Supersonic Business Jet Design and Requirements Exploration using Multiobjective Interactive Genetic Algorithms
Michael Buonanno, Dimitri N. Mavris · SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series · 2005
Although market research has indicated that there is significant demand for a supersonic business aircraft, development of a feasible concept has proven difficult. Two factors contributing to this difficulty are the uncertain nature of the vehicle’s requirements and the fact that conventional design methods are inadequate to solve such non-traditional problems. This paper describes the application of a multiobjective genetic algorithm to the design space exploration of such a supersonic business jet. Results obtained using this method are presented, and give insight into the important decisions that must be made at the early stages of a design project.