Integration of Electromagnetic Constraints as of the Conceptual Design Through an MBSE Approach

The conceptual design phase is a crucial phase for the system architects to evaluate physical architecture concepts. Our research area deals with the model-based system engineering collaborative approach named spatial architecture based on multiphysics and organization of systems for the three-dimensional architecture evaluation of concepts under electromagnetic (EM) constraints. This article focuses on a preliminary required task: the development of a SysML extension called the electromagnetic interactions layout extension (EMILE) in order to support the collaboration between the system architects and the disciplinary EM experts by integrating the EM modeling based on the geometry to formalize EM constraints in the system model. This extension includes the EM requirements definition, the EM coupling modes description, and the specification of the simulation configuration, thanks to a developed customized human-machine interaction. Finally, EMILE has then been illustrated by a case study for the EM constraints specification of an electric vehicle power train.