This paper presents how a continuous mission verification process similar than in software engineering can be applied in early spacecraft design and Concurrent Engineering. Following the Model-based Systems Engineering paradigm, all engineers contribute to one single centralized data model of the system. The data model is enriched with some extra information to create an executable representati...

In this decade, all researchers and industry players compete to develop sustainable product design by exploring natural fibre composites in development. One of the essential methodologies creating composite products is concurrent engineering (CE). Industrial production should be involved development ballistic helmets. This publication aims provide a quick overview evolution helmet designs. manu...

General Engineer-to-Order (ETO) design of product capacity projects among many others, includes design for large electric machine, huge centrifugal pumps, diesel/natural fuel power plant engines, steam turbine, boiler, ship power, et cetera. ETO is basically a product development process, which starts with a product specification and finishes with an engineering design as its deliverable. It ra...

The growing size of Software Engineering teams (up to a thousand people), combined with shrinking software life cycle duration (a few months) have created considerable pressure to increase concurrency. Concurrent work in Software Engineering. leads to find the same “object” simultaneously in multiple copies, locations and formats. Concurrent engineering support means the definition, control and...

The Virtual Corporation is a research initiative at Arizona State University that introduces multidisciplinary, concurrent-design techniques into the undergraduate engineering curriculum. Sponsored by the ARPA Technology Reinvestment Program and supported by industrial partners, The Virtual Corporation offers participants a unique opportunity to work with students from several academic discipli...

Transforming real-world requirements into specifications which are appropriate for subsequent software development is at the heart of Requirements Engineering. Doing it systematically remains an open challenge. In this paper we present a formal approach to systematise the move from requirements to specifications in the context of Jackson’s Problem Frames.

The research and development in the area of computer integrated construction have looked at various fragments of the domain to be used as a glue for the integration of the profession. Examples of these fragments include products and processes. In this paper, environment modelling is suggested, as an approach that provides a more complete picture of the domain requires the support of information...

Problem Frames and i* are two broadly used approaches that require a good background from the requirements engineering. Both approaches have typical traits that fit in equivalent. On the other hand, there are features that do not fit. Thereby, there are some points which need improvements on both of them. This work analyzes the five basic problem frames, defined by Michael Jackson, in the i* co...

In this paper we discuss the requirements and design of a repository that can be used to support a Concurrent Engineering (CE) philosophy. We identify three fundamental support services that are of use in a concurrent engineering environment: distribution support, computer supported co-operative working support and repository support. These requirements are modelled and applied in conjunction w...