TY - BOOK AU - National Research Council TI - Computer-Aided Materials Selection During Structural Design SN - 978-0-309-05193-4 DO - 10.17226/4829 PY - 1995 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/4829/computer-aided-materials-selection-during-structural-design PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Engineering and Technology KW - Industry and Labor AB - The selection of the proper materials for a structural component is a critical activity that is governed by many, often conflicting factors. Incorporating materials expert systems into CAD/CAM operations could assist designers by suggesting potential manufacturing processes for particular products to facilitate concurrent engineering, recommending various materials for a specific part based on a given set of characteristics, or proposing possible modifications of a design if suitable materials for a particular part do not exist. This book reviews the structural design process, determines the elements, and capabilities required for a materials selection expert system to assist design engineers, and recommends the areas of expert system and materials modeling research and development required to devise a materials-specific design system. ER -