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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Boggero, Lucaa; * | Fioriti, Marcoa | Ragusa, Carlo Stefanob | Corpino, Sabrinaa
Affiliations: [a] Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy | [b] Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Luca Boggero, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino C.so Duca degli Abruzzi n.24, Turin, Italy. Tel.: +39 011 090 6816; E-mail: luca.boggero@polito.it.
Abstract: In this paper an innovative methodology for the conceptual design of hybrid-electric powered aircraft is proposed. The main idea is the optimization of the designed airplane through the negotiation and settling down of the high-level requirements. This optimization problem is multiobjective, as the goal is the minimization of the fuel and maximum takeoff weight, the time reduction of the climb phase and the enhancement of the safety level during takeoff. In order to fulfil these objectives, three Top Level Aircraft Requirements (TLARs) are relaxed. A one more design variable is considered, the hybridization degree, meant as the ratio between the electric power and the total propulsive power. The proposed design and optimization methodology is based on the Fuzzy Logic approach. For each objective function, a fuzzy set is defined. The fuzzy sets fix the boundaries of acceptable resulting objectives included between a minimum and a maximum value. The consideration of all the fuzzy sets identifies the optimal solution, which is characterized by the maximum customer’s satisfaction degree. An Overall Aircraft Design (OAD) environment is set up, in which a deterministic optimizer and fuzzy rules are implemented. The results demonstrate that the optimal solution is achieved by a hybrid airplane. Furthermore, the negotiation of the three requirements entails an improvement of the customer’s satisfaction.
Keywords: Fuzzy Logic, multiobjective optimization, parallel hybrid propulsion system, aircraft preliminary design
DOI: 10.3233/JAE-172293
Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 56, no. S1, pp. 143-152, 2018
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