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Multidisciplinary design of a small satellite launch vehicle using particle swarm optimization

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In the present paper, particle swarm optimization, a relatively new population based optimization technique, is applied to optimize the multidisciplinary design of a solid propellant launch vehicle. Propulsion, structure, aerodynamic (geometry) and three-degree of freedom trajectory simulation disciplines are used in an appropriate combination and minimum launch weight is considered as an objective function. In order to reduce the high computational cost and improve the performance of particle swarm optimization, an enhancement technique called fitness inheritance is proposed. Firstly, the conducted experiments over a set of benchmark functions demonstrate that the proposed method can preserve the quality of solutions while decreasing the computational cost considerably. Then, a comparison of the proposed algorithm against the original version of particle swarm optimization, sequential quadratic programming, and method of centers carried out over multidisciplinary design optimization of the design problem. The obtained results show a very good performance of the enhancement technique to find the global optimum with considerable decrease in number of function evaluations.

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  1. Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, East Vafadar Bld., 4th Tehranpars Sq., 16569-83911, Tehran, Iran

    Masoud Ebrahimi, Mohammad Reza Farmani & Jafar Roshanian

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Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Small Solid Launch Vehicle which is the case study of the present manuscript has been previously published and presented in the below Journals and Confrences:

  • Roshanian J, Jodei J, Mirshams M, Ebrahimi R, and Mirzaei M (2010) Multilevel of Fidelity Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Small Solid Propellant Launch Vehicle, Transaction of the Japan Society of Astronautical and Space Science, Vol. 53, No. 179.

  • Jodei J, Ebrahimi M, and Roshanian J (2008) Multidisciplinary design optimization of a small solid propellant launch vehicle using system sensitivity analysis, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 38(1): 93-100.

  • Jodei J, Ebrahimi M, and Roshanian J (2006) An Automated Approach to Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization of Small Solid Propellant Launch Vehicles, Proceeding of the 1st International symposium on Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, Harbin, China.

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Ebrahimi, M., Farmani, M.R. & Roshanian, J. Multidisciplinary design of a small satellite launch vehicle using particle swarm optimization. Struct Multidisc Optim 44, 773–784 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-011-0662-7

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