Engineering of systems for application scientific computing in industry

Engineering of systems for application scientific computing in industry

Loeve, W.

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

1992-09-09

Mathematics software is of growing importance for computer simulation in industrial computer aided engineering. Mathematics software not only has to fulfil functional requirements to be applicable in industry, also performance requirements have to be met. The performance requirements concern accessibility, availability, continuity, integrity and timeliness of the software itself as well as of the data generated by the software. In general mathematics software for simulation of aspects of e.g. fluid and solid mechanics is complex. Besides it must be possible that the mathematics software cooperates with other software such as for user interaction and data management. The total software collection will be implemented in industry on a variety of interconnected computer systems. The mathematics software and supporting software must be structured in such a way that functions and performance can be maintained easily. This means easy adaption to extensions and improvements in the complex combination of hardware and software in wich mathematics software is integrated in the industrial environment. In the present paper a method is described for structuring mathematics software in such a way that the requirements can be met. Application of the method requires expertise in various areas. As a consequence representatives of various specialisms have to contribute to the development and production of mathematics software. In view of this, the method is designed to enable efficient cooperation of groups of skilled specialists in development and production of mathematics software.

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Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium

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NLR Technical Publication TP 92160 L

Aerospace Engineering Reports

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