Knowledge-Based System for Analysis and Design of Liquid Retaining Structures

by Kwok-Wing Chau

Overview

Liquid retaining structures are more vulnerable to corrosion problems and thus have stringent requirements against serviceability limit state of crack. The design procedures of these structures require significant empirical inputs from specialists. With the recent advent of artificial intelligence technology, a coupled knowledge-based system can handle both the symbolic knowledge processing based on engineering heuristics in the preliminary synthesis stage and the extensive numerical crunching involved in the detailed structural analysis stage. This new book presents a prototype coupled knowledge-based system for the design of liquid retaining structures...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612095509
Publisher:	Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/2011
Series:	Engineering Tools, Techniques and Tables Series
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Notation ix

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

Chapter 2 Literature Review on Knowledge-Based Systems 7

Chapter 3 Knowledge-Based Systems in Structural Engineering 23

Chapter 4 Knowledge for Design of Liquid Retaining Structures 47

Chapter 5 Knowledge-Based System Architecture 71

Chapter 6 Knowledge Representation 95

Chapter 7 Typical Design Consultation Sessions 137

Chapter 8 Conclusions and Recommendations for Future Works 157

References 161

Index 169