Engineering Research Equipment Grant: Computer Workstation

基于决策的设计，即工程师做出与工件设计相关的决策，由四个阶段组成，即划分、计划、解决方案和解决方案后分析。首席研究员将开发原始、适应性和变型设计的划分和规划能力。为了实现这一目标，他将开发两个计算机程序，即分区器（一个专家系统）和规划器（一个混合计算机程序）。为了验证这种方法，他计划开发三个案例，即新机制的设计（原始设计），太阳能灌溉系统的设计（自适应设计）和使用复合材料的压力容器的设计（变体设计）。这项工作将有助于设计所需的两个方面的知识，即关于设计的知识和设计的知识。

Decision-based design, where the engineer makes decisions associated with the design of an artifact, consists of four phases, namely, partitioning, planning, solution, and post-solution analyses. The principal investigator will develop the capability for partitioning and planning in original, adaptive and variant design. To accomplish this he will develop two computer programs, namely, partitioner (an expert system) and planner (a hybrid computer program). In order to validate this approach, he plans to develop three cases, namely, design of a novel mechanism (original design), design of a solar powered irrigation system (adaptive design), and design of pressure vessels using composite materials (variant design). This work will contribute to two aspects of the knowledge needed in design, namely, knowledge about design and knowledge for design.