Numerical sensitivity analysis for aerodynamic optimization: A survey of approaches

JEV Peter, RP Dwight - Computers & Fluids, 2010 - Elsevier
The calculation of the derivatives of output quantities of aerodynamic flow codes, commonly
known as numerical sensitivity analysis, has recently become of increased importance for a …

Anisotropic grid adaptation for functional outputs: application to two-dimensional viscous flows

DA Venditti, DL Darmofal - Journal of Computational Physics, 2003 - Elsevier
An anisotropic, unstructured grid adaptive method is presented for improving the accuracy of
functional outputs of viscous, compressible flow simulations for general discretizations. The …

Fast dynamic grid deformation based on Delaunay graph mapping

X Liu, N Qin, H Xia - Journal of Computational Physics, 2006 - Elsevier
A simple and efficient dynamic grid deformation technique is proposed for computing
unsteady flow problems with geometrical deformation, relative body movement or shape …

Aerodynamic shape optimization based on free-form deformation

J Samareh - 10th AIAA/ISSMO multidisciplinary analysis and …, 2004 - arc.aiaa.org
Over the past several decades, aerodynamic shape optimization (ASO) has been
successfully applied for twodimensional and simple three-dimensional configurations. Four …

Aerodynamic optimization algorithm with integrated geometry parameterization and mesh movement

JE Hicken, DW Zingg - AIAA journal, 2010 - arc.aiaa.org
An efficient gradient-based algorithm for aerodynamic shape optimization is presented. The
algorithm consists of several components, including a novel integrated geometry …

[PDF][PDF] 近空间高速飞行器气动特性研究与布局设计优化

叶友达 - 力学进展, 2009 - lxjz.cstam.org.cn
近空间高速飞行器气动特性研究与布局设计优化* Page 1 第39 卷第6 期 力学进展 Vol. 39 No. 6
2009 年11 月25 日 ADVANCES IN MECHANICS Nov. 25, 2009 近空间高速飞行器气动特性研究 …

Aerodynamic design and analysis of the hyperloop

J Braun, J Sousa, C Pekardan - AIAA Journal, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
The Hyperloop vehicle is a conceptual mode of transportation in which a pod travels at high
speed through a low-pressure tunnel to minimize the aerodynamic drag. In the current …

Automatic differentiation adjoint of the Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations with a turbulence model

Z Lyu, GK Kenway, C Paige… - 21st AIAA Computational …, 2013 - arc.aiaa.org
This paper presents an approach for the rapid implementation of an adjoint solver for the
Reynolds-Averaged Navier–Stokes equations with a Spalart–Allmaras turbulence model …

Discrete adjoint-based approach for optimization problems on three-dimensional unstructured meshes

DJ Mavriplis - AIAA journal, 2007 - arc.aiaa.org
THE use of the adjoint equations is now well established for design optimization problems in
computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for the Euler and Navier–Stokes equations [1–5]. The …

High-order unstructured curved mesh generation using the Winslow equations

M Fortunato, PO Persson - Journal of Computational Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
We propose a method to generate high-order unstructured curved meshes using the
classical Winslow equations. We start with an initial straight-sided mesh in a reference …