Università Roma Tre

Teaching Unit I
Initial sizing
MTOW estimate
Mission profiles
Aerodynamic and structural initial sizing
Propulsion integration
Lofting

Teaching Unit II
Fundamentals of multidisciplinary optimization
Local and global optimization methods
Multiobjective optimization
Multifidelity optimization
Surrogate models and metamodelling
DOE

Teaching Unit III
Knowledge-Based Engineering
Design in presence of technological and operative uncertainties
Uncertainty quantification
Robust optimization
Reliability-based optimization
Stochastic and adaptive metmodelling (Kriging, RBF, ...)

Teaching Unit IV
Tools and methods of analysis
Introduction to FRIDA (FRamework for Integrrated Design in Aeronautics) package
Introduction to GA (Genetic Algorithm) and PSO (Particle Swarm OPtimization)
Integration of simulation models

- Lecture Notes
- Daniel P. Raymer, Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, Volume 1, AIAA education series, ISBN 1563478307, 9781563478307
- Sobieszczanski-Sobieski, Alan Morris, Michel van Tooren, "MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGN OPTIMIZATION SUPPORTED BY KNOWLEDGE BASED ENGINEERING", Wiley, 2015