Performance Simulation Model in Product Life-Cycle Management

Automobile, aerospace, and other industrial sectors have evolved over years on product life-cycle management (PLM) systems. Product design and simulation have been long used to support their enterprise-wide engineering activities. This paper describes, in detail, a case study and solution of a simulation process management project called performance simulation model (PSM). We focus on several research issues, including integration of design process and simulation process, simulation data management, simulation flow management, and the architecture of PSM. A prototype for PSM that allows a unification of design process and simulation process by PDM's engineering Bill of Material (EBOM) is presented. The prototype has been used successfully for static analysis of transmission system.