AN APPROACH TO THE PROPERTY-BASED PLANNING OF SIMULATIONS
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco Cantamessa, Dorian Marjanovic, Frederico Rotini
Author: Reitmeier, Jochen; Chahin, Abdo; Paetzold, Kristin
Series: ICED
Institution: Universitaet der Bundeswehr Muenchen, Germany
Section: Design Methods and Tools - part 1
Page(s): 275-286
ISBN: 978-1-904670-68-1
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
The requirements related to technical systems are very diverse. This ultimately leads to an increase in complexity in products and in development processes. Due to time and cost pressure, effective methods are necessary to focus on activities with real added value in terms of lean product development. Continuous validation of product functionality must be ensured throughout the development process, this is done by means of simulations as far as possible. Simulation methods are well known and a variety of powerful tools is available. However, it is still an open issue, which simulations can be executed at what point in time to really support development processes. In addition, the coupling of the quality of input data and the quality of analytical results is not considered enough. For this reason, a situation-specific and generally applicable approach to a property-oriented simulation planning is presented to detail and support steps of analysis. These will be essentially triggered or rejected based on the quality of required input data. Moreover, maturity estimations and decisions based thereon with respect to product modification and course of the process are also supported.
Keywords: Decision Making, Design Process, Product Modelling, Quality Evaluation, Simulation Planning