1. Systems Engineering and Architecture (1)
Classification of Systems and Research Interests
Output
Process (P) Transport(T) Store(S)
Matter (M)
Energy (E)
Information (I)
Example: Aircraft
Example: ComSat
Example: Hubble Space Telecope
Systems (Artifact) Classification according to Rias J. van Wyk, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, “Management of technology: new frameworks”, Technovation, 7 (1988) p
Conclusion: Aerospace systems are mainly matter and information transporters
as well as information processors, with few exceptions. Those are the systems
I am interested in.
dWo: Research Interests and how they fit in the Lifecycle:
(a) Integrated Modeling and Simulation (Multi-Physics)
(b) Multi-Objective Optimization and Tradeoff Analysis
(c) Model-Reality Correlation
Lifecycle
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2. System Engineering and Architecture (2)
Conception, Design, Implementation
Lifecycle
creativity
architecting
trade studies
modeling simulation
experiments
design techniques
optimization (MDO)
The Enterprise
Beginning
of Lifecycle
Manufacturing
assembly
integration
Conceive
Design
“process information”
create
virtual
PDR
CDR
choose
(a), (b)
SRR
iterate
Implement
iterate
The System
- Mission
- Requirements
- Constraints
real
“turn
information
to matter”
Customer
Stakeholder
User
Architect
Designer
System Engineer 1
The Environment: technological, economic, political, social, nature
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3. Systems Engineering and Architecture (3) Operate, Upgrade, Liquidate
Lifecycle
The Environment: technological, economic, political, social, nature
testing
validation
verification
Architect
Designer
System
Engineer
The Enterprise
Operate
Upgrade
service
test
deploy 1 AR
real
The System
accept
(c)
monitor
End of
Lifecycle
control
usage
virtual
Customer
Stakeholder
User
monitor
Liquidate
System ID
behavior
prediction
control
usage
EOL
degrade
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