Journe Nationale de rflexion et prospective sur les systmes embarqus

17 JUIN 2003

Presented by

Airbus Flight Control Systems

and future evolutions
Jean-Philippe BEAUJARD
Fight Control System Team Leader on A400M program

c AIRBUS FRANCE 2003

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Contents
Evolution of Airbus Flight Controls
A view of the future

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system

architecture
avionics
specifications
software

Evolution of Airbus Flight Controls

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In the Early Days ...

FARMAN F60 GOLIATH 1st flight 1919

Evolution of Airbus Flight Controls

Mechanical Flight Controls

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ARMAGNAC 1st flight 1949

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1st Hydro-mechanical servo controls

CARAVELLE 1st flight May 1955

Hy

Hy
Hy

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1st Electrical Flight Controls

Bloc
diagrams
Written by
ELLIOTT AVIONICS
(equipment supplier)
and Sud Aviation

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(automatic pilot and

manual flight controls)

CONCORDE 1st flight 1969

Analogic computers
Hy

Hy
Hy

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2nd generation of
Electrical Flight Controls March 1984

formal
specs

Written by
AIRBUS
(aircraft manufacturer)

Hy
Hy

Hy

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(automatic pilot and

manual flight controls)

A320

1st flight Feb 1987

Digital computers
HY3
HY1

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Evolution of Airbus Flight Controls

SINCE EARLY
80 s

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Full Electrical Flight Controls 1997

Hy

Hy

Hy Hy

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Hy
Hy

A340-600

HY3
HY1

1st flight Apr 2001

Digital computers

formal
specs

Written by
AIRBUS
(aircraft manufacturer)

Evolution of Airbus Flight Controls

A380 SPACE SHIP 2001

formal
specs

Written by
AIRBUS
(aircraft manufacturer)

Hy
Hy

Hy

Hy
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Hy
Hy

Digital computers
HY1

These bloc diagrams were the genetical origin of SAO/SCADE

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Written by
ELLIOTT AVIONICS
(equipment supplier)

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1st Airbus aircraft

May 1969

Bloc
diagrams
Written by
SFENA
(equipment supplier)

(automatic pilot)
Hy

Hy

Hy

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Hy

A300 B1

1st flight Oct 1972

Analogic computers
HY3
HY2
HY1

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1st Embedded Software 1982
Bloc
diagrams
Written by
AEROSPATIALE
(aircraft manufacturer)

(automatic pilot)
Hy

Hy

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Hy

Hy

A310

1st flight 1984

First Digital computers

HY3
HY2
HY1

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Written by
AIRBUS
(aircraft manufacturer)

A view of the future

Reduce weight again and again
Electronic Volumes
70

COMPLEXITY

60
50
40
30
20
10

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A310

A320

A340

A380 A400M

smart actuator

smart side-stick

active control laws

HY1

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Minimize interfaces
multiplexed buses

Blue input is used in laws every

d +j1 seconds (j1 is variable)

minimize input-output jitters

d

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minimize delays

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Move from specification reviews to analysis
MATHEMATICAL
PROOF CAN BE
REPEATED AND
CHECKED BY
OTHERS

3000
SCADE
sheets

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FCTL SPECIFICATION

Prooved
Prooved
Prooved
Prooved
Prooved
Prooved
Prooved
Prooved
component
Flare
law
component
component
Flare
Flare
law
law
component
Flare
law
component
component
component
component
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A380 FLARE LAW

Prooved
Prooved
Flare
Flarelaw
law
component
component

A view of the future

Get your software in the box within a day
NODES

NODES

NODES

AUTOMATIC CODE GENERATOR

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QUALIFIED

CODE

NODES

A view of the future

Theory
We need a theory to support the design of complex systems mixing
sampled booleans, integers and real values,
So, our designs can integrate structures that are easier to analyse
automatically,
And use structures that ease determinism.

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Keep your complex system safe and simple.

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