Harnessing the Complexity for Vehicle System Design at the Concept Design Phase of an Aircraft

DS 116: Proceedings of the DESIGN2022 17th International Design Conference

Year: 2022
Editor: Mario Štorga, Stanko Škec, Tomislav Martinec, Dorian Marjanović
Author: Adelia Darlene Drego
Series: DESIGN
Institution: Saab AB, Sweden
Section: Systems Engineering and Design
Page(s): 1845-1854
DOI number: https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2022.187
ISSN: 2732-527X (Online)

Abstract

Aircraft vehicle systems enable an aircraft to fly safely throughout a mission. Generating feasible vehicle system architectures at the aircraft concept design phase is complex. Aspects from various complex systems theories are used to provide different insights into this complexity. To address this complexity, a framework based on industrial reality that can used recursively is presented. The framework employs various design theories to harness the complexity of vehicle system design at the concept design phase of an aircraft.

Keywords: complex systems, conceptual design, complexity