Download or read book Automated Design Optimization for Hypersonic Plasma aerodynamics written by Ramakanth Munipalli and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first part we present our ongoing work on the optimization of an MHD energy by-pass concept. Here we consider the optimization of the power generator and accelerator components individually, and are in the process of a simultaneous optimization of an integrated generator-combustor-accelerator concept in a 2-D sense. We have concentrated our efforts on developing an optimization scheme that couples a flow solver (perfect gas Euler and equilibrium gas N-S) with a Poisson solver for the electric field including Hall effects. The architecture/algorithm of the optimization scheme is such that geometric and/or physical parameters can be optimized for a given set of free-stream conditions and objective function. The objective function was MHD power extracted in the case of a MHD generator, and thrust in the case of an accelerator. The second part of this report presents some ideas on how to extend this development and the associated real-gas MHD technology at HyPerComp Inc. into a potential Phase-II. We have developed a higher (4% order and beyond,) order accurate solver for MHD developed under an AFRL contract. We consider possibilities involving the usage of this solver in accurate boundary layer calculations and plasma effects in shear layers as a potential Phase-II extension. The current study of energy bypass concepts may itself be extended into an extensive exploration of finite rate processes in such systems coupled with an efficient optimization routine based on adjoint methods. A masters thesis supported in part by this contract on the optimization problem setup for hypersonic inlets to improve mass capture has been completed. Relevant portions of this thesis have been appended to this report in the third part.

Download or read book An Automated Design Optimization Tool for Electromagnetic Control of Hypersonic Flows written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been computational work to analyze and control hypersonic flows using electromagnetic effects but no true effort has been pursued to automate the flow control process. The lack of a design framework that provides automated multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) capabilities for this class of problems is the principal motivation for this work. This project develops the foundation of one of the principal components of such MDO environment. Control theory, which has already proved successful dealing with both aerodynamic shape and aero-structural optimization problems, is extended to magnetohydrodynamics (MND). The discrete adjoint approach emerges as the best suitable option to deal with the complex equations that govern MHD, and with the nature of the cost functions that may be used for relevant design problems. The equations governing the three-dimensional flow of a compressible conducting fluid in a magnetic field using the low magnetic Reynolds number approximation are solved with a gas-kinetic BGK scheme. Compared with the more conventional continuum CFD approach, a gas-kinetic CFD approach can be easily extended beyond the continuum regime.

Download or read book An Automated Design Optimization Tool for Electromagnetic Control of Hypersonic Flows written by Lei Tang and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been computational work to analyze and control hypersonic flows using electromagnetic effects but no true effort has been pursued to automate the flow control process. The lack of a design framework that provides automated multi-disciplinary optimization (MDO) capabilities for this class of problems is the principal motivation for this work. This project develops the foundation of one of the principal components of such MDO environment. Control theory, which has already proved successful dealing with both aerodynamic shape and aero-structural optimization problems, is extended to magnetohydrodynamics (MND). The discrete adjoint approach emerges as the best suitable option to deal with the complex equations that govern MHD, and with the nature of the cost functions that may be used for relevant design problems. The equations governing the three-dimensional flow of a compressible conducting fluid in a magnetic field using the low magnetic Reynolds number approximation are solved with a gas-kinetic BGK scheme. Compared with the more conventional continuum CFD approach, a gas-kinetic CFD approach can be easily extended beyond the continuum regime.

Download or read book Application of Surrogate based Global Optimization to Aerodynamic Design written by Emiliano Iuliano and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aerodynamic design, like many other engineering applications, is increasingly relying on computational power. The growing need for multi-disciplinarity and high fidelity in design optimization for industrial applications requires a huge number of repeated simulations in order to find an optimal design candidate. The main drawback is that each simulation can be computationally expensive – this becomes an even bigger issue when used within parametric studies, automated search or optimization loops, which typically may require thousands of analysis evaluations. The core issue of a design-optimization problem is the search process involved. However, when facing complex problems, the high-dimensionality of the design space and the high-multi-modality of the target functions cannot be tackled with standard techniques. In recent years, global optimization using meta-models has been widely applied to design exploration in order to rapidly investigate the design space and find sub-optimal solutions. Indeed, surrogate and reduced-order models can provide a valuable alternative at a much lower computational cost. In this context, this volume offers advanced surrogate modeling applications and optimization techniques featuring reasonable computational resources. It also discusses basic theory concepts and their application to aerodynamic design cases. It is aimed at researchers and engineers who deal with complex aerodynamic design problems on a daily basis and employ expensive simulations to solve them.

