Result: Semantic web services framework for computational mechanics

Title:
Semantic web services framework for computational mechanics
Authors:
VACHARASINTOPCHAI, Thiti, BARRY, William, WUWONGSE, Vilas, KANOK-NUKULCHAI, Worsak
Source:
Building on ITJournal of computing in civil engineering. 21(2):65-77
Publisher Information:
Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2007.
Publication Year:
2007
Physical Description:
print, 1 p.1/4
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Civil engineering, Génie civil, Computer science, Informatique, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences appliquees, Applied sciences, Batiment. Travaux publics, Buildings. Public works, Généralités, General, Documentation. Terminologie, Documentation. Terminology, Calcul des constructions. Sollicitations, Structural analysis. Stresses, Méthodes de calcul. Tables. Abaques, Computation methods. Tables. Charts, Analyse numérique, Numerical analysis, Análisis numérico, Analyse structurale, Structural analysis, Análisis estructural, Application, Aplicación, Conception, Design, Diseño, Congrès international, International conference, Congreso internacional, Exemple, Example, Ejemplo, Informatique, Computer science, Informática, Internet, Logiciel, Software, Logicial, Mécanique, Mechanics, Mecánica, Prototype, Prototipo, Service web, Web service, Servicio web, Technologie information, Information technology, Tecnología información, Web sémantique, Semantic web, Web semántica, Computation, Computer applications, Computer software, Simulation
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Norwich Univ., 158 Harmon Dr, Northfield, VT 05663, United States
ISSN:
0887-3801
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=18612129
Rights:
Copyright 2007 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Building. Public works. Transport. Civil engineering
Accession Number:
edscal.18612129
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

In performing numerical structural analysis, computers are adept at crunching numbers but require close guidance from human users. Oftentimes, judgment and experience of seasoned users are necessary to obtain accurate results. Furthermore, for large and complicated simulations, the analyses may require excessive computational time. Web Services and the Semantic Web, emerging technologies based on the Internet, possess the potential to alleviate these problems by transforming the World-Wide Web from a large collection of information into an intelligent distributed computational device. In essence, Web Services are a new type of computer software that can be published, located and invoked across the Web, and the Semantic Web is a technology that can be used to facilitate the collaboration of Web services by enabling the computers accessing data on the Web to work intelligently. The joint applications of these technologies are termed Semantic Web Services. This paper presents an overview of the technologies essential to Web Services and the Semantic Web and proposes a framework for their joint application in the field of computational mechanics. The components of Web Services and the system architecture on which they interact are discussed. Ontology, the fundamental concept of the Semantic Web, is introduced, and a detailed description of the proposed framework for computational mechanics is given. Finally, a case study involving a typical problem in structural analysis and design, as well as its solution within the context of Semantic Web Services for computational mechanics, is presented to demonstrate the proposed framework.