Designing a control system using SysML and Simulink

The Systems Modeling Language (SysML) has been under development since 2001 by the International Council and the Object Management Group (OMG) organizations, as a standard modeling language for model-based systems engineering (MBSE). SysML supports the specification, analysis, design, and verification of a broad range of complex systems such as control systems. The authors describe a tool that integrates a Simulink model from relevant parts of a SysML model so users can perform systems engineering processes using SysML, and simulate parts of the model using Simulink. The authors also show systems engineering processes for designing a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) as an example of control systems. © 2012 SICE.