Old Mandate (1999 Version)

Mandate of the Computer Aided Engineering Committee (CAEC)  - 1999

  • The Computer Aided Engineering Committee (CAEC) steers the activities concerning tools and support for computer aided mechanical engineering and related fields at CERN. To this aim it requests and controls the budget covering the purchase and maintenance of standardized hardware and software. CAEC reports to the Technical Director.
  • CAEC shall cover the following areas:
    •           Mechanical computer aided engineering
    •           Mechanical finite element calculations
    •           Field calculation programs
    •           Engineering data management systems
       

    CAEC shall recommend hardware and software in view of standardized utilization of CAE tools at CERN for the above mentioned areas and promote their implementation. CAEC advises on the purchase of non-standardized software in related matters;

     

    CAEC shall advise the support groups with responsibilities in the above mentioned areas on the allocation of personnel resources;

     

    CAEC shall elaborate and propose CERN's long term strategy for tools in the above mentioned areas and monitor its implementation.