Draft: 7-22-03 Dan DeLaurentis 404-894-8280 dan.delaurentis@ae.gatech

1. Preliminary Thoughts:Georgia Tech Aerospace Engineering (GTAE) as partner in Boeing-Savannah 7E7 Team Draft: 7-22-03 Dan DeLaurentis 404-894-8280 dan.delaurentis@ae.gatech.edu

2. The 7E7 Dreamliner • www.boeing.com/commercial/7e7/flash.html • Fuselage diameter = 226 inches (574 cm) • Essentials: • Range: 7,200-8,000 nm • Payload: 200-350 PAX • Speed: Mach 0.85 • These 3 traits are standard ! • 7E7 Competitive Edge lies in: • Cabin Layout: twin aisle (no center seats!) • “super fuel efficient”, new materials operational affordability

3. Understanding the Boeing View • Quotes from recent 7E7 press release: • “(Walt) Gillette has challenged the systems team, led by Mike Sinnett, director of Systems Integration for the 7E7 program, to create systems approaches that are ‘open and elegant’.” • “An open-systems approach is one that will easily allow systems updates over the life of the program.” • Boeing increasingly casts itself as a system integrator, not just an airplane manufacturer • E.g. They are Lead System Integrator for the U.S. Army’s high profile Future Combat System (FCS) program • Boeing embraces system, and system-of-systems, approaches • Therefore, it makes sense to employ a systems view to help Boeing maximize value from 747-refit

4. Strong relationship: GT/GTAE & Boeing • Relationship spans the hierarchy of GT organization: • Executive Level: (perhaps more than those below ??) • American Association of Engineering Education (ASEE) interactions w/Boeing VP Bob Spitzer • Roundtable activity (Dean Level) • Department Level (AE): • Boeing Chaired Professor of Advanced Aerospace Systems Analysis (currently held by Prof. Dimitri Mavris) • Senior Boeing representation on AE Advisory Board, and Advisory Boards of ASDL and SSDL • History of sponsored/joint research with Boeing across AE spectrum • Student Level: • Hires many GT graduates, AE, ISyE and beyond

5. Georgia Tech GT Program Organization Snapshot Academic Units Georgia Tech Research Institute Aerospace Engineering Industrial/Sys Engineering ... Other departments Aerospace Laboratory Signatures Laboratory ... Other departments Center for Aerospace Systems Analysis (CASA) • GT consistently ranked 3rd or 4th best college of engineering in the country based on US News & World Report • GT-ISyE consistently ranked #1 in nation • GTAE consistently ranked in the top 3 AE schools in the country • ASDL is recognized as having the best program in the nation for aircraft systems design/analysis according to our peers Space Systems Design Laboratory (SSDL) Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL)

6. Relevant GTAE Capabilities • Combo: Disciplines + System Design + Life Long Learning • 1) Full range of technical disciplines critical to 747 redesign • Structural mechanics & dynamics, materials, testing • Aerodynamics, propulsion, and control • 2) Innovative systems approach to design synthesis • Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD) • Living System-of-Systems Method • Robust design studies, affordability and performance optimization • Boeing already exposed to methods (FCS LSI, Boeing Focal Point) • 2a) GT ISyE provides logistics expertise needed • 2b) GTRI Aerospace Laboratory further multiplies capability • 3) Distance Learning + GT Savannah campus

7. Benefits of the GTAE Systems Approach • Incorporates key aspects of modern systems engineering approaches, and lends itself to iteration • Requirements Flowdown • Engineering Trades / Analysis • System performance Modeling and Simulation • Risk Mitigation • Allows full exploration of need identification and problem definition, concept development, and concept selection—prior to system definition and design • Facilitates group work and utilizes modern software based tools • Allows full incorporation of increasingly detailed simulation-based analyses and designs • Smoothly extends throughout engineering, manufacturing, and certification phases

8. Example: Developing Innovative ‘System’ Concepts with Boeing 1. Requirements Exploration (QFD) • Identify, understand, and translate system requirements • From corporate level to engineering characteristics 2. Innovative System synthesis (Morph Matrix) • Entire systems view: vehicle/fleet, airport, business model, etc. • Innovative “Con Ops”: Mod-747 transports 7E7 fuselage and … • Contracts as logistics asset for return flight (otherwise empty) • Dual-use: Cargo transport for Army FCS, or GA-based operations • Provides R&D foundation and leverage for new military cargo transport and/or new jumbo commercial transport (remember the A380) • Combine technologies, vehicle configurations, and operational concepts into alternatives for evaluation 3. System Alternative Evaluation (Pugh) • Assess alternatives vs. ROI to Boeing considering all options • Identify certification barriers early

9. Exploration Approach Summarized (Generic Example Showing Tools) Subjective Evaluation, Modeling & Simulation

10. The larger picture:What is IPPD Through RDS? • Integrated Product/Process Development (IPPD) means applying Concurrent Engineering at the front end of a system’s life cycle where design freedom can be leveraged and product/process design tradeoffs conducted in parallel at the system, component, and part levels • Implementation of IPPD requires moving from a deterministic point design approach to a probabilistic family design approach to keep the design space open and from committing life cycle cost before the system life cycle design trade-offs can be made • Robust Design Simulation (RDS) provides the necessary simulation and modeling environment for executing IPPD at the System level • An Overall Evaluation Criterion (OEC) based on System Affordability should be identified early and its variability tracked along the life cycle time line

11. Generic GT IPPD Methodology

12. Roadmap for Affordability Through Robust Design Simulation Robust Design Simulation Subject to Robust Solutions Design & Environmental Constraints Technology Infusion Physics-Based Modeling Activity and Process-Based Modeling Objectives: Schedule Budget Reduce LCC Increase Affordability Increase Reliability . . . . . Economic Life-Cycle Analysis Synthesis & Sizing Operational Environment Simulation Impact of New Technologies-Performance & Schedule Risk Economic & Discipline Uncertainties Customer Satisfaction