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Simcenter News Aerospace Edition Siemens PLM Software Simcenter news Aerospace edition June 2018 siemens.com/simcenter Simcenter news | Aerospace © Solar Impulse | Revillard | Rezo.ch | Revillard © Solar Impulse Gliding toward a digital twin Welcome to the special aerospace Along more commercial lines, there is an edition of Simcenter News. As you know, excellent story about Airbus’ approach to the aerospace industry is enjoying an cabin comfort using the Simcenter™ STAR- innovation boom. And we are pleased CCM+™ software solution for computational to note the Simcenter™ portfolio has fluid dynamics (CFD). The team at Airbus played a significant role in helping inspire Helicopters, long-time pioneers in the innovation in aerospace design and process field of model-based systems engineering development over the years. We have tried (MBSE), shares its experience using to cover as many of our customer success Simcenter Amesim™ software. And we stories as possible in this 68-page issue, our invite you to read the story about the longest yet. For our cover story, we spoke Chinese commercial aircraft program, the Siemens PLM Software to the engineers behind the Pilatus PC-24 COMAC C919, and how Simcenter 3D is Jan Leuridan success story. The Pilatus development being used to help drive the certification Senior Vice President team not only created and certified the new process with the Chinese agency, SAACC. Simulation and Test Solutions Super Versatile Jet in record time by using a production-driven digital twin, they have Our aerospace edition wouldn’t be complete also revolutionized the aircraft development if we didn’t cover space. Airbus Space and certification process, proving that our and Defence explains how the Simcenter predictive engineering analytics vision in environmental dynamic testing solution support of digital twins has become a reality. helped the European Space Agency (ESA) successfully launch the GAIA telescope, In this issue, we continue to follow the while Orbital ATK decided to integrate exciting world of e-aviation with the Simcenter 3D into the Teamcenter and NX Siemens eAircraft project. The team in process to improve its design for NASA’s Erlangen, Germany is busy using the Space Launch System (SLS). So whether you complete set of Simcenter simulation want to explore the tools and technology and testing tools as well as Teamcenter® behind the aircraft of the future, or take a software and NX™ software to optimize look at how digital twins and data analytics their models and make sure that upcoming are changing aerospace development, make testing campaigns will be done in the most sure you pack this issue in your carry-on bag. effective way. We guarantee that you will have something good to read on the plane. n 2 Aerospace | Simcenter news In this issue Simcenter: Will twins help us set foot on Mars? 6-7 The Pilatus PC-24 8-13 Pilatus: The digital journey interview 14-17 The Siemens eAircraft project 18-23 Airbus Helicopter 24-31 GKN Aerospace Fokker 32-35 Solar Impulse 36-39 SAACC and the COMAC C919 40-43 Brazilian Aeronautics Institute of Technology 44-47 Airbus cabin comfort 48-51 Orbital ATK and NASA 52-54 Joby Aviation 56-59 Airbus Space and Defence and GAIA 60-63 Ask an expert 64-65 Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens: Enter the E-Fan X 66 3 Simcenter news | Aerospace Supersonic innovation and much more… Aerospace engineers seem to be exceeding the speed of sound these days. Everywhere you look, from the Pilatus PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to the Siemens eAircraft projects, the world of aerospace is enjoying an innovation boom. And this boom promises to continue with serious technology demonstrators, like the CityAirbus (pictured) and the Airbus E-Fan X, which will be ready to take to the skies in the near future. If all this talk of futuristic travel is a bit too much, make sure to catch up on the newest takes on industry classics. The Pilatus PC-24 is set to redefine the private jet market with the first production model already delivered, and the Chinese are ready to take on Boeing and Airbus with the approaching certification of the COMAC C919. So aviation and aerospace fans, whether you are one of the lucky few who enjoyed a transatlantic flight on the Concorde, the world’s first supersonic jet; someone who has started making plans for their first commercial e-flight in 2030, or perhaps are just in the mood to check up on how ESA’s GAIA telescope is doing mapping the universe, we have something for everyone who is dreaming big these days in the world of aerospace. Dream big and enjoy! ä Pilatus page 8 ä Siemens eAircraft page 18 ä COMAC C919 page 40 ä Airbus Space & Defence page 60 Airbus 4 Aerospace | Simcenter news 5 Simcenter news | Aerospace Simcenter Will twins help us set foot on Mars? On March 27, 2015 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in propulsion methods, better telecommunication systems, Kazakhstan, a Soyuz spacecraft was launched to