Expert systems in engineering design: an application for injection molding of plastic parts |
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Authors: | Sally Steadman Kynric M. Pell |
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Affiliation: | (1) Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Wyoming, Box 3295, 82071 Laramie, WY, USA |
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Abstract: | The rich development environments of expert system shells provide tools for developing knowledge-based expert systems for complex tasks such as engineering design. The diverse knowledge in engineering design combines heuristics with deterministic knowledge, from multiple sources, and involves complicated, interrelated components. The hybrid capabilities in emerging expert system tools effectively address this diverse knowledge, and facilitate the rapid development of design aids by the engineering designer. A prototype expert system for injection-molded plastic parts demonstrates the utility of expert systems for design applications. The prototype is implemented in an object-oriented, rule-based environment, and incorporates solid modeling software and external material databases. |
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Keywords: | Engineering design expert system injection molding plastic parts |
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