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Challenges to overcome for routine usage of automatic optimisation in the propulsion industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2016

S. Shahpar
S. Shahpar*
Affiliation:
CFD Methods, Design System Engineering, Rolls-Royce, Derby, UK
*
shahrokh.shahpar@rolls-royce.com
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Abstract

In industry, there is an ever-increasing requirement not only to design high performance new products but also to deliver them at lower cost and in shorter time. To meet these demanding engineering challenges, it is not sufficient to treat the different disciplines involved in a product design in isolation; rather they must be considered together as an integrated system that reflects the dependencies and interactions of the different disciplines. The design process must be automated to meet the stringent design time-lines. In spite of promising forays for over a decade, automatic design optimisation (ADO) and multidisciplinary optimisation (MDO) has not been widely adapted by the Turbomachinery design practitioners. This presentation will explore some of the technical and nontechnical barriers such as cultural and organisational issues that must be addressed if ADO/MDO is to be used routinely in industry. Some recent, successful application of automatic optimisation is also reported herein.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 115 , Issue 1172 , October 2011 , pp. 615 - 625
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 2011 

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