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On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization—Part II: Viscous Flows
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Mathieu Sellier
Fluids, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Start page: 106
Swansea University Authors:
Farzad Mohebbi, Ben Evans
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DOI (Published version): 10.3390/fluids6030106
Abstract
This study presents an extension of a previous study (On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization) to viscous transonic flows. In this work, we showed that the same procedure to derive an explicit expression for an exact step length in a gradient-based optimization metho...
| Published in: | Fluids |
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| ISSN: | 2311-5521 |
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MDPI AG
2021
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56440 |
| Abstract: |
This study presents an extension of a previous study (On an Exact Step Length in Gradient-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization) to viscous transonic flows. In this work, we showed that the same procedure to derive an explicit expression for an exact step length in a gradient-based optimization method for inviscid transonic flows can be employed for viscous transonic flows. The extended numerical method was evaluated for the viscous flows over the transonic RAE 2822 airfoil at two common flow conditions in the transonic regime. To do so, the RAE 2822 airfoil was reconstructed by a Bezier curve of degree 16. The numerical solution of the transonic turbulent flow over the airfoil was performed using the solver ANSYS Fluent (using the Spalart–Allmaras turbulence model). Using the proposed step length, a gradient-based optimization method was employed to minimize the drag-to-lift ratio of the airfoil. The gradient of the objective function with respect to design variables was calculated by the finite-difference method. Efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method were investigated through two test cases. |
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| Keywords: |
step length; Bezier curve; aerodynamic shape optimization; viscous flows; finite-difference method |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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3 |
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106 |