A Preliminary Survey of the State of the Art in Simulation-Based Development and Certification to Support Digital Aircraft Design Research

Abstract

Many safety critical domains require certification of a product before it can be released to the market. On the one hand, simulations and digital methods allow for cheaper and faster assurance of properties. On the other hand, the new and different methodology implies completely new requirements. We provide a general overview of the field and focus on naming, use cases, stakeholders, and quality criteria. We also highlight the needs of simulation users for research. We show that the naming in the different domains for virtual certification is widely spread, but the research needs aim into the same direction.