Version and configuration model for structural design objects: Design and implementation

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Abdalla, Jamal A ^a,b   Eltayeb, Tilal M ^c  

^a Department of Civil Engineering ^*

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Dept of Architectural Engineering   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Computer applications; Computer models; Computer software; Integrated systems; Structural design

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCRETE BEAMS AND GIRDERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCED CONCRETE;

COMPUTER MODELS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; PROOF OF CONCEPT; VERSION AND CONFIGURATION MODEL (VCM);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 42649116398     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2008)22:3(147)     Document Type: Article

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