Mill roll analysis system

A method comprising:

• receiving input data from a user via a computer network, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design:
• invoking an analysis control script to automatically direct a structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data, the definition and evaluation of the analytical model including a computation of at least a displacement value or a stress value for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design;
• and
• communicating an analysis report to the user that contains analytical results from the structural analysis engine.

A computer-readable medium comprising instructions to cause a programmable processor to:

• present a network interface to include a set of predefined mill roll applications and a set of predefined mill roll types for selection by a user;
• and
• automatically direct a structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model based on a selected mill roll application and a selected mill roll type, the definition and evaluation comprising, at least one of:
• computing a displacement value for a mill roll;
• computing a stress value for a mill roll.

A system comprising:

• a web browser executing on a remote computing device;
• and a mill roll analysis system coupled to the remote computing device via a network, wherein the mill roll analysis system comprises;
• a web server providing an operating environment for a user interface module that present a web-interface to receive input data from the remote computing device, wherein the input data defines a mill roll design, and
• an application server providing an operating environment for an analysis control script and a structural analysis engine, wherein the analysis control script automatically directs the structural analysis engine to define and evaluate an analytical model for the mill roll design based on the input data, wherein the definition and evaluation of the analytical model for the mill roll design comprises computing at least a displacement value or a stress value for the mill roll defined by the mill roll design.