24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.4.3

MULTIOBJECTIVE AIRCRAFT DESIGN OPTIMIZATION FOR LOW NOISE AND EMISSIONS

N. E. Antoine, I. M. Kroo
Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

Keywords: aircraft design, optimization, noise, emissions

Aircraft environmental performance must now be considered on equal ground with other metrics, such as operating cost. This research explores the integration of environmental considerations into aircraft conceptual design: a multi-objective genetic algorithm was developed to determine optimal configurations and evaluate trade-offs between conflicting objectives of noise, emissions, and cost.

view full paper