Rotorcraft Certification by Simulation and Analysis – Course Content

The course will take place over 5 days. View the structure and content of the course below.

Day	Time	Description
Day 1	09:00	Welcome & Introductions (MDW)
	09:30	Course Overview & Key Learning Outcomes (GDP)
	10:00	RCbS Process Overview, ACR & I-P Point Selection (GDP)
	10:30	Break + Teams Formed
	11:00	RCbS Phase 1 Overview: I-P Matrix, Metrics, Tolerances, Requirements Specification (GDP)
	11:30	Team Exercise: ACR, I-P Matrix & Metrics Selection (MJ)
	12:30	Lunch
	13:30	Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) in RCbS (GQ)
	14:00	MATLAB Exercise: UQ applied to ACRs (GQ)
	15:30	Break
	15:45	SC-VTOL Flying Qualities Requirements Status (HS, EASA) (TBC)
	17:00	Multi-body Dynamic Modelling using FLIGHTLAB (ART)
	18:00	End of Day
Day 2	08:30	RCbS Phase 2 Overview (GDP)
	09:00–13:00	Group Work: Group A (FSM, ACR1 – DS): FSM fidelity, UQ, analysis & assessment Group B (FS, ACR2 – RTO): FS testing, FTM design, SFR/HQR & assessment
	13:00	Lunch
	14:00–18:00	Rotation: Group A (FS, ACR1 – DS): FS testing, FTM design, SFR/HQR & assessment Group B (FSM, ACR2 – RTO): FSM fidelity, UQ, analysis & assessment
Day 3	09:00–10:30	Team Discussions & Preparation
	11:00–13:00	Team Presentations: Initial FSM / FS Fidelity Assessments
	13:00	Lunch
	14:00–15:30	FSM Updating Methods & Examples (LL)
	16:00–18:00	Special Event (TBD)
Day 4	08:30–13:00	FSM / FS Updating Exercises: Green Teams: FSM & FS updating (DS ACR) Red Teams: FSM & FS updating (RTO ACR)
	13:00	Lunch
	14:00–17:30	Phase 3: Credibility Assessment & Confidence Metrics (GQ) + Final FSM & FS Fidelity Exercises
	17:30	EUROCAE WG112 SG4 Presentation (GQ)
Day 5	08:30–10:00	Team Preparation
	10:00–10:30	Break
	10:30	Team 1 Presentation
	11:00	Team 2 Presentation
	11:30	Team 3 Presentation
	12:00	Team 4 Presentation
	12:30	Lunch & Final Review

 

Name	Email address
Prof Gareth D Padfield FREng, Course director	gareth.padfield@liv.ac.uk
Prof Giuseppe Quaranta, Course deputy director	giuseppe.quaranta@polimi.it