Digital Engineering Enablers for Systems Engineering in Early-Stage Research and Development

IF 1 4区 工程技术 Q4 INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION
Insight Pub Date : 2023-09-27 DOI:10.1002/inst.12456
Arno Granados, Celia Tseng
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Abstract

Robust systems engineering is perceived as an unnecessary cost and schedule burden when the goal is proof of concept in an early-stage project (TRL 1-5). In reality the majority of industry, as opposed to academic, early-stage research and development (ESR&D) efforts are generally not “pure research”, but instead focus on technology development for the purpose of technology transition to applied development and technology insertion into new or existing products. To overcome the barriers, an early and active end-user focused system engineering approach is needed to build the use cases to support the transition from fundamental research to applied development. Digital engineering (DE) enablers can lower the transition investment cost through the use of agile methodologies, reference architectures, and model-based design and manufacturing capabilities. End-to-end digital continuity from ESR&D to manufacturing and sustainment facilitates early discoveries of transition risks, which enable informed decision-making to mitigate pitfalls leading to the “valley of death.”

This article leverages efforts associated with Industry 4.0, digital engineering transformation and INCOSE working group efforts to illustrate how a systems engineering approach based on DE concepts facilitates rapid instantiation of key systems engineering process and elements in ESR&D projects. This approach is both enabling to foundational ESR&D efforts, and transformational in building a bridge across the valley of death to foster success in technology transition to product. An agnostic tool, standards-based framework is presented, and specific tools are used to illustrate ESR&D transformation.

系统工程早期研发的数字工程推动者
当目标是在早期项目中证明概念时,鲁棒系统工程被认为是不必要的成本和进度负担(TRL 1-5)。事实上,与学术相反,大多数行业的早期研发工作通常不是“纯粹的研究”,而是专注于技术开发,目的是将技术过渡到应用开发,并将技术插入新产品或现有产品中。为了克服这些障碍,需要一种早期和积极的以最终用户为中心的系统工程方法来构建用例,以支持从基础研究到应用开发的过渡。数字工程(DE)推动者可以通过使用敏捷方法、参考体系结构以及基于模型的设计和制造能力来降低转型投资成本。ESR&;D到制造和维持有助于早期发现过渡风险,从而使明智的决策能够减轻导致“死亡谷”的陷阱。本文利用了与工业4.0相关的努力,数字工程转型和INCOSE工作组努力说明基于DE概念的系统工程方法如何促进ESR&;D项目。这种方法既能够实现基础ESR&;D的努力,以及在建造一座跨越死亡之谷的桥梁以促进技术向产品过渡的成功方面的转型。提出了一个不可知的工具,基于标准的框架,并使用特定的工具来说明ESR&;D变换。
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Insight
Insight 工程技术-材料科学:表征与测试
CiteScore
1.50
自引率
9.10%
发文量
0
审稿时长
2.8 months
期刊介绍: Official Journal of The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing - includes original research and devlopment papers, technical and scientific reviews and case studies in the fields of NDT and CM.
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