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An Object‐Oriented Approach to ‐Detailed Structural Design
Author(s) -
Biedermann J. D.,
Crierson D. E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1993.tb00207.x
Subject(s) - heuristics , computer science , abstraction , object oriented design , object oriented programming , class (philosophy) , programming language , hierarchy , object (grammar) , theoretical computer science , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology , economics , market economy , operating system
This paper describes an object‐oriented approach to the detailed design of structures. The objects and class relationships for the design of any structural system are identified at a high level of abstraction. It is shown that object‐oriented programming promotes modulariy, flexibiliy and extendibility, and this is illustrated through specialization of the class hierarchy identified for the general design case to a specific design example. Object‐oriented programming also allows for an eficient way of handling design heuristics, and this is illustrated by associating heuristics with the design objects of a specific example. The model is being implemented in C++ on a 386 microcomputer.