TY - BOOK
T1 - Towards a simulation-based product process
T2 - SIMPRO research project final report
A2 - Kortelainen, Juha
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided
engineering (CAE) are daily tools for designers,
engineers, and researchers both in Finland and worldwide,
but there is still unleashed potential in the
computational approach. The mainly Tekes-funded 'public
research networked with companies' type of research
project, SIMPRO, focused on the efficient application of
a computational approach in the whole product life-cycle
process, from the concept phase design until the
simulation-based condition monitoring of machines and
simulation life-cycle management. The computational
approach was studied on four different levels: 1)from the
computational methods, tools, and systems point of view,
2)from the optimisation and computational analysis point
of view, 3)from the simulation-based product design and
engineering process point of view, and 4)from the
simulation-based product life-cycle point of view.
The research in the SIMPRO project was implemented from a
practical point of view, applying the studied methods and
tools to selected case studies. This approach provided
valuable knowledge about the practical utilisation of the
tools and methods and concretised the new knowledge. The
objective of the project was to produce new research
knowledge and to develop the existing and new knowledge
intO an easily exploitable form in industry.
The main conclusion of the project was that the
computational methods and available tools are already
mature. The bottleneck for fast progress in industry is
in the application of these methods and tools, which
would require further development and renewal of the
processes. The potential for improving the product
process using a computational approach is still
remarkable.
AB - Computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided
engineering (CAE) are daily tools for designers,
engineers, and researchers both in Finland and worldwide,
but there is still unleashed potential in the
computational approach. The mainly Tekes-funded 'public
research networked with companies' type of research
project, SIMPRO, focused on the efficient application of
a computational approach in the whole product life-cycle
process, from the concept phase design until the
simulation-based condition monitoring of machines and
simulation life-cycle management. The computational
approach was studied on four different levels: 1)from the
computational methods, tools, and systems point of view,
2)from the optimisation and computational analysis point
of view, 3)from the simulation-based product design and
engineering process point of view, and 4)from the
simulation-based product life-cycle point of view.
The research in the SIMPRO project was implemented from a
practical point of view, applying the studied methods and
tools to selected case studies. This approach provided
valuable knowledge about the practical utilisation of the
tools and methods and concretised the new knowledge. The
objective of the project was to produce new research
knowledge and to develop the existing and new knowledge
intO an easily exploitable form in industry.
The main conclusion of the project was that the
computational methods and available tools are already
mature. The bottleneck for fast progress in industry is
in the application of these methods and tools, which
would require further development and renewal of the
processes. The potential for improving the product
process using a computational approach is still
remarkable.
KW - modelling
KW - simulation
KW - product life-cycle
KW - design
KW - engineering
KW - optimisation
KW - condition monitoring
KW - data management
M3 - Report
T3 - VTT Technology
BT - Towards a simulation-based product process
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -