Approaches to Multidisciplinary Design and Improvement Flow down, Target Cascading Hierarchical methods-cOo, coordination methods Multi Objective methods-Rankings, Pareto optimality Preference specification via combined objective Natural obiective Formulate a objective -e.g. profit-that combines the discipline interactions in a natural way This is the approach presented GM RD GMs Framework for Architecture Design Representation (Unigraphics Results Aerodynami Multidisciplinary (SIGHT) Business (Custom) Database (MS Access11 4/14/04 Fenyes Approaches to Multidisciplinary Design and Improvement • Flow down, Target Cascading • Hierarchical methods – COO, coordination methods • Multi Objective methods – Rankings, Pareto optimality • Preference specification via combined objective • “Natural” objective – Formulate a objective – e.g. profit – that combines the discipline interactions in a natural way – This is the approach presented 4/14/04 Fenyes GM’s Framework for Architecture Design Design Representation (Unigraphics) Database (MS Access) Multidisciplinary Design (iSIGHT) Structural Optimization (NASTRAN) Aerodynamics Interior Roominess (Excel) Business Summary of Results (Excel) Energy (Custom) (Custom) (Custom)