TOWARDS THE 3RD GENERATION MDO COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT

摘要

The current work introduces the research activities in the field of MDO in overall aircraft design at DLR, and introduces the ongoing EU funded research project AGILE. AGILE is developing the next generation of aircraft Multidisciplinary Design and Optimization processes, which target significant reductions in aircraft development costs and time to market, leading to cheaper and greener aircraft solutions. The paper presents the background and the needs identified for the next generation of MDO collaborative environment in aircraft design, with focus on the formalization aspects. The addressed open challenges are also behind the formulation of AGILE project’s objectives. The AGILE project structure is briefly introduced.