Sequential design of UAV fuselage pods using bounding aerodynamic models

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Abstract

In this work, a Sequential Decision Process (SDP) is applied to perform fuselage design using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The SDP uses models to provide two-sided estimates that attempt to bound the exact solution, ultimately converging to an optimal design space to be analyzed with models of increased fidelity. The present work proposes the use of laminar and turbulent physics in CFD models to form lower and upper bounds on drag calculations, respectively. These bounding models are then used in a formal SDP to cull the design space, focusing the region of interest for increased fidelity modeling and analysis. Increasing mesh resolution is used to increase fidelity, creating a multi-fidelity approach to aerodynamic shape design. In this work the SDP-CFD design approach is applied to two design problems: (1) drag minimization of a fairing with a defined thickness and (2) drag per unit volume minimization of a fairing. The results of this study demonstrate that the SDP-CFD approach can accurately and quickly improve the fuselage design.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSymposia
Subtitle of host publicationGas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows; Gas and Liquid-Solid Two-Phase Flows; Numerical Methods for Multiphase Flow; Turbulent Flows: Issues and Perspectives; Flow Applications in Aerospace; Fluid Power; Bio-Inspired Fluid Mechanics; Flow Manipulation and Active Control; Fundamental Issues and Perspectives in Fluid Mechanics; Transport Phenomena in Energy Conversion from Clean and Sustainable Resources; Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing and Manufacturing Processes
PublisherAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
ISBN (Electronic)9780791858066
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
EventASME 2017 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2017 - Waikoloa, United States
Duration: Jul 30 2017Aug 3 2017

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FEDSM
Volume1C-2017
ISSN (Print)0888-8116

Other

OtherASME 2017 Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting, FEDSM 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWaikoloa
Period7/30/178/3/17

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mechanical Engineering

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