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Interface-Driven Multidisciplinary Design of Large-Scale Aircraft Structures
Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Air Force
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 32202
Amount:
$730,406.00
Phase:
Phase II
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
1997
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
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Award End Date (Contract End Date):
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Small Business Information
4300 San Mateo Blvd Ne Ste, A220, Albuquerque, NM, 87110
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
N
Woman Owned:
N
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
N
Principal Investigator
Name: David R. Oakley
Phone: (919) 876-0018
Phone: (919) 876-0018
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Research Institution
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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. * Information listed above is at the time of submission. *