High-performance aircraft through innovative development process and methods

F. Daoud, J. Dornwald, P. Ernstberger, H. P. Frantzen, R. Maierl, S. Deinert, O. Petersson

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Abstract

Aircraft, generally, and military aircraft in particular are complex systems and the demand for high-performance flying platforms is constantly growing regardless whether for civil or military purposes. The development of aircraft is inherently multidisciplinary and the exploitation of the interaction of the design-driving disciplines opens the door for new designs, and consequently, for new high-performance aircraft [1]. An important feature of modern aircraft development processes and procedures is to enable the engineers accessing these design spaces in the concept phase, where the key configuration decisions are made and frozen for later development phases. Furthermore, pushing more MDO and numerical analysis capabilities into the early design phase will support the decision-making process through reliable physical information. It is worth mentioning that these design spaces are very large and can hardly be grasped and explored by humans without a structured approach and massive support of numerical analysis methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2017
PublisherAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISBN (Print)9781624104534
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2017 - Grapevine, United States
Duration: 9 Jan 201713 Jan 2017

Publication series

Name58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2017

Conference

Conference58th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityGrapevine
Period9/01/1713/01/17

Keywords

  • Aircraft conceptual design
  • Aircraft development process
  • CPACS
  • Descartes
  • Lagrange
  • MDO
  • Multidisciplinary design optimisation

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