RESEARCH 2015
OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING CAN BE OF A GREAT USE FOR ARCHITECTURE. TO DESIGN AN AIRPLANE, MULTIPLE PARAMETERS HAVE TO BE ANALYZED AND SET UP PRIOR TO THE PROCESS. SOME OF THOSE ARE VARIOUS COEFFICIENTS, SUCH AS WING AREA, WING LOADING, MEAN AERODYNAMIC CHORD, WEIGHT, ENGINE THRUST, LIFT PROFILE, AIRFOIL PROFILE, ANGLE OF INCIDENCE AND MANY OTHERS. ONE CANNOT BE FOUND AND RESOLVED WITHOUT IMMEDIATELY AFFECTING ANOTHER. THEREFORE, AEROSPACE ENGINEERS PIONEERED MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION, A DESIGN TECHNIQUE WHEN A PARAMETRIC RIG IS CREATED, WITH ABILITY TO AUTOMATICALLY OUTPUT EACH OF THOSE CRITERIA FOR INVESTIGATION. A SPECIAL SOFTWARE IS THEN HANDLING THE TEST IN WHICH AN OPTIMAL CONFIGURATION IS FOUND. ONLY ONE OUT OF MANY ITERATIONS WILL MEET REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, FOR EXAMPLE, A LIFT CAPACITY IN RELATION TO THE ENGINE'S THRUST, WHICH AT THE SAME TIME IS THE RESULT OF MANIPULATION WITH WING AREA.