An innovator’s playground: how computational science is transforming design

Engineering design has been transformed by ever-faster digital computers, advanced graphics engines and CFD/FEA simulation tools. The revolution continues through increased use of electronic sensors, wireless transmission, data storage, filtering and analysis plus the use of BIM, digital manufacture and the creation of new materials founded on nanoscale structures that were unthinkable a decade ago. With presentations from four leading designers this Clerkenwell Design Week Fringe Event will illustrate how the digital revolution has shaped McLaren’s F1 and Tour de France engineering solutions, Ben Ainslie’s (Land Rover BAR) America Cup foiling cat, Richard Noble’s 1000mph Bloodhound Car and Thornton Tomasetti’s super tall buildings.