As the number of disciplines included in the multidisciplinary design-optimization process continues to increase, it is envisioned that some of the disciplinary tools will take the form of surrogate models, whereas others remain physics-based, depending on the requirements and stage of the design process. To simulate this in the context of an aerostructural optimization of an aircraft wing, the work presented herein features a high-fidelity aerodynamic flow solver, while a surrogate is employed to model the wing structure. This approach includes the evaluation of the sensitivities of both the aerodynamic and structural disciplines, using a coupled-adjoint formulation to enable gradient-based optimization. An important aspect of the method is that the surrogate is trained only once, prior to the optimization, and held fixed throughout. The surrogate in effect parameterizes the structural design process, and outputs the weight and stiffness of an optimized structure, given inputs of geometry parameters and sizing loads. To minimize the number of surrogate inputs and enable the representation of the entire structural design space, parameterized loads are used to build the surrogate. The method is applied to the optimization of the NASA Common Research Model, illustrating the effectiveness of the new approach.


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    Title :

    Aerostructural Wing Optimization Using a Structural Surrogate in a Coupled Adjoint Formulation


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    Publication date :

    2024-05-21


    Size :

    18 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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