Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Rule-based design of a material processing component

  • Published:
Engineering with Computers Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The main thrust of this research is in developing aknowledge-based system for the design of components for a material processing system. In particular, this paper concentrates on developing methodologies forinitial design andredesign in a quantitative and qualitative format. A die for plastic extrusion has been selected as the subject material processing component. A design algorithm using best first heuristic search and expert knowledge, both in procedural and declarative form, is the core of the scheme. Apart from this expert, the suggestedselection procedure for candidate design is also seen to accelerate the design scheme. The methodologies presented enableefficient design of the component. Some generality has been accomplished by the implementation of the techniques to dies of different cross-sectional shapes. The software is written inLisp within an object-oriented software package using analysis modules written in C.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Weiss, S.M.; Kulikowski, C.A. (1984) A Practical Guide to Designing Expert Systems, Rowman & Allanheld, Totowa, NJ

    Google Scholar 

  2. Lu, S.C.Y. (1985) Application of knowledge-based system in automated manufacturing, ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 1, 425–431

    Google Scholar 

  3. Deitz, D. (1988) Tools for total quality, Computers in Mechanical Engineering, July/Augst, 8–13

    Google Scholar 

  4. Brown, D.C.; Chandrasekaran, B. (1983) An approach to expert systems for mechanical design, Trends and Applications, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland, IEEE Computer Society

    Google Scholar 

  5. Brown, D.C. (1985) Capturing mechanical design knowledge, International Computers in Engineering Conference, New York, ASME

  6. Dixon, J.R.; Howe, A.; Cohen, P.R.; Simmons, M.K. (1986) Dominic-I: progress towards domain independence in design by iterative redesign, Computers in Engineering, 199–206

  7. Orelup, M.F.; Dixon, J.R.; Simmons, M.K. (1987) Dominic-II: more progress towards domain independent design by iterative redesign, Proceedings of the Winter Annual Meeting of the ASME, Boston, Massachusetts, 25, December, 67–80

  8. Akagi, S., Fujita, K. (1988) Building an expert system for engineering design based on the object-oriented knowledge representation concept, Proceedings of the 1988 ASME Design Technology Conference—the Design Automation Conference, 14, 287–296

    Google Scholar 

  9. Akagi, S.; Fujita, K.; Kubonishi, H. (1988) Building an expert system for power plant design, Proceedings of the 1988 ASME Design Technology Conferences — the Design Automation Conference, 14, 297–302

    Google Scholar 

  10. Russo, C.; Nicklaus, D.; Tong, S. (1987) Initial User Experience with an Artificial Intelligence Program for the Preliminary Design of Centrifugal Compressors, ASME Paper 87-GT-217, June

  11. Mostow, J.; Steinberg, L.I.; Langrana, N.A.; Tong, C. (1988) A domain-independent model of knowledge-based design, Proceedings of the NSF Design Theory and Methodology Workshop, Troy, New York, June

  12. Ramachandran, N. (1990) Knowledge-based aids for iterative design process, PhD Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, January

  13. Baya, V.; Langrana, N.A.; Jaluria, Y. (1989) Design of a die in an extrusion manufacturing process, Computers in Engineering Conference and Exposition, Anaheim, California, July–August, ASME

  14. Baya, V.; Langrana, N.A.; Jaluria, Y.; Steinberg, L.I. (1989) A partially decoupled design system: extrusion manufacturing process, ASME Winter Annual Meeting, Design Division, December

  15. Steinberg, L.I. (1987) Design=refinement plus constraint propagation plus what? Proceedings of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernatics Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, October

  16. Steinberg, L.I. (1987) Design as refinement plus constraint propagation: the VEXED experience, Proceedings of AAAI-87, Seattle, Washington, July

  17. Lee, H.; Kwon, T.H. (1989) Heuristic redesign and rule formulation for complex engineering design, Proceedings of the NSF Engineering Design Research Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts, June

  18. Viswanath, R.; Jaluria, Y. (1991) Knowledge-based system for the computer aided design of ingot casting processes, Engineering with Computers, 7, 109–120

    Google Scholar 

  19. Jaluria, Y.; Lombardi, D. (1991) Use of expert systems in the design of thermal equipment and processes, Research in Engineering Design, 2, 239–253

    Google Scholar 

  20. Lombardi, D.; Jaluria, Y.; Viswanath, R. (1992) Simulation of the transport processes in a thermal manufacturing system using symbolic computation, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 5, 155–166

    Google Scholar 

  21. Ramachandran, N.; Langrana, N.A.; Steinberg, L.I. (1990) Initial design strategies for iterative design, Proceedings of the IInd Design Theory and Methodology Conference, September, J. Rinderle (Editor), ASME

  22. Ramachandran, N.; Langrana, N.A.; Steinberg, L.I.; Jamalabad, V.R. (1992) Initial design strategies for iterative design, Research in Engineering Design, 4, 159–169

    Google Scholar 

  23. Kwon, T.H.; Shen, S.F.; Wang, K.K. (1986) Pressure drop of polymeric melts in conical converging flow: experiments and predictions, Polymer Engineering and Science, 26, 214–224

    Google Scholar 

  24. Rauwendaal, C. (1986) Polymer Extrusion, Macmillan Publishing, New York

    Google Scholar 

  25. Michaeli, W. (1984) Extrusion Dies, Macmillan Publishing, New York

    Google Scholar 

  26. Throne, J.L. (1989) Polymer Processing, Marcel Dekker, New York

    Google Scholar 

  27. Fisher, E.G. (1976) Extrusion of Plastics, Wiley, New York

    Google Scholar 

  28. Fenner, R.T. (1979) Principles of Polymer Processing, Chemical Publishing, New York

    Google Scholar 

  29. Gopalakrishna, S.; Jaluria, Y.; Karwe, M.V. (1992) Heat and mass transfer in a single-screw extruder for non-Newtonian materials, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 35, 221–237

    Google Scholar 

  30. Gupta, M.; Jaluria, Y.; Sernas, V.; Esseghir, M.; Kwon, T.H. (1992) Numerical and experimental investigations of 3D flow in extrusion dies, Polymer Engineering and Science, 33, 393–399.

    Google Scholar 

  31. Jamalabad, V.R.; (1990) Heuristic design of engineering process components, Master's Thesis, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers University, July

  32. Jamalabad, V.R.; Langrana, N.A.; Jaluria, Y. (1990) Heuristic design of a material processing component, Proceedings of the IInd Design Theory and Methodology Conference, September, J. Rinderle (Editor). ASME

  33. Nilsson, N.J. (1983) Principles of Artificial Intelligence, Morgan Kaufmann, Los Altos, California

    Google Scholar 

  34. Karwe, M.V.; Jaluria, Y. (1990) Numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transfer in a single screw extruder for non-Newtonian fluids, Numerical Heat Transfer, 17, 167–190

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, 98855-0909, Piscataway, NJ, USA

    Vikram R. Jamalabad,  Noshir A. Langrana & Yogesh Jaluria

Authors
  1. Vikram R. Jamalabad
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Noshir A. Langrana
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Yogesh Jaluria
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Jamalabad, V.R., Langrana, N.A. & Jaluria, Y. Rule-based design of a material processing component. Engineering with Computers 10, 81–94 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200179

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01200179

Keywords

Search

Navigation