• Aircraft performance
• braking performance
• anti – skid system
• modelling and simulation

This paper describes the activities carried out during a six months internship at Airbus Operations S.A.S. aiming the investigation of model – based braking performance prediction. The conception of physical models to represent the dynamics of an aircraft is a basic step to predict its performance. The braking performance prediction is a key subject when coming to prove evidence to airliners that the object aircraft is capable of operating on a certain runway, and its modelling needs to be sufficiently accurate to gain approval from the applicable aviation authority. The following work provides with the definition of the mathematical and physical reasoning behind the braking performance, the description of the projects promoted within Airbus to develop a state-of-the-art anti – skid braking platform, and the analysis and tuning of the latest developed model, through the software tool OSMA (Outil de Simulation des Mouvements Avion) witnessing its application to a new level of realistic accuracy for simulation.