Goal of contract is to provide simulation and advanced software services to the agency, NASA reports.
MDAO covers a vast set of capabilities, including a flexible framework and state of the art discipline codes.
System analytical techniques which support the full set of system interactions include Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) and its application for Multidisciplinary Coupling Analysis (MCA).
Ravi Desi (American-Axle Manufacturing) and Tory Scola (NASA Langley) discuss the importance of knowledge capture & reuse and why companies need to embrace targeted, solution-focused simulation apps to gain measurable improvements in innovation, development time, and related product quality.