Download or read book Automated Aerodynamic Design Optimization Process for Automotive Vehicle written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prediction and Validation Technologies of Aerodynamic Force and Heat for Hypersonic Vehicle Design written by Min Zhao and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of advanced prediction and verification technologies for aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics and assesses a number of critical issues in advanced hypersonic vehicle design. Focusing on state-of-the-art theories and promising technologies for engineering applications, it also presents a range of representative practical test cases. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable asset for researchers who are interested in thermodynamics, aircraft design, wind tunnel testing, fluid dynamics and aerothermodynamics research methods, introducing them to inspiring new research topics.

Download or read book Energy Deposition for High Speed Flow Control written by Doyle D. Knight and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading expert in the field, this book presents a novel method for controlling high-speed flows past aerodynamic shapes using energy deposition via direct current (DC), laser or microwave discharge, and describes selected applications in supersonic and hypersonic flows. Emphasizing a deductive approach, the fundamental physical principles provided give an understanding of the simplified mathematical models derived therefrom. These features, along with an extensive set of 55 simulations, make the book an invaluable reference that will be of interest to researchers and graduate students working in aerospace engineering and in plasma physics.

Download or read book Selected Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles written by Ernst Heinrich Hirschel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-26 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book selected aerothermodynamic design problems in hypersonic vehicles are treated. Where applicable, it emphasizes the fact that outer surfaces of hypersonic vehicles primarily are radiation-cooled, an interdisciplinary topic with many implications.

Download or read book Rapid Simultaneous Hypersonic Aerodynamic and Trajectory Optimization for Conceptual Design written by Michael James Grant and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, the design of complex aerospace systems requires iteration among segregated disciplines such as aerodynamic modeling and trajectory optimization. Multidisciplinary design optimization algorithms have been developed to efficiently orchestrate the interaction among these disciplines during the design process. For example, vehicle capability is generally obtained through sequential iteration among vehicle shape, aerodynamic performance, and trajectory optimization routines in which aerodynamic performance is obtained from large pre-computed tables that are a function of angle of attack, sideslip, and flight conditions. This numerical approach segregates advancements in vehicle shape design from advancements in trajectory optimization. This investigation advances the state-of-the-art in conceptual hypersonic aerodynamic analysis and trajectory optimization by removing the source of iteration between aerodynamic and trajectory analyses and capitalizing on fundamental linkages across hypersonic solutions. Analytic aerodynamic relations, like those derived in this investigation, are possible in any flow regime in which the flowfield can be accurately described analytically. These relations eliminate the large aerodynamic tables that contribute to the segregation of disciplinary advancements. Within the limits of Newtonian flow theory, many of the analytic expressions derived in this investigation provide exact solutions that eliminate the computational error of approximate methods widely used today while simultaneously improving computational performance. To address the mathematical limit of analytic solutions, additional relations are developed that fundamentally alter the manner in which Newtonian aerodynamics are calculated. The resulting aerodynamic expressions provide an analytic mapping of vehicle shape to trajectory performance. This analytic mapping collapses the traditional, segregated design environment into a single, unified, mathematical framework which enables fast, specialized trajectory optimization methods to be extended to also include vehicle shape. A rapid trajectory optimization methodology suitable for this new, mathematically integrated design environment is also developed by relying on the continuation of solutions found via indirect methods. Examples demonstrate that families of optimal hypersonic trajectories can be quickly constructed for varying trajectory parameters, vehicle shapes, atmospheric properties, and gravity models to support design space exploration, trade studies, and vehicle requirements definition. These results validate the hypothesis that many hypersonic trajectory solutions are connected through fast indirect optimization methods. The extension of this trajectory optimization methodology to include vehicle shape through the development of analytic hypersonic aerodynamic relations enables the construction of a unified mathematical framework to perform rapid, simultaneous hypersonic aerodynamic and trajectory optimization. Performance comparisons relative to state-of-the-art methodologies illustrate the computational advantages of this new, unified design environment.

