SP-100 shield design automation process using expert system and heuristic search techniques

Marcille, T F; Protsik, R; Deane, N A; Hoover, D G

doi:10.1063/1.43121

Title: SP-100 shield design automation process using expert system and heuristic search techniques

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The SP-100 shield subsystem design process has been modified to utilize the GE Corporate Reserch and Development program, ENGINEOUS (Tong 1990). ENGINEOUS is a software system that automates the use of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) analysis programs in the engineering design process. The shield subsystem design process incorporates a nuclear subsystems design and performance code, a two-dimensional neutral particle transport code, several input processors and two general purpose neutronic output processors. Coupling these programs within ENGINEOUS provides automatic transition paths between applications, with no source code modifications. ENGINEOUS captures human design knowledge, as well as information about the specific CAE applications and stores this information in knowledge base files. The knowledge base information is used by the ENGINEOUS expert system to drive knowledge directed and knowledge supplemented search modules to find an optimum shield design for a given reactor definition, ensuring that specified constraints are satisfied. Alternate designs, not accommodated in the optimization design rules, can readily be explored through the use of a parametric study capability.

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Marcille, T F; Protsik, R; Deane, N A; Hoover, D G ^[1]

General Electric Company, Astro Space Division, P.O. Box 530954 M/C S15, San Jose, California 95153-5354 (United States)

Publication Date:: Fri Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI Identifier:: 6497007

Report Number(s):: CONF-930103-
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X; CODEN: APCPCS

DOE Contract Number:: AC03-86SF16006

Resource Type:: Conference

Journal Name:: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 271:2; Conference: 10. symposium on space nuclear power and propulsion, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 10-14 Jan 1993; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; SHIELDS; DESIGN; SPACE POWER REACTORS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER CODES; GAMMA DOSIMETRY; GAMMA TRANSPORT THEORY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON TRANSPORT THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; MOBILE REACTORS; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; TRANSPORT THEORY; NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems; 663610* - Neutron Physics- (1992-); 663620 - Physics of Radiations Other Than Neutrons- (1992-); 210600 - Power Reactors, Auxiliary, Mobile Package, & Transportable

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                    Marcille, T F, Protsik, R, Deane, N A, and Hoover, D G. SP-100 shield design automation process using expert system and heuristic search techniques.  United States: N. p., 1993. 
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                    Marcille, T F, Protsik, R, Deane, N A, & Hoover, D G. SP-100 shield design automation process using expert system and heuristic search techniques.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.43121

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                    Marcille, T F, Protsik, R, Deane, N A, and Hoover, D G. 1993.  
        "SP-100 shield design automation process using expert system and heuristic search techniques".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.43121.

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  abstractNote = {The SP-100 shield subsystem design process has been modified to utilize the GE Corporate Reserch and Development program, ENGINEOUS (Tong 1990). ENGINEOUS is a software system that automates the use of Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) analysis programs in the engineering design process. The shield subsystem design process incorporates a nuclear subsystems design and performance code, a two-dimensional neutral particle transport code, several input processors and two general purpose neutronic output processors. Coupling these programs within ENGINEOUS provides automatic transition paths between applications, with no source code modifications. ENGINEOUS captures human design knowledge, as well as information about the specific CAE applications and stores this information in knowledge base files. The knowledge base information is used by the ENGINEOUS expert system to drive knowledge directed and knowledge supplemented search modules to find an optimum shield design for a given reactor definition, ensuring that specified constraints are satisfied. Alternate designs, not accommodated in the optimization design rules, can readily be explored through the use of a parametric study capability.},

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