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On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization
Fluids, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Start page: 70
Swansea University Authors:
Farzad Mohebbi, Ben Evans
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/fluids5020070
Abstract
This study proposeda novel exact expression for step length (size) in gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization for an airfoil in steady inviscid transonic flows. The airfoil surfaces were parameterized using Bezier curves. The Bezier curve control points were considered as design variables and...
| Published in: | Fluids |
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| ISSN: | 2311-5521 |
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MDPI AG
2020
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54206 |
| Abstract: |
This study proposeda novel exact expression for step length (size) in gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization for an airfoil in steady inviscid transonic flows. The airfoil surfaces were parameterized using Bezier curves. The Bezier curve control points were considered as design variables and the finite-difference method was used to compute the gradient of the objective function (drag-To-lift ratio) with respect to the design variables. An exact explicit expression was derived for the step length in gradient-based shape optimization problems. It was shown that the derived step length was independent of the method used for calculating the gradient (adjoint method, finite-difference method, etc). The obtained results reveal the accuracy of the derived step length. |
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| Keywords: |
step length; Bezier curve; aerodynamic shape optimization; transonic flows |
| College: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering |
| Issue: |
2 |
| Start Page: |
70 |