The Cybermatrix protocol: a link between classical aircraft design and formal multidisciplinary optimization approaches

Abstract

This paper presents the cybermatrix protocol, a novel approach to multidisciplinary design optimization in the contex of multiple-fidelity disciplinary analyses, many involved disciplines and high use of high-performance computing resources. The approach is presented from its formal mathematical background to actual on-disk implementation of running processes. As the demonstration case, a twin-engine long-range transport aircraft is optimized. Four disciplines are employed: overall aircraft wing planform design, aerodynamic airfoil design using 3D RANS computations, structural wing design using global shell-element FEM model, and loads selection and evaluation process based on low fidelity aerodynamics.