Walther, Jan-Niclas and Ciampa, Pier Davide (2018) Knowledge-based automatic Airframe Design using CPACS. Transportation Research Procedia, 29, pp. 427-439. Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung. doi: 10.1016/j.trpro.2018.02.038.
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Abstract
The CPACS data format [Nagel et al. (2012), CPACS Homepage (2017)] has long been established as the primary means of data exchange in preliminary aircraft design projects within DLR. As described by Scherer et al. (2016), it contains a wide range of options for describing the structural layout of a design including frames and stringers, floors, bulkheads, etc. Based on these descriptions, several finite element model generators comparable to the one described by Walther et al. (2017) have been implemented, which can provide detailed computational structural models of a given design. However, all model generators require the information on the structural layout to be available in CPACS upfront. Within a larger aircraft design context, this necessitates the augmentation of the description of the structure to a given plain aircraft geometry. So far, this has been accomplished through a manual process, which not only results in an increased risk of errors, but also prohibits the exposure of parameters to a larger multidisciplinary optimization. In the presented paper, a newly developed knowledge-based airframe augmentation module will be introduced. Implemented in Python, it provides methods to automatically initialize a full structural layout on a given CPACS geometry, based on a manageable number of control parameters. In addition to an outline of the governing design rules, several application cases will also be given.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/125298/ | |||||||||
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Document Type: | Article | |||||||||
Title: | Knowledge-based automatic Airframe Design using CPACS | |||||||||
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Date: | 23 February 2018 | |||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Transportation Research Procedia | |||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | |||||||||
Open Access: | Yes | |||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | |||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | |||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | No | |||||||||
Volume: | 29 | |||||||||
DOI : | 10.1016/j.trpro.2018.02.038 | |||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 427-439 | |||||||||
Publisher: | Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung | |||||||||
Status: | Published | |||||||||
Keywords: | CPACS; preliminary aircraft design; fuselage structures; knowledge based design | |||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | |||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | |||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | fixed-wing aircraft | |||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | |||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AR - Aircraft Research | |||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Concepts and Integration (old) | |||||||||
Location: | Hamburg | |||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of System Architectures in Aeronautics > Aircraft Design and System Integration | |||||||||
Deposited By: | Walther, Jan-Niclas | |||||||||
Deposited On: | 23 Jan 2019 10:56 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 20 Jun 2021 15:52 |
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