A high-performance extension to enable a future IMA-like flight and loads control platform

IMA-like platforms offer advantages in weight, maintenance, and flexibility. However, low computing capabilities due to long aircraft development cycles and complex certification pose challenges for innovative, but demanding system applications. In this work, we motivate high-performance computing extensions in the integrated platform architecture design to enable such applications from a system function perspective. In particular, we analyze the blocking points towards an IMA-like integrated flight and loads control platform for future aircraft with high aspect ratio wings, which promise significant efficiency improvements, but require demanding software applications for the protection of the more flexible wings. On the basis of involved applications, such as advanced load estimation, we first identify limiting factors in terms of memory and computation demand, as well as application characteristics. Concluding that these challenges will not be resolved with the next generation of IMAlike platforms, we discuss the aforementioned high-performance extension.

Subjects

IMA platforms

integrated flight control

highperformance computing

DDC Class

629.13: Aviation Engineering

Funding(s)

Entwicklung einer unabhängigen, offenen Schnittstelle zur Verbindung moderner Prozessoren mit IMA

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A high-performance extension to enable a future IMA-like flight and loads control platform