Simulating aircraft stability and control characteristics for use in conceptual design

Project Information

SIMSAC

Grant agreement ID: 30838

Start date 1 November 2006

End date 31 July 2010

Funded under

• Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 5 109 387,00

EU contribution € 3 282 343,00

Coordinated by

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN
Sweden

Objective

Present trends in aircraft design towards augmented-stability and expanded flight envelopes call for an accurate description of the non-linear flight-dynamic behaviour of the aircraft in order to properly design the Flight Control System (FCS). Hence th e need to increase the knowledge about stability and control (S&C) as early as possible in the aircraft development process in order to be "First-Time-Right" with the FCS design architecture. FCS design usually starts near the end of the conceptual design phase when the configuration has been tentatively frozen and experimental data for predicted aerodynamic characteristics are available. Up to 80% of the lifecycle cost of an aircraft is incurred during the conceptual design phase so mistakes m ust be avoided.

To meet these challenges SimSAC develops along two major axes:
(i) creation and implementation of a simulation environment, CAESIOM, for conceptual design sizing and optimisation suitably knitted for low-to-high-fidelity S&C analysis; and
(ii) an improved pragmatic mix of numerical tools benchmarked against experimental data. Key objectives are: establish formalised geometry construction protocols to enable varying fidelity AeroModels, construct the CEASIOM system for S&C de sign and assessment at three levels of fidelity, including low-fidelity aero-elasticity effects, benchmark each numerical tool using established and widely recognized experimental data for existing configurations, conventional and unconventional, test and assess CAESIOM by undertaking a selection of design exercises of two types.

Achieving these objectives will advance the state-of-the-art in computer-aided concept design suitable for procuring economically amenable and ecologically friendly designs.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › control systems
• engineering and technology › mechanical engineering › vehicle engineering › aerospace engineering › aircraft
• natural sciences › mathematics › pure mathematics › geometry

Programme(s)

• FP6-AEROSPACE - Aeronautics and Space: thematic priority 4 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• AERO-1.1 - Strengthening competitiveness

Call for proposal

FP6-2005-AERO-1
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Teknikringen 8 ; STOCKHOLM ; Sweden
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Participants (16)

UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Senate House, Tyndall Avenue, ; BRISTOL
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CERFACS CENTRE EUROPEEN DE RECHERCHE ET DE FORMATION AVANCEE EN CALCUL SCIENTIFIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 42 avenue Gaspard Coriolis ; TOULOUSE
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CFS ENGINEERING SA

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PSE-B ; LAUSANNE
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DASSAULT AVIATION

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 9, Rond-Point des Champs-Elysees Marcel Dassault ; PARIS
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DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Linder Hohe ; KOLN
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EADS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: (adress for courier): Warenannahme Geb. 6.1, Ludwig-Bolkow-Allee, 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany ; MUNICH
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SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY

Sweden

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• Address: Gullfossgatan 6, Kista ; STOCKHOLM
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UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: The Foundation Building 765 Brownlow Hill ; LIVERPOOL
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J2 AIRCRAFT DYNAMICS LTD.

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 4 Norton Vale ; THORNTON
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OFFICE NATIONAL D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES AEROSPATIALES'

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 29, avenue de la Division Leclerc ; CHATILLON
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POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Italy

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• Address: Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32 ; MILANO
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SAAB AB

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Broderna Ugglas Gata ; LINKOPING
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FEDERAL STATE UNITARY ENTERPRISE CENTRAL AEROHYDRODYNAMICS INSTITUTE

Russia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 1, Zhukovsky str. ; ZHUKOVSKY
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VYZKUMNY A ZKUSEBNI LETECKY USTAV, A. S.

Czechia

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• Address: Beranovych 130 ; PRAGUE 9 - LETNANY
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POLITECHNIKA WARSZAWSKA (WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY)

Poland

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• Address: Plac Politechniki 1 ; WARSAW
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ALENIA AERONAUTICA S.P.A

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Viale dell'Aeronautica snc ; POMIGLIANO D'ARCO (NA)
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