Design Simulation Research Themes
Simulated Engineering Analysis
Current research in:
- Medical devices:
- Clinical measurement and assessment of prosthetic socket/residual limb interfacial pressure
- Ankle Foot Orthosis design, analysis and fitting
- Virtual reality system to relieve phantom limb pain
- Remote patient health and activity monitoring and sensor networks
- Osteoporosis (preventing failure of the neck of femur).
- Ethical introduction of enabling technologies in disability sport
- Static and Dynamic Design Analysis and Verification of smart composite structures
- Simulation of high value manufacturing processes through DES and hybrid tooling
- Design and development of Novel flexible tooling for composite manufacture.
Past research:
- Hybrid Inverse Problem Analysis
- Mechanical Event Simulations
- Discrete Event Simulation
- Smart composite and structures
- Design and stress analysis of aerospace structures
- Condition monitoring
Creative Design
Current and future research initiatives:
- Maintaining cultural and national identity through modern design techniques
- Morphing as tool in creative design process
- Maintaining brand DNA through virtual shape morphing and grammar
- Study of timing in virtual design communication
- Design as a creative commercial activity
- Aesthetics, semiotics and style branding
- Computer tool for creative design
Virtual Manufacturing Processes
Past and current research:
- Cold and hot metal forming
- Tool design and optimisation for injection moulding
Future research initiatives:
- Simulation of manufacturing processes and micro-structural development for magnesium and titanium-zirconium alloys
- Prediction of material properties including strength, ductility and fracture after processing and heat treatment
- Simulation of elasto-plastic material during cold deformation
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