Development of a Multilevel Multidisciplinary-Optimization Capability for an Industrial Environment
Pat Piperni, A. Deblois, Ryan Henderson · AIAA Journal · 2013
An overview of the deployment of multidisciplinary-optimization technologies in an industrial environment is presented herein. This capability is being developed in a multilevel framework in line with the aircraft design stages within the engineering organization. At every design stage, the appropriate problem formulation, level of detail, analysis tools, and optimization strategy are implemented to meet the design objectives within the design-cycle time frame. The multidisciplinary-optimization technologies are deployed incrementally as an evolution of existing engineering methods, with subject-matter experts contributing to the problem setup and validation of the framework. A description of the multilevel strategy and sample results are provided.