An Unsteady Continuous Adjoint Approach for Aerodynamic Design

Speaker: Thomas D. Economon, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
June 9, 2015

Presentation

Abstract

The first portion of this talk presents the development and application of a new unsteady continuous adjoint formulation for optimal shape design of aerodynamic surfaces in motion, such as rotating or pitching applications. By leveraging shape calculus, the resulting surface formulation efficiently provides the gradient information necessary for performing gradient-based aerodynamic shape optimization. The second part of the presentation will highlight several open issues and future directions for adjoint-based methods related to robustness, accuracy, and performance.

Biography

Thomas D. Economon is a Postdoctoral Scholar at Stanford University, where he received MS and PhD degrees in the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics. He holds a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. His research interests include computational fluid dynamics, optimal shape design via adjoint-based methods, and high performance computing. He serves as the co-lead developer of the open-source SU2 CFD suite.

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