics,
piezoelectricity, buckling and fatigue

Computational Engineering and Design

 Computational Methods

 New algorithms

 Particle simulation

 Eigenvalue estimation

Visualization

 Databases for engineering

 Grid-based problem solving environments

Computational Engineering and Design

 Staff / Expertise
 Staff
 10 Academics, 18 research Fellows, 32 PG Students

 Expertise
 Optimisation and Design Search: stochastic,
evolutionary and gradient based methods applied to
structural, electromagnetic, aerodynamic, and control
systems
 Applied Computational Modelling: Computational
Mechanics, Computational Electromagnetics, and
Structural Dynamics
 Computational Methods- applied grid computing, high
performance computing, meshless methods, and particle
simulation

Computational Engineering and Design

 Major Research Programmes
 BAe/Rolls-Royce University Technology
Partnership for Design

 Multi-level, Multi-discipline Design Methods using

Stochastic Global Optimisers

 Flexible Engineering Design using Knowledge

Based CAD and Evolutionary Search

 JREI Funded UTP Equipment Grant

 Rolls-Royce Inter-casing Design Optimisation

 Advanced Active and Passive Structural Noise

Control

Computational Engineering and Design

 Major Research Programmes
 Efficient analysis of repetitive structures (EPSRC)

 Testing of advanced flight control systems (QinetiQ)

 Gas turbine engine control Systems

 Grid Enabled Optimisation and DesIgn Search for

Engineering (GEODISE) www.geodise.org

 e-Science projects hosted in the Regional e-Science

Centre www.e-science.soton.ac.uk

 Defence Aerospace Research Partnership (DARP) in

design

Computational Engineering and Design

 e-Science Centre
 Civil Engineering Site Monitoring
 Ship Motion Simulation
 Yacht Design
 Marine Structural Analysis
 Photonic Device Design

The centre also hosts:

 Geodise Pilot (EPSRC)
 Genie: (NERC)
 Grid BioSim (BBSRC

Computational Engineering and Design

 e-Science Projects
 Geodise (EPSRC): Grid enabled Optimisation and Engineer
Reliability

Design Search for Engineering

Security
QoS
GEODISE
Visualization
PORTAL

Academic and Industrial Partners: Southampton, Oxford and Knowledge

repository Session

Manchester University, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce, Fluent, Ontology for

Engineering,
database
Traceability

Microsoft, Intel, Compusys, Epistemics, and Condor

Computation, &
Optimisation and OPTIMISATION
Design Search

OPTIONS Globus, Condor, OGSA

System
Optimisation
archive

 Genie (NERC): Grid enabled Integrated Earth APPLICATION

SERVICE
PROVIDER Licenses
COMPUTATION

system model
Intelligent and code Intelligent
Application Resource
CAD System Analysis Parallel machines
Manager Provider
CADDS CFD Clusters
IDEAS FEM Internet Resource Providers

Academic Partners and Industrial Partners: Reading, Southampton, ProE

CATIA, ICAD
CEM Pay-per-use

Bristol, CEH (Wallingford and Edinburgh), Hadley Centre, Design

Imperial, UEA, Intel, Compusys, and Condor

archive

Earth System Science

 Grid Bio Sim (BBSRC): A Grid Database for
Biomolecular Simulations
Academic Partners: Universities of Oxford, Southampton,
Birmingham, London, Nottingham, and York

“By taking the ‘whole systems’ approach,

we are more likely to find sustainable
solutions to environmental problems.”

Computational Engineering and Design

 Facilities
The Group houses the Faculty ‘Computational Engineering & Design
Centre’ and also the University Regional e-Science Centre.

 48 Noded Pentium III based linux cluster

 12 Noded SGI Origin 2000 SMP machine
 8 Noded SGI Power Challenge SMP machine
 Licenses for Ansys, Abaqus, IDEAS, MARC, VSAERO,
MGAERO, OMNI3D, ICAD, MATLAB and Nag
 In house codes for CFD, Optimisation, Data Fusion,
Structural Dynamics and SEA

Computational Engineering and Design

 Interdisciplinary Research

Fluid - Structure Aerodynamics

Interactions CFD & FEA CFD ( 2 DARPs)

Comp Eng & Design

(DARP / UTP)
Optimisation
FEA
FEA
Materials Bioengineering Science
(DARP / ATC) (UTP)

e-Science

Computational Engineering and Design