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Introduction Computer Aided Engineering

This document discusses computer-aided engineering (CAE) software packages and their applications. CAE includes CAD for design and CAM for manufacturing. CAE supports stress, thermal, kinematics, acoustics, and other analyses. It provides benefits like reduced costs and improved quality by evaluating designs virtually before building prototypes. Complex systems are studied through simulation using models that approximate their operations and behaviors.

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Introduction Computer Aided Engineering

This document discusses computer-aided engineering (CAE) software packages and their applications. CAE includes CAD for design and CAM for manufacturing. CAE supports stress, thermal, kinematics, acoustics, and other analyses. It provides benefits like reduced costs and improved quality by evaluating designs virtually before building prototypes. Complex systems are studied through simulation using models that approximate their operations and behaviors.

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COURSE CODE: EIE325

USE OF ENGINEERING SOFTWARE PACKAGES

Department of Electrical & Information Engineering, Covenant University, Ota


COMPUTER-AIDED ENGINEERING
 This is the use of computer software to simulate performance in
order to improve product designs or assist in the resolution of
engineering problems for a wide range of industries.
 Computer-aided engineering (CAE) is the broad usage of
computer software to aid in engineering analysis tasks.
 CAE is a broad term used by the electronic design automation
(EDA) industry for the use of computers to design, analyze, and
manufacture products and processes.
 CAE includes CAD (computer-aided design) - the use of a
computer for drafting and modeling designs; and CAM
(computer-aided manufacturing) - the use of computers for
managing manufacturing processes.
CAE APPLICATIONS
CAE applications support a wide range of engineering disciplines or phenomena
including:
 Stress and dynamics analysis on components and assemblies using Finite
Element Analysis (FEA)
 Thermal and fluid analysis using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

 Kinematics and dynamic analysis of mechanisms (multibody dynamics)

 Acoustics analysis using FEA or a boundary element method (BEM)

 Mechatronic System Simulation

 Mechanical Event Simulation (MES)

 Control systems Analysis

 Simulation of manufacturing processes like casting, molding and die press


forming
 Optimization of the product or process
BENEFITS OF CAE
 Reduced product development cost and time  Improved
product quality and durability.
 Design decisions can be made based on their impact on
performance.
 Designs can be evaluated and refined using computer
simulations rather than physical prototype testing, saving
money and time.
 Provide performance insights earlier in the development
process, when design changes are less expensive to make.
 Helps engineering teams manage risk and understand the
performance implications of their designs.
THE NATURE OF SIMULATION
 Simulation: Imitate the operations of a facility or process,
usually via computer
 What’s being simulated is the system
 To study system, often make
assumptions/approximations, both logical and
mathematical, about how it works
 These assumptions form a model of the system
 If model structure is simple enough, could use
mathematical methods to get exact information on
questions of interest — analytical solution
 But most complex systems require models that are also complex
(to be valid)
Must be studied via simulation — evaluate model
numerically and collect data to estimate model characteristics
 Example: Manufacturing company considering extending its
plant
 Build it and see if it works out?
 Simulate current, expanded operations — could also investigate
many other issues along the way, quickly and cheaply

 Designing and analyzing manufacturing systems


 Evaluating military weapons systems or their logistics
requirements
 Determining hardware requirements or protocols for
communications networks
 Determining hardware and software requirements for a
computer system
 Designing and operating transportation systems such as
airports, freeways, ports, and subways
 Evaluating designs for service organizations such as call
centers, fast-food restaurants, hospitals, and post offices
 Reengineering of business processes
 Determining ordering policies for an inventory system
 Analyzing financial or economic systems

SYSTEMS, MODELS, AND SIMULATION


 System: A collection of entities (people, parts, messages,
machines, servers, …) that act and interact together toward
some end
 State of a system: Collection of variables and their values
necessary to describe the system at that time
TYPES OF SYSTEMS
Discrete
◼ State variables change instantaneously at separated points
in time
◼ Bank model: State changes occur only when a customer
arrives or departs
Continuous
◼ State variables change continuously as a function of time
◼ Airplane flight: State variables like position, velocity change
continuously
 Many systems are partly discrete, partly continuous
WAYS TO STUDY A SYSTEM
1.2 Systems, Models, and Simulation
(cont’d.)

 Classification of simulation models


Staticvs. dynamic Deterministic vs. stochastic
Continuous vs. discrete

 Most operational models are dynamic, stochastic,


and discrete – will be called discrete-event
simulation models
STEPS IN A SOUND SIMULATION STUDY

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