Download or read book Enabling Technologies for Unified Life-Cycle Engineering of Structural Components written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unified life-cycle engineering (ULCE), or concurrent engineering, is a design engineering environment in which computer-aided design technology is used to assess and improve the quality of a productâ€"not only during the active design phases but throughout its entire life cycle. This is achieved by integrating and optimizing the design attributes for producibility and supportability as well as for performance, operability, cost, and schedule. This book addresses ULCE approaches to design, manufacture, and application of structural componentsâ€"especially for advanced military systems. Conclusions and recommendations to support the development of an effective ULCE design engineering environment are presented.