80 results about "Engineering design process" patented technology

A method, system, process, and computer program that receives, collects, displays, and optimizes user-defined data. The collection, analysis, and optimization process is applicable to a wide variety of industries for both real-time and historical data. Some sample industries that will benefit from this invention include: securities trading, vehicular traffic optimization, medical image scanning, wireless communications, and aircraft routing.

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the capabilities of a social collaboration application are leveraged to permit synchronized viewing of computer aided design (CAD) models and exchange of annotations (e.g., redlines) related thereto, in a social review session involving differing applications executing on different computers. By utilizing the capabilities of the social collaboration application as a transport mechanism, users operating differing applications on different computers may participate in the social review session for the CAD model, thereby allowing users who do not, for example, have access to the application in which the CAD model was developed to be part of the review process.

A system and method for providing configuration management support for an engineering design, the system using an object-oriented database and private workspace to provide for change isolation. The creation of the private workspace is accomplished with a novel “ownership only” full copying approach which is efficient with respect to disk storage space and consumption of computing resources, especially where the database includes many small items which are under configuration management.

A method of knowledge-based engineering design of an instrument panel for a vehicle includes the steps of defining a parameter of the instrument panel using a knowledge-based engineering library stored in a memory of a computer system, generating a model of the instrument panel based on the parameter and analyzing the model of the instrument panel. The method also includes the steps of comparing a result of the analysis of the model of the instrument panel to a predetermined criteria from the knowledge-based engineering library, and varying the parameter so that the model of the instrument panel meets the predetermined criteria.

The invention provides a highway engineering project supervision system. The highway engineering project supervision system includes a real-time monitoring module, a project management module, an information management module and a configuration module; a highway engineering project electronic archive is constructed, the videos, files and data are integrated and archived so as to be managed; real-time remote video monitoring is performed on the construction site of an engineering project based on a plurality of kinds of out-field monitoring equipment; and work attendance check management on the field supervision staff of the project and management on the related files of the engineering project are realized. According to the system, whole-process tracking and supervision of the highway engineering project is carried out from a plurality of highway project implementation related links, such as engineering field, staff presence, engineering process and file archiving, and therefore, process-based high-quality completion of the highway engineering project can be ensured through a standardized supervision flow, time and labor costs required to be invested into the supervision of the engineering project can be effectively decreased, and an intelligent supervision means and tool can be provided for engineering project supervision departments.

A design system includes a design engine for generating designs, an evaluation process for evaluating the generated designs based on human visual inspection and / or domain knowledge, and an optimization process for pruning based at least in part on the evaluation. Generation of additional designs is performed based on optimization. Newly-generated designs are then subjected to the same iterative steps. In one embodiment a simulator is also used to evaluate the generated designs, in part, with numerically designed specification. Subjective human evaluation is used fully or at least in part of an optimization process to obtain final designs. Human visual inspection and domain knowledge is used to evaluate and rate key designs at different points in the evolution of a design.

The Mechanical Rotor is a simple unique invention that salvages torque energy from excess linear kinetic energy produced by flowing rivers, streams, ocean currents, or blowing wind. The unique design of the invention salvages torque by the drag principal of Physics during part of a rotation. Rotation completion limits exposure to only a small aerodynamic surface into the pressure of the linear kinetic force.The invention can be elongated, stacked, or clustered, and scalable, to accommodate any engineering design desired for using the salvaged torque to pump liquids, compress pneumatics, or generate electricity or any other useful purposes.

The invention relates to augmented reality (AR) equipment with functions of dust prevention and cleaning for engineering design. The AR equipment comprises a main body, a display screen, lenses, cameras, a dust prevention mechanism and a cleaning mechanism, wherein the dust prevention mechanism comprises a lifting assembly and a fastening assembly; the cleaning mechanism comprises a swing assemblyand a reciprocating assembly. The AR equipment with the functions of dust prevention and cleaning for engineering design is provided with the dust prevention mechanism, so that a dustproof cover canbe enabled to extend out from the interior of the main body for the use of an engineer, and the influence, caused by dust easily entering the respiratory tract, to a human body is prevented; furthermore, the dustproof cover can be stored in the dust prevention mechanism, thus being convenient to carry and place; the cleaning mechanism can be used for wiping water mist and dust on the surfaces of the lenses, thus enabling the lenses to be clean and clear and facilitating the cameras to acquiring the surrounding data; therefore, AR modeling is bettered performed, the effect of the engineering design is improved, and the practicality of the AR equipment is improved.

