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Implementing the Digital Thread - A Proof-of-Concept
Implementing the Digital Thread - A Proof-of-Concept
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Oroz, Juan
Roohi, Zayn
Abelezele, Sabastian
Fronk, Gabriel
Al Fawares, Ruby
Pinon-Fischer, Olivia
Gharbi, Aroua
Marvis, Dimitri
Petersen, Melissa
Karl, Alexander
Matlik, John
Schwering, Bryan
Roohi, Zayn
Abelezele, Sabastian
Fronk, Gabriel
Al Fawares, Ruby
Pinon-Fischer, Olivia
Gharbi, Aroua
Marvis, Dimitri
Petersen, Melissa
Karl, Alexander
Matlik, John
Schwering, Bryan
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Abstract
Current engineering processes are heavily document-centric, which can add time and cost
to projects, limit data accessibility, and make it difficult to actively manage models and data
consistency throughout the lifecycle of a product. Additionally, traditional data siloes limit data
accessibility across departments. Similar issues exist with tools: departments use software with
different standards and formats, making it time-consuming and difficult to accurately propagate
changes and requirements throughout. Aerospace projects and vehicles are also often a level of
magnitude more complex than products developed in other industries, requiring the coupling of
multiple disciplines, which intensifies these problems. Digital Engineering and Model-Based
Systems Engineering (MBSE) provide the context, methodologies and tools to address some
of the aforementioned challenges. In particular, this paper presents the development and
implementation of a Digital Thread proof-of-concept for a minimum viable product. In doing
so this research demonstrates solutions to the challenges of data acquisition and management,
model and data connectivity, tool, and platform integration, eventually leading to the realization
of an authoritative source of truth across the product’s lifecycle. Additionally, this research
highlights some of the key benefits brought about by the Digital Thread, which include increased
collaboration and communication, managed consistency across models and data, as well as the
ability to conduct model verification, validation, and calibration - an important tenet of MBSE.
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2023-01-25
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