The KNOMAD Methodology for Integration of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering Knowledge within Aerospace Production

The paper is associated with the integration of multi-disciplinary knowledge within a Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE)-enabled design framework. To support this integration effort, the KNOMAD methodology has been devised. KNOMAD stands for Knowledge Optimized Manufacture And Design and is a methodology for the analytical utilisation of multi-disciplinary engineering knowledge within design. The KNOMAD acronym can also be used to highlight KNOMAD’s formalized process of: (K)nowledge capture; (N)ormalisation; (O)rganizations; (M)odelling; (A)nalysis; and (D)elivery. The main contribution of the paper is to highlight the development of the KNOMAD methodology and to substantiate its individual steps with sufficient detail to support the application of KNOMAD in practice.