Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10673957 | CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology | 2011 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Modern mechatronics systems are increasingly becoming complex in terms of the size and multi-disciplinarity. System architecting of such multi-disciplinary systems defines subsystems and their interfaces through hierarchical system decomposition. As opposed to traditional system decomposition methods using building blocks associated with functions, this paper proposes a method to decompose a system by defining physical phenomena that constrain clustering patterns of system parameters. A case study of a printer demonstrates the method implemented on a computational tool, which supports systematic generation of decomposition candidates and configuration of sensor-actuator combinations based on the method.
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Authors
H. Komoto, T. Tomiyama,