A Functional-Driven Design Approach for Advanced Flight Control Systems of Commercial Transport Aircraft

The functional enhancement of the Flight Control System (FCS) by using new technologies and concepts show potential benefit for commercial transport aircraft. Thus, to conceive the entire design space in early phases of aircraft design, the transition from a knowledge-based to a functional-driven design approach is recommended. The objective of this contribution is to enable such a functional-driven design approach for Advanced Flight Control Systems (AFCS), including multifunctional flight control devices. After a short background section on the design of FCS, various enabling technologies and concepts are presented. The functional-driven design approach represents the first part of an overall AFCS design method. A Functional Multiple Domain Matrix (FMDM) is the core of the design approach and accompanies the entire development process and supports in handling the system complexity. Based on a functional cluster analysis, various AFCS concepts can be derived. This functional-driven approach can be applied for new aircraft configurations in the early stages of the transport aircraft design process or for retrofit studies, with respect to the FCS design.     «

The functional enhancement of the Flight Control System (FCS) by using new technologies and concepts show potential benefit for commercial transport aircraft. Thus, to conceive the entire design space in early phases of aircraft design, the transition from a knowledge-based to a functional-driven design approach is recommended. The objective of this contribution is to enable such a functional-driven design approach for Advanced Flight Control Systems (AFCS), including multifunctional flight cont...     »