send NASA revolutionary electronics, ultra-light and sustainable astronaut Scott Kelly and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mikhail structures and materials, and much more. Amongst this Kornienko to the International Space Station (ISS) for a myriad of innovation, there is one constant. Whatever kind one-year mission. Their goal? Collect scientific data, just of craft qualifies for such an ambitious mission will need to like they would do during any other ISS expedition, but this be lighter than what is available today, more resistant to time also act as guinea pigs in a study on the effects of extreme conditions over longer periods of time, and more long-term space flight on the human body. autonomous. To meet such challenging requirements, it will be crucial that conventional approaches to design, NASA’s choice of Kelly was not coincidental because he had certification, maintenance and sustainability will shift to already participated in three space missions. But this time, the next paradigm: the digital twin. his participation yielded another special bonus: Scott has an identical twin brother, Mark, who is also an astronaut. Using a digital twin approach can best be described as This gave NASA the exceptional opportunity to compare building and maintaining a large collection of ultra-realistic two identical sets of genes: one in space, and one on the models and data that can predict product behavior during ground. And so the famous NASA Twins Study was born. As the entire lifecycle via simulation and, preferably, in real we write this, researchers are publishing their results. These time. These models come in several scales and instances for unique insights will bring us one step closer to long-term various applications, integrate multiple aspects, contain the space exploration, like taking humans to Mars, which NASA best available and physical descriptions, and mirror the life hopes to accomplish somewhere in the 2030s. of the real product. When a digital twin is deployed to its full extent, it tracks information on all the parameters that However, the Kelly twins won’t be the only ones to play a influence a product’s operation. This includes initial design role in this next giant leap for mankind. To achieve this new and further refinement, manufacturing-related deviations, milestone in human history, unprecedented technological modifications, uncertainties and updates as well as sensor advancement will be required in many fields, such as new data from the on-board integrated vehicle health 6 Aerospace | Simcenter news management (IVHM) system, maintenance history and all without human intervention and making a safe landing on available historical and fleet data obtained using data the Red Planet. Today we are seeing the digital twin process mining. emerge throughout the aerospace industry, and we hope you enjoy discovering some of the many examples of that The advantages that come with a digital twin approach will in this magazine. Nevertheless, aviation and space help us surmount many of the current obstacles we face manufacturers expect many new methods and before we set foot on the Red Planet. First of all, it will help developments during the coming decades that will enlarge engineers be more precise during development and the current scope of the digital twin, especially in the fields manufacturing. Ultra-realistic modeling allows them to of modeling realism, computational power as well as work with smaller design tolerances, minor fabrication powerful and robust data management. uncertainties and lower stochastic variability for product use. This will result in a huge weight reduction, a better At Siemens PLM Software, we are organizing our chance to meet the mission-critical fuel requirements, and development efforts to meet this demand. Our new a more accurate view of sustainability. On top of that, once Simcenter™ software portfolio has been designed to offer the mission has started, a digital twin will allow systems to engineers a holistic set of cutting-edge technologies that continuously send feedback to the design team so that support them during the entire development cycle and help engineers can evaluate performance and health, verify if them deliver innovations for complex products more everything works according to plan, and take corrective effectively and with greater confidence. Using Simcenter actions if needed. Ultimately, a digital twin could make enables you to integrate 1D simulation, 3D computer-aided products smart and autonomous by enabling self-healing engineering (CAE), controls, physical testing, visualization, mechanisms, or systems that automatically adapt the multidisciplinary design exploration, and data analytics in a mission profile to loading, performance and energy managed context. It combines decades of experience by consumption. For missions like the one to Mars, this could putting well-known products such as Simcenter Testlab™ dramatically increase the probability of success.
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