Multidisciplinary and multiobjective optimization applied to the conceptual project of gliders

• Grant number: 16/24652-5
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Effective date (Start): June 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Aerospace Engineering - Flight Dynamics
• Principal researcher: Alvaro Martins Abdalla
• Grantee: Erick Bernardo
• Home Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The design of an aircraft consists of the integration and determination of numerous multidisciplinary characteristics that influence its performance. However, the determination of such characteristics and the fulfillment of the design criteria must be carried out efficiently, allowing cost reduction and satisfaction of aircraft operators. Therefore, this research project aims to implement a computational optimization tool, multidisciplinary and multiobjective that will optimize, through genetic algorithms, the conceptual design of a glider, allowing an efficient and appropriate scope of the aircraft from the initial phases of the project. (AU)