Computational steering in the problem solving environment WBCSim

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 888-911

  Shu, Jiang ^a   Watson, Layne T ^b   Ramakrishnan, Naren ^a   Kamke, Frederick A ^c   Deshpande, Shubhangi ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Computational steering; Computing environment; Database management; Problem solving environment; Wood; Wood based composite materials

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL STEERING; COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING ENVIRONMENT; WOOD-BASED COMPOSITES;

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPOSITE MATERIALS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WOOD;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPOSITES; COMPUTATION; DATA BASES; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WOOD;

EID: 81855183742     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644401111165121     Document Type: Article

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