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HTS Motors in Aircraft Propulsion: Design Considerations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 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 ...
Development of a Methodology for the Determination of Technical Feasibility and Viability of Affordable Rotorcraft Systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998-05)
This paper describes a probabilistic design approach which has been formulated from an affordability viewpoint for the assessment of rotorcraft systems. This method places emphasis on the ability to rapidly examine the ...
Application of Probabilistic Methods for the Determination of an Economically Robust HSCT Configuration
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-09)
This paper outlines an approach for the determination of economically viable robust design solutions using the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) as a case study. Furthermore, the paper states the advantages of a probability ...
Probabilistic Assessment of Handling Qualities Constraints in Aircraft Preliminary Design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998-01)
A method is introduced and demonstrated which uses parametric stability derivative data (in the form of regression equations) and probabilistic analysis techniques to evaluate the impact of uncertainty on the handling ...
Implementation of a Physics-Based Decision-Making Framework for Evaluation of the Multidisciplinary Aircraft Uncertainty
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003-09)
In today's business climate, aerospace companies
are more than ever in need of rational methods and
techniques that provide insights as to the best
strategies which may be pursued for increased
profitability and risk ...
Development of a Multi-Mission Sizing Methodology Applied to the Common Support Aircraft
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-09)
A methodology is developed for the rapid quantification and exploration of the design space of a multi-mission vehicle. This method is applied to the Common Support Aircraft, a vehicle with four separate missions, to ...
Methodology for Assessing Survivability Tradeoffs in the Preliminary Design Process
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000-10)
Aircraft survivability is a key metric that contributes to the overall system effectiveness of military aircraft as well as to a lower life cycle cost. The aircraft designer, thus, must have a complete and thorough ...
An Improved Procedure for Prediction of Drag Polars of a Joined Wing Concept Using Physics-Based Response Surface Methodology
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-09)
Creation and utilization of accurate drag polars is essential in the aircraft sizing and synthesis process. Existing sizing and synthesis codes are based on historical data and cannot capture the aerodynamics of a ...
Use of Agents to Implement an Integrated Computing Environment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-03)
Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) embodies the simultaneous application of both system and quality engineering methods throughout an iterative design process. The use of IPPD results in the time-conscious, ...
Integrated Sizing and Optimization of HybridWing Body Aircraft in Conceptual Design
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-06)
The hybrid wing body (HWB) configuration is a paradigm shift in commercial transport aircraft design in terms of environmentally responsible characteristics and significant performance improvements over the conventional ...