Unified Life Cycle Engineering (ULCE) Design System

Abstract

This report describes Phase I of a project to develop a computer program to improve the efficiency of the engineering design process. The program will integrate Feature Based Modeling with Concurrent Engineering to facilitate the development of life cycle analysis models. The purpose of the program is to reduce data management and computer program interface coding requirements on engineering designers. The proposed program combined an Object Oriented Database, Expert System, Computer Aided Design (CAD) system, and computer model integration tool to create friendly, graphically oriented user interfaces that allow multiple representations of design data. This program also allows designers to develop interfaces between the design database and computer analysis models without writing computer code. The project resulted in four primary products: (1) a methodology and architecture, (2) a limited proof of concept computer model, (3) a feature based life cycle model of a microwave switch, and (4) a Phase II plan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA241039

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  • Patrick R. Flanagan

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  • Biomedical
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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis