Applicability of selected Multidisciplinary Design Optimization methods to conceptual spacecraft design

Author(s):  
Todd Mosher
2003 ◽  
Vol 47 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Peri ◽  
Emilio F. Campana

Whereas shape optimal design has received considerable attention in many industrial contexts, the application of automatic optimization procedures to hydrodynamic ship design has not yet reached the same maturity. Nevertheless, numerical tools, combining together modern computational fluid dynamics and optimization methods, can aid in the ship design, enhancing the operational performances and reducing development and construction costs. This paper represents an attempt of applying a multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) procedure to the enhancement of the performances of an existing ship. At the present stage the work involves modeling, development, and implementation of algorithms only for the hydrodynamic optimization. For a naval surface combatant, the David Taylor Model Basin (DTMB) model ship 5415, a three-objective functions optimization for a two-discipline design problem is devised and solved in the framework of the MDO approach. A simple decision maker is used to order the Pareto optimal solutions, and a gradient-based refinement is performed on the selected design.


2011 ◽  
Vol 335-336 ◽  
pp. 1376-1380
Author(s):  
Xin Ying Wu ◽  
Guang Yao Ouyang ◽  
Yu Xue Li

The traditional design method of injector structure cannot meet the demand of farther improved performance,the change of modern environment demand not only the optimization of one performance but also the optimization of various comprehensive performance.iSIGHT is a multidisciplinary design optimization platform that offer a integrated designenvironment and advanced design optimization methods. The optimization design of injector structure based on design of experiment of iSIGHT platform to improve the spray quality of injector is implemented.


2012 ◽  
Vol 591-593 ◽  
pp. 132-135
Author(s):  
Xiao Hui Wang ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Ren Wei Xia

This paper presents the multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) for an earth observation satellite. The aim of the paper is to use various multidisciplinary optimization methods to optimize the numerical models of an earth observation satellite under iSIGHTTM software environment. Based on the best earth observation criteria, a mathematical model of the earth observation satellite is proposed, which considers the design variables, the state variables and constraints of the payload system, the attitude system, the control system, the power system, the structure system, and the propulsion system. This paper conducts the optimization by using the above three methods, and compare the efficiency and applicability among the methods.


2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huanwei Xu ◽  
Wei Li ◽  
Liudong Xing ◽  
Shun-Peng Zhu

Uncertainty analysis is a hot research topic in multidisciplinary design optimization for complex mechanical systems. Existing multidisciplinary design optimization works typically assume that uncertainties are uncorrelated of each other. In real-world engineering systems, however, correlations do exist between different uncertainties. The multidisciplinary design optimization methods without considering correlations between uncertainties may cause inaccuracy and thus misleading optimization results. In this article, we make contributions by proposing a new multidisciplinary design optimization approach based on the ellipsoidal set theory to investigate the characteristics of correlated uncertainties and incorporate their effects in the multidisciplinary design optimization through an advanced collaborative optimization method, where the quantitative model of correlated uncertainties is transformed into constrains of subsystems. Both a mathematical example and a case study of an engineering system are provided to illustrate feasibility and validity of the proposed method.


Astrodynamics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-215
Author(s):  
Renhe Shi ◽  
Teng Long ◽  
Nianhui Ye ◽  
Yufei Wu ◽  
Zhao Wei ◽  
...  

AbstractThe design of complex aerospace systems is a multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) problem involving the interaction of multiple disciplines. However, because of the necessity of evaluating expensive black-box simulations, the enormous computational cost of solving MDO problems in aerospace systems has also become a problem in practice. To resolve this, metamodel-based design optimization techniques have been applied to MDO. With these methods, system models can be rapidly predicted using approximate metamodels to improve the optimization efficiency. This paper presents an overall survey of metamodel-based MDO for aerospace systems. From the perspective of aerospace system design, this paper introduces the fundamental methodology and technology of metamodel-based MDO, including aerospace system MDO problem formulation, metamodeling techniques, state-of-the-art metamodel-based multidisciplinary optimization strategies, and expensive black-box constraint-handling mechanisms. Moreover, various aerospace system examples are presented to illustrate the application of metamodel-based MDOs to practical engineering. The conclusions derived from this work are summarized in the final section of the paper. The survey results are expected to serve as guide and reference for designers involved in metamodel-based MDO in the field of aerospace engineering.


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