Modelling of mechatronic systems by an object-oriented data model

Abstract

An object oriented data model is defined to describe multibody systems. Extensions for modelIing mechatronic elements like sensors and actuators within the multibody system as well as interfaces to other dynamic systems have been developed. An implementation in a neutral modelIing kernel and a format to store the description of a multibody system on a data exchange file are directly derived from this data model. Data converters transfer these data to several multibody formalism.