Aerodynamic shape optimization of aircraft configurations often ignores stability considerations. To address this, a method for the computation of static, dynamic, and transient aircraft stability derivatives and their sensitivities for use in gradient-based optimization is introduced and evaluated. Computational fluid dynamics in the form of a three-dimensional structured-grid multiblock flow solver with both Euler and Reynolds-averaged Navier–Stokes equations is used. To compute the stability derivatives, a time-spectral formulation is used to compute an oscillating solution for the configuration of interest. From this oscillating solution, a series of linear regressions is performed to calculate the various stability derivatives. Because the solution is time dependent, it contains the information required to compute the transient, or “dot,” derivatives for the configuration. An adjoint method is used to compute the gradients of the stability derivatives of interest, enabling gradient-based stability-constrained aerodynamic shape optimization with respect to a large number of design variables. The computed stability derivatives are verified for an airfoil and validated for a generic unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The stability-constrained optimization of a wing demonstrates the viability and usefulness of the method for aircraft design optimization.


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    Titel :

    Computing Stability Derivatives and Their Gradients for Aerodynamic Shape Optimization


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    AIAA Journal ; 52 , 11 ; 2533-2546


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2014-04-21


    Format / Umfang :

    14 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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