Digital Design and Net Zero in Aviation: Optimizing Gas Turbines for Sustainability

Explore the intersection of digital design technologies and net zero goals in aviation through this illuminating lecture. Delve into how additive manufacturing is revolutionizing gas turbine applications, offering unprecedented design flexibility. Discover the challenges and opportunities presented by Net Zero targets in fully exploiting this flexibility and designing new parts in digital environments. Examine the potential of full digitalization to generate innovative designs untethered from past solutions, while addressing the need for more accurate estimators in critical high-temperature applications. Learn about recent advancements in machine learning methodologies enabling greater accuracy in estimators. Join Professor Francesco Montomoli as he demonstrates how optimization methods, particularly topology optimization strategies, can meet these needs and how deep neural network-based optimization is opening new possibilities for next-generation gas turbine design. Gain insights into the cutting-edge research moving towards full digital design of gas turbines for a net zero future in aviation.