Development of System of Knowledge Base for Spherical Plain Bearing

Presently, applying the Knowledge Base System in manufacturing industry bcomes a tendency. The paper brings the concepts of Knowledge Base System to the industry of spherical plain bearing, and establishes the Knowledge Base System of Spherical Plain Bearing. This system contains four parts of knowledge, i.e., data knowledge, literature knowledge, check knowledge and simulation knowledge. There are four main modules, including the module of data search, module of search and read of literature, module of check calculation and module of finite element analysis. The composition of system structure and flow of system design process are also introduced in this paper. This system is developed on Browser/Server structure. The Knowledge Base System of Spherical Plain Bearing takes the Visual Studio for the man-machine interface, selects the SQL Server 2008 for the storage of knowledge data, and realizes the integration with finite element software of Abaqus to make the analysis of mechanical properties for spherical plain bearing which could provide the basis for its further optimization design. This system is valuable and significant, and will play an important role in the informational construction of spherical plain bearing.