OPAL-RT's AMS Projects

The AMS Division of Opal-RT is working with the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, Embraer, to provide a complete reformulation of their modeling and simulation methodologies. With the help of the AMS Division, Embraer's entire engineering department is now using this new strategy.

The objective for 2002 is to provide the company with the ability to achieve complete integration of an aircraft design through simulation. Embraer will be the first company in the world to fully exploit the technologies of the new millennium: design and integration by simulation, creating the virtual aircraft.

After helping Embraer with the development of the model of the ERJ-170, and the transition from FORTRAN and MATRIXx/SystemBuildT to MATLAB/SIMULINKT, a parameter estimation tool was developed by the Opal-RT team. For this purpose, the team is modeling the ERJ-145 to serve as a reference. This new tool is the latest of a series of tools the AMS Division has developed for the specific use of Embraer.

In parallel, a team formed by Opal's AMS Division and Embraer's engineers has been modeling the ERJ-170 engine, the GE CF 34-8, and, an ERJ-170 test rig is being used with RT-LAB and the model for hardware-in-the-loop testing.

With the help of AMS, the Embraer Engineering Development Simulator was successfully transitioned from a UNIX environment to a Windows/NT and RT-LAB environment. The AMS team was in charge of the RT-LAB implementation and since then, providing the support for RT-LAB.

The AMS team is also continuously providing general consulting and training for the flight mechanics department either at Opal-RT or directly at Embraer.