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AERODYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION OF MULTI-ELEMENT AIRFOILS FOR LIFT ENHANCEMENT (다중 익형 주위의 고양력을 위한 위치 최적화)

  • Lee, Dae-Il;Choi, Byung-Chul;Park, Young-Min
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.441-446
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    • 2011
  • To investigate aerodynamic performance of high-lift devices, 2D design is the base of the success of high-lift system design for transport aircraft, which can shorten the periods of three-dimensional design and analysis. For the simulation coupled viscous and inviscous euler method (MSES) is used. In this parametric study, Gap and Overlap which can define position of flap is used as design variables and we investigale relation between angle of attack and flap position for lift enhancement.

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Shape Effects on Aerodynamic and Pedestrian-level Wind Characteristics and Optimization for Tall and Super-Tall Building Design

  • Kim, Yong Chul;Xu, Xiaoda;Yang, Qingshan;Tamura, Yukio
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.235-253
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    • 2019
  • This paper reviews shape optimization studies for tall and super-tall building design. Firstly, shape effects on aerodynamic and response characteristics are introduced and discussed. Effects of various configurations such as corner modifications, taper, setback, openings, and twists are examined. Comprehensive comparative studies on various configurations including polygon building models, and composite type building models such as corner-cut and taper, corner-cut and taper and helical, and so on, are also discussed under the conditions of the same height and volume. Aerodynamic characteristics are improved by increasing the twist angle of helical buildings and increasing the number of sides of polygon buildings, but a twist angle of $180^{\circ}$ and a number of sides of 5 (pentagon) seem to be enough. The majority of examined configurations show better aerodynamic characteristics than straight-square. In particular, composite type buildings and helical polygon buildings show significant improvement. Next, shape effects on pedestrian-level wind characteristics around tall and super-tall buildings are introduced and discussed. Corner modification buildings show significant reductions in speed-up areas. On the other hand, setback and tapered models with wider projected widths near the ground show adverse effects on pedestrian-level wind characteristics.

Prediction of aerodynamic coefficients of streamlined bridge decks using artificial neural network based on CFD dataset

  • Severin Tinmitonde;Xuhui He;Lei Yan;Cunming Ma;Haizhu Xiao
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.423-434
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    • 2023
  • Aerodynamic force coefficients are generally obtained from traditional wind tunnel tests or computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Unfortunately, the techniques mentioned above can sometimes be cumbersome because of the cost involved, such as the computational cost and the use of heavy equipment, to name only two examples. This study proposed to build a deep neural network model to predict the aerodynamic force coefficients based on data collected from CFD simulations to overcome these drawbacks. Therefore, a series of CFD simulations were conducted using different geometric parameters to obtain the aerodynamic force coefficients, validated with wind tunnel tests. The results obtained from CFD simulations were used to create a dataset to train a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (ANN) model. The models were obtained using three optimization algorithms: scaled conjugate gradient (SCG), Bayesian regularization (BR), and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithms (LM). Furthermore, the performance of each neural network was verified using two performance metrics, including the mean square error and the R-squared coefficient of determination. Finally, the ANN model proved to be highly accurate in predicting the force coefficients of similar bridge sections, thus circumventing the computational burden associated with CFD simulation and the cost of traditional wind tunnel tests.

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF THE HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE IN HOVERING FLIGHT (정지비행시 헬리콥터 로터 블레이드의 공력해석 및 최적화)

  • Je, S.E.;Jung, H.J.;Kim, D.J.;Joh, C.Y.;Myong, R.S.;Park, C.W.;Cho, T.H.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.125-129
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    • 2007
  • In this paper a method for the design optimization for helicopter rotor blade in hover is studied Numerical analysis of aerodynamic characteristics of the flow around a rotor blade is analysed by usign panel method and CFD code based on Navier-Stokes equation. The result is validated by comparing with existing experimental result. Optimization methods RSM(Response Surface Method) and DOE(Design of Experiments) are applied in combination. The object functions are power, twist angle, taper ratio, and thrust. The optimized result showed a decrease of 17% of the power required.

