Michael K. Sahm

Collaborative Engineering in Integrated Aircraft Power System Design

Integrated aircraft power system design can provide for performance increases, weight reductions, and cost reductions by exploiting synergies and opportunities for functional integration between systems. A method for bringing together discipline expertise into a common environment for defining system specifications and interfaces that exploit these synergies is presented here. The goal is to create the broadest possible use of the trade-space for aircraft applications. An integrated process and tool environment are described. This process has been applied in the areas of airframe-propulsion integration, thermal management and environmental control systems, control system integration and in the evaluation of more electric aircraft architectures.Copyright