Advantages of an Integrated Simulation Environment

Abstract

Numerical simulation software in the �eld of aircraft design can be classi�ed as �rst, sec- ond or third generation Multi-Disciplinary Anal- ysis and Optimatzion (MDAO) system. The most challenging task nowadays is to create a third generation MDAO because there are no good-practice rules how to create a useful soft- ware system. The prerequisite for a success- story of such a software is a successful consider- ation of the dependency of simulation scenario (work ow), simulation models and the simula- tion data. Some good-practice rules for de- veloping a third generation MDAO can be ex- tracted from monolithic �rst generation systems regarding this dependency. The still under de- velopment software RCE for CPACS is a system for applied numerical aviation pre-design simu- lations and a technology carrier for evolving a third generation MDAO. The current state of RCE for CPACS regarding the good-practice rules will be outlined. A future state will be sketched considering possible next steps on the way to a successful third generation MDAO.