Object Oriented Case Representation for CBR Application in Structural Analysis

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FIGURE 1 Case-based reasoning cycle.

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Procedure CBR()

Begin

Get new problem specifications;

Identify indexing attributes;

Retrieve matching cases from case base;

Select best case;

Repeat;

Modify case;

Evaluate new solution;

Until satisfactory solution obtained;

Add new solution to case base;

End

FIGURE 2 Flowchart for CBR integrated system.

FIGURE 3 Organization of case in cases base.

FIGURE 4 Resource points and subfields.

TABLE 1 Resource Point Information

	Required Knowledge
Resource Type	Essential	Additional
On Boundary	None	None
On Circle	Center point P & center angle	None
Divided on Boundary	P1 & P2	Ratio
Meshed	Coordinates of Point	Subfield where it exists

FIGURE 5 Structure representation in numerical form.

FIGURE 6 Types of loads.

FIGURE 7 Boundary conditions.

FIGURE 8 Four-element mesh and its graphical representation.

FIGURE 9 Class hierarchy for case and node ints.

FIGURE 10 Representation of example cases.