Research Article

Tradeoff Study between Cost and Environmental Impact of Aircraft Using Simultaneous Optimization of Airframe and Engine Cycle

Table 5

Results of single objective optimization cases.

ParameterBaselineDesign A
min DOC
Design B
min 
Design C
min 
Design D
min 

Wing reference area (m2)355.49332.02389.71400.00312.72
Wing sweep (°)32.430.4629.4032.8828.49
Wing aspect ratio10.467212.8812.941312.70
Wing taper ratio0.10620.11300.11280.10040.1116
Ratio of thickness to chord at root0.1350.11320.11210.13740.1117
Engine takeoff thrust (kN)334307.91390.84293.03419.38
Bypass ratio1110.7013.0610.258.121
Fan pressure ratio1.581.6581.5541.6491.699
LPC pressure ratio3.24.4193.7682.9544.418
Overall pressure ratio5253.7856.8240.0640.65
Turbine inlet temperature (K)18001794.11787.21708.61677.7

Takeoff field length (m)2714.82670.72233.12585.42317.5
Landing field length (m)1690.81666.11582.61537.41762.2
Engine-out climb gradient0.02530.03020.04410.02410.0623
Rate of climb at TOC (m/s)2.84133.0353.2501.6228.562

Maximum takeoff weight (kg)230870220875239816231857227799
Block fuel consumption6966162382661956670867431

DOC (RMB/PAX/km)0.313510.295600.334460.302070.32310
(EPLNdB)278.3279.3268.9275.9273.2
(kg)7.5007.2419.1744.3836.892
(kg)615.1637.9699.3493.1241.1