Your Virtual Engineering Department
LuxElectus is an AI-powered engineering consultancy providing automated simulation and analysis for mechanical and aerospace companies to speed up designs. AI-driven design, analysis, optimisation and R&D for mechanical and aerospace SMEs — without the specialist headcount or six-figure software licences.
The Problem: Simulation-Led Design Is Priced Out for SMEs
Simulation-led design cuts prototypes, warranty claims and time-to-market — yet for most small and medium-sized enterprises it stays out of reach.
- Specialist headcount: A dedicated CAE engineer costs £60–80k a year and is hard to recruit and retain outside the primes.
- Software licences: Commercial FEA/CFD seats run £20–50k+ per year, before HPC and training costs.
- Consultancy rates: £600–1,000 per day makes routine analysis and design iteration uneconomic.
The result: prototypes instead of simulations, late design changes, and R&D decisions made without numbers.
The Solution: AI-Powered Automated Simulation and Analysis
LuxElectus automates the full engineering workflow — from geometry to engineering report — with your engineer supervising and approving at every key decision point. We re-engineer the platform around your department's goals, not the other way round.
- Your CAD or design brief
- Automatic meshing
- Multiphysics simulation
- AI-verified results
- Engineering report
Engineer-supervised automation pauses for your review at set-up and sign-off. Every simulation passes an independent, proprietary quality-verification stage. Results arrive in days, not weeks — iterate on design variants at the pace of your ideas.
Core Services and Analysis Coverage
Five physics domains, one validated open-source solver stack — no licence fees passed to you.
- Structural: Static stress, deflection & buckling margins.
- Dynamics & shock: Modal analysis, transient shock qualification.
- Thermal: Steady & transient thermal, coupled thermo-structural analysis.
- Impact & crash: Ballistic impact, crashworthiness, drop tests.
- Hypervelocity / SPH: Debris impact, fluid–structure interaction.
- Aerodynamic CFD: External aero, compressible & turbulent flow.
- Optimisation: Design-space sweeps, weight & performance trade studies.
- R&D scoping: Literature review, gap analysis, programme design.
Platform modules include a Design Office (CAD generation & modification, design verification), Stress & Analysis, Optimisation, Test & Qualification, and R&D / Innovation support. Mix and match a design-office package, an analysis-only workbench, or the full pipeline — your materials, design rules and report templates built in.
Key Benefits
- End-to-end automation: CAD → mesh → simulation → verified results → engineering report, in days, not weeks.
- No licence fees: Built on an industrial open-source solver stack — the savings stay with you.
- Trustworthy results: Every simulation passes an independent, proprietary quality-verification stage before it reaches your desk.
- Proven platform: 13 aerospace & mechanical research programmes executed end-to-end, 190+ automated simulation tasks, developed at Queen's University Belfast's aerospace school.
- Your data stays on site: Choose cloud AI or a fully local model — with the local option, designs and IP never leave your premises.
Choose Your AI Engine
Start on cloud AI (frontier models via a secure API, zero hardware investment, pay-as-you-go) or move fully local later (all AI runs inside your building, IP never leaves site, best for confidential, defence or export-controlled work). Both options are demonstrated and validated.
How to Engage
- Free Demonstrator: Send us one of your components. We return a complete simulation study and engineering report within five working days. No cost. No commitment.
- Tailored AI Workbench: A bespoke, GUI-based system built around your department's goals — cloud or fully on-premise.
- Engineering Partnership: Ongoing simulation-on-demand, design optimisation & trade studies, and R&D programme scoping with grant-application support.
Send Us One Component — Free Demonstration
Send one CAD file or drawing. You receive a complete simulation study and engineering report — meshes, stress/thermal/flow results, and design recommendations. No cost. No commitment. Your data handled in confidence. Get a full study in five working days.
Contact
Dr Gasser Abdelal
School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Queen's University Belfast
Email: g.abdelal@qub.ac.uk
Profile: pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/gasser-abdelal
LinkedIn: Gasser Abdelal on LinkedIn
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