An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink

Bacharoudis, Konstantinos; Wilson, Heather; Goodfellow-Jones, Stephen; Popov, Atanas; Ratchev, Svetan

Abstract

The ability to estimate costs and process times at the early stage of a design phase is of great importance to the product development process, enabling selection of the most suitable design and manufacturing concepts. Therefore, herein an efficient framework is developed, utilising appropriate process and feature based cost modelling techniques in a MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. The sophisticated structure of the cost tool, using the drag and drop approach of predefined SIMULINK blocks, enables the rapid cost modelling of complex aerospace assemblies. The capabilities of the developed framework are demonstrated through analysis of a novel air-intake structure for single aisle aircraft.

Citation

Bacharoudis, K., Wilson, H., Goodfellow-Jones, S., Popov, A., & Ratchev, S. An efficient cost estimation framework for aerospace applications using Matlab/Simulink. Presented at 54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, 2021, Online

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 54th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, 2021
• Acceptance Date: Jul 13, 2021
• Online Publication Date: Nov 26, 2021
• Publication Date: Nov 26, 2021
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2021
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 26, 2021
• Journal: Procedia CIRP
• Electronic ISSN: 2212-8271
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 104
• Pages: 1143-1148
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.11.192
• Keywords: General Medicine
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/6184924
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827121010908
• Related Public URLs: http://cirp-cms2021.org/