Black-Box Online Aerodynamic Performance Optimization for a Seamless Wing with Distributed Morphing

No AccessEngineering NotesBlack-Box Online Aerodynamic Performance Optimization for a Seamless Wing with Distributed MorphingOscar Ruland, Tigran Mkhoyan, Roeland De Breuker and Xuerui WangOscar RulandDelft University of Technology, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands*M.Sc. Student, Department Control Operations, Faculty Aerospace Engineering, Kluyverweg 1; .Search more papers by this author, Mkhoyan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8550-7393Delft Netherlands†Ph.D. Candidate, Structures Materials, . Student Member AIAA.Search https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7882-2173Delft Netherlands‡Associate Professor, Associate Fellow author Wang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6330-419XDelft Netherlands§Assistant authorPublished Online:20 Oct 2022https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G006573SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Li D., Zhao S., Da Ronch A., Xiang J., Drofelnik Y., Zhang L., Wu Kintscher M., Monner H. 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See Rights Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsAerodynamic PerformanceAerodynamicsAeronauticsAerospace SciencesAircraft DesignAircraft Operations TechnologyAircraft DesignComputational Fluid DynamicsComputing, Information, CommunicationFluid DynamicsNumerical AnalysisWind Tunnels KeywordsAerodynamic PerformanceAircraft DesignArtificial NetworkWind TunnelsOptimization AlgorithmNewton Raphson MethodZero CoefficientEvolutionary AlgorithmPDF Received16 November 2021Accepted19 September 2022Published online20 October