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Interface-Driven Multidisciplinary Design of Large-Scale Aircraft Structures

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Air Force 		Award ID:
32202 		Program Year/Program:
1997 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
32202 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Applied Research Associates, Inc.
4300 San Mateo Blvd. NE, Suite A-220 Albuquerque, NM 87110 0126
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1997
Title: Interface-Driven Multidisciplinary Design of Large-Scale Aircraft Structures
Agency / Branch: DOD / USAF
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $730,406.00
 

Abstract:

Under the proposed research an Interface-Driven Design Manager (IDM) for CAD packages will be developed to greatly reduce the design cycle time for aircraft structures. The IDM represents a first attempt to fully integrate powerful new interface element and design management technologies into the CAD environment. These emerging technologiies have the potential for making multidisciplinary design optimization of large-scale structures practical and for providing new levels of design automation that are currently not possible. For example, interface element technology will allow complex airframe structures, such as a wing box, to be rapidly assembled from a database of pre-meshed 'stock' components, without concern for mesh compatibility. Interface elements can also be used for global-local analysis to provide higher fidelity results during conceptual design, without large increases in the computational cost. The IDM design will be centered on an object-oriented representation of components that will allow for the eventual integration of physics-based manufacturing and costing models.

Principal Investigator:

David R. Oakley
9198760018

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Applied Research Associates, I
4300 San Mateo Blvd Ne Ste A220 Albuquerque, NM 87110

EIN/Tax ID: 850276434
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No