Methodologies and tools for virtual design and testing of advanced flight control systems

随着电传（FBW）飞行控制技术在运输飞机领域的发展，下一步的发展是在飞行控制系统中引入更多的多功能。例如，在庞巴迪开发的第一架FBW飞机c系列上，副翼在起飞配置中对称下垂几度，以优化爬升性能的升力分布。飞行控制的多功能使用具有显著的潜力，可以提高未来飞机的燃油效率，从而有助于减少航空的环境足迹。然而，这种先进的飞行控制系统具有比现有系统高得多的复杂性，并且也为潜在的架构选择开辟了非常大的设计空间。因此，需要研究新的方法和工具，以提高这种先进飞行控制系统的开发过程的效率和有效性。

With the technology of fly-by-wire (FBW) flight controls now well established in the sector of transport aircraft, the next logical evolution is to introduce more multi-functionality in the flight control system. For instance on the CSeries, the first FBW aircraft developed by Bombardier, the ailerons are drooped symmetrically a few degrees down in the take-off configuration to optimize the lift distribution for climb performance. The multi-functional use of flight controls has significant potential of increasing the fuel efficiency of future aircraft and thus contribute to reducing the environmental footprint of aviation. However, such advanced flight control systems feature significantly higher complexity than current systems and are also opening a very large design space of potential architecture options. New methodologies and tools therefore need to be researched to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the development process for such advanced flight control systems. The presented project with Bombardier will research such new methodologies and tools and will contribute to bringing novel flight control system architectures to fruition in the next generation of aircraft in Canada, by advancing the state-of the art of virtual design and virtual testing in three areas: (1) model-based systems engineering (MBSE), (2) model-based safety assessment (MBSA) and (3) model-based design (MBD). These new methodologies will lead to the development of leading edge flight control systems, reducing the environmental footprint of Canadian designed aircraft and increasing the cost effectiveness of Bombardier's development process to ensure sustained international competitiveness.