Efficient modeling of mechatronic systems regarding variety and complexity in the field of automotive

In the field of automotive engineering the development time is shrinking while the variety and complexity of vehicles is increasing steadily. Since the measuring process for evaluation of the component behavior is time-consuming, model based development is aspired. This paper describes different modeling techniques and presents an architecture to build up vehicular mechatronic systems considering the complexity and product variety. It presents how these methods can be applied to create a vehicular part: variable valve timing systems. According to the proposed architecture different layers of the real component are indicated and represented by the particular model. Subsequently the simulation results of the Valvetronic are evaluated by means of the measurement data. Concluding, the prerequisites for the acceptance of model based engineering are described.