Coupled aeropropulsive design optimization of an over-wing nacelle configuration

MAS Abdul-Kaiyoom, A Yildirim, JRRA Martins - Journal of Aircraft, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
The over-wing nacelle (OWN) configuration has the potential to improve on the conventional
under-wing nacelle (UWN) configuration by enabling higher bypass ratios and increasing …

Aeroelastic tailoring for aerospace applications

J Najmi, HA Khan, SS Javaid, A Hameed, F Siddiqui - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This study presents a brief account of the seminal works on aeroelastic tailoring for
aerospace applications. Tailoring using advanced composites is a revolutionary process in …

Eigenvalue problem derivatives computation for a complex matrix using the adjoint method

S He, Y Shi, E Jonsson, JRRA Martins - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Derivatives of eigenvalues and eigenvectors with respect to design variables are required
for gradient-based optimization in many engineering design problems. However, for the …

Hydrostructural optimization of subcavitating cambered and symmetric composite foils

GW Ng, Y Liao, A Yildirim, JRRA Martins - Composite Structures, 2025 - Elsevier
Composite materials provide greater freedom to tailor load-dependent deformations in lifting
surfaces for improved hydrostructural efficiency across the operating envelope compared to …

Incorporating High-Fidelity Aerostructural Analyses in Wind Turbine Rotor Optimization

DG Caprace, A Cardoza, A Ning, M Mangano… - AIAA SciTech 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1290. vid As demand grows for
wind turbines with larger blades, the design of future wind turbines must account for multi …

Multi-material and thickness optimization of a wind turbine blade root section

SM Hermansen, E Lund - Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 2024 - Springer
Structural optimization has been shown to be an invaluable tool for solving large-scale
challenging design problems, and this work concerns such optimization of a state-of-the-art …

Gradient-based structural optimization of a wind turbine blade root section including high-cycle fatigue constraints

SM Hermansen, T Macquart, E Lund - Engineering Optimization, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Under the modern design paradigm of wind turbines, the continuous drive towards lower
costs through longer blades is raising serious challenges in design, and structural …

Practical Appropriate Fidelity Optimization for Large-scale Multidisciplinary Aircraft Design

N Wu - 2023 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Numerical optimization has been successfully applied to multidisciplinary design
optimizations such as aerostructural wing design. These optimizations consist of over a …

RANS-Based Multipoint Aeropropulsive Design Optimization of an Over-Wing Nacelle Configuration

MAS Abdul-Kaiyoom, A Yildirim… - AIAA AVIATION 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3588. vid Over-wing nacelle
(OWN) configurations have two advantages over the traditional under-wing nacelle (UWN) …

Advancing Modularity and Framework Integration Level for Scalable High-Fidelity MDO

T Backhaus, MAS Abdul-Kaiyoom, A Yildirim… - AIAA AVIATION 2023 …, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2023-3315. vid Multidisciplinary design
optimization (MDO) plays a vital role in designing aircraft. Thus, the modularization of …