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<p>The aircraft design is a complex subject since several and completely different design disciplines are involved in the project. Many efforts are made to harmonize and optimize the design trying to combine all disciplines together at the same level of detail. Within the ongoing AGILE (Horizon 2020) research, an aircraft MDO (Multidisciplinary Design Optimization) process is setting up connecting several design tools and competences together. Each tool covers a different design discipline such as aerodynamics, structure, propulsion and systems. This paper focuses on the integration of the sub-system design discipline with the others in order to obtain a complete and optimized aircraft preliminary design. All design parameters used to integrate the sub-system branch with the others are discussed as for their redefinition within the different detail level of the design.</p>
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The aircraft design is a complex subject since several and completely different design disciplines are involved in the project. Many efforts are made to harmonize and optimize the design trying to combine all disciplines together at the same level of detail. Within the ongoing AGILE (Horizon 2020) research, an aircraft MDO (Multidisciplinary Design Optimization) process is setting up connecting several design tools and competences together. Each tool covers a different design discipline such as aerodynamics, structure, propulsion and systems. This paper focuses on the integration of the sub-system design discipline with the others in order to obtain a complete and optimized aircraft preliminary design. All design parameters used to integrate the sub-system branch with the others are discussed as for their redefinition within the different detail level of the design.

Preliminary Sub-Systems Design Integrated in a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Framework

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Transactions on Aerospace Research

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The aircraft design is a complex subject since several and completely different design disciplines are involved in the project. Many efforts are made to...

Preliminary Sub-Systems Design Integrated in a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Framework

Publié en ligne: 31 mai 2019

Pages: 9 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2017-0025

Mots clés
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Aircraft Sub-system Design, Design Space Parameters

© 2017 Copyright by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Preliminary Sub-Systems Design Integrated in a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Framework

Publié en ligne: 31 mai 2019

Pages: 9 - 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/tar-2017-0025

Mots clésMultidisciplinary Design Optimization, Aircraft Sub-system Design, Design Space Parameters

© 2017 Copyright by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Aviation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Aircraft Sub-system Design, Design Space Parameters