Pattern recognition for the integration of mechanical simulations in product development workflows

Sebastian Schweigert, Martin Schöner, Udo Lindemann

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Abstract

The emergence of computer-aided systems and especially numerical methods has revolutionized the product development process. Several types of simulations and calculations during the process are nowadays state of the art. In order to manage the mass of resulting data, simulation data management systems have evolved and spread across specific branches dealing with the interaction of design and simulation departments. In this paper, together with workflows from the development process of an industry partner in SIPOC and BPMN, development tasks are separated according to their department - design or simulation - in order to show the interaction along a process. As a result, three different patterns are recognized within the generated depictions: capsuled patterns, integrated patterns, and outside patterns. Specific behaviour towards simulation data management issues and particularly simulation requests can be stated for each of them. Consequently, this approach can support the implementation process of a simulation data management system by selecting suitable forms of simulation requests according to the workflow.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)399-408
Number of pages10
JournalProceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED
Volume1
Issue numberDS87-1
StatePublished - 2017
Event21st International Conference on Engineering Design, ICED 2017 - Vancouver, Canada
Duration: 21 Aug 201725 Aug 2017

Keywords

  • Collaborative design
  • Integrated product development
  • Process modelling
  • Simulation
  • Simulation data management

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