SDF-GAN: Aerofoil shape parameterisation via an adversarial auto-encoder

T Bamford, A Keane, D Toal - AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND …, 2024 - arc.aiaa.org
Current aerodynamic design processes suffer from expensive optimisation procedures, in
part due to the requirement to search large design spaces. Recent advances in deep …

Effect of optimal geometries and performance parameters on airfoil latent space dimension

A Van Slooten, M Fuge - … and Information in …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Although learning low-dimensional airfoil manifolds can facilitate aerodynamic
optimizations, the properties of these latent spaces are not well understood. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] MS-GAN: 3D deep generative model for multi-species propeller parameterization and generation

W Chenyu, C Bo, FU Haiyang, FAN Yitong… - Chinese Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, we introduce a deep generative model, named Multi-Species Generative
Adversarial Network (MS-GAN), which is developed to extract the low-dimensional manifold …

Bayesian Inverse Problems with Conditional Sinkhorn Generative Adversarial Networks in Least Volume Latent Spaces

Q Chen, P Tsilifis, M Fuge - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.14008, 2024 - arxiv.org
Solving inverse problems in scientific and engineering fields has long been intriguing and
holds great potential for many applications, yet most techniques still struggle to address …

Characterizing Designs via Isometric Embeddings: Applications to Airfoil Inverse Design

Q Chen, M Fuge - Journal of Mechanical Design, 2024 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Many design problems involve reasoning about points in high-dimensional space. A
common strategy is to first embed these high-dimensional points into a low-dimensional …

Incorporating Riemannian Geometric Features for Learning Coefficient of Pressure Distributions on Airplane Wings

L Hu, W Wang, Y Xiang, S Sommer - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.09452, 2023 - arxiv.org
The aerodynamic coefficients of aircrafts are significantly impacted by its geometry,
especially when the angle of attack (AoA) is large. In the field of aerodynamics, traditional …

A mechanism-driven reinforcement learning framework for shape optimization of airfoils

J Wang, G Hu - Available at SSRN 4872044, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper, a novel mechanism-driven reinforcement learning framework is proposed for
airfoil shape optimization. To validate the framework, a reward function is designed and …

Design of unmanned air vehicles using transformer surrogate models

AD Cobb, A Roy, D Elenius, S Jha - arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.08138, 2022 - arxiv.org
Computer-aided design (CAD) is a promising new area for the application of artificial
intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). The current practice of design of cyber-physical …

AeroINR: Meta-learning for Efficient Generation of Aerodynamic Geometries

T Bamford, D Toal, A Keane - Joint European Conference on Machine …, 2024 - Springer
Effective optimisation of aerodynamic shapes requires high-quality parameterisation of
candidate geometries. In recent years, the increasing availability and applicability of data …

Ordering Non-Linear Subspaces for Airfoil Design and Optimization via Rotation Augmented Gradients

A Van Slooten - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Airfoil optimization is critical to the design of turbine blades and aerial vehicle wings, among
other aerodynamic applications. This design process is often constrained by the …