Development and Application of a Computer-Based System for Conceptual Aircraft Design

摘要

The dissertation describes the development and application of the Aircraft Design and Analysis System (ADAS) as implemented on the central CAD-system at the Delft University of Technology (DUT). ADAS intends to provide the designer with a computer-assisted working environment, wherein design data and analysis methods can be manipulated in a flexible way. Only specific routine and traditionally manual tasks are automated, while aspects related to process flow, design decisions, selection and use of prediction methods, etc., are left to the designer. Specific analysis codes may be developed and can be easily interfaced with ADAS. General information, such as engine and airfoil data, can be stored in a library. Optionally, standard program modules may be stored in a program library from where they are available to any ADAS-user through a simple subprogram call.