Innovation for an inclusive future

This workshop will focus on setting the agenda for research, practice and policy in support of inclusive design for third generation computer-based products. The next generation of technology represents an unprecedented opportunity to improve the quality of life for groups of users who have previously faced exclusion, such as those with impairments and older citizens. At the same time it risks creating a greater digital divide and further exclusion. How we approach design for this new generation will determine whether or not the third wave will provide positive advances towards an inclusive digital world. We therefore need to put forward both a rationale for inclusive design and provide pointers towards technical development and design practice in support of inclusion. It is our belief that there is not only a strong moral case for design for inclusion but also significant commercial incentive, which may be key to persuading influential players to focus on inclusion. Therefore one of our key objectives is to describe and promote the advantages of designing ‘in from the edges’ of the user population rather than designing for a notional ‘average’ user

Simulation of heat transfer and metal flow in wire-based electro beam additive manufacturing

The urgency of mathematical model development for wire-based electron-beam additive manufacturing process analysis is shown. The procedure of solving heat equation for metal in the solid phase and the Navier-Stokes equations in the liquid phase, based on the use of the finite-difference method and the predictor-corrector procedure is described. An algorithm for numerical approximation of free melt surface motion, using the concept of the volume of fluid (VOF), is described as well. A numerical algorithm for surface tension force calculating is proposed. The model described above was realized as a program in the Microsoft Visual Studio environment. Series of computational experiments were carried out to calculate metal flow during deposition with the use of 316L steel wire. The results of experiments are compared with experimental data