INTEGRATING NUMERICAL COMPUTATION

WITH SIMULATION
IN RAPID ENGINEERING DESIGN

RAHMADYA TRIAS HANDAYANTO

UNIVERSITY OF ISLAMIC “45”
 Why the research is done
• Current design paradigm is not only focus on
computing
 Why the research is done
• Design must also consider the aspects of
beauty, safety, comfort and other elements of
human nature.
 Why the research is done
• Speed in design are required by the engineers.
• There is a gap between numerical calculations
and simulations.
 Why the research is done
Design Stress Spring
Constant, k
Load ID

Longest
Numerical Computation OD

Length Number of
Twist, N
Lowest
G
Length How to bridge ?
Spring
Constant, k

ID

OD Simulation
Number of
Twist, N
Which language is good enough for integrating
numerical computation with simulation ?

• L. Saaty have been advised to use Analytic

Hierarcy Process (AHP) for select the right
decision.
• With Expert Choice 2000 I try to select well
programming laguage between MATLAB,
Visual Basic, Delphi and Fortan.
• To accelerate the selection process, the
criterias that we use are taken from previous
research by Gartner
 RESULT
• Matlab language has a score slightly above the
Visual Basic and Delphi. The lowest score is old
programming language FORTRAN.
 PROTOTYPING
• Components required are:
1. MATLAB 7 Software
2. Toolbox
3. Graphic User Interface (GUI)
4. M-Files
 SCHEME
Controlling
Programme
User
Interface
M-FIles

Simulation

Numerical GGUI
GUI
Computation
Tools

Tool Boxes SIMULINK

 Output

Input Simulation
After Designing Phase
After Simulation With Toolbox
Simulation With Simulink
Simulation With Figure
Running Programe

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 Conclusions
• From the research we can be concluded as
follows:
• Appropriate software for the integration of
numerical computing with simulation is MATLAB,
followed by visual basic, Borland Delphi and
Fortran
• Currently paradigm, the designer does not only
see the results of the design are right or wrong,
but should also knows it’s response by simulating
results for other aspects (the beauty, comfort,
speed of response and others human nature).
 Advice
• The suggestions can be given are (for next
research) :
• Should be included web-based software
support in the selection criteria (at AHP)
because of internet explotion.
• This research should be continued with
integrating to other applications such as
AutoCAD or CATIA.
Thank’s