Enhancing Aircraft Conceptual Design using Multidisciplinary Optimization

Research into the improvement of the Aircraft ConceptualDesign process by the application of MultidisciplinaryOptimization (MDO) is presented. Aircraft conceptual designanalysis codes were incorpor ...

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