Langley Research Center

The main focus of the High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Project's Computational Aerospace Sciences (CAS) Project activity at Langley Research Center is the application of high-performance computing technology to the multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) of aerospace vehicles.

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Multidisciplinary Optimization Research is under way to apply high-performance computing technologies to the multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) of Reusable Launch Vehicles (RLV). Various analysis codes are being integrated using a commercially developed framework such as iSIGHT. The framework allows the use of networked heterogeneous workstations, vector supercomputers, and a scalable parallel testbed. The framework also allows easy addition or deletion of analysis codes and facilitates changes in the control flow of the MDO process through a graphical user interface.

Additional Langley Research Center Information: http://www.larc.nasa.gov Point of Contact: Dr. Jaroslaw Sobieski (757) 864-2799 j.sobieski@larc.nasa.gov