EVOLUTIONAL DESIGN SUPPORT STRATEGY ORIENTED TO AIRCRAFT CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

摘要

To inspire lasting prosperity of the research in aircraft conceptual design, theories and applications of design support have been investigated. This paper firstly refers progresses of relevant disciplines, and then summarizes the multidisciplinary perspective of design support. By taking knowledge based design as example, practical issues of applying support approaches to aircraft conceptual design are also discussed. At the basis of these investigations, an evolutional design support strategy is presented and its-three aspects are explained. With the implementation of this strategy, a basic interactive computer aided conceptual design tool can evolve into an intelligent, integrative and comprehensive support system. Finally, the relations between theoretic research on support strategy and design practice- are depicts and emphasized.