A network of workstations and personal computers is in place and a separate personal computer facility exists, often used for data acquisition and control. The workstations run Finite Element Analysis, Mechanisms Analysis, Solid Modelling and Computational Fluid Dynamics packages. Supercomputers are also employed for processor intensive calculations, which are common in some areas of engineering. The PC network supports word processing, presentations, spreadsheet, database, equation solving, algebra, editing etc. There is an excellent library with automated search facilities.
Staff provide expert assistance on computer based literature searching.
The library subscribes to the most important automotive related journals and has an extensive collection of relevant textbooks.