Programme The programme is divided in two days: Course programme Introduction to system level simulation for mechatronics systems Expand General overview of modelling methodologies in system level mechatronic analysis. Both academic and commercial tools and their possible combinations. Common problems tackled through the system level analyses. Lumped parameter simulation for mechatronic systems Expand Causal and acausal modelling, Bond graph theory, types of lumped components, applicability and limitations, commercial tools Rigid multibody simulation Expand 3D kinematics, rotational descriptions, 3D dynamics, joint descriptions, Numerical solvers, Commercial software tools. Flexible multibody simulation Expand Kinematics for flexible systems, floating-frame-of-reference, component mode synthesis, flexible dynamics Application case: durability analysis in vehicle suspension Expand Model setup, Test correlation, multibody simulation and finite element coupling for durability assessment Model order reduction for accelerated simulation and optimization Expand Model order reduction and surrogate modeling overview, linear model order reduction, parametric model order reduction, nonlinear model order reduction Application case: gearbox simulation Expand Lumped parameter gearbox models, multibody gearbox models, nonlinear finite-element gearbox models, quality metrics, transmission error evaluation, gearbox noise radiation Co-simulation for mechatronic system Expand Co-simulation introduction, co-simulation integrators (Gauss-Seidel,…), Functional mock-up interface and functional mock-up units, Dedicated co-simulation methods Model based design optimization Expand Design optimization problems overview, gradient-based and sampling-based optimization, parameter design, component selection, structural topology optimization Digital Twin development & exploitation Expand Digital Twin concepts, integration of models with measurement data (model identification, Kalman filtering), structural use case, mechanism use case