An integrated software environment for multi-disciplinary computational engineering

As computer simulation increasingly supports engineering design and manufac ture, the requirement for a computer software environment providing an inte gration platform for computational engineering software increases. The pote ntial benefits to industry are considerable. As a first step in the long-te rm development of such a system, a computer software environment has been d eveloped for pre- and post-processing for unstructured grid-based computati onal simulation Arbitrary computer application software can be integrated i nto the environment to provide a multi-disciplinary engineering analysis ca pability within one unified computational framework. Recognising the comput ational demands of many application areas, the environment includes a set o f parallel tools to help the user maximise the potential of high performanc e computers and networks. The paper will present details of the environment and include an example of, and discussion about, the integration of applic ation software.