DESIGN OF ARC WELDING PROCESSES: A CAUSAL PERSPECTIVE

• Main Author: Ho, Yeu-Chuan, 1960-
• Other Authors: Chandra, Abhijit
• Language: en_US
• Published: The University of Arizona. 1987
• Subjects: Electric welding.; Manufacturing processes > Design.; Production engineering.
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291663; http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/291663

The ability to make rational decisions based on the synthesis of various pieces of information and to eventually arrive at an integrated design plays a very important role in everyday engineering practice. In this paper, a conceptual framework for manufacturing design is obtained through a causal perspective. This framework is used in developing a knowledge-based system that gains insight into the process of arc welding from a few detailed analyses and experiments on simplified models and rationally arrives at an integrated design of the actual process using a hybrid axiomatic-algorithmic approach for design synthesis. The design strategy presented here may also be applied to any manufacturing process in general.