A methodology to enable automatic 3D routing of aircraft Electrical Wiring Interconnection System

Harness 3D routing is one of the most challenging steps in the design of aircraft Electrical Wiring Interconnection System (EWIS). This is due not only to the intrinsic complexity of the EWIS, but also to the increasing number of applying design constraints and its dependency on any change in the design of the airframe and installed systems....

A Fully Automated Chain from MDAO Problem Formulation to Workflow Execution

In this paper, a methodology to connect the multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) problem formulation tool KADMOS and the commercial Process Integration and Design Optimization (PIDO) platform Optimus is presented. This capability has been developed in the context of the EU project AGILE. The aim of this development is to...

Supporting MDO through dynamic workflow (re)generation

The use of advancements in computing technology has enabled designers to perform more thorough and more detailed design studies. Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) architectures provide users with guidelines on how to structure their MDO problem, including the linking of disciplines and how to perform the optimization. However, complex...

An MDO advisory system supported by knowledge-based technologies

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) can aid designers to improve already mature design solutions, as well as to explore innovative, complex engineering products. It is a methodology, complete with mathematical formulations, that assists in the optimization of a complex product, whilst considering and exploiting discipline interactions....

Multi-disciplinary design optimisation via dashboard portals

This paper will present the opportunities a dashboard-based system provides to gather information on alternatives and display this in such a way that it will help the user making decisions by making use of multi-disciplinary optimisation (MDO) technology. The multi-disciplinary set up of the program will enable the user to understand the...