Enabling engineers to make trade-off decisions earlier

Sept. 29, 2005
New FlightGear flight simulator interface brings vehicle modelling, simulation and visualisation capabilities to the desktop.

The MathWorks has announced the Aerospace Blockset 2, which builds on the foundation of Simulink and Model-Based Design for aerospace vehicle modelling, simulation and visualisation.

New features bring high-quality flight simulation graphics to the desktop, where modelling and simulation is more accessible and economical than design and test conducted in a lab, according to MathWorks.

This version uses off-the-shelf, drag-and-drop representations of aerospace components from standards-based reference models. Consequently, engineers can use the Aerospace Blockset 2 to optimise vehicle subsystem configurations and perform subsequent trade-off studies earlier in the design stage.

New animation blocks in the Aerospace Blockset 2 Interface with FlightGear flight simulator software so that users can visualise vehicle dynamics in a 3-D simulation framework. Engineers can evaluate and verify complex flight dynamics before committing to a final design by using Simulink for multi-domain simulation and Model-Based Design.

The Aerospace Blockset 2 also extends support for navigation and tracking applications. Expanded modelling utilities—including transformations and equations of motion for world or Earth-Centred Earth-Fixed (ECEF) coordinates—lets engineers model high-orbiting and long-range vehicles. Similarly, point-mass models make possible the simplified representations characteristic of multiple-body modelling.

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