The technical areas of NAFEMS are coordinated by a number of
specialist working groups
, drawn exclusively from the NAFEMS membership. These working
groups identify areas of interest to the analysis community that
require new educational materials to be developed. This process is
based on a combination of the results of surveys and the personal
knowledge of the committee members.
An important feature of the NAFEMS publications which are
subsequently produced, is that each text undergoes a rigorous
examination and critique by the experts sitting on the NAFEMS
technical working groups which commissioned the work. These
working groups draw together a potent blend of leading academic
researchers, engineering practitioners and software vendors giving
a unique insight and perspective into the problem area being
scrutinized.
Increasingly, working groups are becoming multi-national in their
make up. From time to time, some groups are formed on a short-term
basis to address specific issues with experts drawn from the most
appropriate technical areas for the duration of the project.
Each of the chairmen of the technical working groups and the
regional steering groups provide an overview of priorities and
input to the future deliverables plan and the budgeting process for
commissioning new documentation.
Technical Working Groups
analysis management
Chairman
Chris Rogers CREA Consultants
The intent of the AMWG is to cover the traditional Quality
Assurance aspects of analysis, and to extend the work into the
quality of the analysis (and by definition the end product), and
the management of the analysis process. The Terms of Reference
specifically indicate...more
CAD/FE integration
Chairmen
Cecil Armstrong Queen's University Belfast
Peter Bartholomew MDAO Technologies
The CAD-FE Working Group is concerned with improving the design
process through the integration of numerical analysis and CAD for
use across a full range of disciplines.
The group also provides input to ISO...more
computational fluid dynamics
Chairman
Althea de Souza Pall Aerospace
The CFD working group was founded in 1995 with the objective; " to promote the safe and reliable use of CFD and to provide guidance
and information for CFD users of all levels.
"
The work of the group is aimed at encouraging and supporting the
increasing...more
computational structural mechanics
Chairmen
Peter Gosling University of Newcastle
John McVee QinetiQ
This newly formed group is a merger between the previous Non-Linear
Working Group, and the New Technology Working Group.
Further information will be available soon.
...more
dynamics and testing
Chairman
Nick Lieven University of Bristol
The DTWG aims to bring together analysts and experimentalists to
form a common body of understanding in dynamics. It is the
belief of this group that the integration of test and analysis is
at the core of engineering understanding. Although the
background of the...more
education and training
Chairman
Adib Becker University of Nottingham
NAFEMS Education and Training Working Group has 4 main tasks. These
are:
To produce educational documents
To oversee the Registered Analyst
(RA) scheme
To accredit training courses and to monitor their delivery
To develop a set of tests for personal...more
multiphysics
Chairman
Avril Slone University of Wales
The Multi-Physics Working Group (MPWG) has recently been set up
with the objective to promote the understanding and competent use
of multi-physics analysis (MPA) within industry and the more
general engineering community.
At this initial stage, besides multi-physics...more
stochastics
Extract significantly more business value from your investment in
engineering analysis and simulation through the implementation of stochastic applications
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Produce repeatable, realistic and rapid results
Reduce design cycle times through faster iterative analysis
Reduce the number of physical prototypes...more
Simulation Data Management
Today, many manufacturers are facing tremendous challenges related
to the storage and retrieval of simulation data. Product Data
Management (PDM) systems are not capable of handling the terabytes
of information which are generated as a result of performing these
complex simulations. Simulation Data Management (SDM)...more
technical liaison group
Chairman
Paul Newton GBE
The technical activities of NAFEMS are directed by the Technical
Liaison Group (TLG). The TLG currently consists of the chairmen of
the Technical Working Groups.
During 2005-2006, the TLG has been focusing on two primary
activities:
a) Managing and co-ordinating the pipeline of...more
Chairmans Area
In order to facilitate greater collaboration between the various
NAFEMS working and steering groups, minutes from each group meeting
will be made available online to working and steering group
chairmen.
In order to access these minutes, you must be logged in using your
chairmans password.
Please note that only...more
