This work presents the current state of the virtual testing activities performed within the Virtual Product House (VPH) start-up project. In this project a multidisciplinary, collaborative end-to-end process for virtual product design is developed. On the basis of preliminary design and concept studies on aircraft level, the process focusses on design, manufacturing and testing of aircraft systems and structural components with special attention to certification aspects. The initial use case considers the trailing edge flap of a long-range aircraft and its actuation system. Design and analysis tools are integrated in a remote workflow execution environment to automatically generate designs and evaluate them by virtual test means. Virtual tests facilitate knowledge on properties and behavior of the virtual product in early development phases and allow to optimize design flaws in consecutive design iterations to hence reduce the risk of costly corrections later in the development process. The testing is setup in multiple stages. Currently, domain-specific tests are carried out for the moveable structure and its actuation system, with the latter being in focus for the current text. These tests address the functional verification of the actuation system in nominal and failure cases. A SysML model comprising system requirements and architecture is used to model test cases and trace test results. On the basis of these test cases, simulation configurations for virtual tests are automatically built, executed and evaluated. With this method, a continuous evaluation of designs in terms of functional verification of the moveable actuation system is possible. Moreover, the automated execution of all steps allows to determine the effects of design changes quickly without a large amount of labor-intensive and error-prone work.


    Access

    Download


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Virtual testing of multifunctional moveable actuation systems


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2022-08-01



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Virtual testing of multifunctional moveable actuation systems

    Hollmann, R. W. / Schäfer, A. / Bertram, O. et al. | Springer Verlag | 2022

    Free access

    MOVEABLE WING TIP ACTUATION SYSTEM

    WILSON THOMAS | European Patent Office | 2024

    Free access

    MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRACK SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENTLY MOVEABLE VEHICLES

    SALMON CARL ANTHONY | European Patent Office | 2019

    Free access

    Testing rail joints for moveable bridge

    Sasaoka, Charity | IuD Bahn | 2003


    Reconfigurable moveable signalling systems

    JUILAN PHILLIPPO | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access