The goal of this work was to investigate the feasibility of developing machine learning models for predicting the values of aircraft configuration design variables when provided with time series of mission-informed performance parameters. Regression artificial neural networks, along with their associated training data, have been generated and tested for aircraft design space exploration scenarios. The bounds of the data used to train the models were partially informed by the configuration characteristics of the Boeing 737 Next Generation family. The effects of varying neural network architecture, along with the application of different data filtering schemes, on the models’ predictive accuracy have been examined. The results obtained demonstrated that cascade-forward shallow neural networks not only exhibited excellent generalization across the design space for which the model was calibrated for, but also showcased versatility when tasked with predicting design variable values for a configuration layout relatively different from the ones used for training. Furthermore, these models had favorable metrics in computational wall-clock time required and number of epochs needed for training.


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    Title :

    Investigation of Mission-Driven Inverse Aircraft Design Space Exploration with Machine Learning


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    Publication date :

    2021-09-13


    Size :

    16 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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