Optimising the trade-off between cost, availability and sustainability in through-life engineering services

该博士与罗尔斯-罗伊斯合作，旨在开发一种多目标优化方法，能够在商业收益、以绩效为导向的资产价值创造和航空航天领域的可持续性(特别是关注碳)之间进行权衡。这将涉及开发一种共同的货币，我们可以在成本(例如金钱)、可获得性(例如时间)和可持续性(例如碳足迹)之间进行权衡。博士将开发一种复杂资产(例如飞机发动机)的碳足迹的量化衡量标准。即将建立的优化算法将灵活地用于生命周期的不同阶段，并适用于替代类型的资产。

In collaboration with Rolls-Royce, this PhD aims to develop a multi-objective optimisation approach that enables trade-off between commercial gains, performance-oriented asset value creation and sustainability (specifically focusing on carbon) within the aerospace sector. This will involve developing a common currency that we can trade-off between cost, (e.g. money), availability (e.g. time), and sustainability (e.g. carbon footprint). The PhD will develop a quantitative measure of carbon footprint for a complex asset (e.g. aircraft engine). The optimisation algorithm to be built will be flexible to use in different stages of the life cycle, and for alternative types of assets.