On the Usage of AutoCAD as a User-Interface for a Finite-Element-Program
This paper describes the approach used by the author to take AutoCAD as a user-interface for an existing Finite-Element-package. Some principles concerning database management are discussed,...

Optimal Seismic Design of Structures
Structural design...

Computer-Aided Guyed Tower Analysis for the Rehabilitation of TTI Tower, Baltimore
A large guyed television tower owned by Television Tower Inc. of Baltimore is currently being analyzed in order to evaluate the capacity of the tower to support additional broadcasting...

A Study on Aseismic Behaviours of Composite Trussed Arch Bridge
Composite trussed arch bridge is a new type bridge structure developed in China recently, It has the following features: good integrality, reasonable inner force distribution, great spanning...

Technology Framework for Computer Integrated Construction
This paper presents a strategy or overall approach to the integration of the design and construction of facilities. This strategy relies on the use of computers to support the members...

Constraint Management in Distributed AEC Databases
Engineering databases can assist in management of massive amounts of design data involved in Architecture-Engineering and Construction (AEC) process. This data needs to be distributed...

An Environmental Evaluation Learning System
The environmental impact assessment of projects is one of the most common and complex environmental evaluation tasks. The diversity and depth of expertise required for pose major difficulties...

Total Quality Management for Information Technology
Recently, there has been an increased awareness in the AEC firms toward Total Quality Management (TQM). Many AEC firms and the public sector started to look seriously at TQM. The reason...

Computer-based Building Design and Pedestrian-level Wind Conditions
Knowledge based computer system has been developed for the evaluation of wind conditions around buildings at pedestrian level. This paper concentrates on two major components of the system,...

Using an Object-Oriented System and a Conceptual Building Model to Represent Architectural Information During Early Design Phases
In this paper we are to present an object-oriented system based on a conceptual building model for handling architectural information during early design phases. This system and model...

Migration to a Networked Workstation Environment
Most engineering firms and universities are in the process of migrating from mainframe(s) and/or minicomputer(s) and personal computers to a networked workstation environment. Although...

Incorporating Weather Effects in Project Simulation
Planning of construction operations and projects must take into account weather conditions and the resulting impacts on the project schedule. Predetermination of weather and its resulting...

Use of Construction Simulation in Claims Analysis
The increasing complexity of today's construction projects has led to considerable progress in developing sophisticated simulation-based methods and tools for the analysis and planning...

Modeling DO-BOD Dynamics in Johor River Estuary, Malaysia, Due to Agro-Industrial Discharge
This paper presents a summary of a study on the dynamics of dissolved oxygen in a tidal reach of the Johor River due to the discharge of agro-industrial waste subject to freshwater flow...

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Reasoning in Structural Engineering
Qualitative reasoning has applications in engineering problem solving and the development of intelligent computer-aided engineering tools. Most applications in structural engineering have...

Deriving Alternative Structural Modifications Based on Qualitative Interpretation at the Conceptual Design Stage
Current computer tools provide little support in deriving alternative modifications based on qualitative structural interpretation of a conceptual design. This paper presents a behavior-based...

Implementing Qualitative Reasoning for Structural Design Using Constraint Propagation
All designs begin with qualitative reasoning and therefore, this activity has an important influence upon subsequent quantitative stages. In structural design, qualitative reasoning starts...

Reducing Ambiguity in Qualitative Reasoning
Qualitative reasoning derives the behavior of a physical system using a representation of the fundamental principles for the domain. In qualitative reasoning parameters are mapped into...

Order of Magnitude Reasoning for Qualitative Matrix Structural Analysis
Several computational schemes have recently been proposed to adapt Qualitative Reasoning for Structural Engineering applications. One current methodology. Qualitative Matrix Analysis (QMA),...

Integrated Slab Design Automation System Using Knowledge-based Approach
There has been a strong trend towards the integration of computer aided design and engineering during recent years. But all the systems can not provide the completely integrated functions,...

 

 

 

 

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