Machine learning in aerodynamic shape optimization

J Li, X Du, JRRA Martins - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has been increasingly used to aid aerodynamic shape
optimization (ASO), thanks to the availability of aerodynamic data and continued …

Aerodynamic design optimization: Challenges and perspectives

JRRA Martins - Computers & Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Antony Jameson pioneered CFD-based aerodynamic design optimization in the late 1980s.
In addition to developing the fundamental theory, Jameson implemented that theory in …

Geometric comparison of aerofoil shape parameterization methods

DA Masters, NJ Taylor, TCS Rendall, CB Allen… - AIAA journal, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
A comprehensive review of aerofoil shape parameterization methods that can be used for
aerodynamic shape optimization is presented. Seven parameterization methods are …

Learning the aerodynamic design of supercritical airfoils through deep reinforcement learning

R Li, Y Zhang, H Chen - AIAA Journal, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
The aerodynamic design of modern civil aircraft requires a true sense of intelligence since it
requires a good understanding of transonic aerodynamics and sufficient experience …

Experimental and numerical study of single bubble dynamics on a hydrophobic surface

Y Nam, J Wu, G Warrier, YS Ju - 2009 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The growth and departure of single bubbles on two smooth surfaces with very different
wettabilities are studied using high-speed video microscopy and numerical simulations …

An airfoil shape optimization technique coupling PARSEC parameterization and evolutionary algorithm

P Della Vecchia, E Daniele, E DʼAmato - Aerospace Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work an innovative optimization process for airfoil geometry design is introduced. This
procedure is based on the coupling of a PARSEC parameterization for airfoil shape and a …

Metric-based mathematical derivation of efficient airfoil design variables

DJ Poole, CB Allen, TCS Rendall - AIAA Journal, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
Within an aerodynamic shape optimization framework, an efficient shape parameterization
and deformation scheme is critical to allow flexible deformation of the surface with the …

CFD‐based optimization of aerofoils using radial basis functions for domain element parameterization and mesh deformation

AM Morris, CB Allen… - International journal for …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A novel domain element shape parameterization method is presented for computational
fluid dynamics‐based shape optimization. The method is to achieve two aims:(1) provide a …

Intuitive class/shape function parameterization for airfoils

F Zhu, N Qin - AIAA journal, 2014 - arc.aiaa.org
An airfoil parameterization method is proposed, which combines the flexibility and accuracy
of Kulfan's class/shape function transformation method and the intuitiveness of Sobieczky's …

Review of aerofoil parameterisation methods for aerodynamic shape optimisation

DA Masters, NJ Taylor, T Rendall, CB Allen… - 53rd AIAA aerospace …, 2015 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents a review of aerofoil shape parameterisation methods that can be used
for aerodynamic shape optimisation. Six parameterisation methods are considered for a …