Abstract Product development , which is subject to cost and time pressure, increasingly calls for intensive use of numerical methods , for example the finite element method( FEM) . The growing complexity of design tasks as well as the rapidly increasing scope of functions of commercial software often makes it too difficult for the product developer to apply these methods. Therefore, the know-how of experts in computational engineering is required. The following approaches can reduce the resulting gap between design and computation, thus enabling a successful robust and more time-effective product development process.
O. Steinbrink, G. Kuhn, S. Wartzack, W. Schweiger, H. Meerkamm. Design and Computational Engineering——Computer Support and Interactions. Chinese Journal of Engineering Design, 2000, 7(3): 6-12.
