A Knowledge-Based Approach to Design Representation and Analysis

在本项目中开展的努力中预期的创新主要涉及将专家系统技术融入机械设计和有限元分析。由此产生的软件将提供一个有效的三维设计工具，使新手用户可以获得专家技能，而不需要详尽的有限元理论和术语背景。这种可用性可能会减少设计时间和生产率。设计表示系统(DRS)将以一种可由各种其他应用程序处理的格式来表示设计。基于特征的设计越来越受欢迎，DRS的预期通用性将代表这一领域的进步。该项目提出了一些具有挑战性的障碍，需要在实施过程中克服。专家系统技术在机械工程中的应用是一个较新的研究领域，前人在这方面的工作较少。预计这项研究将以综合千字节的形式捕捉分析做法的定性性质，并通过人工智能技术提高计算机辅助设计的能力。

The innovations expected during the efforts carried out in this project relate primarily to the integration of expert system technology into mechanical design and finite element analysis. The resulting software will provide an efficient three-dimensional design tool that will make expert skills available to the novice user without requiring an exhaustive background in the finite element theory and terminology. This availability is likely to reduce design time and productivity. The design-representation system (DRS) will represent the design in a format that may be addressed by a variety of other applications. Feature-based design is gaining popularity and the intended generality of the DRS will represent an advance in this domain. This project presents some challenging obstacles that will need to be overcome during its implementation. The application of expert system technology to mechanical engineering is a relatively new field of research, and there is little prior work in this area. It is expected that the research will capture the qualitative nature of analysis practices in the form of an integrated kilobyte and also improve the capabilities of computer-aided design via artificial intelligence techniques.