TY - JOUR AB - Expert systems technology as an area of artificial intelligence is coming to the field of structural mechanics. A number of expert systems have been developed or are under development. This paper consists of two parts. A brief discussion of the basics of expert systems and their concepts is given in the first part. The second part reviews the prototype of expert systems developed as an aid for finite element analysis and design optimization. Twelve different expert systems are described. A partial list of books on expert systems in general is given in the Appendix. VL - 5 IS - 2 SN - 0264-4401 DO - 10.1108/eb023726 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb023726 AU - Mackerle J. AU - Orsborn K. PY - 1988 Y1 - 1988/01/01 TI - Expert systems for finite element analysis and design optimization—a review T2 - Engineering Computations PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 90 EP - 102 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -