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Meeting	ACGS Committee Meeting 116 - Charlotte, NC - October 2015
Agenda Location	4 GENERAL COMMITTEE TECHNICAL SESSION 4.1 Research Institutions, Industry, and University Reports 4.1.3 Universities 4.1.3.3 Hamburg University of Technology
Title	Hamburg University of Technology
Presenter	Frank Thielecke
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Abstract	The Aviation Cluster of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region is Germany’s leading industry cluster. With its integrated strategy for “A New Kind of Aviation”, the Hanseatic aviation industry emerged out of the nationwide, cross-sectorial competition of 38 industry clusters as one of five winners to share federal support. The new cluster strategy incorporates three milestone projects: “Cabin technology and innovative fuel cell applications”, “Extend-ed MRO competence for new aircraft generations” and “Efficient airport 2030”. The Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) is one of the youngest universities in Germany as well as one of the most successful. The fundamental principles of the TUHH are unique in Germany; priority is given to re-search, interdisciplinary studies and innovation. Also central to our approach is a close working relationship with regional industries and, more recently, the achievement of international scale. Frank Thielecke is head of the Insti-tute of Aircraft Systems Engineering which is part of the department of mechanical engineering. The Institute is located in the Technology Centre Hamburg-Finkenwerder which is a very positive example of public-private part-nership between AIRBUS and TUHH. The Institute of Aircraft Systems Engineering is focusing on mechatronic aircraft systems and new technologies for the future More-Electric-Aircraft. Today’s basis aircraft systems for electronic flight control and actuation, landing gears, on-board energy generation as well as cooling are characterized by increasing levels of automation, fault tolerance, performance optimization and new innovative functions. Due to the increasing design complexity and multi-disciplinarily, a strong need for integrated design processes, computer-aided tools, as well as virtual integration platforms is identified. ZAL – Hamburg’s Center of Applied Aeronautical Research – is the technological research and development network of the civil aviation industry in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. It functions as an interface between academic & research institutions, the aviation sector, and the City of Hamburg, aimed at securing and continually expanding the world’s third largest civil aviation location in Hamburg. Working together closely with the aviation cluster, Hamburg Aviation, ZAL bundles the technological competence of the city in a single facility, the ZAL TechCenter, thereby creating synergy. ZAL’s focus is on the integration and industrialization of aviation technolo-gies. To achieve this, ZAL networks industry and science, establishing an application-oriented think-tank culture, and making the very latest research and development infrastructure available to its partners. In this way, fusing the specific expertise of its partners, ZAL supports the widest range of research and development projects in the field of civil aviation – projects that are jointly owned and jointly developed by all participants working together as partners. The constant focus on the latest technological developments means that ZAL is the birthplace of vision-ary ideas. After a lengthy development and test phase, these ideas grow into innovative products for the interna-tional aviation industry. Current research topics and on-going projects are: (1) PBL Teaching using ULTRA (Unmanned Low-Cost Testing Research Aircraft) • Project-based learning is a dynamic teaching approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge. • The core idea of project-based learning is that real-world problems capture students' interest and provoke serious thinking as the students acquire and apply new knowledge in a problem-solving context. • It emphasizes learning activities that are long-term, interdisciplinary and student-centered. The teacher plays the role of facilitator! • Working with students to frame worthwhile questions, structuring meaningful tasks, coaching knowledge development and social skills, carefully assessing what students have learned from the experience. >> Important Lesson learned: How to deal with a crash? How to recover a project? >> New ULTRA Extra airplane is available for system identification, model validation, controler design (2) Project: Design of Aircraft System Architectures • Overview of the GENESYS Methodology • Compliance with SAE ARP4754 • Set of methods to support the system architect • Function-driven approach • Enable rapid assessment of numerous architecture variations >> How to include degrees of freedom into preliminary system architecture design (3) Project: Single Flap Drive Systems • Single Drive Systems has no mechanical coupling, requires approved equivalent means • Electronic synchronization • High demands on control and monitoring of multiple single drive systems • Challenges: sufficent controler dynamic, requirements on avionic hardware • Power Control Unit (PCU) o 2x electrical machine powered by Motor Control Electronic (MCE) o Speed-summing differential gearbox • Sensors o Feedback Position Pickup Unit (FPPU) o Asymmetry Position Pickup Unit (APPU >> Architecting, system design and testing of new control and monitoring functions (4) Project: Distributed Integrated Modular Avionics • IMA platform: Consists of computing- and I/O modules nowadays including distributed, remote components • Modules provide computing and/or I/O capabilities • A computing module can run 1..n applications • Initial IMA configuration will be derived from architecture- and function model --> Model-based approach • Used in the European “ASHLEY” project for demonstrator configuration (as part of a “seamless IMA toolchain”) The Institute is located in the Technology Center Hamburg Finkenwerder and operates a broad spectrum of test facilities and demonstrators.