Gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization using computational fluid dynamics (CFD),
and time dependent problems in aeroelasticity, that is, coupled calculations between …

GEOMETRICAL representationand parameterizationare crucial issues, the importance of
which has often been underestimated in wing design processes. However, with the renewed …

Aerodynamic shape optimization (ASO) for aircraft is the focus of concern as well as the
subject of substantial research issue in aerospace engineering. This paper proposes a …

DYNAMIC meshes are required in the simulation of flow problems involving moving
boundaries. These problems occur in many engineering applications, including blood flow …

DRAG reduction for high-speed vehicles is a challenging task. The use of laminar flow
control techniques aims at delaying the laminar–turbulent transition, which is known to …

THE optimization of airfoil designs is a challenging, computationally expensive, highly
constrained, nonlinear problem. As with most real-world problems, there are multiple …

Mesh deformation schemes play an important role in numerical aerodynamic optimization.
As the aerodynamic shape changes, the computational mesh must adapt to conform to the …

Optimization design is the most important key technique of Air-breathing Hypersonic Cruise
Vehicle (HCV). To improve the design level and get better integrated performances of HCV …

The design of supersonic flow paths for scramjet engines and high Mach number shock
tunnel nozzles is complicated by high temperature flow effects and multidimensional …

An aeroelastic solver is developed using a nonlinear frequency domain flow solver coupled
to a plate-bending finite element linear structural solver. A methodology for determining the …