A Set-based Approach for Coordination of Multi-level Collaborative Design Studies

Abstract

Presented in this paper is a framework for design coordination of hierarchical (multi-level) design studies. The proposed framework utilizes margin management and set-based design principles for handling the challenges associated with vertical and horizontal design coordination. The former is based on flexible constraints/margins, while the latter is handled by intersecting feasible design spaces across different teams. The framework is demonstrated with an industrial test-case from the UK ATI APPROCONE (Advanced PROduct CONcept analysis Environment) project.

Evaluation of a Collaborative and Distributed Aircraft Design Environment, Enabled by Microservices and Cloud Computing

“…Regarding the first challenge, various distributed architectures [1][2][3][4][5] have been developed within the context of Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) and several coordination methods [6,7] are proposed using the Set-Based Design paradigm (SBD). Research works to tackle the second challenge have focused on remote execution of models and organizing engineering capabilities using the service-oriented architecture [8].…”