Behavioral Model Composition in Simulation-Based Design

We present a simulation and design framework for simultaneously designing and modeling electromechanical systems. By instantiating component objects and connecting them to each other via ports, a designer can configure complex systems. This configuration information is then used to automatically generate a corresponding system-level simulation model. The building block of our framework is the component object. It encapsulates design data and behavioral models and their inter-relationships. Component objects are composed into systems by connecting their ports. However, when converting a system configuration into a corresponding simulation model, the corresponding models for the component objects do not capture the physical phenomena at the component interfaces¾the interactions. To obtain an accurate composition, the interaction dynamics must also be captured in behavioral models. In this paper, we introduce the concept of an interaction model that captures the dynamics of the interact...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2002
• Where: ANSS
• Authors: Rajarishi Sinha, Christiaan J. J. Paredis, Pradeep K. Khosla
• Keywords: ANSS 2002, Behavioral Models, Component Objects, Simulation, Simulation Model