The design of many engineering systems requires multiphysics simulations and can benefit
from design optimization. Two key challenges in multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) …

Analyzing the interaction between a fluid and an exposed structure is vital in the design of
numerous applications, including the optimization of aerodynamic bodies such as the …

With the progress of high-performance computing, computationally expensive high-fidelity
methods can be applied early in the design process of an aircraft. This enables …

A modular framework approach is presented that enables the use of scalable solution
algorithms for high-fidelity multidisciplinary (MD) problems. It relies on the simulation plugins …

High-fidelity aeroelastic optimization capabilities are becoming more common in recent
years. In this field, researchers typically present results on the design problems of greatest …

High-fidelity simulations play a key role for aircraft design, virtual flight testing and simulation
based certification. As computational resources increase and numerical methods progress …

View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3315. vid Multidisciplinary design
optimization (MDO) plays a vital role in designing aircraft. Thus, the modularization of …

We aim at a seamless CAD-integration into a framework-based approach for
multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) that allows an automated forward …

Solving multidisciplinary problems by coupled black-box solvers using splitting methods,
such as the nonlinear block-Gauß-Seidel method, has severe limitations on convergence …