Study on the influence of cut-opening ratio, cut-opening shape, and cut-opening number on the flow field of a cubic artificial reef

G Wang, R Wan, XX Wang, FF Zhao, XZ Lan… - Ocean …, 2018 - Elsevier
Upwelling and back eddy are usually selected as obvious indices to study the characteristics
of the flow field of artificial reefs. The influences of cut-opening ratio (OR), cut-opening shape …

​ Efficiency, tranquillity and stability indices to evaluate performance in the artificial reef wake region

D Kim, J Woo, HS Yoon, WB Na - Ocean Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The wake region of an artificial reef (AR) is defined as the space consisting of the
recirculating water flow immediately behind the AR. This study proposes three performance …

Cascade ensemble-RBF-based optimization algorithm for aero-engine transient control schedule design optimization

Y Ye, Z Wang, X Zhang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The aero-engine is the power system and the most important part of the aircraft. The
transient performance of aero-engine plays an essential role in the maneuverability of …

Optimization of solar-powered hybrid airship conceptual design

L Zhang, M Lv, J Meng, H Du - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper aims to develop a high-altitude solar-powered hybrid airship, which combines
aerodynamic lift and buoyancy with buoyancy force and cruises continuously. A multi-lobed …

Mission-based multidisciplinary optimization of solar-powered hybrid airship

L Zhang, M Lv, W Zhu, H Du, J Meng, J Li - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presented a multidisciplinary optimization methodology of a high altitude solar-
powered hybrid airship. A multidisciplinary model of the hybrid airship is proposed including …

Inverse design of airfoils via an intelligent hybrid optimization technique

E Tandis, E Assareh - Engineering with Computers, 2017 - Springer
The solutions for inverse shape design (ISD) problems are provided in many cases using
evolutionary algorithms linked up with CFD solvers. Among the optimization methods …

Inverse shape design via a new physical-based iterative solution strategy

M Nikfar, A Ashrafizadeh, P Mayeli - Inverse Problems in Science …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Inverse shape design in the context of fluid flow problems is commonly referred to the
determination of the boundary shape corresponding to a given target surface pressure …

Fundamental approach to anisotropic heat conduction using the element-based finite volume method

D Prestini, G Filippini, PSB Zdanski… - Numerical Heat Transfer …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This work describes the fundamentals of the element-based finite volume method for
anisotropic heat conduction within the framework of the finite element space. Patch tests …

Temperature identification of a heat source in conjugate heat transfer problems via an inverse analysis

P Mayeli, M Nikfar - International Journal of Numerical Methods for …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The present study aims to perform inverse analysis of a conjugate heat transfer
problem including conduction and forced convection via the quasi-Newton method. The …

Numerical-experimental geometric optimization of the Ahmed body and analyzing boundary layer profiles

M Abdolmaleki, A Mashhadian, S Amiri… - Journal of Optimization …, 2022 - Springer
The trade-off between the fuel consumption and drag coefficient makes the investigations of
drag reduction of utmost importance. In this paper, the rear-end shape optimization of …