The increasing complexity of aircraft systems and the shift toward electrical aircraft are driving the introduction of entirely new concepts in aircraft systems and airframe design; it is therefore likely that the evaluation of aircraft systems and their integration with the airframe in the conceptual design phase will play an ever more crucial role in determining the feasibility of a newly proposed aircraft. This paper proposes a bio-inspired design algorithm for allocating space within the airframe to interconnections that supply aircraft systems. The proposed method is an adaptation of an existing pathfinding algorithm, with a novel mechanism to avoid overlap between systems that require segregation. The input required for the proposed method is likely to be available at the conceptual design phase. A detailed description of the proposed method is given, followed by a demonstration using a design problem based on an existing aircraft. Results of the demonstration show that the proposed method is capable of handling redundant systems and their segregation by reducing the overlap between different systems.


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    Title :

    Conceptual Design of Aircraft System Routing Architectures Using a Bio-Inspired Algorithm


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 62 , 1 ; 13-21


    Publication date :

    2025-01-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English