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Integration of a CAD System Into an MDO FrameworkNASA Langley has developed a heterogeneous distributed computing environment, called the Framework for Inter-disciplinary Design Optimization, or FIDO. Its purpose has been to demonstrate framework technical feasibility and usefulness for optimizing the preliminary design of complex systems and to provide a working environment for testing optimization schemes. Its initial implementation has been for a simplified model of preliminary design of a high-speed civil transport. Upgrades being considered for the FIDO system include a more complete geometry description, required by high-fidelity aerodynamics and structures codes and based on a commercial Computer Aided Design (CAD) system. This report presents the philosophy behind some of the decisions that have shaped the FIDO system and gives a brief case study of the problems and successes encountered in integrating a CAD system into the FEDO framework.
Document ID
19980151079
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Townsend, J. C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Samareh, J. A. (Computer Sciences Corp. Hampton, VA United States)
Weston, R. P. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Zorumski, W. E. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1998
Subject Category
Aerodynamics
Report/Patent Number
L-17726
NAS 1.15:207672
NASA/TM-1998-207672
Meeting Information
Meeting: Optimization in Industry
Location: Palm Coast, FL
Country: United States
Start Date: March 23, 1997
End Date: March 27, 1997
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 509-10-11-01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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