A fuzzy method for propagating functional architecture constraints to physical architecture.

Eric Bonjour (1) , Samuel Deniaud (2) , Maryvonne Dulmet (1) , Ghassen Harmel (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
2 M3M - M3M

Modular product design has received great attention for about 10 years, but few works have proposed tools to either jointly design the functional and physical architectures or propagate the impact of evolutions from one domain to another. In this paper, we present a new method supporting the product architecture design. In new product development situations or in reengineering projects, system architects could use this method in the early design stages to predetermine cohesive modules and integrative elements and to simulate a domain architecture by propagating architecture choices from another domain. To illustrate our approach, we present an industrial case study concerning the design of a new automobile powertrain.

Domains: Automatic

Eric Bonjour, Samuel Deniaud, Maryvonne Dulmet, Ghassen Harmel. A fuzzy method for propagating functional architecture constraints to physical architecture.. Journal of Mechanical Design, 2009, 131 (6), 11 p. ⟨10.1115/1.3116253⟩. ⟨hal-00381061⟩