Research Projects
Virtual Design & Manufacturing
Automated Knowledge Based Feature Recognition System
This project aims at developing a knowledge based feature recognition system for aerospace engineering design that will automate the feature information extractoin from CAD models as well as provide interpretation and support for aircraft stressing analysis.
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GM RAMSIS ™ Ingress/Egress Simulation
The aim of the GM RAMSIS ™ Ingress/Egress Simulation project is to implement a CAD simulation tool that can predict and assess the ingress/egress motions for passenger car entry and exit. The results of ingress/egress motion simulation experiments will be integrated into the human modelling software RAMSIS. The result will be a tool that will enable product designers/engineers to optimise the design of driver/passenger entry and exit points for greater ease of use.
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Proactive Maintenance
The main scope of this project is to develop a new quality improvement tool to collect diagnostic and reliability data from a large number of test vehicles. A new user software tool will be used for data mining to statistically determine faults and precursors of faults. Assumed consumer behaviour and usage patterns will also be able to be verified.
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Software Complexity Management
The aim is to improve and develop software to meet the demand for current and ever increasing functionality and shorter development horizons. The project will particularly address environments where much of the vehicle is developed, virtually. Developing effective staff training methods to implement the new technology is an important provision in the program schedule.
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Virtual Integrated Design Environment
The outcome sought from this project is the support of a longer term vision to enable the automotive industry based enterprise to drive the integration and efficiency of the vehicle development process. Preliminary work will see the mapping of the conceptual framework for the vehicle development process, and capability and practice in Australia. Tested guidelines will be developed to assist engineers and virtual teams to engage with product information and enterprise capability. The final component of the project will develop requirements for IDEs including requirements for product development based automation and integration frameworks.
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Multi-Disciplinary Optimisation
This project aims to reduce the vehicle development time by streamlining important design activities, and integrating them into a common framework for global optimization. This framework will include the ability to incorporate noise and vibration, durability and crash-worthiness assessment of vehicle body-in-white structures. The project enables increased engineering earlier in the vehicle design process by exploiting a range of coarse and fine grain analysis tools. This ultimately leads to a more refined and higher quality product for the consumer.
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Virtual Training
This will include an investigation of the use of virtual environment & technology to train workers in aspects of their job potentially assisted by augmented reality, wearable computers and haptics. The outcome will be the design and implementation of a proof of concept demonstrator for use in training. This investigation is aimed at enabling up-front training before prototype hardware becomes available.
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Whole of Life Engineering
Aerospace design and engineering are highly weighted to 3D modeling and proof by analysis as opposed to test and demonstration. Tools for these processes are well established and in use. However at the production and in-service phase the use of data changes and engineering support becomes by-and-large manual. The project is intended to plug this gap by developing environments, tools and processes for engineers supporting production and in-service maintenance.
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