IN PHASE I OF THIS SBIR PROGRAM PROJECT FOR THE U.S. ARMY MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY, SOFTWARE PROTOTYPES WERE CREATED TO RAPIDLY EXPLORE DESIGN CONCEPTS FOR AN INTEGRATED, GRAPHICAL, KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEM SUPPORTING COMPLETE MATERIAL TRACEABILITY AND QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN COMPOSITES R&D AND PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS. THE RATIONALE, FUNCTIONALITY, GRAPHIC USER INTERFACES, AND ARCHITECTURE OF A MODULAR, FULL-SCALE SYSTEM ARE DESCRIBED. USE OF A REAL-TIME EXPERT SYSTEM SHELL LED TO A BROADENING OF THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE REAL-TIME INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF COMPOSITES PROCESSING. IMPLICATIONS OF THIS KNOWLEDGE- BASED INFRASTRUCTURE FOR CONCURRENT ENGINEERING AND COMPOSITES CIM ARE DISCUSSED.
| Number of Pages : | 17 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
