AN INTELLIGENT DESIGN SYSTEM FOR RECESSED HYDROSTATIC JOURNAL BEARINGS

This paper is intended to demonstrate the power of HYPERCARD for intelligent knowledge-based design applications. The system is also educational and is a practical aid to basic design of recessed hydrostatic journal bearings. The system is built with a new design method which integrates an artificial intelligence (AI) technique with a conventional bearing design technique. The AI technique is used to assist with numerical and also qualitative decisions. The system primarily consists of three intelligent design modules: a basic design module; a single-constraint optimal design module; and a multi-constraint optimal design module. Any one of these three modules can be used to complete the bearing design work. The system is implemented on the HYPERCARD software of the Macintosh computer. Operation of the system shows that an appropriate recessed hydrostatic journal bearing design can easily be achieved with the system.