Conceptual design optimization (CDO) is a technique proposed for the structured evaluation of different design concepts. Design grammars provide a flexible modular modelling architecture. The model is generated by a compiler based on predefined components and rules. The rules describe the composition of the model; thus, different models can be optimized by the CDO in one run. This allows considering a mission design including the mission analysis and the system design. The combination of a CDO approach with a model based on design grammars is shown for the concept study of a near-Earth asteroid mission. The mission objective is to investigate two asteroids of different kinds. The CDO reveals that a mission concept using two identical spacecrafts flying to one target each is better than a mission concept with one spacecraft flying to two asteroids consecutively.


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    Title :

    Conceptual interplanetary space mission design using multi-objective evolutionary optimization and design grammars


    Contributors:
    Weber, A. (author) / Fasoulas, S. (author) / Wolf, K. (author)

    Publication date :

    2011


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    German