PERIODO: MARZO - GIUGNO


Il corso ha carattere applicativo e si pone come proseguimento di quello tenuto a partire dall’aa 2013-2014 (Strumenti a Applicazioni del Systems Engineering). Si focalizza specificatamente sull’impiego di strumenti informatici e modelli funzionali tipici del metodo “Model Based Systems Engineering”. In particolare è mirato allo sviluppo dell’analisi dei requisiti, della modellazione funzionale e fisica (dinamica) di sistema e dell’azione di trade-off della configurazione e alla finalizzazione della progettazione di un esempio di sistema impiegato nell’industria. Si avvale della collaborazione di esterni, nell’ambito di brevi seminari.

This course is aimed at providing some practical skills and follows a previous one proposed since the a.y. 2013-2014 (Tools and Applications of the Systems Engineering). It is focused on the implementation of the software tools and of functional models typical of the ‘Model Based Systems Engineering’. Requirement analysis, the combined functional and physical modeling activity and the architecture trade-off are performed by dealing with the design of an industrial system. Some industrial partners will cooperate in this teaching activity, during some seminars.

Il Model Based Systems Engineering nell’ambito del ciclo vita prodotto: richiami sul contesto e sull’implementazione come metodologia, strumenti, software e gestione dei dati. Descrizione di un “cyber physical system” di tipica applicazione nell’ambito di “Industria 4.0”. Obiettivi, caratteristiche e sviluppo. Implementazione del MBSE tramite software. Requisiti: definizione, classificazione, allocazione nel sistema, e gestione in IBM Rational DOORS®. Sviluppo del progetto concettuale e preliminare in linguaggio SysML, con strumenti di modellazione quali IBM Rational Rhapsody® , PTC Integrity Modeler ® o equivalenti. Analisi dei requisiti, funzionale, operazionale e dell’architettura. Interfacciamento con un simulatore dinamico quale Simulink® o equivalente. Interoperabilità dei codici e progetto di sintesi.

The Model Based Systems Engineering within the Product Life Cycle Management: some outlines about the context and the implementation in terms of methodology, tools, software, data management. Description of a typical example of Cyber Physical System for “Industry 4.0” strategy. Goals, properties and development. Implementation of the MBSE through software tools. Requirements: definition, classification, allocation and management within IBM Rational DOORS®. Project development from concept to preliminary design by means of the language SysML and modelling through the IBM Rational Rhapsody®, PTC Integrity Modeler® or similar tool. Requirement, functional, operational, architectural analyses. Interfacing with a dynamics numerical simulator like the Simulink® or equivalent. Interoperability of tools and system design synthesis.

This course is aimed at providing some practical skills and follows a previous one, which was proposed since the academic year 2013-2014 (‘Tools and Applications of the Systems Engineering’). Nevertheless, the approach extremely practical applied to this module does not require that students are already aware about the subject.
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The implementation of software tools and functional models typical of the ‘Model Based Systems Engineering’ is described. The requirement, functional and physical modeling activities and the architecture trade-off are performed by dealing with the design of some industrial systems. During classes the students will make some practice by analyzing the design of a fleet of drones for surveillance and rescue on a defined controlled area as an amazing example of applied knowledge

The Model Based Systems Engineering within the Product Life Cycle Management is developed through some outlines about context and implementation in terms of methodology, tools, software and data management.

This methodology is described by dealing with requirements (definition, classification, allocation and management within IBM Rational DOORS®); project development from concept to preliminary design, by means of the language SysML and modelling through the IBM Rational Rhapsody®; design synthesis and physical modelling, through the Simulink® environment. Particularly, the requirement, functional, operational and architectural analyses will be applied to a test case and interfacing with a numerical simulator of dynamic behaviour like the Simulink® or equivalent will be shown. Interoperability of tools and system design synthesis will be finally analyzed.

Timetable and location

May 30th : Systems Engineering: Methodology / Process, Method, Language, Life cycle Model and Product Model
June 13th : Requirement analysis and IBM DOORS®
June 20th : Functional, operational and architectural analyses and IBM Rhapsody®
June 27th : Physical analysis and connection to some dynamic simulator like the Simulink®
June 29th : Heterogeneous simulation and Interoperability + Final test (1/2 hours)

LOCATION : DIMEAS – III Floor – Meeting Room (Sala Riunioni)
TIME : 9 to 13

Suggested reading and references:

D.Walden, G.Roedler, K.Forsberg, D.Hamelin, T.Shortell – Systems Engineering Handbook of INCOSE, 4th Ed., John Wiley and Sons, 2015.
C. Wasson – System analysis, design and development: concepts, principles and practices, Wiley, 2nd ed., July 2015
P. Roques – Modélisation de systèmes complexes avec SysML, Eyrolles, 2013 (in French).
B. Powel Douglass – AGILE Systems Engineering, MK Morgan Kaufmann, Waltham, MA, USA, 2016.
E. Brusa, A. Cala, D. Ferretto – Systems Engineering and Its Applications to Industrial Product Development, to appear, published by Springer as a ref.pub.86845246 within 2017.

Course handouts will be shared together with students.

A final test will consists of a brief presentantion of each students to the audience about his/her own application of the contents of this module.