CONSTRAINTS ENGINE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR DESIGN TOOL

A system (60) for establishing components of a gas turbine engine (20) may include a constraints engine (62). The constraints engine (62) may be operable to determine a set of constraints (81) based on one or more input parameters (80) and selected values (83) for a group of interrelated design parameters (70) that may be associated with respective elements of an array. The design parameters (70) may correspond to respective components of a gas turbine engine (20). The constraints engine (62) may be operable to communicate the constraints (81) to a design tool (64). The design tool (64) may be operable to select values for the elements of the array from respective ranges of selectable values (82) within a design space (68) of the respective components based on a design model (66) associated with the design parameters (70). A method for establishing components of a system (60) is also disclosed.