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An innovative new basic model in design methodology for analysis and synthesis of technical systems
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EngineeringConceptual DesignSystems DesignSystem-level DesignTechnical SystemsComputer-aided DesignSystem SynthesisAdvanced DesignSocial SciencesEquipment DesignPhysical Design (Electronics)Systems EngineeringSpace Systems DesignAutomotive Systems EngineeringDesignManufacturing SystemsTechnical SystemSoftware DesignSystem ArchitectureIndustrial DesignModel-based System EngineeringMethod EngineeringMachine Design
The correlation between layout and function of technical systems is an important clue for the comprehension and description of technical systems. A basic for a methodology that helps the designer to master the interface between the abstract description of the function and the real layout of a technical system must be clear enough to fulfil this transfer without problems. However it must be global enough to be able to describe the complexity of any technical system. The method ought to be applicable for the analysis of an existing machine system as well as for the synthesis of an new one. The paper introduces a new methodological model – the Element Model “Contact & Channel Model C&CM”, “Working Surface Pairs & Cannel and Support Structures” (Wirkflachenpaare & Leitstutzstrukturen WFP & LSS) that has been developed at the Institute of Machine Design and Automotive Engineering of the University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany (mkl). The fundamentals of this Element Model C&CM are presented in their most important definitions and based on simple technical systems. Further the application within the scope of actual research projects is presented in order to show the strengths of the model on analysis as well as on synthesis of technical systems.