Intelligent support of the preprocessing stage of engineering analysis using case-based reasoning

authored by: Peter Wriggers, Marina Siplivaya, Irina Joukova, Roman Slivin
Abstract: The process of engineering analysis, especially its preprocessing stage, comprises some knowledge-based tasks which influence the quality of the results greatly, require considerable level of expertise from an engineer; the support for these tasks by the contemporary CAE systems is limited. Analysis of the knowledge and reasoning involved in solving these tasks shows that the appropriate support for them by an automated system can be implemented using case-based reasoning (CBR) technology. In this paper the automated knowledge-based system for intelligent support of the preprocessing stage of engineering analysis in the contact mechanics domain is presented which employs the CBR mechanism. The case representation model is proposed which is centered on the structured qualitative model of a technical object. The model is formally represented by the Ontology Web Language Description Logics (OWL DL) ontology. Case retrieval and adaptation algorithms for this model are described which according to the initial tests perform better in the chosen domain then the known prototypes. The automated system is described and a sample problem-solving scenario from the contact mechanics domain is presented. Use of such system can potentially lower costs of engineering analysis by reducing the number of inappropriate decisions and analysis iterations and facilitate knowledge transfer from research into industry.
Organisation(s): Institute of Continuum Mechanics
External Organisation(s): Volgograd State Technical University
Type: Article
Journal: Engineering with computers
Volume: 24
Pages: 383-404
No. of pages: 22
ISSN: 0177-0667
Publication date: 01.02.2008
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Software, Modelling and Simulation, Engineering(all), Computer Science Applications
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-007-0079-5 (Access: Unknown)
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BibTeX

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title = "Intelligent support of the preprocessing stage of engineering analysis using case-based reasoning",
abstract = "The process of engineering analysis, especially its preprocessing stage, comprises some knowledge-based tasks which influence the quality of the results greatly, require considerable level of expertise from an engineer; the support for these tasks by the contemporary CAE systems is limited. Analysis of the knowledge and reasoning involved in solving these tasks shows that the appropriate support for them by an automated system can be implemented using case-based reasoning (CBR) technology. In this paper the automated knowledge-based system for intelligent support of the preprocessing stage of engineering analysis in the contact mechanics domain is presented which employs the CBR mechanism. The case representation model is proposed which is centered on the structured qualitative model of a technical object. The model is formally represented by the Ontology Web Language Description Logics (OWL DL) ontology. Case retrieval and adaptation algorithms for this model are described which according to the initial tests perform better in the chosen domain then the known prototypes. The automated system is described and a sample problem-solving scenario from the contact mechanics domain is presented. Use of such system can potentially lower costs of engineering analysis by reducing the number of inappropriate decisions and analysis iterations and facilitate knowledge transfer from research into industry.",
keywords = "Case-based reasoning, Contact mechanics, Engineering analysis, Intelligent support, Knowledge-based system, Ontology",
author = "Peter Wriggers and Marina Siplivaya and Irina Joukova and Roman Slivin",
note = "Funding information: The work is financially supported by the {\textquoteleft}Mikhail Lomonosow{\textquoteright} grants of DAAD and Ministry of Education and Science of Russia.",
year = "2008",
month = feb,
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doi = "10.1007/s00366-007-0079-5",
language = "English",
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