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Adaptive Tools for Electromagnetics and Materials Modelling to Bridge the Gap between Design and Manufacturing (AOTOMAT)

用于弥合设计与制造之间差距的电磁学和材料建模自适应工具 (AOTOMAT)

基本信息

批准号：
EP/P005578/1
负责人：
Y Hao
金额：
$ 119.22万
依托单位：
Queen Mary University of London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FP005578%2F1
关键词：
Adaptive Tools Electromagnetics Materials Modelling

项目摘要

There is an industry-wide expectation that in order to meet the challenges laid out in the Horizon 2020 JTP document Clean Sky 2 (CS2), radically novel approaches are needed for the aircraft design, aerodynamics and the integration of novel functional and structural capabilities that together provide significant to savings weight and fuel. Current designs of communication system are based on non-conformal solutions and/or mechanically steerable antenna systems using mechanically steerable parabolic dishes (bulky) or phased arrays (expensive), both covered with excessive radomes. These solutions are protuberant, increasing aerodynamic drag, fuel consumption, visibility, and degrading handling qualities.To enable this step change, seamlessly embedded antennas and communication systems are needed so that they become part of the aircraft fuselage, which are constructed using novel advanced materials. This concept presents a highly innovative but challenging objective since solutions must also be manufacturable at sensible cost while meeting structural and system functionalities. The electromagnetic challenge is to come up with a conformal embedded communication system design that does not degrade performance, and allows interoperability between multiple antennas on a single platform in the presence of structural materials. In addition, the effects of new functionalities on strict mechanical and safety performance must be considered, and MRO-based repair and maintenance must remain possible.An adaptive approach to design is therefore required to optimize across (i) electromagnetic performance, (ii) aerodynamic performance based on realistic loads and non-linear vibrations and (iii) manufacturability, particularly drawing on latest 3D additive approaches to embedded functional materials. We aim to develop a novel computational tool-set that will be based on recent scientific advances in electromagnetics, atomistic-scale material and data-driven modelling both at the functional-structural dimensions and over the multi-scale geometric complexity. This deployment will provide robust design methodologies that can minimize the cost during the prototyping stage by providing results in a realistic time frame and will lead to optimal engineering designs in relation to aircraft that are ad hoc at best and heuristic at worst.

整个行业都期望，为了应对Horizon 2020 JTP文件《清洁天空2》(CS2)中提出的挑战，需要在飞机设计、空气动力学以及将新的功能和结构功能整合在一起显著减少重量和燃料方面采取全新的方法。目前的通信系统设计是基于非共形解和/或机械可操纵的天线系统，使用机械可操纵的抛物面盘(体积大)或相控阵(昂贵)，两者都覆盖着过多的雷达罩。这些解决方案是突起的，增加了气动阻力、燃油消耗、能见度，并降低了操纵品质。为了实现这一步骤的改变，需要无缝嵌入的天线和通信系统，以便它们成为飞机机身的一部分，飞机机身使用新型先进材料建造。这一概念提出了一个高度创新但具有挑战性的目标，因为解决方案还必须以合理的成本制造，同时满足结构和系统功能。电磁挑战是提出一种不降低性能的共形嵌入式通信系统设计，并允许在存在结构材料的情况下在单一平台上的多个天线之间进行互操作。此外，必须考虑新功能对严格的机械和安全性能的影响，必须保持基于MRO的维修和维护的可能性。因此，需要一种自适应的设计方法来优化(I)电磁性能，(Ii)基于实际负载和非线性振动的空气动力学性能，以及(Iii)可制造性，特别是利用最新的3D添加剂方法来嵌入功能材料。我们的目标是开发一种新的计算工具集，它将基于电磁学、原子尺度材料和数据驱动的建模方面的最新科学进展，既在功能结构维度上，也在多尺度几何复杂性上。这一部署将提供强大的设计方法，通过在现实的时间框架内提供结果，在原型阶段将成本降至最低，并将导致与飞机相关的最佳工程设计，往好了说是临时的，往坏了说是启发式的。