This software product is an system for the automatic creation of a specification file in a format compatible with an engineering computer assisted design program (CAD) thereby permitting the rapid and efficient creation of engineering designs, specifically for piping, in accordance with industry recognized standards, and for verifying that the proposed design meets the engineering standards for maximum allowable working pressure and temperature.

The present invention discloses a BIM-based engineering design and management system. The system comprises a data acquisition module, a data processing module, a central processing unit, a front-end intelligent device and a background database automatic updating module. The front-end intelligent device comprises a BIM building information model module, an engineering design management module, a project log information management module, a schedule management module and a three-dimensional effect generation module. The beneficial effects of the system disclosed by the present invention are that: the rationality of the design scheme is improved, and the construction rework caused by the design change is reduced, so that the engineering cost is saved; and in addition, there is no need for theon-site management personnel to carry a lot of drawings and other materials, so that the progress for processing on-site problems can be effectively tracked, and the project constructability can be intuitively understood.

A method and systems of safety analysis of engineering processes for safety analysis of nuclear power stations are disclosed. A distribution of risk factors is analysed on different stages of the engineering process, and safety intervals are determined where safety conditions remain invariable. The method further includes analysis of failure transitions from one safety interval into another by means of cause-effect analysis. Based on the results of this analysis, deterministic safety models are created for possible scenarios of transition of failures from one safety interval into another. The method and systems provide quantitative safety analysis and evaluation for engineering processes in variable safety conditions and enable creating valid safety requirements to perform optimization of an engineering processes control system.

The invention relates to an engineering project visual progress control system based on a three-dimensional real scene. The image information data of the construction site is obtained by the unmannedaerial vehicle with the depth camera, the image information data processing is integrated and real-time three-dimensional modeling is carried out by the image synthesis processing system, the data ofthe completed actual engineering quantity and the planned engineering quantity on the project site through the data transmission system, the real-time data collected at the construction site is displayed by the 3D display system of an engineering design model through the 3D real-time model, and the user can obtain the latest progress information of the project through the WeChat application software through the data query system, find out the project earned value of the key line, generate the earned value curve, and realize the progress control of the project. On the basis of the three-dimensional real scene, the invention displays the latest progress of the project site and provides a comparison with the predicted completion situation of the project, thereby providing assistance for the progress control of the project.

The present invention relates to design and configuration engineering and more particularly to providing a Configurator system that automates aspects of the engineering design process. The Configurator System automates the configuration engineering process associated with creating new designs for customers based on a catalog of pre-designed options and can generate 2D drawings and 3D models necessary to manufacture the product in an automated fashion.

The invention discloses a dynamic load bearing design method applied to a reciprocating compressor crankshaft. The method solves the problems that in the traditional dynamic load bearing design process, parameters are difficult to determine, and characteristic parameter calculation is complex. The design method comprises the steps of width-diameter ratio design and radius gap interval computationin the bearing design process, and further comprises the step of calculation of pressure distribution, minimum oil film thickness, oil film pressure, lubricating oil flow, power loses, equivalent temperature rise and the like of a bearing, all parameter indexes of the bearing are checked more comprehensively, and the design objective safety is high. According to the method, a finite element methodis adopted for solving a Reynolds equation, compared with traditional experience formula computing, more parameters can be obtained, as for the bearing, with the complex variable working condition, like the dynamic load bearing, the design steps are simplified, and the design time is saved; and design of a bearing oil inlet hole is carried out by drawing a cloud picture of a pressure crankshaft angle and a bearing circumferential unfolding angle.

