This document describes using efficient global optimization applied to wind tunnel experiments to optimize flow control by plasma actuators. The optimization method uses a Kriging surrogate model and genetic algorithm to select additional sampling locations for wind tunnel runs to improve the model. Over 20 runs, it identified design variables that minimized drag for different plasma actuator configurations. Design A achieved the lowest drag by reducing flow separation with high duty cycle and modulation frequency settings. Design B also reduced drag with lower electrical energy requirements. The automated optimization successfully integrated wind tunnel experiments to efficiently optimize plasma actuator control parameters.
This document summarizes research on the design optimization of a launch vehicle concept using a clustered hybrid rocket engine for future space transportation. The researchers developed a design methodology for a launch vehicle with clustered hybrid rocket engines and investigated combinations of unit engines. Their objectives were to maximize payload to gross weight ratio and minimize gross weight. They defined four design cases and used multi-objective genetic algorithms and data visualization techniques to optimize the design variables. The results showed that a design with optimized engines for each stage performed best by avoiding excess unburnt fuel from shared engines across stages. Future work could further reduce unburnt fuel and improve payload ratio.
Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Applied to Conceptual Design of Single-stag...Masahiro Kanazaki
"Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Applied to Conceptual Design of Single-stage Rocket Using Hybrid Propulsion System" presented at The Eighth China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems (CJK-OSM).
This document describes using efficient global optimization applied to wind tunnel experiments to optimize flow control by plasma actuators. The optimization method uses a Kriging surrogate model and genetic algorithm to select additional sampling locations for wind tunnel runs to improve the model. Over 20 runs, it identified design variables that minimized drag for different plasma actuator configurations. Design A achieved the lowest drag by reducing flow separation with high duty cycle and modulation frequency settings. Design B also reduced drag with lower electrical energy requirements. The automated optimization successfully integrated wind tunnel experiments to efficiently optimize plasma actuator control parameters.
This document summarizes research on the design optimization of a launch vehicle concept using a clustered hybrid rocket engine for future space transportation. The researchers developed a design methodology for a launch vehicle with clustered hybrid rocket engines and investigated combinations of unit engines. Their objectives were to maximize payload to gross weight ratio and minimize gross weight. They defined four design cases and used multi-objective genetic algorithms and data visualization techniques to optimize the design variables. The results showed that a design with optimized engines for each stage performed best by avoiding excess unburnt fuel from shared engines across stages. Future work could further reduce unburnt fuel and improve payload ratio.
Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Applied to Conceptual Design of Single-stag...Masahiro Kanazaki
"Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Applied to Conceptual Design of Single-stage Rocket Using Hybrid Propulsion System" presented at The Eighth China-Japan-Korea Joint Symposium on Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems (CJK-OSM).
Lecture on “Aerodynamic design of Aircraft” in University of Tokyo 21st December, 2015. Optimization techniques, data-visualization and their applications are inclusive.
MULTI-POINT DESIGN OF A SUPERSONIC WING USING MODIFIED PARSEC AIRFOIL REPRESE...Masahiro Kanazaki
1) The study aimed to perform multi-point aerodynamic design of a supersonic wing using an efficient global optimization methodology.
2) The methodology used a modified PARSEC airfoil representation and kriging model-based genetic algorithm for efficient global optimization.
3) The design explored maximizing lift-to-drag ratio at high and low Mach cruise speeds, finding many potential designs and discovering that camber of the kink and root airfoils most affected performance at high Mach while thickness curvature at kink and root did so at low Mach.
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Supersonic Transport Wing Using Surr...Masahiro Kanazaki
The document summarizes research on the multidisciplinary design optimization of supersonic transport wing concepts. The objectives were to develop an efficient MDO tool for conceptual design of SST wings using low-cost computational fluid dynamics and surrogate modeling. 107 design samples were evaluated for aerodynamic performance, sonic boom levels, and wing weight. 24 non-dominated solutions were identified, with the best designs having thinner root airfoils, larger inboard sweep angles, or modified tail angles compared to a baseline compromised design. Analysis of variance identified key design variables with the most influence on objectives.
Numerical Simulation: Flight Dynamic Stability Analysis Using Unstructured Ba...Masahiro Kanazaki
The document summarizes a numerical simulation of flight dynamic stability analysis using an unstructured Navier-Stokes solver. It investigates the ability of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to analyze dynamic stability at supersonic flight conditions. The study uses the Standard Dynamics Model configuration and estimates aerodynamic derivatives from computational results to analyze stiffness, damping, and unsteady oscillation characteristics. Grid dependency is also examined using coarse, medium, and fine meshes.
