CALS-ORIENTED EXPERT SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING DETAIL DESIGN OF STEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGES

Abstract

We had developed an expert system for supporting civil engineers who design the details of steel I-or box-girder bridges. This system was blushed up by adding to the function of knowledge acquisition and knowledge sharing. However, the system can deal with only Part21 format with geometric element in the exchange of desirable detail design data.
In this study, the expert system was added to the function that can easily acquire and share desirable detail design data. To standardize design data, an application protocol was proposed for desirable detail design.