Aerodynamic design optimization: Challenges and perspectives

JRRA Martins - Computers & Fluids, 2022 - Elsevier
Antony Jameson pioneered CFD-based aerodynamic design optimization in the late 1980s.
In addition to developing the fundamental theory, Jameson implemented that theory in …

ADflow: An open-source computational fluid dynamics solver for aerodynamic and multidisciplinary optimization

CA Mader, GKW Kenway, A Yildirim… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2020 - arc.aiaa.org
Computational fluid dynamics through the solution of the Navier–Stokes equations with
turbulence models has become commonplace. However, simply solving these equations is …

Coupled Newton–Krylov time-spectral solver for flutter and limit cycle oscillation prediction

S He, E Jonsson, CA Mader, JRRA Martins - AIAA Journal, 2021 - arc.aiaa.org
Flutter and limit cycle oscillation (LCO) are important phenomena that need to be considered
in aircraft design. Previous harmonic-balance-based flutter and LCO prediction methods …

Towards passive aeroelastic tailoring of large wind turbines using high-fidelity multidisciplinary design optimization

M Mangano, S He, Y Liao, DG Caprace… - AIAA SCITECH 2022 …, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-1289. vid The decarbonization of
the electric grid is a fundamental technological and socio-economical challenge to address …

Derivatives for eigenvalues and eigenvectors via analytic reverse algorithmic differentiation

S He, E Jonsson, JRRA Martins - AIAA Journal, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
Eigenvalue and eigenvectors are essential metrics to characterize dynamic system behavior
and stability. When performing gradient-based design optimization, derivatives of these …

Aeroelastic modeling of the AGARD 445.6 wing using the harmonic-balance-based one-shot method

H Li, K Ekici - AIAA Journal, 2019 - arc.aiaa.org
The harmonic-balance-based one-shot method is developed for modeling the aeroelastic
response of three-dimensional configurations such as aircraft wings in transonic flow …

Adjoint-based limit cycle oscillation instability sensitivity and suppression

S He, E Jonsson, JRRA Martins - Nonlinear Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Dynamical systems often exhibit limit cycle oscillations (LCOs), self-sustaining oscillations of
limited amplitude. LCOs can be supercritical or subcritical. The supercritical response is …

Flutter-Constrained Optimization with the Linearized Frequency-Domain Approach

K Jacobson, B Stanford - AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, 2022 - arc.aiaa.org
View Video Presentation: https://doi. org/10.2514/6.2022-2242. vid Due to the high
computational cost associated with unsteady aeroelastic analysis, state-of-the-art …

Supplemental-frequency harmonic balance: A new approach for modeling aperiodic aerodynamic response

H Li, K Ekici - Journal of Computational Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Presented in this work is a novel and easy-to-implement supplemental-frequency harmonic
balance (SF-HB) approach to efficiently compute dynamically aperiodic systems, which can …

Aerodynamic Shape Optimization using a Time-Spectral Approach for Limit Cycle Oscillation Prediction

S He - 2021 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
In aircraft design, LCO is an important phenomenon that we need to consider. Future aircraft
are likely to have more flexible wings making them more susceptible to LCO. To avoid this …