| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S20802/01 |
| Title: |
Millennium Machines: The need for a multi-domain, multi-physics approach to design |
| Principal Investigator: |
Howe, Professor D |
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| Department: |
Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
| Organisation: |
University of Sheffield |
| Scheme: |
Professorial Res Fellowship |
| Starts: |
01 November 2002 |
Ends: |
31 October 2003 |
Value (£): |
60,886
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Manufact. Business Strategy |
Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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The design of high performance power conversion machinery is currently limited by the fact that the majority of the available mathematical modelling, analysis and simulation packages are essentially singlephysics. However, most machine design problems are inherently multi-physics, or, more likely, multidomain multi-physics in nature. Thus, whilst present day computational capabilities cater moderately well with single-physics modelling problems, the design optimisation of machines at a system level can be performed only if the various models for predicting different aspects of machine behaviour are intelligently coupled and realistically account for interface conditions. Present day computational hardware is still not at a stage where such highly coupled models could be assembled and solved within acceptableexecution times. However, the combination of a substantial increase in processor speeds (>x100) over the next few years and massive increases in parallelisation and communication bandwidths will enable such models to be solved economically. The ultimate goal of this Fellowship is to ensure that the UK machines industry, software developers and research community are suitably prepared to take full advantage of these computational facilities. It is anticipated that a substantial research programme will be needed to develop an over-arching machine modelling framework suited to future computational hardware and to couple existing software tools for solving specific problems. The Fellowship will propose how such a programme should be structured and funded.
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