Multi-Disciplinary Optimization Including Environmental Aspects Applied To Supersonic Aircraft

Kurzfassung

The paper presents the multi-disciplinary optimization framework developed by the authors and applied to the optimization of small size supersonic aircraft. This framework, based on the combination of low(empirical model) and high fidelity (CFD, CSM) tools to simulate the complete mission of the aircraft, allows the investigation of the trade-off that exists between the aircraft performance (maximum take-off weight, mission range) and the sonic-boom overpressure, one of the more severe environmental constraints for supersonic aircraft.