Digital data consistency for model-based systems engineering (MBSE)

Abstract

There are many publications on the integration of MBSE and PLM/PDM, but the integration concepts have found little application in industrial practice. The SysML models are often managed "stand-alone", which usually limits their use to early concept phases. The interdisciplinary consistency of the various models from specification, analysis and design through to individual parameters along the entire life cycle is becoming increasingly important. As part of the digital transformation, MBSE PLM integration is therefore also gaining new relevance for practical implementation.
As part of an overarching "End-2-End" project for digitalisation and data consistency, Airbus Defence & Space, supported by ScopeSET Technology & Mews Partners, developed a "proof of concept" that is able to close precisely this gap. In addition to the necessary interfaces, the focus was on defining the overarching processes and use cases.
The result is a demonstrator that shows for a specific project how a consistently digitalised process chain can be used to optimise the conceptual system design in early phases through automated simulation and optimisation runs and how decisions can be validated. By connecting to an intermediate engineering database, the link to configuration control in the PDM can also be realised. This means that all the necessary dimensions of integration can be demonstrated in a real scenario.