The recent research on virtual prototyping engineering for complex products

In recent years, based on the previous research work, "virtual prototyping engineering for complex product (CPVPE)" project, combined with current technology developments and application requirements, is further studied and practiced. Some latest research results gained are introduced in This work in detail, which include the collaborative simulation grid based system technology for CPVPE, component based collaborative modeling and simulation technology for CPVP (complex product virtual prototype), multidisciplinary design optimization technology for CPVP, collaborative virtual environment technology, collaborative simulation grid platform based supporting environment technology for CPVPE, etc. Furthermore, a tools suit for CPVPE, namely COSIM-grid, developed by authors and their colleagues is presented. At last, some typical cases based on COSIM-grid are also presented.