A novel Modelica signal analysis tool towards design of more electric aircraft

The development of future more electric aircraft systems is a challenging process: The respective subsystems are highly integrated to achieve an optimum efficiency and performance both at aircraft and at systems level. For master this multi-disciplinary challenge, the use of powerful modeling and simulation technologies such as Modelica in all phases of the system development process is a key success factor. In this paper, a novel Modelica signal analysis tool - Modelica Scope that is suitable for the virtual testing activities in the verification and validation phase is presented. The Modelica Scope tool is implemented in the Modelica language incorporating diverse signal measurement and analysis capabilities and can be easily integrated in all simulation environments supporting Modelica such as Dymola, SimulationX etc. The motivation, design concept as well as implementation and distinct features of the tool are discussed and illustrated.