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PROPOSING A SPECIFICATION STRUCTURE FOR COMPLEX PRODUCTS IN MODEL-BASED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING (MBSE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Joshua Fahl ,
Tobias Hirschter ,
Gabriel Wöhrle  and
Albert Albers
Joshua Fahl*
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / IPEK - Institute for Product Engineering
Tobias Hirschter
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / IPEK - Institute for Product Engineering
Gabriel Wöhrle
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / IPEK - Institute for Product Engineering
Albert Albers
Affiliation:
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) / IPEK - Institute for Product Engineering
*
Fahl, Joshua, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IPEK - Institute for Product Engineering, Germany, joshua.fahl@partner.kit.edu

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This research work presents a methodological support for the specification of complex products. This is achieved by developing a specification structure in a MBSE environment. The new method draws on success factors of complex product specification, principles of MBSE and the explanatory model of PGE – Product Generation Engineering. For evaluation, the method is applied within a student development project. A high applicability and the realization of novel synergies for coping with continuously increasing product complexity is demonstrated.

Keywords

Product modelling / modelsSystems Engineering (SE)ComplexityMBSEModel of PGE - Product Generation Engineering

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 2481 - 2490
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