Title: Finite elements and polydescriptive approach in concurrent design

Authors: M.A. Bossak

Addresses: Institute of Mechanics and Design, Warsaw University of Technology, Narbutta 85, 02-524 Warszawa, Poland

Abstract: Today|s market demands faster delivery of new products which are complex, have great variety and are of high quality. To achieve this goal, the concurrent design (also called simultaneous or parallel design) approach has been proposed. The basic idea of it is to consider, in parallel, all the requirements of the product|s life cycle at the design phase rather than to consider them sequentially in the traditional process of designing. Consequentially, engineering design and product development become a complex process involving an interaction (synergetic combination) between many skills and disciplines. In traditional design analysis it is customary to model particular complex machinery subsystems (structure, transmission, suspension, control) using different techniques, such as finite elements, boundary elements, bond graphs. For the integrated solution of complex engineering systems it is natural to accept a multitude of formalisms as a fact of life, which leads immediately to the concept of polydescriptive approach. An example of a simulation system which uses such an approach is mentioned.

Keywords: computer aided modelling; concurrent design; finite element method; FEM; polydescriptive approach; boundary element method; BEM; simultaneous design; bond graphs.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.1994.062534

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, 1994 Vol.7 No.3/4/5/6, pp.300 - 304

Published online: 09 Jun 2014 *

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