Aerospace Systems Design Lab (ASDL)
Mission
Formulate, develop, and implement comprehensive approaches to the design of affordable and high quality complex systems, emphasizing:
- System breadth and disciplinary depth
- Inclusion of uncertainty and risk
- Integrated Product and Process Development
- Concurrent Engineering and Multidisciplinary aspects
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Aerospace Systems Design Lab Publications [193]
Aerospace Systems Design Lab's published research results.
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Real-time transit passenger information: a case study in standards development
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-11-19)As the transportation sector fully integrates information technology, transit agencies face decisions that expose them to new technologies, relationships and risks. Accompanying a rise in transit-related web and mobile ... -
Preliminary Design of a 2D Supersonic Inlet to Maximize Total Pressure Recovery
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-09)This paper provides a method of preliminary design for a two-dimensional, mixed compression, two-ramp supersonic inlet to maximize total pressure recovery and match the mass flow demand of the engine. For an on-design ... -
Niched-Pareto Genetic Algorithm for Aircraft Technology Selection Process
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-09)Design of any complex system entails many objectives to reach and constraints to satisfy. This multi–objective nature of the problem ensures that the technology solution is always a compromise between conflicting objectives. ... -
The Need for a Military System Effectiveness Framework: The System of Systems Approach
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-10)The need for a comprehensive framework for the analysis of military system effectiveness is presented. Changes in the world’s economy and its effect on decision making is discussed, as well as the three primary ways decision ... -
HTS Motors in Aircraft Propulsion: Design Considerations
(Georgia Institute of TechnologyInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York, 2005-06)Current high temperature superconducting (HTS) wires exhibit high current densities enabling their use in electrical rotating machinery. The possibility of designing high power density superconducting motors operating at ... -
Simulating Mars on Earth: Georgia Tech's Crew 47 at the Mars Desert Research Station
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GIT SMART: A Feasibility Study of a Mars Scout Vehicle to Study Methane
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Conceptual Design of Current Technology and Advanced Concepts for an Efficient Multi-Mach Aircraft
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005)A design process is formulated and implemented for the taxonomy selection and system-level optimization of an Efficient Multi-Mach Aircraft Current Technology Concept and an Advanced Concept. Concept space exploration of ... -
An Approach for Strategic Planning of Future Technology Portfolios
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A System-of-Systems Design of a Guided Projectile Mortar Defense System
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-06)A System-of-Systems design methodology is used to evaluate tradeoffs in the design of a guided bullet system for mortar defense. Guided bullets were designed to match the calibers of four different existing auto guns and ... -
A Framework for Determination of the Weak Pareto Frontier Design Solutions under Probabilistic Constraints
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-09)The design of complex systems such as aircraft or missiles requires the synergy of multiple disciplines. The design quality must ultimately be assessed by multiple criteria that often can not be optimized simultaneously. ... -
Analyzing Technology Interactions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-09)Technology selection is a crucial step in the design of new complex systems. When many technologies are to be selected from a large pool of available technologies, it is very important that the interactions among these ... -
A New Approach for Incorporating Computational Fluid Dynamics into Sonic Boom Prediction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-06)A new approach for the inclusion of Computational Fluid Dynamics flow solutions into predicting sonic boom signatures is developed. Using existing CFD tools, a near-field flow solution is obtained over the surface of a ... -
Design and analysis of supersonic business jet concepts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-09)Supersonic business jet design is a complex process to balance highly stringent environmenta requirements in addition to the usual performance measures. Conceptual aircraft designs obtained by employing simplified analyses ... -
A Framework for Collaborative Design in Engineering Education
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007-01)The Collaborative Design Environment (CoDE) is a dedicated collaborative design facility aimed at enhancing design team communication by supporting collocated system and discipline experts with analysis tools, design ... -
Hypersonics Research at ASDL
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Advanced Design of Complex Systems Using the Collaborative Visualization Environment (CoVE)
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-01)This paper summarizes and introduces the Collaborative Visualization Environment (CoVE) at the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)at Georgia Tech. The CoVE is an advanced visualization facility consisting of an 18 ... -
Development of a Collaborative Capability-Based Tradeoff Environment for Complex System Architectures
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-01)The design of complex systems in the presence of changing requirements, rapidly evolving technologies, and design uncertainty continues to be a challenge. Furthermore, the design of future platforms must take into account ... -
Sonic Boom Minimization Using Improved Linearized Tools and Probabilistic Propagation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-06-10)Sonic boom modelling is multidisciplinary involving aerodynamic and aero-acoustics analyses. The near field pressure signature is first obtained using either linearized or non-linear methods. This is then converted into a ... -
Power Based Sizing Method for Aircraft Consuming Unconventional Energy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005-01-10)Traditionally, most fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft have been powered by internal combustion engines that consume hydrocarbon fuels. Only in a few exceptional designs, such as solar powered air-vehicles, are attempts ...
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