Abstract
Normally an engineer needing a material for the design of some item, like a bolt or panel, specifies the properties of the required material to a database of material properties and the system then searches and retrieves relevant materials. We have developed a more intelligent materials selection system, called QPS, which goes one step further and selects the materials from the characteristics of the item being designed, i.e. it computes the specification of the material from the characteristics of the item and then automatically retrieves the optimum material (or materials) as part of an optimum design.
It does this by being an integrated system which includes both the data system and design system together; so it includes not only data on the properties of materials but also knowledge on the geometry and on the formulas needed to compute the necessary limiting characteristics of the item. It searches for the appropriate formulas in the knowledge base and applies them automatically in the correct order (using Al techniques). An early prototype is already in operation.
Résumé
Un ingénieur ayant besoin d’un matériau pour concevoir une pièce, tel un boulon ou un panneau, indique hormalement les propriétés requises dans une banque de donnees de propriétés des matériaux et le système cherche et fournit le matériau adéquat. Un système de selection de matériaux plus intelligent est décrit, travaillant en intégration des deux systèmes de données et de conception ensemble. Un premier prototype est déjà en action.
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Winstanley, A.C., Loughlin, S.P., Smith, F.J. (1998). The Intelligent Selection of Materials from a Design Specification. In: Caliste, JP., Truyol, A., Westbrook, J.H. (eds) Thermodynamic Modeling and Materials Data Engineering. Data and Knowledge in a Changing World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72207-3_24
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