21st Century Paradigm
Change in Performance
and Design Metrics
PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP
Linda C. Casola, Rapporteur
Defense Materials Manufacturing and Infrastructure Standing Committee
National Materials and Manufacturing Board
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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Cover: Designed performance will enable new, extreme frontiers. Today, a paradigm change is happening. New design tools, new manufacturing methods, and new ways of using digital information will soon take materials to an extreme new level, as in this inferno-like image. Graphic artist: Erik B. Svedberg.
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DEFENSE MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDING COMMITTEE
MICHAEL F. McGRATH, McGrath Analytics, LLC, Chair
VALERIE BROWNING, ValTech Solutions, LLC
JESUS M. DE LA GARZA, Virginia Tech
ROSARIO A. GERHARDT, Georgia Institute of Technology
PAUL J. KERN, NAE,1 The Cohen Group
ROBERT H. LATIFF, R. Latiff Associates
E. WARD PLUMMER, NAS,2 Louisiana State University
ROBERT E. SCHAFRIK, NAE, GE Aviation
DENISE SWINK, Independent Consultant
A. GALIP ULSOY, NAE, University of Michigan
HAYDEN N.G. WADLEY, University of Virginia
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Acting Director, National Materials and Manufacturing Board
ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
LINDA C. CASOLA, Rapporteur
HEATHER LOZOWSKI, Financial Manager
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Associate Program Officer
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Program Assistant
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2 Member, National Academy of Sciences.
NATIONAL MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING BOARD
ROBERT E. SCHAFRIK, NAE,1 GE Aviation, Chair
MICHAEL BASKES, NAE, Mississippi State University
JIM C.I. CHANG, National Cheng Kung University
JENNIE S. HWANG, NAE, H-Technologies Group
SANDRA HYLAND, Consultant
SUNDARESAN JAYARAMAN, Georgia Institute of Technology
ROBERT H. LATIFF, R. Latiff Associates
MICHAEL F. McGRATH, McGrath Analytics, LLC
CELIA MERZBACHER, Semiconductor Research Corporation
EDWARD MORRIS, National Center for Defense Manufacturing
VINCENT RUSSO, Aerospace Technologies Associates, LLC
GREG TASSEY, University of Washington
HAYDEN N.G. WADLEY, University of Virginia
BEN WANG, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Acting Director
ERIK B. SVEDBERG, Senior Program Officer
HEATHER LOZOWSKI, Financial Manager
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Assistant Program Officer
JOSEPH PALMER, Senior Program Assistant
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1 Member, National Academy of Engineering.
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Contents
1 SUMMARY OF WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Advancing the Future State of Digital Model-Centric Engineering Within the Department of Defense
2 MODELING FRAMEWORKS THAT FIT THE DEFENSE MATERIALS, DESIGN, AND MANUFACTURING TRADESPACE
System Development Speed and National Security
Engineering Resilient Systems: Relationship to Materials, Design, and Manufacturing Tradespace
System Modeling Framework or Trade Exploration Framework? Why Not Both?
Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: Principles and Examples
Aircraft Digital Thread: An Emerging Framework for Life Cycle Management
Materials-Based Characterization in the Digital Thread
Panel Discussion: Uncertainty and Change Propagation in Modeling
3 CHANGING THE DESIGN PARADIGM
Linking Design and Manufacturing Through Topology Optimization