Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design -- Copyright -- Abstract -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- VISION OF A COMPUTER-AIDED MATERIALS SELECTION SYSTEM -- STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING BARRIERS -- Database and Knowledge-Base Barriers -- Structural Design Modeling Technology Barriers -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- BENEFITS -- DEFINITIONS -- STUDY OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE -- 2 Materials Selection in Structural Design -- CONCURRENT ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ORGANIZATION -- MATERIALS SELECTION DURING COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN -- SUMMARY OF MATERIALS INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS IN DESIGN -- 3 Enhancing the Materials Selection Process in Design: A Vision -- INTEGRATED ENGINEERING SUPPORT IN INTEGRATED ENTERPRISES -- SUPPORTING STRATEGIC MATERIAL DECISIONS -- SUPPORTING ROUTINE MATERIAL DECISIONS -- SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE MATERIALS SELECTION IN DESIGN -- SUMMARY -- 4 Information Technologies Pertinent to the Materials Selection Process -- DATABASES AND KNOWLEDGE BASES -- Levels of Representation -- Issues Concerning Knowledge-Base Development -- Definition of Knowledge Bases -- Development of Knowledge Bases -- Construction of Knowledge Bases -- Issues Concerning Database Development -- MODELING AND ANALYSIS SYSTEMS -- Geometric Reasoning -- Process Modeling -- Modeling of Abstraction of Downstream Constraints -- Measurement Modeling -- Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation -- Damage-Tolerant Design -- Probability of Detection -- Issues Concerning Implementing Modeling and Analysis Systems -- 5 Conclusions and Recommendations -- STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING BARRIERS -- Database and Knowledge-Base Barriers -- Structural Design Modeling Technology Barriers -- GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- References -- Appendix A: Glossary of Acronyms.

Appendix B: Case Studies Reviewed by the Committee -- Appendix C: Review of Selected Knowledge-Representation Techniques and Tools -- CASE-BASED REASONING -- CONSTRAINT-BASED REASONING -- ACTIVE DATA DICTIONARIES -- DATABASES -- FUZZY LOGIC -- GEOMETRIC AND MICROSTRUCTURAL INFORMATION REPRESENTATION -- HYPERDOCUMENTS -- MACHINE LEARNING -- MATHEMATICAL RELATIONS -- NEURAL NETWORKS -- OBJECTS AND TAXONOMIES -- REASONING WITH UNCERTAINTY -- RULE-BASED REASONING -- SPATIAL SYNTHESIS AND LAYOUT -- STRUCTURE SELECTION -- TRUTH MAINTENANCE -- Appendix D: Knowledge-Based Integrated Design System -- INTRODUCTION -- THE CASE STUDY -- Appendix E: An Intelligent Knowledge System for Selection of Materials for Critical Aerospace Applications -- INTRODUCTION -- VISION OF THE SYSTEM -- TECHNOLOGIES INCLUDED IN THE SYSTEM -- Conceptual Model of an Intelligent-Knowledge-System -- IKSMAT Architecture and Operating Capabilities -- STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT AND BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION -- Knowledge Base/Database Content Development -- IKSMAT Design -- Programming -- Electronic Data Acquisition and Loading -- METHODS TO OVERCOMING BARRIERS -- Appendix F: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members.