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 2008-1.9.1 (AIAA 2008-8926)

A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH IN AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

M. Sadraey
Daniel Webster College, USA

Keywords: AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATION DESIGN OPTIMIZATION

This paper addresses a systematic approach in aircraft configuration design optimization. It first discusses the optimization objectives and criteria and then aircraft configuration classifications. The relationship between each major component and design requirements are evaluated. Then the systems engineering principals are presented. At the end, systems engineering approach is applied in optimization of aircraft configuration and a new configuration design optimization technique is introduced.

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