Flight Control System Modeling with SysML to Support Validation, Qualification and Certification

Faida Mhenni (1, 2) , Jean-Yves Choley (1, 2) , Nga Nguyen (1, 3) , Christophe Frazza (4)

1 QUARTZ - Laboratoire QUARTZ
2 SUPMECA - SUPMECA - Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris
3 EISTI - Ecole Internationale des Sciences du Traitement de l'Information
4 DGA - Délégation générale de l'armement

The introduction of new technologies to build ‘More Electric Aircraft’ induces new challenges for both the design and safety analysis of new aircraft. A model-based approach is needed for both design and validation processes in order to manage the complexity and validate the conformance to safety requirements. In this paper, a SysML-based approach merging MBSE and MBSA is presented. This approach is applied to a Flight Control System (FCS) both for the design and the validation processes. A parallel is made to compare the models used in each of these processes. This comparison led to suggestions of improvements both for the design and verification and validation approaches.

Mots clés: Safety; Systems Engineering; Flight Control System (FCS); SysML; AltaRica

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Faida Mhenni, Jean-Yves Choley, Nga Nguyen, Christophe Frazza. Flight Control System Modeling with SysML to Support Validation, Qualification and Certification. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49 (3), pp.453 - 458, 2016, 2405-8963. ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.07.076⟩. ⟨hal-01589591⟩