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Assertion (A): Multidisciplinary optimisation gives a better aircraft than optimising each discipline separately.

Reason (R): The interactions between disciplines dominate the result.

Select the correct answer from the options below.

  • A.A is false but R is true
  • B.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  • C.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  • D.A is true but R is false

Answer: B

Correct answer: Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both are true and the reason accounts for the assertion. Optimising each discipline in turn produces a design that is best for none of them together: the aerodynamicist’s high aspect ratio wing is the structural engineer’s heaviest. Because the couplings between disciplines dominate the outcome, the system must be optimised as a whole, accepting a locally worse solution in one discipline where it improves the aircraft.

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