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The solution of challenging multi-disciplinary problems involves the interaction between separate modules that represent different physical models and procedures, and for avoiding efficiency and integration issues, it can be beneficial for the modules to share a common set of numerical solution algorithms and code architecture. For example, the unsteady aero-acoustic design of plasma actuators for wind turbines requires the solution of the plasma equations around the actuator, the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations in the neighborhood of the turbine, the Ffowcs Williams and Hawkings model for far-field noise propagation, and the entire system might need to be coupled with a Finite Element Method (FEM) model of the blade structure. Additionally, adjoint equations might need to be solved for each system, and the entire problem may require an infrastructure for shape design (shape …