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Virtual Testing by means of computer simulations of physical models contains a large potential for the improvement of the verification and certification process of an aircraft's high lift system. Rising system complexity (driven by the need for improved A/C efficiency) on one side and shortened development cycles on the other side lead to the need of an extension of the existing, classical test methods. This is why Airbus High Lift Test Department continuously works since a couple of years on the introduction of Virtual Testing as an additional, equivalent test means besides existing, established physical means of compliance such as Test Rigs (TR) and Real Time Simulators, the so called Functional Integration Benches (FIB).

Improving the verification and certification process of the high lift system by introduction of virtual testing is one of the approaches to counter the challenges related to testing of future aircraft, in terms of performing more tests of more complex systems in less time. The quality of the applied modelling methods itself and the guarantee of a completely traceable simulation lifecycle management along the aircraft development are essential. The presentation shows how existing processes for the management of all test related data have to be extended to cover the specifics of using multi body simulation models for virtual tests related to high lift failure cases. Based on a demonstrator, MSC Software GmbH and Airbus developed and are still refining the SimManager based “High Lift System Virtual Test Portal”. This portal has to fulfil on the one side global requirements like data management, data traceability and workflow management.