Transcript Background

Knowledge Based Engineering to Support
Automotive Electric and Electronic
System Design and Automatic Control
Software Development
PhD Candidate: Fengnian TIAN
Department: AWEP
Section: Flight Performance & Propulsion
Supervisor: Mark Voskuijl
Promoter: Michel van Tooren
Start date: 01-10-2010
Background
Methodology
Based on the statistic data from OICA and NHTSA, it has been
found that the percentage of vehicles being affected because of
failures in the electronics, either software or hardware drops
gradually from almost 8% (2003) to less than 2% (2009) . However,
significant changes have taken place in 2010 and 2012, which makes
up more than 10% of the vehicle production in that year (Fig.1).
The Design and Engineering Engine (DEE) for automotive conceptual
design has been established in this research (Fig.2). The new methods and
tools that allow the designer to take electronic components, including
control software, into account already in the automotive conceptual design.
The DEE is based upon the principles of Knowledge Based Engineering
(KBE), which is essentially a combination of Computer Aided Design (CAD)
and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Moreover, the Multi-Model Generator (MMG)
which is the heart of the DEE has been developed (Fig.2). The MMG is able
to model different automobile configurations and configurations’ variants,
and provide models for multidisciplinary analysis, such as mechanics,
aerodynamics, dynamics and E/E systems as well. The MMG can establish
the relationship from the logical system architecture to the technical
system architecture and finally the software components for the E/E
systems. It can also model the logical, technical architecture and
automatically generate the source code for the software components.
The level of software integration in vehicles, such as electric cars
and aircraft, is rapidly increasing. Due to the increasing complexity
of the embedded control software, significant delays can occur in
development programs or even errors can be present in the control
software of the final product. In the development of the Electric and
Electronic system (E/E system), the analysis and specification for the
architecture of the logical system, technical system and software
itself includes many repetitive (manual) processes. Those repetitive
processes are time consuming and are prone to errors.
Aerospace Engineering
Test case --- The development of Anti-lock Braking System (ABS)
Based on a single intelligent product model, that contains the main design
parameters of the vehicle specified by the designer, two models are
generated automatically; (1) the simulation model of the physical plant
(geometric model) and the associated control system (dynamic model),
and (2) the control software (source code). The simulation model is used
to test the source code for a range of ABS maneuvers. Results show that
the source code of the control software behaves identically to the original
simulation model of the control system. The final source code is wellstructured and easy to understand due to the fact that there is a direct
relation between the vehicle design parameters specified in the original
product model and the variables and their values in the source code of the
control software. The proposed design methods and tools can in principle
be applied to any dynamic system with a high level of software integration,
such as e.g. unmanned aerial vehicles.
Fig.1 The percentage of electronic failures in the safety recalls last decade
Physical Model and Source Code
for E/E systems
Geometric Model for Mechanics
Vehicle Body Model for Aerodynamics
Fig.3 Integration of E/E system into the DEE
Publications
Parametric Model for Dynamics
Fig.2 Overview of the DEE
F.Tian and M.Voskuijl, “Knowledge based engineering to support
automotive conceptual design and automatic control software
development,” in Proceedings of the FISITA 2012 World
Automotive Congress, Beijing, China, Nov. 2012, pp. 393–405.
Aerodynamic study of
micro-aerial vehicles
(Title: Bookman old style 66pt)
Background
PhD Candidate: Mustafa Percin
Department: C&O
Section: Aerodynamics
Supervisor: B. van Oudheusden
Promoter: F. Scarano
Start date: 10-5-2010
Funding: STW
Cooperations: AGARD-NATO
Text, figures, equations, diagrams…
flow with
particle tracers
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles has largely increased
in the last decade due to advances in manufacturing and
flight control technology…
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spacing
lenses forming a
thin light sheet
digital camera
solid-state laser
A laser system to measure the flow around a MAV
Progress and Objectives
Aerospace Engineering
A great deal of progress was obtained to my own
judgment. According to my supervisor, the progress was
just enough to pass the GO-NO-GO
Example of very large micro-aerial vehicle
Heading 1
Aerodynamic drag coefficient for a sphere
Publications
- A.B. De Groot, C. ter Midden, D Klein, (2010) “On the stability of a clap and fling mechanism”, Journal of Micro Aer vehicles 12, pp 24-38
- E.G. Hooghuis, F. Baraque, (2012) “A plasma actuator for MAV flight control”, Journal of Physics 81, pp 112-141
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Aerodynamic study of
micro-aerial vehicles
(Title: Bookman old style 66pt)
Background
PhD Candidate: Mustafa Percin
Department: ASM
Section: Aerodynamics
Supervisor: B. van Oudheusden
Promoter: F. Scarano
Start date: 10-5-2010
Funding: STW
Cooperations: AGARD-NATO
Text, figures, equations, diagrams…
flow with
particle tracers
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles has largely increased
in the last decade due to advances in manufacturing and
flight control technology…
Heading: tahoma 20 bold
Body text: tahoma 18, paragraph justified, single line
spacing
lenses forming a
thin light sheet
digital camera
solid-state laser
A laser system to measure the flow around a MAV
Progress and Objectives
Aerospace Engineering
A great deal of progress was obtained to my own
judgment. According to my supervisor, the progress was
just enough to pass the GO-NO-GO
Example of very large micro-aerial vehicle
Heading 1
Aerodynamic drag coefficient for a sphere
Publications
- A.B. De Groot, C. ter Midden, D Klein, (2010) “On the stability of a clap and fling mechanism”, Journal of Micro Aer vehicles 12, pp 24-38
- E.G. Hooghuis, F. Baraque, (2012) “A plasma actuator for MAV flight control”, Journal of Physics 81, pp 112-141
…
Aerodynamic study of
micro-aerial vehicles
(Title: Bookman old style 66pt)
Background
PhD Candidate: Mustafa Percin
Department: SpE
Section: Aerodynamics
Supervisor: B. van Oudheusden
Promoter: F. Scarano
Start date: 10-5-2010
Funding: STW
Cooperations: AGARD-NATO
Text, figures, equations, diagrams…
flow with
particle tracers
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles has largely increased
in the last decade due to advances in manufacturing and
flight control technology…
Heading: tahoma 20 bold
Body text: tahoma 18, paragraph justified, single line
spacing
lenses forming a
thin light sheet
digital camera
solid-state laser
A laser system to measure the flow around a MAV
Progress and Objectives
Aerospace Engineering
A great deal of progress was obtained to my own
judgment. According to my supervisor, the progress was
just enough to pass the GO-NO-GO
Example of very large micro-aerial vehicle
Heading 1
Aerodynamic drag coefficient for a sphere
Publications
- A.B. De Groot, C. ter Midden, D Klein, (2010) “On the stability of a clap and fling mechanism”, Journal of Micro Aer vehicles 12, pp 24-38
- E.G. Hooghuis, F. Baraque, (2012) “A plasma actuator for MAV flight control”, Journal of Physics 81, pp 112-141
…