Variable-Complexity Response Surface Aerodynamic Design
of an HSCT Wing
13th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference
19-22 June 1995
San Diego, California
Anthony A. Giunta, Robert Narducci, Susan Burgee,
Bernard Grossman, William H. Mason, Layne T. Watson, and Raphael T. Haftka
Abstract
A design methodology which uses a variable-complexity modeling approach in
conjunction with response surface approximation methods has successfully
been developed. This technique is applied to an example problem of wing
design for a High-Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) aircraft involving a subset of
four HSCT wing design variables. The wing design methodology is applied
using a simple algebraic model for the wing weight. The applicability of the
methodology for the multidisciplinary design of an HSCT is discussed.
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