Contents of MDO Course


  Topic No of hrs Instructor References
1. Introduction to Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), its need and importance, conceptual elements, examples. 2 KS MDO-TC White Paper
MDO-Intro
2. Coupled systems - analyzer vs evaluator, decomposition, system and discipline level design variables and constraints. 2 PMM MDO-Algos-ppt
MDO-Algos-pdf
Simple-MDO-eg
3. Classification of MDO problem formulations - Single vs Bi-level 1 PMM MDO-Algos-ppt
MDO-Algos-pdf
4. Nested analysis and design vs simultaneous design and analysis 1. PMM MDO-Algos-ppt
MDO-Algos-pdf
5. System and discipline level functions and intercommunication. Single level MDO architechtures. 1 PMM MDO-Algos.ppt
MDO-Algos-pdf
6. Bi-level MDO architechtures. Collaborative optimization. 3 PMM Bilevel-Algos-ppt
MDO-Algos-pdf
7. Sensitivity Analysis
Finite Difference Methods
Analytical - direct and adjoint
Complex variable approach
Automatic Differentiation - ADIFOR/ADIC
Global Sensitivity Equations
6 KS / AI / DG sensitivity.ppt
8. Approximation Concepts and Surrogate Modelling      
  Introduction 1 KS / AI / DG surrogate-prelim.ppt
Uniform Random No Generation
Normal Random No Generation
  Least Square Estimation,
Design Of Experiments (DOE)
2 KS / AI / DG surrogate-lsq.ppt

readme for using demo programmes

Demo of Least Square Estimation. While compiling on linux with g77 compiler use “–ffree-form” command line option. Requires input data from a file fit.inp. A sample fit.inp.
Output will be in fit.out.

Programme to generate data for the Least Square Estimation

Programme to average the b estimates from large sets of experiments

  Response Surface Method (RSM) 3 KS surrogate-lsq.ppt
  Interpolating Vs Smoothening. Krigging 1 AI  
  Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments (DACE) 2 AI dace.ppt sampling.ppt
9. Bi-level Architectures (Contd.)
  • CSSO (Concurrent Sub-space Optimization)
  • BLISS
1 PMM Bilevel-Algos-ppt
MDO-Algos-pdf
  Multi-fidelity, Multi-point Approximations 2 PMM  
10. Design under Uncertainties 1 DG Robust Design-ppt
11. Software and IT issues in MDO
MDO frameworks.
3 AI  
12. MDO@CASDE 3 PMM / KS / AI / DG Everything you wanted to know about MDO@casde

References

  1. Hajela P. and Vanderplaats G.N., "Optimal Design in Multi-disciplinary Systems", Notes of the 3 day professional course on Multi-disciplinary Design Optimization held at ADA Bangalore January 5-7 2001, CASDE Library, Dept. of Aerospace Engg. , IIT Bombay.
  2. Khuri A.I. and Cornell J.A., "Response Surfaces - Designs and Analyses, Second Edition, Marcel Dekker Inc., NewYork, 1996
  3. Montgomery D.C, "Design and Analysis of Experiments", 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2001 4.
  4. Selected AIAA papers