METHODOLOGY FOR AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE SIZING

摘要

This paper introduces a methodology to estimate aircraft performance by sizing the systems constituting its architecture. The proposed approach requires the definition of the architecture structure which is performed using functional induction. This definition allows the formulation of the modeling structure necessary to integrate sizing models at the component level. The sizing of the systems is based on a multi-level optimization method. This approach allows the definition of objective-functions at the component level which are driven by the optimization of performance at the aircraft level.