Development of Next-Generation Advanced Design Methods Using Virtual Experimentation
Abstract
ABSTRACT Since its inception, the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) at the Georgia Institute of Technology has been at the forefront of the development of advanced design methods and their application to revolutionary concepts. With ONR?s support, ASDL has developed a wide range of processes, methods, techniques and tools to support design, decision making, strategic planning, technology portfolio management, capability-based planning, and architecting of systems-ofsystems to name a few. The Naval Engineering branch within ASDL was formally established in 2010 with the goal of having dedicated resources and expertise in the areas related to naval engineering. The branch’s mission is to advance design of naval systems by introducing lessons learnt in the aerospace and systems engineering communities. ASDL recognizes that by maintaining a multidisciplinary perspective on the problem of naval architecture and marine engineering, ASDL expects to provide a distinct analysis capability. ASDL, in partnership with ONR, seeks to continue to further develop advanced design methods and system/System of Systems (SoS) tools to promote their applicability to real world applications. Thus, the objective is to develop the next generation of Advanced Design Methods for use in complex system and SoS engineering methods and techniques through the exposure of both undergraduate and graduate students to a broad range of conceptual design challenges from multiple, diverse domains that include multidisciplinary real world problem applications. Physical experimentation has always played a key role in the engineering design lifecycle. However, physical experimentation can be cumbersome, time consuming, and expensive. As systems increase in complexity and are increasingly networked together into system of systems, it is becoming less feasible for physical experimentation to play the same role it has played historically. As computational power continues to increase, higher fidelity modeling and simulation has become more commonplace, and is used more frequently earlier in design to replace or supplement physical testing. However, the creation of validated high-fidelity modeling environments is also not trivial, and many of these models are kept as proprietary information and not available for general use. Virtual Experimentation, or VX, can be used to address these shortcomings. VX is a game-changing, cyber-physical initiative that will enable the capability to seamlessly integrate and deploy collaborative, networked computational technologies into the analysis, design, testing, validation, discovery, and manufacturing processes. A broad range of challenge areas representing real world applications of critical importance to multiple and varied problem domains will be addressed in order to promote the further growth, development, and refinement of new design methods, tools, and processes. In this way the Navy will ultimately benefit from having at its disposable a large arsenal of conceptual design techniques to address emerging challenges and opportunities. Problem domains are chosen that are of critical importance to the Navy and the Department of Defense (DoD) and provide a solid foundation on which to begin the development of the next-generation advanced design methods.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 03, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141612204
Entities
People
- Dimitri Mavris
Organizations
- Georgia Tech Research Corporation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy