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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 ...
A Hierarchical Aircraft Life Cycle Cost Analysis Model
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-09)
This paper presents an exploratory study for identification and quantification of the economic benefits or implications associated with wing cost variations. A hierarchical cost model structure is used to determine life ...
Effect of Mission Requirements on the Economic Robustness of an HSCT Concept
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-06)
Design for robustness and its subset design for economic robustness and viability are two areas in current design methodology and optimization research attracting a lot of attention, as the increasing number of publications ...
A Method for Technology Selection Based on Benefit, Available Schedule and Budget Resources
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2000-10)
The accepted paradigm in aerospace systems design was to design systems sequentially and iteratively to maximize performance based on minimum weight. The traditional paradigm does not work in the rapidly changing global ...
Formulation of an IPPD Methodology for the Design of a Supersonic Business Jet
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-10)
The growth of international markets as well as business partnerships between U.S. and Asian-based firms has lead to an increased interest in an economically viable business jet capable of supersonic cruise and trans-Pacific ...
Use of Probability of Success as an Independent Variable for Decision-Making
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2004-09)
Early phases of design are characterized by risk and uncertainty. Appropriate accounting for this uncertainty is an important requirement for any designer. This work suggests collapsing risk and uncertainty into a single ...
An Integrated Approach to Military Aircraft Selection and Concept Evaluation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995-09)
The design (or evaluation) of military aircraft, by nature, is a process consisting of conflicting goals and objectives at the conceptual, preliminary, and detailed level. Affordability, mission capability, availability ...
Preliminary Assessment of the Economic Viability of a Family of Very Large Transport Configurations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-10)
A family of Very Large Transport (VLT) concepts were studied as an implementation of the affordability aspects of the Robust Design Simulation (RDS) methodology which is based on the Integrated Product and Process Development ...
Minimizing Vehicle Environmental and Economic Cost Via Thermodynamic Work Potential
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-01)
The objective of this paper is to highlight several research opportunities currently being pursued at Georgia Tech to advance the state-of-the-art in vehicle design methods by applying the concept of thermodynamic work ...
Effects of Alternative Wing Structural Concepts on High Speed Civil transport Life Cycle Costs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 1996-04)
An integrated design and manufacturing approach allows economic decisions to be made that reflect the entire system design as a whole. In order to achieve this objective, integrated cost and engineering models were developed ...