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The Development and Evaluation of a Fully-coupled Monolithic Approach to Aero-structural Analysis and Optimization

A monolithic approach to aero-structural analysis and optimization has been developed and implemented. In contrast to a partitioned approach which uses individual fluid and structural solvers to solve their respective systems separately, the monolithic approach solves a fully-coupled system simultaneously, enforcing solution compatibility across the sub-system interfaces at each iteration. In this work, a three-field formulation is used, consisting of fluid, structural, and fluid mesh-movement sub-systems. The performance of the monolithic approach is characterized using 1-D unsteady and 2-D steady analysis problems, and compared with a partitioned approach. Four steady model aero-structural optimization problems are also investigated. Gradients of the objective function are computed using the discrete-adjoint and flow-sensitivity (direct) methods. In each case, the monolithic approach is shown to be a promising option for efficient aero-structural analysis and optimization, though the implementation requires additional development of coupling sub-matrices when compared to a partitioned approach.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/43217
Date05 December 2013
CreatorsMcCormick, Neil
ContributorsZingg, David W.
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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