Full scale aerodynamic wind tunnel testing, numerical simulation of high dimensional (full-
order) aerodynamic models or flight testing are some of the fundamental but complex steps …

Recent progresses in aircraft aerodynamics have witnessed the introduction of surrogate-
based approaches in design analysis and optimization as an alternative to address the …

Optimization algorithms coupled with computational fluid dynamics are used for wind
turbines airfoils design. This differs from the traditional aerospace design process since the …

The trailing-edge serration that imitates the silent owl wing is used as a flow control method
to suppress the aerodynamic noise generated from the rotating wind turbine blade. Recent …

A crucial problem of designing thick airfoils is balancing structural and aerodynamic
requirements. This paper documented a new idea to deal with the thick airfoil's design …

A key step in gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimisation using the Reynolds-averaged
Navier–Stokes equations is to compute the adjoint solution. Adjoint equations inherit the …

Over the past decades significant progress has been made with adjoint computational fluid
dynamics solvers, which are an essential part of efficient high-fidelity aerodynamic shape …

This article introduces a process chain for commercial aircraft wing multidisciplinary
optimization (MDO) based on high fidelity simulation methods. The architecture of this …

In node-based shape optimization, there are a vast amount of design parameters, and the
objectives, as well as the physical constraints, are non-linear in state and design. Robust …

This article presents the development and application of a high-fidelity simulation process
chain for commercial aircraft wing multidisciplinary optimization. Based upon a parametric …