The invention provides an ObjectARX-based standardized intelligent design for rural power network engineering. The standardized intelligent design comprises an engineering information module, a designing and drawing module, a material drawing model module, a sag calculation and analysis module, an equipment topology analysis module, a material calculation module and an engineering pre-settlement module. With the adoption of the standardized intelligent design provided by the invention, rapid drawing and binding of a pixel and a material can be realized through a typical design resource management and design engineering management model in a rural power network engineering process, and a design result is intelligently output in a drawing or list manner. A flexible, portable and intelligent rural power network engineering platform is actually provided for a user. With the adoption of the portable and intelligent rural power network engineering platform, the design efficiency is improved, the design difficulty is reduced, the design depth is improved, the error rate is reduced, and the engineering design level in an electric power enterprise is improved in overall.

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to integrate multiple engineering design systems in a computer aided design (CAD) system. A design generator is displayed and used to create an engineering design that has different worksheets. Each worksheet represents a different aspect of the design, has local design objects that represent functional aspects of a component that are independent from the component's physical representation, and relation objects that models constraints for properties of the design objects. The objects are organized into a functional layout document (FLD) that is stored in a data center / database that is shared by the worksheets. The FLD is then used to design an engineering design / model.

The invention relates to a multi-channel easy-open lid automatic stamping engineering design scheme and a production line, particularly suitable for constructing a metal easy-open lid automatic stamping production line with 4 channels, 6 channels, 8 channels, 10 channels or more even channels. An easy-open lid stamping channel group A (1) and a channel group B (2) in opposite progressive directions are arranged in parallel on a high-speed punch; the same numbers of forming channels are respectively arranged on the channel group A (1) and the channel group B (2), and the progressive directions of all the forming channels on either channel group are the same. The invention solves the eccentric load problem of easy-open lid stamping, constructs the automatic stamping production line with 6 channels, 8 channels, 10 channels or more even channels on the high-speed punch, decreases the investment cost and manifolds the yield and the quality stability of the single stamping line, wherein the yield of the production line with 6 channels is larger than 3600 pieces / min, the yield of the production line with 8 channels is larger than 4800 pieces / min, and the yield of the production line with 10 channels is larger than 6000 pieces / min.

The present invention relates to an engineering design method and a system of implementing same. In one embodiment, the method includes a construction process of knowledge components and a design process based on the knowledge components. The knowledge components pack universal modules in the standard forms. Accordingly, the knowledge components are independent from design layouts or design processes of products, and reusable in different projects and platforms. The design process integrates a variety of software platforms via an uniform environment and calls the knowledge components to complete the engineering designs. Further, the design process defines a data relation and an execution relation of the knowledge components and establishes a relationship between the knowledge components without programming. The universal module comprises at least operations, methods, rules and / or flows of an engineering design process and engineering analysis process.

A system and method of component procurement efficiently provides a centralized location for storing and retrieving component data. The engineering method is for procuring a manufactured component through a plurality of development stages. According to one embodiment, the method includes providing a database for storing information related to procuring the manufactured component, sharing the database among a plurality of relevant parties such as a manufacturer and a supplier and inputting data into the database by at least one of the relevant parties during a development stage of the manufactured component. The method also includes modifying the database at each development stage if necessary. The database holds data related to procurement of components for a computer system and is accessible to a manufacturer and at least one outside vendor. The database includes a pointer for locating data related to at least one of the development stages. The data in the database includes procurement-related data such as production information, testing information, regulatory information, and cost information. The database is stored on a memory and includes a plurality of partitions, each partition relating to manufacturing the component. The database also includes a plurality of fields within each partition, the plurality of fields for logging information related to a plurality of manufacturing development stages. The database also includes a plurality of storage locations for storing data related to the plurality of partitions.

The invention is a composite of interdependent engineering methods for earthen fill engineering and construction. The invention provides a computer method for correlation of the combination-specific energy values with all physical and engineering properties of all soil types and amended soil types in the compacted state that correspond to and are the product of the specific combination of field variables. In addition to interdependent utilization of the energy and corresponding engineering properties in method development, the energy and corresponding engineering properties are cross-tabulated or integrated with curve intercepts within data-based cross-matrices of all field combinations for use in engineering design, laboratory compaction testing, and construction controls including site-specific moisture-density curve location. The cross-matrix values are related or intercepted in a manner that permits determining values for additional field combinations that have not been tested on a full scale.

