Abstract
Embedded (or immersed) boundary methods (EBMs) for CFD and fluid-structure interaction (FSI) are attractive for aerodynamic optimization problems characterized by large shape deformations and surface topology changes. At each iteration, they eliminate the need for explicitly remeshing a computational fluid domain and avoid the pitfalls of transferring information from one CFD mesh to another. However, they are vulnerable to discrete events that compromise the smoothness of the aerodynamic objective and/or constraint functions they may compute. For this reason, the realization of EBMs for gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization requires first their endowment with sufficient smoothness guarantees. Drawing on a recently developed EBM for the solution of compressible viscous fluid and FSI problems with such guarantees, this paper demonstrates the potential of shape-differentiable EBMs for discovering optimal aerodynamic designs featuring significant shape deformations and surface topology changes. Specifically, it highlights their advantages in terms of reliability with respect to large shape adjustments and surface topology changes, efficiency, simplicity, and reduced need for user intervention. To this end, the paper showcases the application of an advanced EBM with smoothness guarantees to wing shape, wing section, and nacelle-pylon placement optimization problems formulated for a NASA Common Research Model (CRM).
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