A Compartment-perspective Methodology for Modeling and Analyzing Complex Aircraft Integration Assembly Processes: An Extended Application of the RFLP Framework
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This research tackles the challenges of interlinked aircraft systems and tightly coupled assembly processes through a compartment-perspective modeling approach for assembly process analysis, expanding and adapting the RFLP (Requirements-Functional-Logical-Physical) systems engineering framework. The key innovation is the novel adaptation of the RFLP framework into assembly process design, creating a comprehensive multi-layered, multi-perspective modeling framework. This framework translates top-level aircraft requirements into detailed compartment installation test sequences. Within the Functional layer, the approach disassembles product requirements into compartmental perspective models, emphasizing the specific functions of physical regions or units. This ensures that local task planning aligns with broader system functional needs. In the Logical layer, the method maps subsystem interfaces and interactions into test sequences, structuring test item dependencies and converting them into executable compartment-level tests. In the Physical layer, it establishes a precise link between compartment logic and components, to generate an assembly information list and test processes. The methodology's feasibility is demonstrated using a typical aircraft compartment example.
