Trade-off between concurrent engineering software tools for utilisation in space education and beyond
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Data publicació2022-04-29
EditorUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya
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Abstract
Concurrent engineering is an approach to the development of complex systems that is char- acterised by direct communication between the disciplines involved. Instead of processing the individual disciplines one after the other, as in sequential design, or processing via a single contact person, as in centralised design, all systems work simultaneously. Learning this inter- action and understanding what information needs to be communicated between disciplines are among the central learning objectives of the course "Spacecraft Design" at Technische Uni- versität Dresden, Institute of Aerospace Engineering. In this course, the students represent different disciplines and work out a mission study that is commissioned by the lecturers. The lecturers thus participate in the development process in the role of customers. Key to the concurrent engineering approach is that each discipline has access to the most current design data at all times. This can be done via a dedicated software solution. Both commercial and open source software tools are available. Within the frame of the above-men- tioned course, several tools have been tested. The covered software solutions comprise ESA Open Concurrent Design Tool (OCDT), RHEA Concurrent Design Platform (CDP), Valispace and IBM Rhapsody. This contribution presents the experience that we gathered with these concurrent engineering software tools. First, the tools are described and their commonalities and distinctions are high- lighted. Subsequently, a detailed trade-off between the tools is being presented. This trade-off will particularly focus on the utilisation of these tools within the scope of course work at univer- sities, as this entails special requirements and boundary conditions, such as very limited time for introducing the software, highly heterogeneous user group, limited utilisation of the software in terms of depth and functionality, to only name a few. Within this contribution, we will also explore alternative approaches, such as using no software at all. The aim of this contribution is to offer other teachers and students some guideline for selecting a concurrent engineering software solution and implementing it in course work, in a way that using the tool itself does not become the central learning challenge of the course. The results might be of interest beyond university courses, as some requirements, like short times to get familiar with the software or certain interface requirements, also apply to other environments in research and development.
CitacióBach, C.; Drobny, C.; Tajmar, M. Trade-off between concurrent engineering software tools for utilisation in space education and beyond. A: "4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities". Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022,
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