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Functional Analysis of the Envelope Design Process for Integrated Building Design
Building envelope failures account for a great portion of building failures. The number of envelope deficiencies would be reduced if the design process was integrated. Integration would...

Construction Problem Solving in a Cooperative Distributed Agent Environment
This paper outlines the research being undertaken by the authors to determine how experts develop solutions to construction problems in a cooperative distributed agent environment which...

Improved Computer Simulation of 3D Wind Flow Around a Building
A two-layer method combining the k-? model with the one-equation model near the wall has been tested in computing the wind conditions around a cubic building. In contrast with the simple...

Different Methods to Compute Pollutant Dispersion Around Buildings
Different methods to approximate the advection terms currently in use are reviewed. Holly-Preismann (HP) cubic interpolation using method of characteristics, Chapeau function (CF) method...

Intentions and Credences ? An Australian Approach to Computerised Building Regulation
In the past, computer representation of building regulations has addressed a series of prescriptive requirements. Compliance with each requirement was essential and the only relationship...

Standards Processing 2000
Current software applications fall short of meeting user requirements for `intelligent' electronic access to building codes and standards. Hypertext is a useful tool, but it only assists...

The Context?Oriented Model: An improved Modeling Approach for Representing and Processing Design Standards
Current electronic design evaluators employ one of three primary computational models to represent a design standard: the Condition/Consequent, Object-Oriented and hybrid models. The problems...

An Object-Oriented Approach for Reinforced Concrete Design
The use of the object-oriented programming approach in developing applications for the analysis and design of reinforced concrete members is discussed. Two object oriented programming...

Nonlinear Analysis of Structural Frameworks Using Supercomputing Techniques
Applications of vectorization and the parallel processing technique of multitasking in the elastic nonlinear analysis of building frameworks are presented. The proposed algorithm is implemented...

Quality of Map Data in Geographic Information Systems
Local government engineers wanting to take advantage of computer aided design (CAD) and geographic information system (GIS) need to understand the quality and accuracy of digital base...

Intelligent Design and Remediation of Shallow Landfill Burial Systems
The SLEUTH (Shallow Landfill Evaluation Using Transport and Hydrology) prototype decision support system (DSS) has been developed for design and remediation of shallow landfill burial...

Representing Design Cases Based on Methods
This paper discusses an approach to representing design cases using the methods used in solving specific design problems. This differs from the conventional representation of design cases...

Representation of Case Memory for Structural Design
One of the major issues to be addressed in the application of case-based reasoning to structural design is the representation of design projects in case memory. The content of the information...

Advances and Challenges in Case Based Design
The application of the case-based design (CBD) method to preliminary building design provides an opportunity to overcome problems associated with traditional computer-based design methods....

Modeling to Generate Alternatives in Discrete Structural Optimization
Structural design, like other complex decision problems, involves many trade-offs among competing criteria. While mathematical programming models are increasingly realistic, there are...

Multicriteria Optimization in Engineering Design
An engineering design optimization problem can be formulated as a search of the solution space for which the relationships among various groups of attributes are given. The search can...

The Safety Advisor: An Interactive Object-Oriented Program for Assessing the Safeness of Roadway and Roadside Designs
This paper describes an object-oriented software tool for performing safety assessments of roadway designs. Safety assessments are used to estimate the effect of changes in roadway characteristics...

Representation of Vertical Constraints Knowledge for Scheduling Multi-Story Projects
Multi-story projects are characterized by many repetitive units or typical floors that involve identical activities repeated consecutively from one floor to the next. Horizontal logic...

Simplified Simulation Model Development for Construction Projects
The application of discrete event simulation tools is extremely beneficial in improving the efficiency of building construction activities. Simulation is used to evaluate construction...

Selecting Precast Concrete Building Systems
The development of an integrated computer system to assist in the selection of precast concrete (PC) building systems is described. StructNet, a neural network program, identifies possible...

 

 

 

 

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