Multidisciplinary design optimization is a field of research that studies the application of
numerical optimization techniques to the design of engineering systems involving multiple …

Analytical target cascading (ATC) is a methodology for hierarchical multilevel system design
optimization. In previous work, the deterministic ATC formulation was extended to account …

The global energy situation, the dependence of the transportation sector on fossil fuels, and
a need for a rapid response to the global warming challenge, provide a strong impetus for …

The global energy situation, the dependence of the transportation sector on fossil fuels, and
a need for rapid response to the global warming challenge, provide a strong impetus for …

When designing a complex product, many groups are concurrently developing different
parts or aspects of the product using detailed simulation models. Multidisciplinary design …

Weighting coefficients are used in analytical target cascading (ATC) at each element of the
hierarchy to express the relative importance of (a) matching targets passed from the parent …

This paper presents an industrial application of the analytical target cascading methodology
to optimal design of commercial vehicle systems. The design problems concern the …

An accurate modeling of gun barrel temperature variation over time is important to assess
wear and the number of shot fires needed to reach cook-off. Using lumped parameter …

A nonintrusive measurement technique is presented numerically for simultaneous
measurement of three-dimensional (3D) soot temperature and volume fraction fields in the …

The fuel economy benefits of any given hybrid technology depend greatly on the vehicle
type, size, supervisory control and driving schedule. The main goal of this work is to develop …