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1、SystemEngineeringApproachtoResearchonAircraftIntegrationProfessorSRAGHUNATHAN,Dr.MPRICE,Dr.RCURRAN,Dr.JEARLY,Dr.EBENARD,Dr.AMURPHY&Dr.JWANGCentreofExcellenceforIntegratedAircraftTechnologies(CEIAT)SchoolofMechanicalandAerospaceEngineeringQueensUniversi
2、tyBelfast,UnitedKingdomPh:+44(0)2890975607Fax:+44(0)2890975576Email:s.raghunathan@qub.ac.ukAbstractTheACAREVision2020lookstowardstherealizationofreducedaircraftemissionsandnoisecombinedwithincreasedsafety,andinresponsenewapproachestodesignanddevelopmen
3、tarerequired.SystemsEngineeringhasemergedasanintegrated,multidisciplinary,lifecycleapproachtoproductdesign,involvingbothtraditionalphysicalandbehaviour/process-orientedsciences.Currently,theknowledgebaseinthisareaislimited,andengineerswhohaveawareness/
4、traininginthisareaarenotavailableforemploymentwithinacademiaorindustry.ItisinthiscontextthattheCEIATwasfoundedatQueensUniversityBelfast,withthestrategicaimsto(a)researchintonewtechnologies,(b)developintegratedmodelsandtoolsfordesignand(c)developmodelsf
5、orknowledge/technologytransfer.Sinceitsinception,theCentrehasmadesignificantprogressinestablishingnational/internationalindustriallinkages,anddevelopingsomeofthemajorbuildingblocksforintegration.Thepaperpresentscompleted/ongoingprogrammesofresearchwith
6、intheCentre.1.IntroductionThemajorchallengesinAerospaceEngineeringinthenexttwodecades(assetoutbytheEuropean1ACAREVision2020)aretoreducenitricoxideemissionby80%,carbonmonoxide/carbondioxideby50%,noiseby50%,whileatthesametimereducingcostandimprovingsafet
7、y.Whilechallenging,theissuesarefurthercomplicatedbytrendswhichindicatethatwithinthesametwentyyearperiod,theindustrycananticipateanincreaseincapacityandcustomerdemand.Suchchallengesarepresentedinanenvironmentwheretheunderstandingofthephysicsofflighthasc
8、hangedverylittleovertheyears,andindustrialgrowthisdrivenprimarilybycostratherthannewtechnology.Inordertorespondtotheseneeds,innovativetechnologiescombinedwithanintegrated,efficientprocessforlifecycledesignarerequired,andSystemsEngineeri