Inteligentni računalniški sistem za pomoč pri poučevanju konstruiranja
An intelligent computer system for supporting design education

english
slovenian

2000

volume 46, issue 6

Univerza v Ljubljani, Fakulteta za strojništvo

Decisions made in the product design process have a significant influence on the competitiveness of a future product in the market. Therefore, the quality and success of design education at the university level is very important. This paper presents the process of design education, based on practical team work on a project with emphasis on the problems that mostly appear due to the inexperience of students. The possibilties of applying artificial intelligence to solve these problems more efficiently are also discussed. An intelligent computer system to assist the students in evaluating the results of a finite-element analysis, correctly interpreting them and presenting the critical points in the structure, is described in detail. Moreover, the system should also suggest to the students the appropriate redesign actions to optimise the structure. To be able to properly understand the results of the numerical analysis and consequently choose the appropriate redesign steps, considerable knowledge and experience are required, which students tend not to posses. Thus, the use of artificial intelligence in this particular area makes sense and could help to overcome many problems more efficiently.

16.09.2009