Advanced materials software - support for product design, manufacture and applications

摘要

With the continuous development of new and ever advanced metal alloys and materials, compatible manufacturing and forming processes and new applications to make use of them, there is a parallel need for sophisticated allied support systems. These days this invariably involves computer software and pc or other device apps to enable correct choices of materials and processes to be made for particular component design applications. One leading company in this field is Granta Design Limited, the materials information technology expert headquartered in Cambridge, UK, whose activities are spotlighted here, referenced to one interesting material example, that of aluminium foam.