Title :
An expert design environment for electrical devices and its engineering assistant
Author :
Hoole, S.R.H. ; Mascrenghe, A. ; Navukkarasu, K. ; Sivasubramaniam, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
fDate :
5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present their conceptual design of an automated design environment for electric motors, its tools, and their implementation. From suitable specifications and requirements, the challenging automation of the initial stage of engineering design involves the use of heuristic and experiential knowledge of experts. This is followed by mathematical optimization of the initial design. The authors focus here on their knowledge-based engineering assistant that employs codified rules of the National Electrical Manufacturers´ Association.
Keywords :
electric machine CAD; electric motors; expert systems; inference mechanisms; intelligent design assistants; uncertainty handling; automated design environment; electric motors; engineering design; experiential knowledge; expert design environment; heuristic knowledge; hierarchical reasoning; knowledge-based engineering assistant; mathematical design optimization; Design engineering; Design optimization; Electric motors; Finite element methods; Knowledge engineering; Mesh generation; Process design; Prototypes; Software libraries; Software prototyping;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2003.810189