Automatic CFD analysis method for shape optimization

This project presents an Automatic Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis method for shape optimization of an aerodynamic profile -- It begins with an overview of basic concepts on shape optimization, geometry parameterization and objective functions -- It continues with an introduction to the current status of CFD simulation software and types of solvers -- Then expands to optimization based on CFD analysis -- Following, a CFD-based method to optimize aerodynamic profiles under certain restrictions and scenarios is proposed -- Finally, the code implemented to automatically modify a profile bound by a set of control points based on CFD analysis is described -- The project was developed entirely at the EAFIT University’s Applied Mechanics Laboratory in Medellin, Colombia and is part of a collaboration effort in companionship with the University of Aberta in Canada and Los Andes University in Bogota, Colombia

• Autores: Giraldo Arias, Santiago
• Fecha de publicación: 2007
• Institución: Universidad EAFIT
• Repositorio: Repositorio EAFIT
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/5048
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/10784/5048
• Palabra clave: Dinámica de fluidos computacional; Mecánica de fluidos computacional CFD; Discretización; DINÁMICA DE FLUIDOS - MATEMÁTICAS; AERODINÁMICA; MECÁNICA DE FLUIDOS; MÉTODO DE ELEMENTOS FINITOS; SIMULACIÓN POR COMPUTADORES; OPTIMIZACIÓN MATEMÁTICA; MÉTODOS DE SIMULACIÓN; ANÁLISIS NUMÉRICO; Fluid dynamics - mathematics; Aerodynamics; Fluid mechanics; Finite element method; Computer simulation; Mathematical optimization; Simulation methods; Numerical analysis
• License: Acceso abierto