24th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 29 August-3, September 2004, Yokohama, Japan
Paper ICAS 2004-1.1.1

RECENT ADVANCES IN AIR-VEHICLE DESIGN SYNTHESIS AND OPTIMISATION

D. A. Lovell, C. A. Crawford*, K. E. Restrick*
Applied Technology Consultants, UK; *QinetiQ Farnborough, UK

Keywords: Design synthesis, optimisation, concept design

Recent work at QinetiQ is described that builds upon 30 years work on conceptual design methods at Farnborough. Modular synthesis methods are being developed to cover a wide range of air-vehicles. The QinetiQ methods are integrated with multi-disciplinary analysis and optimisation, providing powerful design tools and reducing design cycle time.

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