Vortex Dissipation Due to Airfoil-Vortex InteractionMasahiro Kanazaki
1) A numerical simulation was conducted of airfoil-vortex interaction (AVI) for two airfoils to improve a hybrid method for predicting blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise.
2) The simulation estimated the change in vortex center location and circulation due to sequential AVI. It found that the original vortex was decelerated and moved upward due to induced counter-rotating vortices from the first airfoil.
3) Sound pressure fluctuations were also estimated, finding that the pressure level after the second AVI was lower than after the first due to the increased miss-distance between the vortex and airfoil. This simulation provided data to modify the prescribed wake model used in the hybrid
Multidisciplinary and Multi-objective Design Exploration Methodology for Conc...Masahiro Kanazaki
The document describes a study that developed an evaluation tool and used multi-objective genetic algorithms to explore the conceptual design of a hybrid rocket launch vehicle. The study aimed to evaluate launch vehicles with hybrid rocket engines and demonstrate multi-disciplinary design optimization. The design method involved using a genetic algorithm with Pareto ranking to optimize objectives of minimizing gross weight and maximizing flight altitude for a single-stage rocket carrying a 40kg payload. The results showed a tradeoff between weight and altitude, with a maximum altitude of around 180km found. One optimal design was compared to an existing solid-fuel rocket, showing the hybrid rocket design had a higher aspect ratio due to longitudinal component placement.
Lecture on “Aerodynamic design of Aircraft” in University of Tokyo 21st December, 2015. Optimization techniques, data-visualization and their applications are inclusive.
MULTI-POINT DESIGN OF A SUPERSONIC WING USING MODIFIED PARSEC AIRFOIL REPRESE...Masahiro Kanazaki
1) The study aimed to perform multi-point aerodynamic design of a supersonic wing using an efficient global optimization methodology.
2) The methodology used a modified PARSEC airfoil representation and kriging model-based genetic algorithm for efficient global optimization.
3) The design explored maximizing lift-to-drag ratio at high and low Mach cruise speeds, finding many potential designs and discovering that camber of the kink and root airfoils most affected performance at high Mach while thickness curvature at kink and root did so at low Mach.
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of Supersonic Transport Wing Using Surr...Masahiro Kanazaki
The document summarizes research on the multidisciplinary design optimization of supersonic transport wing concepts. The objectives were to develop an efficient MDO tool for conceptual design of SST wings using low-cost computational fluid dynamics and surrogate modeling. 107 design samples were evaluated for aerodynamic performance, sonic boom levels, and wing weight. 24 non-dominated solutions were identified, with the best designs having thinner root airfoils, larger inboard sweep angles, or modified tail angles compared to a baseline compromised design. Analysis of variance identified key design variables with the most influence on objectives.
Numerical Simulation: Flight Dynamic Stability Analysis Using Unstructured Ba...Masahiro Kanazaki
The document summarizes a numerical simulation of flight dynamic stability analysis using an unstructured Navier-Stokes solver. It investigates the ability of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to analyze dynamic stability at supersonic flight conditions. The study uses the Standard Dynamics Model configuration and estimates aerodynamic derivatives from computational results to analyze stiffness, damping, and unsteady oscillation characteristics. Grid dependency is also examined using coarse, medium, and fine meshes.
Vortex Dissipation Due to Airfoil-Vortex InteractionMasahiro Kanazaki
1) A numerical simulation was conducted of airfoil-vortex interaction (AVI) for two airfoils to improve a hybrid method for predicting blade-vortex interaction (BVI) noise.
2) The simulation estimated the change in vortex center location and circulation due to sequential AVI. It found that the original vortex was decelerated and moved upward due to induced counter-rotating vortices from the first airfoil.
3) Sound pressure fluctuations were also estimated, finding that the pressure level after the second AVI was lower than after the first due to the increased miss-distance between the vortex and airfoil. This simulation provided data to modify the prescribed wake model used in the hybrid
Multidisciplinary and Multi-objective Design Exploration Methodology for Conc...Masahiro Kanazaki
The document describes a study that developed an evaluation tool and used multi-objective genetic algorithms to explore the conceptual design of a hybrid rocket launch vehicle. The study aimed to evaluate launch vehicles with hybrid rocket engines and demonstrate multi-disciplinary design optimization. The design method involved using a genetic algorithm with Pareto ranking to optimize objectives of minimizing gross weight and maximizing flight altitude for a single-stage rocket carrying a 40kg payload. The results showed a tradeoff between weight and altitude, with a maximum altitude of around 180km found. One optimal design was compared to an existing solid-fuel rocket, showing the hybrid rocket design had a higher aspect ratio due to longitudinal component placement.