Название: Introduction to Systems Thinking and Interdisciplinary Engineering
Автор: Horst Czichos
Издательство: Springer
Год: 2022
Страниц: 121
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true)
Размер: 10.3 MB

This concise textbook introduces a systems approach to technology, describing tribological, mechatronic, cyber-physical systems, and the technologic concept of Industry 4.0 to students in a range of engineering domains. “Technology” in this book refers to the totality of human-made, benefit-oriented products, based on engineered combinations of material, energy and information. Dr. Czichos examines technology in this volume in the context of systems thinking with regard to the following main technology areas:

Technical systems with “interacting surfaces in relative motion” especially in mechanical engineering, production, and transport; including the analysis of friction-induced energy losses and wear-induced materials dissipation.
Technical systems that require a combination of mechanics, electronics, controls, and computer engineering for needs of industry and society.
Technical systems with a combination of mechatronics and internet communication.
Cyber-physical Systems for the digitalization of Industry in the development project Industry 4.0.
Considers technology as combination of the physical world and the digital virtual world of information and communication.
Describes the product cycle of technical systems and the corner stones of technology: material, energy and information.
Presents a holistic view of technology and engineering.

Engineering sciences are the sciences that deal with the research, development, design. production, and application of technical products and technical systems. The classical engineering sciences are civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and production engineering. More recent courses of study are precision engineering, energy technology, chemical engineering, process engineering, environmental technology and technical computer science. In the twentieth century, new interdisciplinary courses of study were created in line with the growing needs of technology, business and society, e.g. mechatronics as a combination of mechanics—electronics—computer science or industrial engineering by combining economics (business administration, economics) and law with one or more engineering sciences to form a separate field of knowledge.

The book presents the systems approach to technology in six chapters:

1. Scope of Technology
2. The System Concept
3. Tribological Systems
4. Mechatronic Systems
5. Cyber-Physical Systems and Industry 4.0
6. Systems Thinking in Health Technology.