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A knowledge-based master model approach exemplified with jet engine structural design

Marcus SandbergOla IsakssonOla IsakssonIlya TyapinAnders LundbladhMichael Kokkolaras

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0209 industrial biotechnologyEngineeringGeneral Computer ScienceRelation (database)Concurrent engineeringStructural mechanicsbusiness.industryKnowledge-based engineeringDesign informationGeneral Engineering02 engineering and technologyJet enginelaw.invention020901 industrial engineering & automationlawNew product development0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringSystems engineering020201 artificial intelligence & image processingProbabilistic designbusiness

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Successful product development requires the consideration of multiple engineering disciplines and the quantification of tradeoffs among conflicting objectives from the very early design phases. The single-largest challenge to do so is the lack of detailed design information. A possible remedy of this issue is knowledge-based engineering. This paper presents a knowledge-based master model approach that enables the management of concurrent design and analysis models within different engineering disciplines in relation to the same governing product definition. The approach is exemplified on an early phase structural design of a turbo-fan jet engine. The model allows geometric-, structural mechanics- and rotor-dynamic- models to be concurrently integrated into a multi-disciplinary design and optimization loop. © 2016 Elsevier B.V.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2016.12.003