Reduction environmental effects of civil aircraft through multi-objective flight plan optimisation

Multi-Objective Mission Flight Planning in Civil Unmanned Aerial Systems

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as an ideal platform for a wide range of civil applications such as disaster monitoring, atmospheric observation and outback delivery. However, the operation of UAVs is currently restricted to specially segregated regions of airspace outside of the National Airspace System (NAS). Mission Flight Planning (MFP) is an integral part of UAV operation that...

Flight Control Law Design for a Civil Aircraft usingRobust Dynamic

A Robust Dynamic Inversion (RDI) ight control law is designed for a large civil aircraft. Classical Dynamic Inversion (CDI) consists of a nonlinear part that linearizes the nominal system dynamics, and a linear part, basically PID control, that imposes the desired closed-loop dynamics. However, CDI controllers have very poor robustness properties since they rely on exact availability of the sys...

Multi-objective Binary Search Optimisation

Low Environmental Impact Composite Structure Design Optimisation Using Robust Multi-objective Optimisation Platform

Multidisciplinary design analysis and multi-objective optimisation applied to aircraft wing

Design of complex high-tech systems typically requires an integrated analysis of the multiple interacting physical phenomena that jointly influence the overall system’s behaviour. For aircraft wings, for example, the aerodynamic loading and the wing structural deformation strongly interact, with their balance determining the overall wing behaviour. This balance must be evaluated for the differe...