Our capability• Requirements capture, analysis and management.

• Trade study management.

• Verification and validation.

• Fluid modelling, covering the effect of self-weight, pressure, thermal, fluid flow momentum, water hammer, blowdown and vibration loadings.

• Testing and test support.

• Detailed understanding of airworthiness requirements and environmental impact regulations.

• Avionics and avionics architecture.

• Supply chain management.

• Systems safety, including certification and qualification.

• Simulation and modelling – functional and physical including kinematics.

• Management and configuration of systems interfaces.

• Air-to-air refuelling.

• Fuel gauging.

• Brake/steering control systems design.

• Landing gear extension and retraction design.

• Landing gear monitoring systems.

Systems engineeringExtensive experience in fuel and landing gear systems for large commercial and military aircraft

Atkins has experience of landing gear extension and retraction design and monitoring systems.

Our experience• Modelling and validation of the Fokker 100 shimmy damper.

• Development of new avionics architecture to manage weight of the A400M.

• Lead safety analysis of A380 fuel systems.

• Simulation modelling for A380, A400M and A350 XWB fuel systems.

• Functional and physical modelling of Long Range and Single Aisle Steering control systems.

• Rig testing of A380 brake control system.

• Fluid-structural interaction on A350 XWB landing gear hydraulics.

• Lead function integration team for A400M weight and balance.

• Supported design of Matlab “state flow” diagrams on specific fuel management systems for A350 XWB and A400M.

Atkins’ fuel systems experience includes simulation and modelling for large military aircraft.

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Our experience at a glanceA400M avionics and fuel systemsAtkins provided extensive support to systems engineering on the Airbus A400M. Our contribution covered:

• Development of a new avionics architecture

• Fuel systems simulation and modelling

• Function integration for weight and balance

• Design support for Matlab “state flow” diagrams.