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Civil-Comp Proceedings
ISSN 1759-3433
CCP: 27
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OBJECT ORIENTED APPROACHES TO STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
Edited by: B.H.V. Topping and M. Papadrakakis
Paper I.1

An Architect-Engineer Interface for Optimal Earthquake-Resistant Design

C.A. Syrmakezis and G.K. Mikroudis

Institute for Structural Analysis and Aseismic Research, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper
C.A. Syrmakezis, G.K. Mikroudis, "An Architect-Engineer Interface for Optimal Earthquake-Resistant Design", in B.H.V. Topping, M. Papadrakakis, (Editors), "Artificial Intelligence and Object Oriented Approaches to Structural Engineering", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 1-8, 1994. doi:10.4203/ccp.27.1.1
Abstract
The objective of the research presented in the paper is the common approach of aseismic design by both structural engineers and architects. They both need certain complementary knowledge and assistance, each one from the scientific domain of the other for an improved design of the structure with respect to its response to earthquake. This assistance is particularly needed during the early phases of a building's design when critical decisions are made regarding the location, relative proportions and sizes of both architectural spaces and structural elements. A software tool, called ERDES, for providing this kind of assistance is developed by the authors. ERDES is organized as a modular multi-agent system. The paper focuses on the interface of the various programs with the different kinds of users (structural engineer-architect) and their cooperation.

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