Abstract
This paper is a step towards the application of automatic shape optimization techniques to the hydrodynamic design of marine vehicles. The flow is assumed to be irrotational and free-surface conditions are linearized. Several objective functionals of relevance to free-surface flow are proposed, and adjoint formulations for the determination of their gradients are derived. The accuracy of the gradient using the adjoint formulations has been verified by comparisons with direct calculations using second-order finite differences. The method is then used to obtain an optimal solution to the inverse problem for a three-dimensional body submerged near a free surface, and to design a minimum wave resistance body.
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