The course is based on an analysis and redesign scenario for an existing technical system. Topics treated are:
- the system development process and planning – V-model, Stage-gate model, network planning, Gantt-scheme;
- requirements specification (end user-, corporate-, regulatory- and societal requirements);
- the active environment and environmental impact;
- integration of components and interfaces between components;
- manufacturing, assembly, and service aspects;
- system architecture (integrated/modular) and methods, tools and frameworks for systems engineering (QFD,DfX,DSM,MFD).
- reliability engineering, design aspects of reliability and methodologies such as FTA anad FMEA;
- system dynamics and related phenomena and mechanisms, as well as constructive countermeasures;
- systems modeling and simulation, static and dynamic substructuring;
- System verification and validation;
- PLM (PDM and CAE) - frameworks, standards, and tools for collaborative engineering
- Threats and hazard evaluation
The main goal is that the students should develop their capabilities to treat systems engineering from a holistic and lifecycle perspective (interaction with the environment, existing and future customer needs and demands, the technological development, etc.). Further more, the course aims at that the students should acquire a thorough knowledge of available methods and frameworks for product modeling (CAD), product data management (PDM), and geometry-based simulations (CAE), as well as industrially relevant strategies and methods for integrated management of all product information during the products entire lifecycle, i.e. product lifecycle management (PLM).
After completing the cours the student should be abel to:
1. Demonstrate ability to creatively, critically and systematically integrate knowledge from previous courses to analyse, judge and deal with complex systems, even based on limited information.
2. Demonstrate the ability to criticise common models for planning and executing systems engineering;
3. Demonstrate the ability to design a technical system with the support of a master CAD model and related simulation models;
4. Demonstrate the ability to make design decisions based on the outcome of the Design Structure Matrix based analysis of the architecture of a complex system and identify module candidates;
5. Demonstrate ability to visualise and discuss engineering conclusions and the knowledge and arguments behind them, in dialogue with different groups, orally and in writing;
6. Demonstrate the ability to establish a qualitative risk analysis;
7. Demonstrate ability to design a complex system, considering relevant scientific, social, economic and environmental aspects
