This paper applies a Reinforcement Learning methodology to the problem of airfoil morphing. The reinforcement learning as it is applied to morphing is integrated with a computational model of an airfoil. The computational model utilizes a doublet panel method whose end yield is airfoil lift, drag, and moment coefficients. An episodic unsupervised learning simulation using the Q-Learning method ...

An experimentalinvestigation has been made of the subsonic lift, drag and longitudinal stability characteristics of models representing some alternative slender airbus configurations. For the same wing planform of aspect ratio 1.4 the lift, drag and pitching moment have been measured for two wings of maximum thickness/chord ratio 4 and 9 per cent respectively, both without and with various body...

abstract: in this paper, optimization of boeing 747 wing has been accomplished for cruise condition (mach number=0.85, flight altitude=35000 ft), where an optimal wing shape is proposed. objective functions are minimization of wing weight and drag force that as well as confining design parameters, two functional constrains are applied. the first functional constrain is fuel tank volume in the a...

An exploratory study is performed to investigate the use of a time-dependent discrete adjoint methodology for design optimization of a high-lift wing configuration augmented with an active flow control system. The location and blowing parameters associated with a series of jet actuation orifices are used as design variables. In addition, a geometric parameterization scheme is developed to provi...

The objective of this paper is to study the effect of an unsteady moving heat source on the aerodynamic performance of an NACA 0012 airfoil section, with particular focus on the lift and drag coefficients. The compressible Navier–Stokes equations are solved using a finite volume method as well as Spalart-Allmaras Model for turbulence simulation. The heat source periodically moves over the lower...

An investigation has been made into the application of the theory of thin sections to the design of hydrofoils having high cavitation speeds. Consideration is given to both symmetrical sections, which themselves are suitable for struts, and camber-lines, which, when used with the symmetrical sections, lead to cambered sections which are suitable for lifting surfaces. In all the aim has been to ...

In this paper the effects of rigid triangular passive vortex generators on a  hydrofoil were investigated numerically.  In the first step using the Finite Volume Method the bare hydrofoil  were modeled and the results of lift and drag coefficients were validated using experimental data. In the next step the hydrofoil armed with vortex generators was modeled and its effect on the hydrofoil perfo...

We study the K-group K1 of the group ring of a finite group over a coefficient ring which is p-adically complete and admits a lift of Frobenius. In this paper, we consider the image of K1 under the determinant map; the central tool is the group logarithm which we can define using the Frobenius lift. Using this we prove a fixed point theorem for the determinantal image of K1.

This note studies the accuracy of Isogeometric Analysis (IGA) applied in the simulation of incompressible flows around a cylinder in two and three dimensions. Quantities of interest, like the drag coefficient, the lift coefficient, and the difference of the pressure between the front and the back of the cylinder are monitored. Results computed with standard finite element methods are used for c...

This paper presents a method of transforming aerodynamic datasets generated in Aerodynamic Preliminary Analysis System (APAS) into parametric equations which may subsequently be used in a multidisciplinary design optimization (MDO) environment for analyzing aerospace vehicles. APAS is an analysis code which allows the user to create a simple geometric model of a vehicle and then calculate the a...