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