Engine development distributed concurrent engineering including design and simulation techniques

AVL is offering sophisticated engine engineering services, instrumentation and engine test systems to companies all over the world. This demands on the one hand to develop high quality products and on the other had to be a partner in the concurrent product and process engineering programmes of the customer. The use of information technology within and between cooperating companies, standardised data transfer protocols and a strong project management are preconditions for successful partnerships. This paper describes how AVL applies its services within the customers concurrent engineering teams during the design phase as an actor in the ''distributed development team''. General measures to support rapid product development are outlined. The interactions between design and simulation work as a first step to meet the target of ''analytical prototyping'' are explained.