| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L41516/01 |
| Title: |
FULLY INTEGRATED DESIGN OPTIMIZATION FOR ENGINEERING STRUCTURES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Weatherill, Professor N |
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| Department: |
Civil Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Swansea University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 1997 |
Ends: |
31 July 2000 |
Value (£): |
250,285
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Design & Testing Technology |
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| Aerospace, Defence and Marine |
Construction |
| Information Technologies |
Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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A computer based fully integrated design optimization system (FIDO) will be developed to allow engineers to produce efficient engineering structural designs for a range of loading and support conditions. The main objective is to supply FIDO to practical problems specified by industrial partners. A 3-stage process will be followed consisting a (a) structural layout design, (b) structural layout redefinition with parameterization and (c) refined optimal shape and sizing design. Munch of FIDO already exists in fragmented form and links will provided to other commercial software supplied by industrial partners including finite element packages ANSYS an LUSAS, an image processing code known as SURFACER and a mathematical programming code called DOT>
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| Organisation Website: |
http://www.swan.ac.uk |