Download or read book Flow Analysis and Design Optimization Methods for Nozzle Afterbody of a Hypersonic Vehicle written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarizes the methods developed for the aerodynamic analysis and the shape optimization of the nozzle-afterbody section of a hypersonic vehicle. Initially, exhaust gases were assumed to be air. Internal-external flows around a single scramjet module were analyzed by solving the three dimensional Navier-Stokes equations. Then, exhaust gases were simulated by a cold mixture of Freon and Argon. Two different models were used to compute these multispecies flows as they mixed with the hypersonic airflow. Surface and off-surface properties were successfully compared with the experimental data. In the second phase of this project, the Aerodynamic Design Optimization with Sensitivity analysis (ADOS) was developed. Pre and post optimization sensitivity coefficients were derived and used in this quasi-analytical method. These coefficients were also used to predict inexpensively the flow field around a changed shape when the flow field of an unchanged shape was given. Starting with totally arbitrary initial afterbody shapes, independent computations were converged to the same optimum shape, which rendered the maximum axial thrust. Baysal, Oktay Unspecified Center...

Download or read book An Automated Multi objective Optimization Approach for Aerodynamic 3D Compressor Blade Design written by Amit Kumar Dutta and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Hypersonic Plasma Converter I written by K. J. Touryan and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical and experimental analyses are presented which describe the operation of the hypersonic plasma generator as ASP (Aerodynamic Supply of Power). Previous investigations are reviewed, corrected and summarized. Additional information is introduced to bring the present status of the generator up to date.

Download or read book Flow Analysis and Design Optimization Methods for Nozzle Afterbody of a Hypersonic Vehicle written by Oktay Baysal and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Process Integration and Automated Multi objective Optimization Supporting Aerodynamic Compressor Design written by Akin Keskin and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Computational Sensitivity Analysis for the Aerodynamic Design of Supersonic and Hypersonic Air Vehicles written by Arthur Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The conceptual design of hypersonic air vehicles relies on computational methods to produce estimates of aerodynamic, structural, thermal protection, and propulsion design requirements. Solving the design optimization problem presented by these competing requirements using traditional low-fidelity vehicle models and flow simulations is inadequate because these models represent the underlying physics of the combined disciplines poorly. In order to assess the potential of using physically-accurate flow simulation tools and high-resolution geometry modeling tools in the conceptual design stage, the sensitivity of a hypersonic air vehicle's lift-to-drag ratio to geometric variations was calculated using a computational framework developed for this project. The framework is unique in its integration of modern design tools such as parametric vehicle geometry models, Eulerian flow simulations with automated volumetric mesh generation and refinement, Kriging response surface generation, and global sensitivity analysis. The sensitivity of a hypersonic vehicle's lift-to-drag ratio to changes in two planform parameters was completed and demonstrated the capabilities of the framework to perform global sensitivity analyses. When the design space was extended to nine geometric parameters, the initial application of the framework failed and the results of the global sensitivity analysis were inconclusive.

Download or read book Hypersonic and High Temperature Gas Dynamics written by John David Anderson and published by AIAA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a self-contained text for those students and readers interested in learning hypersonic flow and high-temperature gas dynamics. It assumes no prior familiarity with either subject on the part of the reader. If you have never studied hypersonic and/or high-temperature gas dynamics before, and if you have never worked extensively in the area, then this book is for you. On the other hand, if you have worked and/or are working in these areas, and you want a cohesive presentation of the fundamentals, a development of important theory and techniques, a discussion of the salient results with emphasis on the physical aspects, and a presentation of modern thinking in these areas, then this book is also for you. In other words, this book is designed for two roles: 1) as an effective classroom text that can be used with ease by the instructor, and understood with ease by the student; and 2) as a viable, professional working tool for engineers, scientists, and managers who have any contact in their jobs with hypersonic and/or high-temperature flow.

Download or read book Computational Methods in Hypersonic Aerodynamics written by T.K.S. Murthy and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-12-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains chapters written by some eminent scientists and researchers on Computational Methods in Hypersonic Aerodynamics and forms a natural sequel to the earlier publications on Computational Methods in Potential Flow (1986) and Computational Methods in Viscous Aerodynamics (1990). In this book, the earlier attempts at the solution of the highly nonlinear Navier-Stokes equations are extended to the aerothermodynamics of flow in the hypersonic regime, including the effects of viscosity on the physical and chemical processes of high-temperature nonequilibrium flow at very high speeds, such as vibrational excitation, dissociation and recombination, ionization and radiation, as well as real gas effects and the effects of high temperature and low density. The book has been prepared as a valuable contribution to the state-of-the-art on computational methods in hypersonic aerodynamics. All the chapters have been written by eminent scientists and researchers well known for their work in this field.