Modular Generation and Simulation of Mechatronic Systems

Simulation of complex mechatronic systems often requires decomposition of the model to be simulated. A decomposition aptly performed yields submodels that correspond to the technical structure of the modelled system. Thus a composition of models by means of existing components is made possible. Yet, coupling of the submodels affects the inner sequence of evaluation. This may result in deadlocks. We present an approach for the appropriate partitioning of the model code that allows keeping the inner evaluation flexible so that a deadlock-free coupling can be obtained. Submodels generated according to this approach have defined interfaces; therefore it is not necessary to consider the entire inner code for the sequence of evaluation to be known.