AISMaterial

• AISMaterial: REPRESENTS THE MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BUILT ELEMENT

• DUE TO THE components ATTRIBUTE AISMaterial IS AN ORGANIZER CLASS THAT INHERITS FROM AISCollection ALL KINDS OF MATERIALS

  • NATURAL MATERIALS: STONE, WOOD, ETC..

  • MAN MADE MATERIALS: CONCRETE, STEEL, ETC..

  • COMPOSITE MATERIALS: PLYWOOD, REINFORCED CONCRETE, ETC..

  • INSTANCE OF AISMaterial SUPPLY THE MATERIAL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

    • METHODS IMPLEMENTING ENGINEERING CALCULATIONS CAN BE SUPPLIED

  • MATERIAL PROPERTIES CAN BE ATTACHED TO ANY PHYSICAL ELEMENT AND ALLOW THE CALCULATION OF ITS MASS, STRUCTURAL & THERMAL BEHAVIOR, ETC..

    • code ATTRIBUTE PROVIDED TO PASS THE INDEX TO MATERIAL TABLES

  • ATTRIBUTES: components, code, cost, density, young_modulus, poisson_ratio, yield_strength, ultimate_tensile_strength, thermal_conductivity, linear_expansion, specific_heat

  • components RESTRICTED TO BE AISMaterial

  • cost IS AISCost

  • ALL THE REMAINING ATTRIBUTES ARE AISMagnitudes

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Ugo O. Gagliardi
GSD-6306 Spring 2003-2004