Automate Optimization and Design Tasks Across Disciplines with Object-Oriented Optimization Tool 2.0(DRC-014-024)

<p>This multidisciplinary design analysis and optimization (MDAO) solution automates optimization tasks early in the design process according to a range of user-defined parameters, including factors such as cost, safety, and environmental impact. The tool provides a framework that enables several engineers to use multiple programs to globally optimize a model.</p><p>This tool quickly streamlines optimization and design tasks by integrating disparate software packages--NASTRAN&#174;, ZAERO&#174;, Cart3D, FUN3D, MOMAT, etc.--in a cross-platform network environment. Designers can convert design variables to structural parameters and generate objective functions using either the built-in pre/post-processor or their own analyzer.</p><p>FEATURES</p><p> * Central executive module allows designers to choose input/output files and solution modules, determine the status of tasks, and select modules for output viewing and filtering.</p><p> * Object-oriented framework integrates the analysis codes for multiple disciplines, rather than relying on one code to perform the analysis for all disciplines.</p><p> * Modules calculate structural weight, stress, deflection, buckling, and more.</p><p> * Graphical user interface can provide a single point of control for applications that run on a user's PC or for code that may reside on remote workstations or a computational cluster.</p><p> * Use of existing tools and practices saves development time and resources.</p><p> * With most of the code written in standard Fortran, it is easy to upgrade and incorporate new optimization technologies while integrating/adopting new state-of-the-art software.</p><p>POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS</p><p>Originally developed for preliminary design of subsonic, transonic, supersonic, and hypersonic aircraft, this innovative MDAO tool can be applied to other engineering fields, including:</p><p> * Shipbuilding</p><p> * Automotive</p><p> * Engineering services</p><p> * Packaging</p><p> * Sporting equipment</p><p>NASTRAN is a registered trademark of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ZAERO is a registered trademark of ZONA Technology, Inc.</p>