摘要: Over the last decade, the Engineering Sketch Pad (ESP) has been adopted in many organizations for the analysis of geometrically-complex configurations, such as aerospace vehicles. A unique strength of ESP is the analytic computati... 展开 Over the last decade, the Engineering Sketch Pad (ESP) has been adopted in many organizations for the analysis of geometrically-complex configurations, such as aerospace vehicles. A unique strength of ESP is the analytic computation of sensitivities of the configuration and its associated tessellations, all as a function of the user-specified design parameters. Several CFD solution systems can use these sensitivities with their adjoint-based flow solutions to modify the design parameters to achieve a near-optimum design of a fixed configuration. In a sense, these systems can be used to improve a design but are not directly suitable for the evolution of a design from conceptual, to preliminary, to final design. Described herein is an Integrated Design Environment (IDE) that allows a user to evolve a design from the earliest, simple descriptions and analyses through detailed design and analysis. First the guiding principles of the new IDE are presented, followed by a case study that illustrates the use of the IDE through the design of a rubber-powered model aircraft. 收起