The invention relates to a design method of an engine thrust reverser, which is applied to the engineering design of aviation medium and large turbo fan thrust reverser. The design method comprises the steps of firstly, determining the design requirements of the engine thrust reverser, and then determining engine flow parameters relevant to reverse thrust; designing a thrust reversing blade grids and runners according to the flow parameters and carrying out two-dimensional modeling, and carrying out calculation and simulation, thus obtaining reverse thrust and performance parameters of an engine of the thrust reverser; and if the result meets the design requirements of the thrust reverser, finishing, otherwise, redesigning the thrust reversing blade grids and the runners. According to the design method, the negative effects of the work of the engine thrust reverser on the performance of an engine body can be sufficiently considered, so that the problem of the negative effects can be solved in the engineering design stage; the method adopts simple processes, and is easy to operate, and the design result is verified by experiments, so that the practical engineering demands can be met.

The invention relates to an augmented reality (AR) helmet with a lens retracting and releasing function for engineering design. The AR helmet comprises a main body, a camera, two lenses, a retractingand releasing mechanism and two cleaning mechanisms, wherein the retracting and releasing mechanism comprises a first driving assembly, a base, a fixed rod and two rotating assemblies, wherein each rotating assembly comprises a movable rod, a limiting block, a rotating rod, a torsion spring and a spring; each cleaning mechanism comprises a second driving assembly, a transmission assembly, a cleaning assembly, a support rod, a movable frame, two driving rods, two movable blocks, two driving blocks and two bearing seats. The AR helmet with the lens retracting and releasing function for the engineering design is provided with the retracting and releasing mechanism, so that a worker can control the retracting and releasing of the lenses according to the situation; furthermore, the distance between the two lenses can be controlled, so that the practicality of the AR helmet is improved. In addition, the cleaning mechanisms can be used for cleaning water mist and dust on the surfaces of the lenses, so that the clarity of the lenses is improved.

The invention discloses a rock mass engineering parameter calculation method and system based on statistical rock mass mechanics. According to the calculation method, field test data of rock uniaxialcompressive strength, deformation parameters and a rock mass structural surface network and the structural surface friction angle serves as the basis, engineering design parameters such as the anisotropy elasticity modulus, the poisson ratio, the permeability ellipsoid and the permeability coefficient and anisotropy ratios and weakening coefficients of various parameters are calculated, and all-space-direction rock mass quality grading is conducted. By means of the calculation method, more reliable calculation parameters can be provided for engineering design through comparison and revision ofa proper quantity of in-situ test data, the workload and investment for large in-situ tests can be greatly reduced, and the period of early-stage investigation of a project can be remarkably shortened, so that huge engineering and economic benefits are generated.

This method proposes a complex aircraft aerodynamic heating calculation method that can be used in engineering design. This method uses the CFD method to solve the Euler equation for the external inviscid flow field to calculate the complex shape; determine the outer edge parameters of the aircraft boundary layer through CFD; and then in Inside the boundary layer where the viscosity plays a dominant role, the engineering reference enthalpy method is used to calculate the surface heat flow, and various forms of the reference enthalpy method are synthesized. This method not only overcomes the disadvantage that the pure engineering algorithm is difficult to solve the complex shape and surface parameters, but also the calculation amount is much smaller than the pure numerical algorithm, which effectively improves the accuracy and calculation efficiency of the outer edge parameters of the aircraft boundary layer. This method and software use the CFD method to establish a surface flow field database for the complex shape of the aircraft, and can calculate the aerodynamic heating of the aircraft for a long time along the flight trajectory. The calculation efficiency is much higher than the direct numerical solution of the N-S equation to calculate the aerodynamic heat. It can be applied to engineering design.

The present invention relates to a method of interactive visualization and parameter selection for engineering design. Initially, a nominal topology and associated design variables are set. The design variables are treated as being independent of each other for the purposes of a design variable sweep or sensitivity analysis to determine effects of changes in design variables on performance. The results of the sweep are presented to a designer, for example, by a suitable software tool including a graphical user interface. The designer selects design variables and revises their values based on the visually presented results of the sweep and effects a simulation using the revised values. If the results are satisfactory and a stopping condition is satisfied then the method is done. Otherwise, a determination must be made as to whether additional values can be changed or whether a new sweep must be effected. If a sweep is to be made, according the method of the present invention, an optional step is to change to topology prior to sweeping.

