Abstract
A method for combining the CFD software, Fluent, with the iSIGHT design platform is presented to optimize a three-dimensional wing to ameliorate its aerodynamics performance. In the optimization design, two kinds of genetic algorithms, the Neighborhood Cultivation Genetic Algorithm (NCGA) and the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGAII), are employed and the Navier-Stoke (N-S) equations are adopted to derive the aerodynamics functions of the 3D wing. The aerodynamic performance of the optimized wing has been significantly improved, which shows that the approach can be extended and employed in other cases.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Holland J H. Genetic algorithms[J]. Scientific American, 1992, 267(1):44–50.
Shinya W, Tomolyuki H, Mitsunori M. Neighborhood cultivation genetic algorithm for multiobjective optimization problems[C]. In: Proceedings of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on SEAL, 2002:198–202.
Besnard E, Schmitz A, Boscher E, et al. Two-dimensional aircraft high lift system design and optimization[R]. AIAA 98-0123, 1998.
Yang Xudong, Qiao Zhide, Zhu Bing. Subsonic and transonic wing inverse design using control theory[J]. Acta Aerodynamics Sinica, 2003, 21(1):13–19 (in Chinese).
Zhu Ziqiang, Fu Hongyan, Yu Rixin, et al. Multi-objective optimization design of airfoil and wing[J]. Science in China (Series E), 2004, 33(11):999–1006 (in Chinese).
Deb K, Geol T. Multi-objective evolutionary algorithms for engineering shape design[R]. KanGAL Report No. 200003.
Deb K, Pratap A, Agarwal S, et al. A fast and elitist multi-objective genetic algorithm: NSGAII[J]. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 2002, 6(2):182–197.
Srinivas N, Deb K. Multi-objective function optimization using non-dominated sorting genetical algorithms[J]. Evolutionary Computation, 1995, 2(3):221–248.
Hicks R and Henne P. Wing design by numerical optimization[J]. Aircraft, 1978, 15(7):407–413.
Anderson J D. Computational fluid dynamics the basics with applications[M]. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2002.
Patanka S V. Numerical heat transfer and fluid flow[M]. Zhang Zheng (transl). Beijing: Science Press, 1984 (Chinese version).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Communicated by DAI Shi-qiang
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Yin, B., Xu, D., An, Yr. et al. Aerodynamic optimization of 3D wing based on iSIGHT. Appl. Math. Mech.-Engl. Ed. 29, 603–610 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-008-0505-y
Received:
Revised:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10483-008-0505-y