Steel Frame Building Ontological Model
Steel frames are widely used for their high durability, strength, and modularity. This Ontological model is essential to provide a basic understanding of steel frames’ structural components, uses, and materials.
Purpose:
Provide a structured representation of the various elements used in designing and constructing earthquake-resistant steel frames, capturing relationships between components, design principles, materials, and techniques. This facilitates understanding, decision-making, and communication among stakeholders, and can be used to guide the design process ensuring structural integrity.
Scope:
- Structural components of steel frames
- Steel types, including different steel grades and different products such as hot rolled and cold formed steel.
- Structure’s intended use.
Intended Use:
Knowledge representation and educational tools, Design optimization, and compliance and standards.
Intended Users:
Design engineers to keep track of different design options. Also for stakeholders, it provides an informative tool to help in the decision-making process. Lastly for educators as an instructive tool for educational purposes.
The main classes of the model is shown in the figure below
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