Multi-disciplinary simulation and analysis of complex product in service oriented environment

Abstract

Simulation and analysis are computational techniques evaluating dynamic features of the component in design. Multi-disciplinary simulation is advocated to guarantee high fidelity simulating of the real state of working. The interoperability and reusability of simulation models in distributed heterogeneous environment are the inherent requirement for the analysis of complex product which is designed by geographically distributed teams in a process of great complexity. The service oriented computing(SOC) is emerging as a new paradigm of software system for distributed application. We propose a multi-disciplinary simulation environment based SOC. The process of work and the computing resources are defined, registered, consumed and orchestrated services. We address several key issues in this analysis environment and study a typical case based on a prototype system. The new paradigm leverages available engineering resources embodied as loosely-coupled services. Service oriented computing has great potential in engineering application.