Multidisciplinary Design

Aerospace Laboratory NLR Multidisciplinary design analysis and multi-objective optimisation applied to aircraft wing Multidisciplinary design analysis capability (left), response surfaces for one selected objective (fuel efficiency) in the selected design space (top right) and Pareto optimal designs for two selected objectives (fuel, range) in the same design space (bottom right). Problem description The design of complex high-tech systems, like aircraft wings, typically requires simulations of the system by multiple disciplinary analyses based on a consistent design description. Such simulations yield various characteristics of the system. The multidisciplinary team needs support to efficiently evaluate the many possible designs to arrive at an optimum design. During the optimisation, increasing knowledge of the behaviour of the design leads to an evolution of the design objective. The multidisciplinary team benefits from the support for this process. Description of work First an integrated wing design analysis capability has been realised. This capability uses a