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A study of shape parameterisation methods for airfoil optimisation

A study of shape parameterisation methods for airfoil optimisation
A study of shape parameterisation methods for airfoil optimisation
This paper presents a study on parameterisation methods for airfoil shape optimisation within a CAD-based design optimisation framework. The objective of the paper is to study the effect of different methods on airfoil shape optimisation when using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Parameterisation of geometry is one of the essential requirements in shape optimisation, and it presents further challenges when carrying out multidisciplinary design optimisation, as it is critically important to maintain shape consistency between analysis domains, while providing different analysis models from the same CAD definition. It is usually the case that there are numerous possibilities in defining the parametric model, and it will prescribe to a large extent the scope of the search space and landscape of the objective function. This paper adopts design of experiments and optimisation approaches to study several representative parameterisation methods in terms of flexibility and accuracy of the methods for aerodynamic shape optimiation.
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Song, Wenbin
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Keane, Andew J.
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Song, Wenbin
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Keane, Andew J.
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Song, Wenbin and Keane, Andew J. (2004) A study of shape parameterisation methods for airfoil optimisation. In Proceedings of the 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. 8 pp .

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This paper presents a study on parameterisation methods for airfoil shape optimisation within a CAD-based design optimisation framework. The objective of the paper is to study the effect of different methods on airfoil shape optimisation when using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Parameterisation of geometry is one of the essential requirements in shape optimisation, and it presents further challenges when carrying out multidisciplinary design optimisation, as it is critically important to maintain shape consistency between analysis domains, while providing different analysis models from the same CAD definition. It is usually the case that there are numerous possibilities in defining the parametric model, and it will prescribe to a large extent the scope of the search space and landscape of the objective function. This paper adopts design of experiments and optimisation approaches to study several representative parameterisation methods in terms of flexibility and accuracy of the methods for aerodynamic shape optimiation.

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Published date: 2004
Additional Information: AIAA 2004-4482
Venue - Dates: 10th AIAA/ISSMO Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference, Albany, New York, 2004-08-30 - 2004-09-01

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Local EPrints ID: 22964
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/22964
PURE UUID: 00f75906-b7cb-4046-82ec-1a4d096fc6ef
ORCID for Andew J. Keane: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7993-1569

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Date deposited: 05 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 02:53

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Author: Wenbin Song
Author: Andew J. Keane ORCID iD

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