Online Technical Reports Related to Multidisciplinary Design Optimization


MDO TECHNICAL REPORTS ONLINE


Last Updated : 02/04/2001



Most of the publications listed here can also be found at the homepages of the research groups working in this area. See also the NASA Langley Technical Report Server, ICASE NCSTRL, and the publications page of the NASA MDOB. Our objective is to provide links to representative publications focusing on different aspects of this field.

Review and Overview Papers

  1. Industrial Experience With MDO, A collection of invited papers presented at the 1998 Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization.

  2. Current State of the Art on Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, An AIAA White Paper, September 1991.

  3. Jaroslaw Sobieszczanski-Sobieski and Raphael T. Haftka, `` Multidisciplinary Aerospace Design Optimization: Survey of Recent Developments,'' 34th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, AIAA Paper No. 96-0711, January 15-18, 1996.

  4. Evin J. Cramer, J. E. Dennis, Jr., Paul D. Frank, Robert Michael Lewis, Gregory R. Shubin,"Problem Formulation for Multidisciplinary Optimization," CRPC-TR93334.

  5. J. J. Korte, R. P. Weston and T. A. Zang, `` Multidisciplinary Optimization Methods for Preliminary Design,'' AGARD Interpanel Symposium "Future Aerospace Technology in the Service of the Alliance", Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France , April 14-18, 1997.

  6. Kroo, I.; Altus, S.; Gage, P.; Braun, R.; Sobieski, I., "Multidisciplinary Optimization Methods for Aircraft Preliminary Design". Fifth AIAA/USAF/NASA/OAI Symposium on Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization, Panama City FL, September 1994.

  7. Susan L. Burgee and Layne T. Watson, "The Promise (and Reality) of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, TR-95-13, VPISU.

  8. Michael S. Eldred, "Optimization Strategies for Complex Engineering Applications," Sandia Technical Report SAND98-0340, February 1998. Available at this page.


Online publications classified by Topic:


    Multidisciplinary Analysis [Updated: 27/11/2001]

    MDO Architectures and Methodology [Updated 27/11/2001]

    MDO Frameworks and Software [Updated 27/11/2001]

    Sensitivity Analysis

    Approximation Models in Optimization

    Comparison of MDO Methods

    Non-gradient Optimization Algorithms

    Design Parameterization and CAD

    Aerodynamic Design Optimization

    Manufacturing and Costing Models for Design

    Design Under Uncertainty [Updated 07/05/2002]

    MDO Applications

    Human Factors in Design

    Related Dissertations and Thesis



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