Grid Technologies for Engineering Applications
Marc Molinarie-Science Centre
University of Southampton
Overview● Project Case Studies
▪ Geodise▪ GEM▪ G-Yacht
● Grid Benefits● Further Information
e-Science Team● Richard Boardman● Sergio Campobasso● Liming Chen● Simon Cox● Mihai Duta● Clive Emberey● Hakki Eres● Matt Fairman● Carole Goble● Richard Gooding● Sam Gould● Mike Giles● Richard Harding● Ian Hartney● Tracey Hunt
● Zhuoan Jiao● Andy Keane● Marc Molinari● Graeme Pound● Nicola Reader● Colin puleston● Ben Rogers● Mark Scott● Nigel Shadbolt● Paul Smart● Wenbin Song● Barry Tao● Jasmin Wason● Fenglian Xu● Gang “Luke” Xue
Geodise
●e-Science pilot project ●Computational Fluid Dynamics●EPSRC funded research programme●Range of industrial partners
Grid-enabled Optimisation and Design Search for Engineering
Parties involved
Simon Cox – Grid/ W3C Technologies and High Performance Computing, Global Grid Forum Apps Working Group
Andy Keane – Director of Rolls Royce/ BAE Systems University Technology Partnership in Design Search and Optimisation
Mike Giles – Director of Rolls Royce University Technology Centre for Computational Fluid Dynamics
Carole Goble – Ontologies and DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML) / Ontology Inference Language (OIL)
Nigel Shadbolt – Director of Advanced Knowledge Technologies (AKT) IRC
BAE Systems - Engineering
Rolls-Royce - Engineering
Fluent - Computational Fluid Dynamics
Microsoft - Software/ Web Services
Intel - Hardware
Compusys - Systems Integration
Epistemics - Knowledge Technologies
Condor - Grid Middleware
Southampton, Oxford and Manchester
Technology
Grid Technology
Computational Steering
Knowledge Collaboration
Engineer(Matlab interface)
Visualisation
Optimisation
Computation
Databases
GEM● Provide a tool for grid-enabled electro-
magnetic optimisation for industrial use● DTI funded project● Industrial partner: Mesophotonics Ltd.● Next-generation photonic devices for high-
speed optical communication
Concept
Design
Development
Production
Application
Maintenance
Testing
Integration
Business
Technology
Application Information
Knowledge Optimisation Computation
Product DB Result Process
● Functionality, robustness, effectiveness● Transparent integration (training)● Horizontal / Vertical Business Workflow● Reliability (availability, performance, security)● Manageability● International standards (Grid-services)● Interoperability (O/S independence)● Overall efficiency (cost of ownership)
Industrial Perspective
G-Yacht● Yacht CFD and analysis tool● Industrial Partner: Wolfson Unit for Marine
Technology and Industrial Aerodynamics (WUMTIA)
● Americas Cup, Volvo Ocean Race and Vendee Globe
● Experimental data CFD data
Vision
“To develop a service to give remote access to yacht CFD and analysis tools via a Grid enabled Web portal allowing globally spread design teams to interact efficiently and effectively.”
Design Process
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Grid Technologies
● Grid technology / Webservices● Condor● Microsoft .NET● IBM Websphere● Globus Toolkit● Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)● Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)● Extend applications with Grid access
PC’s, Workstations,Cluster
Benefits of Grid Technology● Rapid prototyping less time-to-product ● Collaborative / Restrictive Engineering● Use of Resources
▪ In-house availability▪ Through services▪ Pay-per-use
● Access to technology otherwise unavailable● Lower cost
Further Information
● www.e-science.soton.ac.uk▪ www.geodise.org▪ www.soton.ac.uk/~gem▪ www.soton.ac.uk/~gyacht
● www.nesc.ac.uk● www.whiterose.ac.uk
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