ENPORT Model Builder: An Improved Tool for Multiport Modeling of Mechatronic Systems

摘要

Mathematical modeling based on multiport concepts is a powerful approach for simulation, analysis and design of mechatronic systems. Multiport concepts can be more fully exploited when they are embedded in a software environment. An effective modeling environment should not only support core ideas of multiport modeling, but should also be easy to use, flexible in design, customizable, and provide practical support for component libraries. The environment should be implemented so that the engineer does modeling of mechatronic systems in a manner congruent with his or her thinking. In this paper we present an effort to design and implement a multiport modeling environment for mechatronic systems. We have been able to realize many of the features described above. Additionally, several novel features have been incorporated into the environment, including support of customizable, user-defined model types, methods for organizing and browsing the contents of a model type library, and tools for controlling access of classes of users to model information. The result is a fully functional modeling environment called ENPORT Model Builder. An overview of the design and implementation of this software is presented.