Engineering data exchange for multidisciplinary analysis using embedding technique

Abstract: The aim of this work is to improve the sharing of Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Engineering data between different applications by investigating different enabling technologies and developing a integrated design system that make an automated and seamless information exchange for multidisciplinary analysis possible. An embedded approach has been used, which makes the data public with objects that are discrete software components that contain data and are able to manipulate it. The objects could be used directly in different applications. Accordingly the native model is embedded into the application and utilised by the belonging functions. The work has demonstrated how embedded Computer Aided Design data has been used in downstream applications such as structural dynamics and aero-acoustics for exhaust system design.