Overview of the Multipurpose Aircraft Simulation Laboratory experience

MARIO CASSARO Ph.D. Student PAOLO GUNETTI Ph.D. Researcher MANUELA BATTIPEDE Associate Professor PIERO A. GILI Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Dept. Politecnico di Torino Turin - ITALY

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CLEANSKY Joint Technology Initiative

All-electrical aircraft equipment systems architectures thermal management

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ACARE GOALS
(Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe) TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN TECHNOLOGY DOMAIN

Reduced fuel consumpiton (CO2 & NOx reduction)

Engines Loads &Flow Control New Aircraft configuration Low weight configuration Aircraft Energy Management Mission Management Engines Trajectory Management New Aircraft configuration Low noise configuration Rotorcraft noise Management Rotorcraft optimised configuration

COLLABORA TIVE NETWORKPLANNING Integrated with airport operations planning and airspace user flight planning The 4D Trajectory Principle: Integrating airspace users flight systems to build predictable time synchronised flight precision Integration of Airports: Integrating airports - time synchronised operations of surface trajectories and flight turnaround System Wide Information Management : The Intranet for Air Traffic Management Automation: Human operators concentrate on high value-added tasks

External noise reduction

Ecolonomic life cycle

Aircraft Life Cycle

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OVERVIEW OF THE MULTIPURPOSE AIRCRAFT SIMULATION LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

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OVERVIEW OF THE MULTIPURPOSE AIRCRAFT SIMULATION LABORATORY EXPERIENCE

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MASLab Aircraft Mathematical Models

Aircraft Simulator Software & Performance Tools

AFCS suite

AIRLAB Simulator Hardware (Thales)

Technical Documentation

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CLEANSKY

MASLab
250K

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Performance data (FF)

MASLab Master Model AFCS Autopilot Modes Selection Logic Control Laws + FLIGHT DYNAMICS Aircraft models Engine models

MASLab Performance Data Computation (PDC) Tool STEADY STATE FLIGHT

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MASLab Master Model AFCS Autopilot Modes Selection Logic Control Laws + FLIGHT DYNAMICS Aircraft model Engine model MASLab Performance Data Computation (PDC) Tool STEADY STATE FLIGHT

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LARGE B747-100

REGIONAL

BUSSINESS

ATR 42-500

CESSNA CJ3

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DATA
Modelling Verification & Validation Aircraft Flight Manuals Eurocontrol Base of Aircraft Data (BADA) National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)

Scientific literature DATCOM Aircraft Flight Manuals

SPEC.

Model Technical Specification

Validation Test Plan

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SPECIFICATIONS
Modelling INFORMAL Model Technical Specification
Edward A. Martin GUIDANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A FLIGHT SIMULATOR SPECIFICATIONS Air Force Research Lab on Human Effectiveness Directorate Wright-Patterson AFB, May 2007

V&V

STATIC
Debugging Interface testing Assertion checking Special input testing Graphic comparison Visualization/animation Functional testing Face Validation Acceptance Testing

DYNAMIC

FORMAL

LOW LEVEL

HIGH LEVEL

Validation Test Plan Aircraft: ICAO 9625 Manual of Criteria Check AC 23-8C and 25-7C ! AFCS:

for the Qualification of Flight Simulation Training Devices, III Edition Volume I, July 2009 US Department of Defense, General Specification for Flight Control Systems Design, Installation and Test of Piloted Aircraft, document MIL-DTL-9490E, 22 April 2008

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AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM

Criticalities: lack of literature dedicated to commercial autopilots autopilot functionalities differ significantly from one aircraft category to another pilot/AFCS interface

IDENTIFY

Set of AFCS functionalities (Autopilot Modes) Set of safety rules (Selection Logic) Set of gain for each mode within the flight envelope (Control Laws)

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AFCS Automatic Flight control System

Boeing Take off Climb Manual Initial climb: mode Manual, pitch constant, wings-level, maximum throttle Climb: pitch control on IAS-Hold, roll control on manual, manual throttle Altitude-Hold, Heading-Hold, Speed-Hold Pitch control on Vertical Speed, Heading-Hold, Speed-Hold Pitch control on Vertical Speed, roll control on manual, Speed-Hold Capture for landing: pitch control on Altitude-Hold, roll control on Localizer (capture), Speed-Hold Landing: pitch control on Glide-Slope, roll control on Localizer, manual throttle.

FG Flight Guidance
Airbus Manual Pitch control on OPEN CLIMB, roll control on LNAV or HDG, throttle on climb

Cruise Descent

Altitude-Hold, Heading-Hold, Mach-Hold Pitch control on OPEN DESCENT, HeadingHold (or LOC), Speed-Hold

Landing

Pitch control on Glide-Slope, roll control on Localizer, manual throttle

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Airlab Flight Control Unit

Autopilot Suite
Longitudinal axis Pitch Hold MAN Altitude Hold ALT Vertical Speed Hold VS IAS Hold IAS Glide-Slope GS Take-Off/Go-Around TOGA Vertical Navigation VNAV (managed by FMS) Lateral-directional axis Roll Hold MAN Heading Hold HDG Track Hold TRK Localizer LOC Take-Off/Go-Around TOGA Lateral Navigation LNAV (managed by FMS) Autothrottle Thrust Hold THR HOLD Thrust Reference THR REF Speed Hold SPD Mach Hold Mach Managed Modes (managed by FMS)

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PROPULSION SYSTEM
Criticalities: Lack of data concerning the intrinsic characteristic of each engine Multi-Aircraft architecture High Accuracy requirement
WI FJ44-3A

P&W JT9D-3A

DEFINITION OF A VALID MODELING PROCEDURE PW127E

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maximum sea level thrust specific fuel consumption overall pressure ratio general geometrical measures (overall length, fan diameter)

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CONCLUSIONS
Aknowledgment: We would like to thank the European Community for the opportunity. We would also like to thank our industrial partner Thales Aerospace for their significant contribution in model development. Next dissemination actions: Gunetti, P., Cassaro, M., Battipede, M., and Gili, P., Modeling Autopilot Suites For A Multi-Aircraft Simulator AIAA Modeling & Simulation Technology Conference, Boston MA, USA, 2013 Cassaro, M., Gunetti, P., Battipede, M., and Gili, P., Propulsion System Modeling For A Multi-Aircraft Simulator AIAA Modeling & Simulation Technology Conference, Boston MA, USA, 2013 Contacts: manuela.battipede@polito.it

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