New recruits help to increase computer simulation capability at TRaC
TRaC Warwick has added two recruits, Anna-Lise Gras and Dr Andrew Lockyer, to an already strong Finite Element and Computational Fluid Dynamics team.
Anna holds Master's Degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Evry University in Paris and Engineering Analysis from Grenoble University. Starting her professional career in 2003, Anna gained experience in commercial and military engineering industries at various centres in France, rising to become an analysis team leader guiding and contributing to international aerospace projects. She brings project organisation as well as high technical skills.
Andrew also holds two Master's Degrees; the first in Automotive Engineering from Leeds, the second in Automation awarded by Cranfield University where he went on to gain his PhD involving the study of wear processes. A constant thread in his studies has been the use of the advanced Multi-body Dynamics package ADAMS that he first applied to the design of Leeds University’s Formula SAE racing car, this being ranked as one of the best in Europe. In his PhD studies, Andy used ADAMS in the design of test equipment and is currently applying his skills to the development of sophisticated industrial vehicles.
In isolation, ADAMS simulates the dynamic performance of 'rigid body' mechanisms, predicting forces as the system articulates. However, when coupled with one of the finite element packages used at TRaC, the mechanism performance is modified by additional displacements due to the flexibility of the system. Assemblies can be driven as in the real application, control algorithms being made up of standard or user-defined subroutines that may include feedback loops. Originally, ADAMS was used largely in the automotive industry, applied to such problems as the prediction of the response of tyre and suspension linkages under cornering forces and passing over potholes. TRaC is seeing the use of ADAMS becoming more widespread, and now being used in such diverse industry sectors as high speed machinery, cranes and fighting vehicles.
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