PoETS: a proposed powertrain topology encoding scheme
PoETS: a proposed powertrain topology encoding scheme
With the rise of hybrid powertrains (particularly on Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV)),
there is an increased need for the systematic, automated exploration of the space of powertrain topologies, with the goal of identifying the layout that optimizes mission performance. The first building block of such an optimizer is a scheme capable of the flexible, future-proof, yet economical encoding of powertrain topologies, and we propose such a scheme in this paper. Our starting point is an idea first formulated in computational chemistry, where the construction of new molecules from a dictionary of atoms and bonds has parallels with the ‘automated invention’ of drivetrains through the systematic search through the space of component catalogues and their connectivities.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
McLay, Laminn
b4873c42-3b83-464e-b7b7-4c6ecd65d0ce
Scanlan, James
7ad738f2-d732-423f-a322-31fa4695529d
Sobester, Andras
096857b0-cad6-45ae-9ae6-e66b8cc5d81b
23 January 2023
McLay, Laminn
b4873c42-3b83-464e-b7b7-4c6ecd65d0ce
Scanlan, James
7ad738f2-d732-423f-a322-31fa4695529d
Sobester, Andras
096857b0-cad6-45ae-9ae6-e66b8cc5d81b
McLay, Laminn, Scanlan, James and Sobester, Andras
(2023)
PoETS: a proposed powertrain topology encoding scheme.
In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
17 pp
.
(doi:10.2514/6.2023-1363).
Record type:
Conference or Workshop Item
(Paper)
Abstract
With the rise of hybrid powertrains (particularly on Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAV)),
there is an increased need for the systematic, automated exploration of the space of powertrain topologies, with the goal of identifying the layout that optimizes mission performance. The first building block of such an optimizer is a scheme capable of the flexible, future-proof, yet economical encoding of powertrain topologies, and we propose such a scheme in this paper. Our starting point is an idea first formulated in computational chemistry, where the construction of new molecules from a dictionary of atoms and bonds has parallels with the ‘automated invention’ of drivetrains through the systematic search through the space of component catalogues and their connectivities.
More information
e-pub ahead of print date: 19 January 2023
Published date: 23 January 2023
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 489279
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/489279
PURE UUID: cae3db36-a07c-4d04-b50c-f3372b82e2a6
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 19 Apr 2024 16:32
Last modified: 20 Apr 2024 01:41
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
Laminn McLay
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics