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Study on the Design of High Speed Airfoil using the Geometric Interpolation and Optimization (기하학적 보간과 최적화를 이용한 고속 에어포일 형상 설계 연구)

  • Jung, Kyoung-Jin;Lee, Jae-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.273-284
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, a study on the design of high speed airfoil is described. Various airfoils are investigated and existing airfoils are geometrically interpolated to generate new airfoils. An optimization method is applied to theses new airfoils and their aerodynamic performances are optimized. Through this study, it is demonstrated that the airfoil can be designed using the geometrical interpolation and the optimization method to exhibit good aerodynamic performances.

Extended Range of a Projectile Using Optimization of Body Shape (비행탄두 형상 최적화를 이용한 사거리 증대 연구)

  • Kim, Jinseok
    • Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.49-55
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    • 2020
  • A goal of improving projectile is to increasing achievable range. The shape of a projectile is generally selected on the basis of combined aerodynamics and structural considerations. The choice of body, nose and boattail shape has a large effect on aerodynamic design. One of the main design factors that affect projectile configuration is aerodynamic drag. The aerodynamic drag refers to the aerodynamic force that acts opposite to the relative motion of a projectile. An investigation was made to predict the effects of nose, boattail and body shapes on the aerodynamic characteristics of projectiles using a semi-empirical technique. A parametric study is conducted which includes different projectile geometry. Performance predictions of achievable range are conducted using a trajectory simulation model. The potential of extending the range of a projectile using optimization of projectile configuration is evaluated. The maximum range increase is achieved due to the combination of optimal body shapes.

Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Helicopter Rotor Blades in Hover Using a Continuous Adjoint Method on Unstructured Meshes (비정렬 격자계에서 연속 Adjoint 방법을 이용한 헬리콥터 로터 블레이드의 제자리 비행 공력 형상 최적설계)

  • Lee, S.-W.;Kwon, O.-J.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2005
  • An aerodynamic shape optimization technique has been developed for helicopter rotor blades in hover based on a continuous adjoint method on unstructured meshes. The Euler flow solver and the continuous adjoint sensitivity analysis were formulated on the rotating frame of reference for hovering rotor blades. In order to handle the repeated evaluation of the design cycle efficiently, the flow and adjoint solvers were parallelized using a domain decomposition strategy. A solution-adaptive mesh refinement technique was adopted for the accurate capturing of the tip vortex. Applications were made for the aerodynamic shape optimization of Caradonna-Tung rotor blades and UH60 rotor blades in hover. The results showed that the present method is an effective tool to determine optimum aerodynamic shapes of rotor blades requiring less torque while maintaining the desired thrust level.

Aerodynamic Optimization of Helicopter Blade Planform (I): Design Optimization Techniques (헬리콥터 블레이드 플랜폼 공력 최적설계(I): 최적설계 기법)

  • Kim, Chang-Joo;Park, Soo-Hyung;O, Seon-Gu;Kim, Seung-Ho;Jeong, Gi-Hun;Kim, Seung-Beom
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.11
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    • pp.1049-1059
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    • 2010
  • This paper treats the aerodynamic optimization of the blade planform for helicopters. The blade shapes, which should be determined during the threedimensional aerodynamic configuration design step, are defined and are parameterized using the B$\acute{e}$zier curves. This research focuses on the design approaches generally adopted by industries and or research institutes using their own experiences and know-hows for the parameterization and for the definition of design constraints. The hover figure of merit and the equivalent lift-to-drag ratio for the forward flight are used to define the objective function. The resultant nonlinear programming (NLP) problem is solved using the sequential quadratic programming (SQP) method. The applications show the present method can design the important planform shapes such as the airfoil distribution, twist and chord variations in the efficient manner.

Optimal Design for the Nose Shape of Commercial High-speed Train Using Function of Train Configuration (열차형상함수를 이용한 상용 고속열차 전두부 형상 최적설계)

  • Kwak, Minho;Yun, Suhwan;Park, Choonsoo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.279-288
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    • 2015
  • Using the Vehicle Modeling Function, which can model various 3D nose shapes, nose shape optimization is performed to reduce the aerodynamic drag of the KTX Sancheon. 2D characteristic shapes of the KTX Sancheon nose were extracted and a base model of the KTX Sancheon was constructed for design optimization using the Vehicle Modeling Function. The design space was constructed with the base model and does not violate the shape constraints of commercial trains. Through nose shape optimization with the Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno algorithm, the aerodynamic drag of the optimized shape was reduced by 6% compared to that of the base model. The longer nose and sharper edge of the optimized shape weaken the vortices behind the last car and can reduce the aerodynamic drag.