Component-based design optimization of multirotor aircraft

Renkert, Philip

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Description

Title

Component-based design optimization of multirotor aircraft

Author(s)

Renkert, Philip

Issue Date

2022-07-19

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Alleyne, Andrew

Department of Study

Mechanical Sci & Engineering

Discipline

Mechanical Engineering

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.S.

Degree Level

Thesis

Keyword(s)

multidisciplinary design optimization, design optimization, dynamic system design, component-based design optimization

Abstract

Rising complexity of engineered systems, coupled with increasing specialization of companies and their design engineers, requires increasing degrees of coordination to ensure local design decisions are made in service of the system-level objective. Simultaneously, component-based design has become common practice in complex system design, and the problem of selecting components to optimize a system has gained traction in the literature. Existing approaches typically solve the discrete problem directly or parameterize the components and solve the problem in the continuous domain. This thesis develops a hybrid methodology for componentbased design optimization that leverages continuous-domain information to efficiently search the discrete design space. For demonstration, the process is applied in two case studies: the maximization of a quadrotor’s endurance per system price and the minimization of the time required for a planar quadrotor to complete a dynamic mission.

Graduation Semester

2022-08

Type of Resource

Thesis

Copyright and License Information

Copyright 2022 Philip Renkert

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