Airfoil optimization based on isogeometric discontinuous galerkin

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Abstract

In this paper, an adjoint-based airfoil optimization algorithm is developed based on isogeometric discontinuous Galerkin (IDG) method for compressible Euler equations. We first parameterize the airfoil by B-spline curve approximation with some control points viewed as design variables, and build the B-spline representation of the flow field with the curve to apply global refined IDG method for flow solution. With the isogeometric nature, not only all the geometrical cells but also the numerical basis functions can be analytically expressed by the design variables. Consequently, the gradient involved in SQP optimization algorithm is totally estimated in an accurate approach indicating that the numerical solutions and objective could be differentiable with respect to those variables. The proposed algorithm is demonstrated on RAE2822 airfoil with inviscid transonic flow.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2018 2nd International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Systems, ICACS 2018
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages227-231
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450365093
DOIs
StatePublished - 27 Jul 2018
Event2nd International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Systems, ICACS 2018 - Beijing, China
Duration: 27 Jul 201829 Jul 2018

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Systems, ICACS 2018
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period27/07/1829/07/18

Keywords

  • Airfoil optimization
  • B-spline
  • Discontinuous galerkin
  • Isogeometric analysis

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