Enhancing preliminary aircraft design through operational considerations: a data-driven approach

Abstract

Nowadays, digitalisation of aircraft, of their operations and their support became a crucial component for all the market players of the aeronautical industry. This technical field occupies an increasingly significant place, due to the generation of a substantial volume and an extensive variety of operational data. This new trend suggests taking those data into account during preliminary design and certification steps, in order to include additional considerations during those phases, such as operational criteria, maintenance, added value, development times or certification delays. In that way, this paper aims at suggesting a methodology to consolidate the aircraft design and certification processes though the use of those novel “digital” resources.