This research provides a probabilistic design environment for the propagation of design uncertainty to the system level to assist in making more educated decisions in the early stages of design. This design uncertainty is ...

Military budget cuts and increased competition in the commercial market have shifted the focus of aircraft design to include affordability concerns. This has resulted in the need for increased knowledge in the early stages ...

A multidisciplinary design study for Active Aeroelastic Wing technology considering the uncertainty in maneuver loads estimated by linear aerodynamic theory is presented. The study makes use of a design of experiments/response ...

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 ...

The objective of this paper is to illustrate how probabilistic methods can be utilized to rationally and analytically make design decisions in the presence of uncertainty, with emphasis on the use of probabilistic sensitivities ...

This paper documents an approach to conceptual and early preliminary aircraft design in which system synthesis is achieved using statistical methods, specifically Design of Experiments (DOE) and Response Surface Methodology ...