TR019: Management of Complex Structural Engineering Objects in a Relational Framework

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Abstract: To structure the development of an integrated building design environment, the global representation of the design data may best be organized in terms of hierarchies of objects. In structural engineering design, we deal with large sets of independent but interrelated objects. These objects are specified by data. For an engineering design database, the system must be able not only to manage effectively the design data, but also to model the objects composing the design. The database management system therefore needs to have some knowledge of the intended use of the data, and must provide an abstraction mechanism to represent and manipulate objects. Much recent research in engineering databases focuses on object management for specific tasks but gives little attention to the sharability of the underlying information. This paper describes an architecture for the management of complex engineering objects in a sharable, relational framework. Potential application of this approach to object management for structural engineering analysis and design is discussed.

Type of resource	text
Date created	September 1989

Subject	CIFE
Subject	Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
Subject	Stanford University
Subject	Database Management
Subject	Object Management
Subject	Relational Framework
Genre	Technical report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/tr367kz7547

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Preferred Citation: Law, Kincho H. and Barsalou, Thierry and Wiederhold, Gio. (1989). TR019: Management of Complex Structural Engineering Objects in a Relational Framework. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/tr367kz7547

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