Compact and Intuitive Airfoil Parameterization Method through Physics-aware Variational Autoencoder

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.10921v1
• Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2023 00:30:03 GMT
• Title: Compact and Intuitive Airfoil Parameterization Method through Physics-aware Variational Autoencoder
• Authors: Yu-Eop Kang, Dawoon Lee, and Kwanjung Yee
• Abstract summary: Airfoil shape optimization plays a critical role in the design of high-performance aircraft. To overcome this problem, numerous airfoil parameterization methods have been developed. But a single approach that encompasses all of these attributes has yet to be found.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Airfoil shape optimization plays a critical role in the design of high-performance aircraft. However, the high-dimensional nature of airfoil representation causes the challenging problem known as the "curse of dimensionality". To overcome this problem, numerous airfoil parameterization methods have been developed, which can be broadly classified as polynomial-based and data-driven approaches. Each of these methods has desirable characteristics such as flexibility, parsimony, feasibility, and intuitiveness, but a single approach that encompasses all of these attributes has yet to be found. For example, polynomial-based methods struggle to balance parsimony and flexibility, while data-driven methods lack in feasibility and intuitiveness. In recent years, generative models, such as generative adversarial networks and variational autoencoders, have shown promising potential in airfoil parameterization. However, these models still face challenges related to intuitiveness due to their black-box nature. To address this issue, we developed a novel airfoil parameterization method using physics-aware variational autoencoder. The proposed method not only explicitly separates the generation of thickness and camber distributions to produce smooth and non-intersecting airfoils, thereby improving feasibility, but it also directly aligns its latent dimensions with geometric features of the airfoil, significantly enhancing intuitiveness. Finally, extensive comparative studies were performed to demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach.

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