The increasing complexity of engineering systems has sparked rising interest in
multidisciplinary optimization (MDO). This paper surveys recent publications in the field of …

Over the last few decades, control engineers have focused on developing innovative control
theories and algorithms to regulate systems. These control efforts are usually at the last …

A recursive experimental design method for simultaneously optimizing both mechanical
structure and control is presented in this paper. Control gains are optimally tuned for a given …

This study develops an active control technology to reduce the incremental dynamic loads of
a large four-engine transport airplane flying through a gust field. The mathematical model of …

Even in multidisciplinary aircraft design, most aspects of nonlinear controllability are only
considered in later design phases. Hence, control considerations are not used to inform the …

In designing “smart” artifacts the coupling between the plant (ie, controlled system) and
controller design optimization problems requires special care: while these problems are …

Linearized aeroelastic stability and response analyses in the state domain may require the
identification of an asymptotically stable finite-state aerodynamic subsystem from available …

Due to their coupling, solving the plant and control optimization problems sequentially does
not guarantee system optimality. Numeric, experimental, and set theoretic demonstrations of …

The aeroelastic model of a folding wing varies with different configurations, so it actually
represents a parameter‐varying system. Firstly, a new approach based on interpolation of …

An integrated approach to the structure/actuator/control aeroservoelastic optimization of
strain-actuated aircraft is presented. The approach is based on structural finite elements and …