THE HYPERTEXT-BASED REFERENCE PROCEDURE USED IN AN EXPERT SYSTEM FOR LIFE ASSESSMENT OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPONENTS

The paper presents first results of the development of the hypertext-based reference procedure envisaged to be used in an expert system for assessment and management of the remaining life of the high-temperature high-pressurized components of power and process plants. The development is related to the collaboration among a group of European partners on development of expert system applications in the structural assessment and lifetime prediction and management of high-temperature components. The reference procedure is envisaged as a summary of good practice, recommendations, standard regulatory requirements, human expert experience and case histories. The procedure should appear both as a paperwork and as hypertext based software, running on a personal computer. The hypertext software prototype is presented here in more detail.