Simultaneous optimization of a multiple-aircraft family

Journal of Aircraft

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 616-622

  Willcox, Karen ^a   Wakayama, Sean ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; ALGORITHMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; FUSELAGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; WINGS;

AIRCRAFT DESIGN; MANUFACTURING COSTS; MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0042381749     PISSN: 00218669     EISSN: 15333868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3156     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Murman, E. M., Walton, M., and Rebentisch, E., "Challenges in the Better, Faster, Cheaper Era of Aeronautical Design, Engineering and Manufacturing," Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 104, No. 1040, Oct. 2000, pp. 481-89.
2. Browning, T. R., "Modeling and Analyzing Cost, Schedule, and Performance in Complex System Product Development," Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Feb. 1999.
3. Markish, J., "Valuation Techniques for Commercial Aircraft Program Design," M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June 2002.
4. Fujita, K., Akagi, S., Yoneda, T., and Ishikawa, M., "Simultaneous Optimization of Product Family Sharing System Structure and Configuration," ASME Design Engineering Tech. Conf., American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Paper DETC98/DFM-5722, Sept. 1998.
5. Liebeck, R. H., "Design of the Blended-Wing-Body Subsonic Transport," AIAA Paper 2002-0002 Jan. 2002.
6. Liebeck, R. H., Page, M. A., and Rawdon, B. K., "Blended-Wing-Body Subsonic Commercial Transport," AIAA Paper 98-0438, Jan. 1998.
7. Liebeck, R. H., and Page, M. A., et al., "Blended-Wing-Body Technology Study," Final Report, NASA Contract NAS1-20275, Boeing Rept. CRAD-9405-TR-3780, The Boeing Co., Long Beach, CA, Oct. 1997.
8. Wakayama, S., and Kroo, I., "Subsonic Wing Planform Design Using Multidisciplinary Optimization," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 32, No. 4, 1995, pp. 746-753.
9. Wakayama, S., "Lifting Surface Design Using Multidisciplinary Optimization," Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, Dec. 1994.
10. Wakayama, S., Page, M., and Liebeck, R., "Multidisciplinary Optimization on an Advanced Composite Wing," AIAA Paper 96-4003, Sept. 1996.
11. Wakayama, S., and Kroo, I., "The Challenge and Promise of Blended-Wing-Body Optimization," Proceedings of 7th AIAA Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, AIAA, Reston, VA, 1998, pp. 239-250.
12. Wakayama, S., "Multidisciplinary Optimization of the Blended-Wing-Body," Proceedings of 7th AIAA Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, AIAA, Reston, VA, 1998, Vol. pp. 1771-1779.
13. Wakayama, S., "Blended-Wing-Body Optimization Problem Setup," AIAA Paper 2000-4740, Sept. 2000.
14. Gill, P. E., Murray, W., and Wright, M. H., Practical Optimization, Academic Press, London, 1981, pp. 346-354.