Forgot your password?
Document Actions
MDO Lab
Quick Links
Introduction Given the maturation of high-fidelity numerical methods for single-discipline analysis, such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and structural mechanics (CSM), and the advent of parallel computing, many difficult and numerically intensive problems can currently be solved with modern computing facilities. To truly take advantage of these high-fidelity analysis methods, there is a need for the development of advanced design approaches that account for multiple disciplines and are applicable to real-world engineering problems. |  |
| Our vision for the future of engineering design, and for aircraft design in particular, is that of a Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) environment where it is possible to perform the design optimization of complex engineering systems using computational tools. We aim to enable a relatively small team of engineers to perform the preliminary design of a new aerospace system in a period of one to two weeks, instead of the several months currently required by a much larger team of engineers. |