Machine learning in aerodynamic shape optimization

J Li, X Du, JRRA Martins - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has been increasingly used to aid aerodynamic shape
optimization (ASO), thanks to the availability of aerodynamic data and continued …

Transferable machine learning model for the aerodynamic prediction of swept wings

Y Yang, R Li, Y Zhang, L Lu, H Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
With their development, machine learning models can be used instead of computational
fluid dynamics simulations to predict flow fields in aerodynamic optimization. However, it is …

Physics-assisted reduced-order modeling for identifying dominant features of transonic buffet

J Wang, H Xie, M Zhang, H Xu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Transonic buffet is a flow instability phenomenon that arises from the interaction between the
shock wave and the separated boundary layer. This flow phenomenon is considered to be …

Efficient data-driven off-design constraint modeling for practical aerodynamic shape optimization

J Li, S He, JRRA Martins, M Zhang, B Cheong Khoo - AIAA Journal, 2023 - arc.aiaa.org
Off-design constraints are essential in practical aerodynamic shape optimization. Physics-
based data-driven modeling has shown to be a feasible way to formulate generalizable off …

Koopman dynamic-oriented deep learning for invariant subspace identification and full-state prediction of complex systems

J Wu, M Luo, D Xiao, CC Pain, BC Khoo - Computer Methods in Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
One strategy for predicting the state of nonlinear dynamical systems (typically of high
dimensionality) is global linearization, such as utilizing the Koopman analysis model to …

Aerodynamic shape optimization using a physics-informed hot-start method combined with modified metric-based proper orthogonal decomposition

C Zhang, H Chen, X Xu, Y Duan, G Wang - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Aerodynamic shape optimization based on computational fluid dynamics still has a huge
demand for improvement in the optimization effect and efficiency when optimizing the …

Knowledge discovery with computational fluid dynamics: Supercritical airfoil database and drag divergence prediction

R Li, Y Zhang, H Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Aerodynamic rules and knowledge are often obtained through theoretical research and
experiments, which have contributed greatly to aircraft design. For example, Korn's equation …

Shock buffet onset prediction with flow feature-informed neural network

Q Ma, C Gao, N Xiong, W Zhang - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Transonic shock buffet is a significant self-excited shock oscillations and aerodynamic
instability phenomenon induced by shock-boundary layer interaction, which limits the flight …

Impact of geometric forms on the effectiveness and physical features of POD-based geometric parameterization

C Zhang, H Chen, X Xu, Y Duan, G Wang - Aerospace Science and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Effective geometric parameterization is crucial in aerodynamic shape optimization for
enabling flexible surface deformation while maximizing design space coverage. This paper …

Aerodynamic optimization of aircraft wings using machine learning

M Hasan, S Redonnet, D Zhongmin - Advances in Engineering Software, 2025 - Elsevier
This study proposes a fast yet reliable optimization framework for the aerodynamic design of
transonic aircraft wings. Combining Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Machine …