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XaiTools™ - An X-Analysis Integration Toolkit
XaiTools™ is a second-generation Java-based prototype toolkit for X-analysis integration based on the multi-representation architecture (MRA). It is particularly aimed at design-analysis integration in environments with high diversity (e.g., diversity of parts, analysis discipline, analysis idealization fidelity, design tools, and analysis tools) and for cases where explicit design-analysis associativity is important.
Constrained objects (COBs) are supported in XaiTools™ to address the specific needs of engineering analysis integration. The capabilities of this language include:
- Various information modeling forms: computable lexical forms, graphical forms, etc. (including STEP EXPRESS)
- Object constructs: sub/supertypes, inheritance, basic aggregates, multifidelity objects
- Multidirectionality (I/O change)
- Wrapping external programs as black box relations
Analysis integration applications of these capabilities include:
- Implementation of MRA representations as COBs:
- Analysis building blocks (ABBs)
- Represents analysis concepts as reusable, modular, adaptable objects
- Analyzable product models (APMs)
- Includes multifidelity idealizations & multiple data sources
- Context-based analysis models (CBAMs - a.k.a. analysis modules and analysis problems)
- Contains explicit associativity relations with design models & other analyses
- Solution method modules (SMMs)
- Supports black box reuse of existing tools (e.g., FEA, IAS functions)
- Support for synthesis (sizing) and verification (analysis)
The current tool architecture supports:
- Integration with representative analysis tools: FEA (Ansys), general math (Mathematica)
- Integration with representative design tools: geometric CAD (CATIA), libraries (materials, fasteners)
- COB editing and navigation/browsing tools
- COB-based analysis template libraries
- Usage of Mathematica as a constraint solver
See EIS Lab Projects for example industrial applications including electronics thermomechanical analysis and aerospace structural analysis.
Contact Information
For further information or assistance, contact one of the following:
- Miyako Wilson 404-894-0092
- Andrew Scholand 404-894-8498
- Russell Peak 404-894-7572
XaiTools™ is a trademark of the Georgia Institute of Technology
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