Research and innovative design of a zeroemissions vehicle by multidisciplinary student teams in multi-years

Multidisciplinary Teams on the Battlefield: An Innovative Approach to Overcrowded Field Hospitals and Trauma Centers

The Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Reentry Vehicle Using Parallel Genetic Algorithms

The purpose of this paper is to examine the multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) of a reentry vehicle. In this paper, optimization of a RV based on, minimization of heat flux integral and minimization of axial force coefficient integral and maximization of static margin integral along reentry trajectory is carried out. The classic optimization methods are not applicable here due to the c...

Multi-objective design optimization for crash safety of a vehicle with a viscoelastic body and wide tapered multi-cell energy absorber using DOE method

Due to the extensive use of cars and progresses in the vehicular industries, it has become necessary to design vehicles with higher levels of safety standards. Development of the computer aided design and analysis techniques has enabled employing well-developed commercial finite-element-based crash simulation computer codes, in recent years. The present study is an attempt to optimize behavi...

Managing Mdo Software Development Projects

Over the past decade, the NASA Langley Research Center developed a series of "grand challenge" applications demonstrating the use of parallel and distributed computation and multidisciplinary design optimization. All but the last of these applications were focused on the high-speed civil transport vehicle; the final application focused on reusable launch vehicles. Teams of discipline experts de...

Solving a multi-depot location-routing problem with heterogeneous vehicles and fuzzy travel times by a meta-heuristic algorithm

A capacitated location-routing problem (CLRP) is one of the new areas of research in distribution management. It consists of two problems; locating of facilities and routing of the vehicle with a specific capacity. The purpose of the CLRP is to open a set of stores, allocate customers to established deposits, and then design vehicle tours in order to minimize the total cost. In this paper, a ne...