The use of High Altitude and Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is becoming increasingly significant in both military and civil missions as High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS). Since this class of aircraft is usually powered by solar cells, it typically features unconventional configurations to maximize sun exposed surfaces. In the present paper, a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) and a Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) environment have been developed to provide a computational design tool for modeling and designing these unconventional aircraft in order to achieve as independent objectives the maximization of solar power flux, the maximization of the lift-to-drag ratio, and the minimization of mass. To this purpose, a FEM models generator, capable of managing unconventional geometries, and a solar power estimator, are suitably developed to be integrated within a multi objective optimization loop. The simultaneous use of MDO/MOO approaches, and Design Of Experiment (DOE) creation and updating principles, enables to efficiently take into account the multiple and contrasting objectives/constraints arising from the different disciplines involved in the design problem. The study is carried out by using two different commercial codes for multi-objective optimization and for structural and aeroelastic analyses respectively. The use of advanced MDO/MOO approaches revealed to be effective for designing unconventional vehicles.

Multi-objective optimization for the design of an inconventional sun-powered high-altitude-long-endurance unmanned vehicle / Mastroddi, F.; Travaglini, L.; Gemma, S.. - In: AEROTECNICA MISSILI E SPAZIO. - ISSN 0365-7442. - STAMPA. - 97:2(2018), pp. 68-84. [10.19249/ams.v97i2.332]

Multi-objective optimization for the design of an inconventional sun-powered high-altitude-long-endurance unmanned vehicle

Mastroddi F.
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2018

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The use of High Altitude and Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is becoming increasingly significant in both military and civil missions as High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS). Since this class of aircraft is usually powered by solar cells, it typically features unconventional configurations to maximize sun exposed surfaces. In the present paper, a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) and a Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) environment have been developed to provide a computational design tool for modeling and designing these unconventional aircraft in order to achieve as independent objectives the maximization of solar power flux, the maximization of the lift-to-drag ratio, and the minimization of mass. To this purpose, a FEM models generator, capable of managing unconventional geometries, and a solar power estimator, are suitably developed to be integrated within a multi objective optimization loop. The simultaneous use of MDO/MOO approaches, and Design Of Experiment (DOE) creation and updating principles, enables to efficiently take into account the multiple and contrasting objectives/constraints arising from the different disciplines involved in the design problem. The study is carried out by using two different commercial codes for multi-objective optimization and for structural and aeroelastic analyses respectively. The use of advanced MDO/MOO approaches revealed to be effective for designing unconventional vehicles.
2018
multi-objective optimization; aircraft multidisciplinary design; high-altitude long-endurance vehicle; high-altitude pseudo satellite
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Multi-objective optimization for the design of an inconventional sun-powered high-altitude-long-endurance unmanned vehicle / Mastroddi, F.; Travaglini, L.; Gemma, S.. - In: AEROTECNICA MISSILI E SPAZIO. - ISSN 0365-7442. - STAMPA. - 97:2(2018), pp. 68-84. [10.19249/ams.v97i2.332]
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