26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS 2008-10.6.3 (AIAA 2008-8905)

MULTI-OBJECTIVE AIRCRAFT OPTIMIZATION FOR MINIMUM COST AND EMISSIONS OVER SPECIFIC ROUTE NETWORKS

G. C. Bower, I. M. Kroo
Stanford Univ., USA

Keywords: Multi-Objective Optimization, Aircraft Design, Environmental Impact

Due to climate change concerns, the environmental performance of aircraft is becoming a major design focus. A methodology is described to optimize aircraft for lower emissions and operating costs while satisfying demand on a route network. Results of applying the hierarchical, multi-objective optimization formulation to a sample problem are presented.

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