Models in Engineering covers a range of key concepts that will enhance your understanding of modeling in engineering and its practical applications. Here are the main concepts covered:
- Types of models in engineering and their organization within a taxonomy.
- Purposes of models in engineering and evaluating their success based on career experience.
- Model development process leading to models of increasing fidelity.
- Using models for decision-making and optimization, including defining design variables, fixed parameters, objective functions, and constraints.
- Evaluating the credibility and fidelity of existing models using clear criteria.
- Choosing between a single model or an ensemble of models when addressing specific problems or decisions, resolving conflicts in case of contradictory results.
- Combining subsystem models into a system model in a multidisciplinary computational environment.
- Principles of verifying and validating models.
- Tradeoffs between physical and virtual prototypes for system verification, validation, and testing.
- Understanding system architecture, including defining architecture, system boundaries, and interfaces.
- Analyzing and providing constructive criticism on system architecture representations.
- Applying systems thinking and defining systems in the context of a project.
- Framing problems in solution-neutral and less solution-neutral ways based on problem characteristics.
- Constructing design Dependency Structure Matrices (DSMs) and process DSMs.
- Applying sequencing algorithms to sort components or tasks based on DSMs.
- Analyzing change propagation and conducting an analysis of change based on a database of changes.
- Defining the role of the architect and collaborating with stakeholders.
- Identifying architectural deliverables and referencing architectural frameworks.
These concepts will equip you with a comprehensive understanding of modeling in engineering and its practical applications, enabling you to make informed decisions and improve engineering outcomes in your career.