In computer science, Computer-aided engineering (often abbreviated as CAE) refers to software applications that facilitate the resolution of technological problems through numerical computation.
All engineering problems that can be described by equations are likely to be solved with the help of CAE programs. However, the categories of problems most frequently solved by CAE software are the following:
– Analog simulations and digital simulations of electronic circuits.
– Calculation of electromagnetic fields (both the desired ones, in the case of antennas design, and the undesirable ones, in the case of electromagnetic interference study).
– Static or dynamic calculation of structures (in civil or mechanical engineering).
During my stay in the KTH Solid Mechanics department I had the opportunity to visit the soft tissue mechanics laboratory and to try an uniaxial tensile test on tissue from a porcine aorta. I had the opportunity to participate in several experiments held by trainee Joey Wollfs. He is currently Read more…
The introduction of CFD in the design and re-design phases of hospital environments allows us to estimate air speed, temperature and track the spread of pollutants / pathogens. In particular, it is possible to use these tools to optimize the layout of hospital instrumentation for hybrid ventilated operating rooms according Read more…
Use of RecurDyn for the analysis of a compliant mechanism by modeling with techniques for the flexible multibody. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the design of Prosthetic Devices. Held for Medical Engineering at the University of Rome Read more…
Analysis of a compliant mechanism using Howell’s pseudo-rigid model and comparison with non-linear FEM analysis. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the design of Prosthetic Devices. Held for Medical Engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata . Read more…
Vento CFD offers software solutions for simulation in the wind tunnel, in the urban environment, indoor comfort and outdoor comfort. The numerical code integrates a structured grid with the immersed boundary method so as to be able to analyze complex structures in a short time, with high precision. The software Read more…
Mathematical modeling of diffusion mechanisms for drug delivery can be very useful for accelerating product development and for better understanding the mechanisms that control drug delivery from advanced delivery systems. The integration of Comsol’s numerical environment with programming in Matlab allows the development of customized and easily integrated solution models. Read more…
Topological optimization analysis aimed at minimizing the mass of a hook fixed some design parameters, such as geometric constraints and load conditions. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the design of Prosthetic Devices. Held for Medical Engineering at Read more…
Parametric optimization analysis on a hip prosthesis stem subject to two load scenarios aimed at minimizing its mass while maintaining the stress state below the design limits. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the design of Prosthetic Devices. Read more…
FEM analysis aimed at characterizing the mechanical behavior of the stem of a hip prosthesis inserted inside a femur. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the Design of Prosthetic Devices. Held for Medical Engineering at the University of Rome Read more…
A linear model of lung mechanics is analyzed in the following report. The model corresponds to an RLC circuit with unknown parameters. Parametric identification allows to trace the system governance coefficients once a mathematical model has been estimated. Different approaches allow to minimize the difference between the estimated parameters and Read more…
Finite element analysis aimed at characterizing the mechanical properties of a gyroid structure. The gyroid structure has already been presented in the article “Gyroid and minimal surfaces for CAD“. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the Design of Read more…
Realization of a lattice structure based on the Voronoi tessellation. An analysis is also performed on the optimal position of the points in order to minimize the volume of the body. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the Read more…
Pulmonary ventilation is a critical operation both during surgery and for assisted or replacement ventilation of the patient. This report proposes the analysis of a lung mechanics model through an electrical analogy with an equivalent circuit consisting of resistors and capacitors. This electrical-mechanical analogy makes it possible to analyze how Read more…
I just completed the “Simulink Foundamentals” course helded on Matlab training online platform. The course allowed me to hone some skills in using and optimizing the simulation environment developed by MathWorks. Simulink Simulink is a simulation environment that, through block diagrams, allows you to design systems with multidomain models, perform Read more…
Realization of an elementary cell of a cellular structure characterized by a Giroid geometry in a CAD modeling environment, using Solidworks. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the Design of Prosthetic Devices. Held for Medical Engineering at the Read more…