Development of a modeling tool for aircraft floatation simulations using the Finite Pointset Method (FPM)

Kurzfassung

The tool for the automatic generation of aircraft floatation simulation using the numerical Finite Pointset Method has been implemented in the structural aircraft pre-design framework PANDORA. This tool allows for the quick generation of flotation models for computational simulations, thus, extending the capabilities of the process chain used at DLR by predicting the flotation behavior of the aircraft during ditching. This tool allows for the generation of models for static flotation with the aircraft resting on calm water as well as for dynamic flotation with the presence of waves, which are generated in a parametrical fashion within the tool.