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THE FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS AND ALLOCATION
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INTRODUCTION
This research paper is about Functional analysis and Allocation in the engineering design system
through assessment of the staging, supporting process, output, inputs and the procedure of
functional allocation and analysis. It can be described as a procedure of converting requirement
level of the system into comprehensive functional and performance criteria of the design. The
design of the engineering system is a comprehensive process of solving problems applied to
sequentially top-down by the team. This process converts the needs and requirements into the
system description of products and process, give input for next level of development and provide
information for those who make decisions.
The process of functional allocation and analysis comprises the output and input, the process of
staging within the life cycle of the system, approaches and methods of doing analysis and
allocation. This process removes the bridge between the requirement and constraints of the high
level systems and the necessary details set to improve and execute the programs. This report
covered functional analysis and allocation of Southern Cross station.
Southern Cross formerly referred to the Spenser Street station is the main railway station in
Melbourne. The station is owned and maintained by the infranexus. It is the busiest railway
station with 18 million passengers' movement. Southern Cross station is situated at the western
edge of CBD at a distance of 1.2km from the stations of flinders. The stations are served by 22
tracks and 16platforms (Gamdhimathi, 2011).
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FA&A enables for the best understanding of what the system of engineering performs and the
process of performing it and also it's extended. The main purpose of constructing southern
Melbourne station was to create an environmentally sustainable design, innovate solution of low
energy and disperse diesel fuel. Exhaust gases and hot air without applying the electric fans. The
station was constructed to provide comfortable options for transport to the passengers' ineffective
way that encourage the traveller and commuters to use environmentally friendly way of
travelling (Gamdhimathi, 2011).
Inputs
The FA&A procedure input mainly comprises the constraints of the projects, objectives of the
projects, requirements and the customer's need. The input processes may comprise the
requirement based on the requirement of program decision, corporate decision, and requirement
of output from the application of system engineering procedures application, the technology
available, missions, effectiveness measure and also environmental applications. The mission of
Southern Cross station was to provide a sustainable way of transport (Gamdhimathi, 2011).
Outputs
The output of this procedures is dependent on the level of development and comprise the
baseline, architecture of the system, database of decision and specification of the development
stage. The output is usually any information that defines and regulates the procedures needed for
product development. The project of Southern Cross station included transport interchange and
re-development of a commercial that comprises the car parking, retails and offices. Some of the
output includes a screen of passengers with the real-time of train departure and arrival
information and also comfy areas of waiting. It had coach station of 30 bay, comfortable and

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secured amenities for 800 cars and pick up and drop off points for five minutes (Bijan, et al.,
2012).
Staging
The process is staged by defining the performance of lower-level and functional requirement
hence describing the architecture at the increasing detailed levels. The requirement of the system
is allocated and defined in more details to give design and verification criteria to regulates the
incorporation of the designs' system.
Supporting process
The first phase of the process of system engineering is the investigation of the procedure's inputs.
The requirement's analysis is practical to the growth of performance and functional requirements.
The analysis process of the requirement defines the constraints of design and clarity and
functional requirement. The functional partitioning is a supporting procedure that includes
categorizing of roles that fit with the parts to be applied reasonably and lower the functional
interface (Capilla, et al., 2011).
The constraints of the site stated that the major spine trusses ran down and centrally. The
platform was not parallel to the Spenser Street resulting in the requirement to fabricate and
design profiles to manage the skew. There was a challenge of fabrication in the whole process.
The Southern Cross station is managed by a metro train of Melbourne. Numerous dissimilar rail
services operate from the Victoria station, Melbourne and around the world. The services are
provided from platforms 1 to 8 (Ferrari, et al., 2010).
METHODS OF FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS