The importance of coupling aerodynamic and cost analysis in aircraft design

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dc.contributor.authorDi Pasquale, Davide
dc.contributor.authorSavill, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-11T13:25:43Z
dc.date.available2022-08-11T13:25:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-03
dc.description.abstractCompanies are increasingly required to improve their quality, flexibility and innovation while maintaining or reducing their costs. However, engineering and finance are often handled by different staff groups at different times in the manufacturing process, and by uncoupling engineering and finance, a company runs the risk of overlooking important interactions between the two. A design system that performs engineering and financial analysis simultaneously may, therefore, improve upon the efficiency and effectiveness of the traditional methods, as the existing practice of designing aircraft from a technical perspective without simultaneously considering the impact on overall program value is not optimal in a business sense. A coupled performance/financial framework enables an integrated approach to technical design and programmatic decisions. This work thus seeks to couple aero performance and financial design. Specifically, a multi-objective trade study is conducted to see the impact on the direct operating cost (DOC) and manufacturing cost of parametrically varying aircraft wing thickness to chord ratio along the wing span. While the present process is only partially automated, the purpose is to establish a useful foundation for further developments and to gain insight into the interactions between technical and program design.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationDi Pasquale D, Savill M. (2022) The importance of coupling aerodynamic and cost analysis in aircraft design. CEAS Aeronautical Journal, Available online 3 August 2022en_UK
dc.identifier.issn1869-5582
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s13272-022-00600-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/18313
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectaerodynamicsen_UK
dc.subjectMDOen_UK
dc.subjectcost modellingen_UK
dc.subjectCFDen_UK
dc.subjectdesign integrationen_UK
dc.titleThe importance of coupling aerodynamic and cost analysis in aircraft designen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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