SIMULATION-BASED CONCEPT GENERATION FOR MECHATRONIC SYSTEMS
DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference
Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Dohr, F.; Vielhaber ,M.
Series: DESIGN
Section: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN
Page(s): 1271-1282
Abstract
Simulation has become an indispensable part in engineering design for evaluation purposes. Despite that, simulation has not been fully integrated into design methodologies yet. Hence the authors developed a simulation-based design framework for mechatronic systems. In this paper the framework is validated for the conceptual design phase by demonstrating its application on the development of a mechatronic system. This includes concept generation and evaluation through several levels of system simulation. Finally, the results of the validation are discussed and open issues are identified.
Keywords: simulation-based design, mechatronics, conceptual design, system design, design methodology