Overview of collaborative high performance computing-based MDO of transport aircraft in the DLR project VicToria

The DLR project VicToria brings together design methods that necessite use of high-performance computing, for the multi-disciplinary optimization of a long-range transport aircraft. Three different approaches are followed: the integrated aerostructural wing optimization, the multi-fidelity gradient-based approach, and the many-discipline highly-parallel approach. A common test case is used: XRF1, an Airbus provided research configuration representing a typical long-range wide-body aircraft.