TY - GEN
T1 - Analytical target cascading in aircraft design
AU - Allison, James
AU - Walsh, David
AU - Kokkolaras, Michael
AU - Papalambros, Panos Y.
AU - Cartmell, Matthew
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Analytical Target Cascading (ATC) is a product development tool that computes component design specifications such that the final system design is consistent and meets design targets. ATC is useful for complex product design that must be approached by decomposition, and facilitates concurrent design activities. While ATC has been applied successfully to automotive design, this article introduces the application of ATC to aircraft design, and discusses how it can be congruent with current design practice. ATC is used to solve an aircraft design problem where several flight regimes are considered separately. ATC can be used to balance low-fidelity system analysis and component-level multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) activities. Finally, ATC may be used to coordinate overall aircraft design, with MDO employed to solve tightly coupled disciplinary problems that exist within ATC elements.
AB - Analytical Target Cascading (ATC) is a product development tool that computes component design specifications such that the final system design is consistent and meets design targets. ATC is useful for complex product design that must be approached by decomposition, and facilitates concurrent design activities. While ATC has been applied successfully to automotive design, this article introduces the application of ATC to aircraft design, and discusses how it can be congruent with current design practice. ATC is used to solve an aircraft design problem where several flight regimes are considered separately. ATC can be used to balance low-fidelity system analysis and component-level multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) activities. Finally, ATC may be used to coordinate overall aircraft design, with MDO employed to solve tightly coupled disciplinary problems that exist within ATC elements.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2006-1325
DO - 10.2514/6.2006-1325
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34250704705
SN - 1563478072
SN - 9781563478079
T3 - Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
SP - 16112
EP - 16120
BT - Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc.
T2 - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2006
Y2 - 9 January 2006 through 12 January 2006
ER -