Investigating the Limitations of Advanced Design Methods through Real World Application

Abstract

This final report details the results of the partnership between the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) at theGeorgia Institute of Technology ("Georgia Tech") and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in continuing the development of advanced design methods and their application to revolutionary concepts. The methods pioneered include but are not limited to surrogate modeling in design applications, optimization, robust design simulation , strategic portfolio planning, technology impact forecasting and evaluation, as well as inverse design methods and capability-based design concepts. Prior funding has focused on developing the methods while actual applications have been incomplete and applied to simplified demonstration problems; The difficulty lies in that these prior applications are often done under strict non-disclosure agreements, therefore the findings cannot be published and shared. This highlights the need to apply ASDL methods to real world problems. The researchers have identified various problems that span the full spectrum of processes, methods and techniques developed at ASDL and are significantly different to ensure the broad applicability of the methods. These problem areas include ship design, Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD), Command and Control (C2), and space mission architectures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 2016
Accession Number
AD1009479

Entities

People

  • Dimitri N. Mavris
  • Jean C. Domercant
  • Rebecca Douglas
  • Santiago Balestrini-robinson
  • Stephen Edwards

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Aircrafts
  • Command And Control
  • Data Mining
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Information Science
  • Mathematical Models
  • Military Science
  • Naval Architecture
  • Operations Research
  • Ship Design
  • Simulations
  • Space Missions
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space