Full scale aerodynamic wind tunnel testing, numerical simulation of high dimensional (full-
order) aerodynamic models or flight testing are some of the fundamental but complex steps …

Aerodynamic optimisation has become an indispensable component for any aerodynamic
design over the past 60 years, with applications to aircraft, cars, trains, bridges, wind …

The use of metamodeling techniques in the design and analysis of computer experiments
has progressed remarkably in the past 25 years, but how far has the field really come? This …

Variable-fidelity surrogate modeling offers an efficient way to generate aerodynamic data for
aero-loads prediction based on a set of CFD methods with varying degree of fidelity and …

A novel formulation of gradient-enhanced surrogate model, called weighted gradient-
enhanced kriging, is proposed and used in combination with the cheap gradients obtained …

Over the last fifty years, the ability to carry out analysis as a precursor to decision making in
engineering design has increased dramatically. In particular, the advent of modern …

Bayesian optimization (BO) based on Gaussian process regression (GPR) is applied to
different CFD (computational fluid dynamics) problems which can be of practical relevance …

NUMERICAL shape optimization in the field of detailed aircraft design is used more and
more because high-performance computers enable Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes …

The accurate evaluation of aircraft fuel burn over a complete mission is computationally
expensive and may require millions of aerodynamic performance evaluations. Thus, it is …

Many optimization methods for simulation-based design rely on the sequential use of
metamodels to reduce the associated computational burden. In particular, kriging models …