The invention relates to cleaning type virtual reality glasses with a zooming function and for engineering design. The cleaning type virtual reality glasses include a main body, two concave lenses, and two control mechanisms; two focusing mechanisms and two dust removing mechanisms are arranged in the main body; and each focusing mechanism includes a first gear, an annular groove, a second gear, aconnecting rod, a third gear, a fourth gear, a vertical rod, a rack, a limiting groove and two limiting components. According to the cleaning type virtual reality glasses with the zooming function and for engineering design, the control mechanisms control the focusing mechanisms to drive the concave lens to move back and forth so as to adjust the focal length, and then a user can accurately adjust the focal length according to the myopia degree of the user, and the practicality of the virtual reality glasses can be improved; the dust removing mechanisms can remove dust from the concave lens while the user does not use the glasses, so that the user experience will not be lowered with the use of the virtual reality glasses, and the market competitiveness of the virtual reality glasses can be improved.

The invention discloses a numerical simulation method of thermophysical transmission under a multi-scale framework, and proposes a set of multi-scale nonlinear model for describing mixed-type coupledheat and moisture transmission between human body, fabrics, fiber materials and phase change material particles; the multi-scale model integrates the dynamic thermal boundary condition between the above entities, and adopts coupled partial differential equation for description, wherein the partial differential equation is discretized through a finite volume method; at the same time, considering different wearing scenes, the scheme of digital simulation of smart warm clothing is proposed; in the engineering design process of the smart warm clothing, the simulation scheme proposed by the presentinvention can be used to evaluate the thermal intelligence quality of the clothing in advance, thereby reducing the design cost.

The invention is a composite of interdependent engineering methods for earthen fill engineering and construction. The invention includes the development, utilization, and correlation of actual, cumulative field compaction energies, unique to and based on field combination-specific variables of any combination but including all of the following: soil type, compactor type, lift thickness, moisture content, and soil amendment type and mix. Interdependent development of the field combination-specific compaction energies includes the following combination-specific steps: novel rolling resistance energy versus dry density field trials, novel generation and direct curvalinear utilization of parabolic rolling resistance energy curves with roller passes, novel determination of asymptotic energy-density approach ranges, novel selection and application of percentage density sectors on novel moisture-density curves, and novel projection of said percentage density sectors onto corresponding roller compaction energy curves for selection and use of design compaction energy levels. Interdependent correlation of the combination-specific energy values is made with all physical and engineering properties of all soil types and amended soil types in the compacted state that corresponds to and is the product of the specific combination of field variables. In addition to interdependent utilization of the energy and corresponding engineering properties in method development, the energy and corresponding engineering properties are tabulated within cross-matrices of all field combinations for use in engineering design, laboratory compaction testing, and construction controls. The cross-matrix values are related in a manner that permits determining values for additional field combinations that have not been tested on a full scale.

The invention relates to an AR (Augmented Reality) device for engineering design and with a heat preservation function. The AR device comprises a shell, an elastic band and a washing mechanism, wherein a first concave groove and two second concave grooves are formed in the shell; heat preservation mechanisms are arranged in the second concave grooves; the washing mechanism comprises a movement unit and two scrubbing units; the movement unit comprises a cross beam, three first springs and two driving components; the heat preservation mechanisms comprise lifting units and butting units; the lifting units comprise telescopic components, sliding blocks, sliding grooves, telescopic racks, movement blocks, movement grooves and lifting plates. The AR device for the engineering design and with theheat preservation function, through the heat preservation mechanisms, can be used for effectively carrying out heat preservation on the ears of a constructor when a temperature of a construction siteis lower, and is used for preventing the ears of the constructor using the AR device from being frostbitten; in addition, through the washing mechanism, the AR device can be used for cleaning up dustaccumulated on the inner and outer sides of a screen of the AR device, and a display effect of the screen is prevented from descending due to the blockage of the dust.