Effect of Shape Parameterization and Optimization Algorithms on Adjoint Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization

A very important phase in aircraft design is the aerodynamic design of the wing and

various other components: wing-body fairing, tailplane, etc. With today’s computer

power and progress in algorithm development, the design is made through complex

mathematical models which are amenable to automatic optimization. An industrial

adjoint-based three-dimensional viscous optimization framework, developed at

Bombardier Aerospace, will be made more efficient by performing code-to-code

validation with research codes at UTIAS. Improvements in all area of the framework

will be examined, ie. aerodynamic parameterization, mesh movement and optimization

algorithms. The importance of overall robustness of the framework will be

demonstrated on test cases. The benefits will be to increase the t

Faculty Supervisor:

David Zingg

Student:

Partner:

Bombardier Aerospace Inc (Dorval, QC)

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing; Transportation and warehousing

University:

University of Toronto

Program:

Accelerate

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