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Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
9.1 Introduction
In Chapter 7 on multiobjective optimization, a number of objective functions
were simultaneously handled along with constraints for a given discipline.
In multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO), two or more disciplines
are simultaneously optimized. For example, in rocket design, the disciplines
could be structures, aerodynamics, propulsion, control, and mission. Each
of these disciplines can have separate optimal requirements. For example,
the propulsion discipline can have a constraint on chamber pressure, the
structural discipline can have constraints on stresses on t