Higher-Order Design Environment (HOrDE): A geometry-centric, multi-disciplinary, multi-fidelity process for conceptual aircraft analysis and design(LAR-19572-1)

The purpose of this software is to facilitate the creation of analysis and design processes for the conceptual-level aircraft configurations. At its core, the software contains a set of Java classes for defining the geometry, handling the analysis data associated with the geometry, executing external analysis methods, and pre- and post-processing analysis results. Users of this software will have the ability to use the library of geometry and data classes, through its API, to create wrappers for performing analysis, or for interfacing with external analysis methods. A pre-defined set of wrappers has been created for several software codes used by NASA. These wrappers have also been integrated into several process models for performing analysis and design of conceptual-level aircraft concepts in preparation for additional analysis using higher-order methods. Users of the software will be able to use the API to create wrappers for their own analysis methods, and to use both built-in and custom wrappers to create their own process models for the conceptual-level analysis and design processes used by their organization.