23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-5.9.2

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF AIRCRAFT ENGINE USING MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE

T. Asako (1), H. Miyagawa (1), S. Miyata (2), K. Kudo (2)
(1) Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Japan; (2) Engineous Japan, Inc., Yokohama, Japan

Keywords: multidisciplinary design optimization, discriminant analysis, gas turbine, conceptual design

This paper describes discriminant analysis to recognize and narrow-down the design space for Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) study and describes an application of MDO to an engine conceptual design which consists of engine performance, HPT cooling, HPT passage analysis and HPT structure analysis.

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