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Grid Technologies for
Engineering Applications
Marc Molinari
e-Science Centre
University of Southampton
Overview
● Project Case Studies
▪ Geodise
▪ GEM
▪ G-Yacht
● Grid Benefits
● Further Information
e-Science Team
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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
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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
Grid-enabled Optimisation and
Design Search for Engineering
● e-Science pilot project
● Computational Fluid Dynamics
● EPSRC funded research programme
● Range of industrial partners
Parties involved
Southampton, Oxford and Manchester
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
Technology
Engineer
(Matlab interface)
Databases
Collaboration
Optimisation
Grid
Technology
Visualisation
Knowledge
Computation
Computational
Steering
GEM
● Provide a tool for grid-enabled electromagnetic optimisation for industrial use
● DTI funded project
● Industrial partner: Mesophotonics Ltd.
● Next-generation photonic devices for highspeed optical communication
Integration
Concept
Knowledge
Design
Optimisation
Computation
Result
Process
Development
Production
Product DB
Testing
Application
Business
Maintenance
Application
Information
Technology
Industrial Perspective
● 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)
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
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Grid technology / Webservices
PC’s, Workstations,
Condor
Cluster
Microsoft .NET
IBM Websphere
Globus Toolkit
Open Grid Services Architecture (OGSA)
Grid Security Infrastructure (GSI)
Extend applications with Grid access
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