Programme and real-time operations simulation support tool prosim

Programme and real-time operations simulation support tool prosim

ten Dam, A.A.
Schrap, F.
Brouwer, W.

National Aerospace Laboratory NLR

1994-11-18

The Programme and Real-time Operations SIMulation support tool PROSIM is a generic simulation tool that can be used for design, verification, test and training of a wide range of applications, such as aircraft and groimd vehicles. PROSIM originated as part of the National Simulation Facility NSF at the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratoiy NLR, a research and development facility for realistic man-in-the-loop (i.e. aircraft pilot) simulations, possibly with haidware-in-the-loop. This paper describes the design and use of PROSIM at NLR. In order to optimise working conditions and to satisfy specific requirements that must hold in each stage of design, development and testing, PROSIM consists of two distinct, but related tools: the Simulation Development Software (SDS), a generic software environment used to develop and test simulation models and hardware drivers, and prepare data files that are used during real-time simulation, and the Real-Time simulator Software (RTS), a generic software environment for execution and control of (non) real-time simulation runs. The RTS performs timing control of the simulation tasks (simulation models and hardware drivers), and user control of the complete simulation run. PROSIM contains a Graphical User Interface for ease of access and use. PROSIM is operational, and in use at NLR's Flight Division, since June 1994. Furthermore, PROSIM has been selected as the simulation tool in the Test and Verification Equipment project at NLR's Space Division, and in the ISMuS project at NLR's Informatics Division. The wide range of applications supports the claim that PROSIM is a generic simulation tool.

Hardware-in-the-loop,
flight simulation
real-time scheduling
simulation standards
simulation facility
human-in-the-loop

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Nationaal Lucht- en Ruimtevaartlaboratorium

Campus only

NLR Technical Publication TP 94524 L

Aerospace Engineering Reports

report

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